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Suppose the pump of Probs. 14-29 and 14-30 is used in a piping s stem that has the S stem requirement
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- A backward-swept centrifugal fan develops a pressure of 80 mm of water gauge. It has an impeller diameter of 0.89 m and runs at 720 rpm. The blade angle at the tip is 39° and the width of the impeller is 0.1m. Assuming a constant radial velocity of 9.15 m/s and density of air as 1.2 kg/ m3 , determine the fan efficiency, discharge and power required.arrow_forwardA multi stage pump is required to deliver of 2 l/s water against a maximum discharge head of 240 m. The diameter of radial bladed impeller should not be more than 15 cm. Assume a speed of 2800 rpm. Determine the impeller diameter, and power. Overall efficiency is 0.7.arrow_forwardTwo identical centrifugal pumps connected in series are used to pump water between two storage tanks that are open to the atmosphere, through a cylindrical pipe with ID of 0.1 m on both the discharge and suction side. The total equivalent length on the suction and discharge sides are 20m and 40m respectively. The change in static head is 7m. Pump Data: Q( m3/s) 0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 Δh (m) 23 21.5 18.5 11 3 Assume the friction factor f to be 0.02 and is constant throughout the range of flowrates. a) Determine the operating point of the system. b) Determine the power requirement for the pumping system if the pump efficiency is 75%.arrow_forward
- The length and diameter of a suction pipe of a single-acting reciprocating pump are 5m and 10 cm respectively. The pump has a plunger of diameter 15cm and a stroke length of 35 cm. The center of the pump is 3 m above the water surface in the pump. The atmospheric pressure head is 10.3 m of water and pump is running at 3r rpm. Determine: a. Pressure head due to acceleration at the beginning of the suction stroke, b. maximum pressure head due to acceleration and c. pressure head in the cylinder at the beginning and at the end of the strokearrow_forwardA simple carburetor under a certain condition delivers 5.45 kg/h of petrol with an air fuel ratio of 15. The fuel jet area is 2mm2 with coefficient of discharge of 0.75. If the tip of the fuel jet is 0.635cm above the level of petrol in the float chamber and the venturi throat coefficient of discharge of 0.80. calculate: (i) The venturi depression in cm of H2O necessary to cause air and fuel flow at the desired rate. (ii) The venturi throat diameter. (iii) The velocity of air across the venturi throat. You make take density of air = 1.29 kg/m3 and specific gravity of petrol =0.72arrow_forwardSuppose the pump of Fig. P14–23 is operating atfree delivery conditions. The pipe, both upstream and downstreamof the pump, has an inner diameter of 2.0 cm andnearly zero roughness. The minor loss coefficient associatedwith the sharp inlet is 0.50, each valve has a minor loss coefficientof 2.4, and each of the three elbows has a minor losscoefficient of 0.90. The contraction at the exit reduces thediameter by a factor of 0.60 (60% of the pipe diameter), andthe minor loss coefficient of the contraction is 0.15. Note thatthis minor loss coefficient is based on the average exit velocity,not the average velocity through the pipe itself. The total length of pipe is 6.7 m, and the elevation difference is (z1 - z2)= 4.6 m. Estimate the volume flow rate through this pipingsystem. Complete Answer, Thank youarrow_forward
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