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ft above the reservoir surface through a 3 inch ID pipe. The inlet to the pump is located 10 ft below the
water surface, and the water level in the tank is constant at 160 ft above the reservoir surface. The pump
delivers 150 gpm. If the total loss of energy due to friction in the piping system is 35 ft·lbf/lb, calculate the
horsepower required to do the pumping. The pump and its motor have an overall efficiency of 55 percent.
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Fluid Unit Introduction

Point a is at the datum Mechanics... Operations... to MATLAB
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Point b is at 160 ft high from the datum (point a) View all solutions

Apply the Bernoulli's equation at point a and point b

Total energy remains constant

Pressure energy at point a + kinetic energy at point a + potential energy at point a + work done by pump *
efficiency of pump = Pressure energy at point b + kinetic energy at point b + potential energy at point b +
head loss due to friction

Pa/ + Va2/2gc + gZa/gc + Wp= Pb/ + Vb2?/2gc + gZb/gc + hf

Pa = Pb = 1 atm = pressure at point a and b respectively

Va = Vb = 0 = velocity at point a and b respectively

Za = 0 (as datum point)

Zb = 160 ft

hf = 35 ft·lbf/lb = head loss due to friction

= efficiency of pump

= kinetic energy correction factor

1/ + *02/2gc + g*0/gc + 0.55*Wp= 1/ + *02?/2gc + g*160/gc + 35

0.55Wp = 160 + 35

Wp = 354.54 ft·lbf/lb

Mass ow rate m = density of water at 60°F x volumetric ow

= 62.37 lb/ft3 x 150 gal/min x 1ft3/7.481gal x 1min/60s

= 20.85 lb/s

Power required = Wp x m

= 354.54 ft·lbf/lb x 20.85 lb/s x [1hp/(550 ft·lbf/lb)]

= 13.44 hp

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