UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ME 518
Pumps and Air Compressor
Plates No.1

1. A pump delivers 1000gallons per minute of water at a head of 100ft. Find the water power
needed.
a. 12.34hp b. 34.12hp c. 23.23hp d. 25.28hp
2. Find the power of motor needed to pumped the water at a head of 100m at the rate of
400lps if pump efficiency is 70%.
b. 301.34kw b. 627.56kw c. 560.57kw d. 426.24kw
3. A pump has a suction condition of 50mm Hg vacuum pressure, 100mm diameter pipe and
discharged condition of 250kpa at, 90mm diameter. The discharge tank is 50m elevation and
the suction is 5m below the pump center line. If the discharge is 0.20m 3/s, find the pump
efficiency for 260kw brake power.
a. 74.32% b. 77.12% c. 79.23% d. 82.455
4. The suction diameter of 60mm reads 2psi vaccum and 50mm diameter discharge with
250kpag. The suction water level is 5m above water pump center line and discharge water level
is 25m above the pump center line. The total head loss at suction and discharge is 2m. If
discharge is 0.01m3/s, find the horsepower needed to pump the water for 80% pump efficiency.
a. 6.23hp b. 8.15hp c. 16.23hp d. 12.45hp
5. The suction water level of a reservoir A is 5m above pump centerline and discharge water
level is 50m above pump centerline. The discharge is 2m with suction pipe of 100mm diameter
and 90mm diameter discharge pipe. The total head loss is 50% of the velocity head a suction
pipe. If pump runs at 360rpm, find the torque developed by the shaft of motor if pump
efficiency is 76%.
a. 3.7kN-m b. 8.9KN-m c. 5.4 KN-m d. 6.7KN-m
6. A water jet has a diameter of 75mm and ahs a velocity of 15m/s. What is the horsepower
exerted by the jet.
a. 12hp b. 10hp c. 9hp d. 8hp
7. A pump has a head of 20m at 450rpm. What is the increase in head developed by the pump if
speed increase to 1000rpm?
a. 43.43m b. 83.56m c. 65.23m d. 78.76m
8. The power developed by the pump is 30kw. What is the percent decrease in power if speed
will decrease by 40%.
a. 78.4% b. 90.1% C. 65.3% D. 82.4%
9. A reciprocating pump has 350mm x 400mm cylinder running at 360rpm. If percent slip is
10%, what is the volumetric efficiency of the pump.
a. 70% b. 80% c. 90% d. 98%
10. A pump develops a power of 50kw at 300rpm with fluid specific gravity of 1.02 when
impeller diameter is 150mm. If increases to 650rpm, impeller diameter of 12-mm and specific
gravity of 0.8.
a. 190.34kw b. 204.19kw c. 207.23kw d. 302.23kw
11. A pump has a specific speed of 42 and 600 rpm when it delivers 0.01m 3/s. Find the head
developed by the pump.
a. 582.45ft b. 813.45ftf c. 658.69ft d. 1015.29ft
12. A boiler feed pump has a suction enthalpy of 2500 KJ/kg and exit of 2505KJ/kg. Find the
velocity of water in the flowing in the pump.
a. 300m/s b. 50m/s c. 200m/s d. 100m/s
13. A swimming pool measuring 10m x 25m x 2m is to filled with water from an artesian well by
a motor pump operating with a total dynamic head of 50m. Assuming an overall motor
efficiency of 55%, energy cost of P0.45/kw-hr, find the total cost of energy to fill up the
swimming pool.
a. P23.23 b. P82.34 c. P55.74 d. P132.34
14. A 20m3 tank can be filled with water in one hour by a motor driven pump. Pump efficiency
is 90% and motor efficiency is 80% if the total head is 20m, find the cost of one filling for energy
cost of P0.40/kw-hr.
a. P0.606 b. P1.321 c. P0.812 d. P4.234
15. A pump delivers 4m3/min of water from 100kpa to 300kpa. The inlet and outlet pipe
diameters are 15cm and 12cm respectively. Both pipes are on the same level. The inlet and
outlet temperatures are both 25C and mass density of water is 997kg/m3. Calculate the pump
work in kw.
a. 20 b. 14 c. 16 d. 12
16. A centrifugal pump delivers 1.8m3 water against a head of 30m when rotating at 1200rpm.
The diameter of its impeller is 45cm. If a pump with the same specific speed is to discharge
6.0m3/sec at 1100rpm, what is its impeller diameter?
a. 45cm b. 60.5cm c. 69.2cm d. 74.3cm
17. A double suction centrifugal pumps delivers 25ft3 of water at a head of 12m and running at
650rpm. What is the specific speed of the pump?
a. 5014.12rpm b. 6453.12rpm c. 3097.77rpm d. 9968.73rpm
18. Determine the number of stages needed for a centrifugal pump if it is used to deliver
420gal/min of water and pump power of 15hp. Each impeller develops a head of 30ft.
6 b. 4 c. 5 d. 7
19. The suction pressure of a pump reads 3.5in of mercury vacuum and discharges pressure
reads 140psi is use to deliver 120gpm of water with specific volume of 0.0163ft 3/lb. Determine
the pump work.
a. 4.6KW b. 5.7KW c. 7.4KW d. 8.4KW
20. A submersible pump delivers 370gpm of water to a height of 7ft from the ground. The
pump was installed 150ft below the ground level and draw down of 8ft during the operation. If
water level is 25ft above the pump, determine the pump power.
a. 7.13 b. 4.86 c. 7.24 d. 9.77
21. A vacuum pump is used to drain a flooded mine shaft of 20C water. The pump pressure of
water at this temperature is 2.84kpa. The pump is incapable of lifting the water higher than
18m. What is the atmospheric pressure?
a. 159.3 b. 132.33 c. 198.22 d. 179.4
22. A submersible, multi-stage, centrifugal deep well pump 260gpm capacity is installed in a
well 32ft below the static water level and running at 3000rpm. Drawdown when pumping at
rated capacity is 10ft. The pump delivers the water into a 25000gallons capacity overhead
storage tank. Total discharge head developed by the pump in inches if each impeller diameter
developed a head of 36ft.
a. 3.68 b. 5.33 c. 3.71 d. 6.34
23. Pump at its best efficiency point(BEP) has a capacity of 12500 gpm while developing a head
of 60ft at a rotative speed of 1450rpm. What is the specific speed of the pump?
A. 2760rpm b. 1450rpm c. 7520rpm d. 6892rpm
24. A radial flow pump operating at maximum efficiency at a specific speed of 2300 is to deliver
260gpm against a head of 129ft at a rotative speed of 2100 rpm. Find the required number of
stages.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
25. A 30hp pump delivers 475gpm of gasoline (y=42.5lb/ft3) at 20C with 78% efficiency. What
pressure rise result across the pump?
30.2psi b. 84.5psi c. 120.3 psi d. 73.2psi
26. The diameter of the discharge pipe is 7in and that of intake pipe is 9in. The pressure gage at
discharge reads 32psi, vacuum gage at the intake reads 12in Hg. If the discharge flow rate is
4ft3/s of water and the brake horsepower is 49, find the efficiency.
a. 82.1% b. 80.9% c. 96% d. 58.46%
27. A piston positive displacement pump(PDP) has 8 in diameter and a 2.5in stroke. Its
crankshaft rotates at 300rpm. Calculate its output at 94% volumetric efficiency.
a. 12.27cfm b. 20.51cfm c. 10cfm d. 11.53cfm
28. A centrifugal pump(efficiency 86%) lifts water through a total height of 42m from reservoir
to discharge. Pumping is through 300m of 75mm diameter pipe at the rate of 20li/s. If pipe
friction factor, f = 0.025, what KW is required?
a.28.4 b. 33.4 c.25 d. 9
29. The speed of a centrifugal pump is triple. By what factor does the pump head change?
a. 0.125 b. 0.25 c. 4 d. 9
30. A pump delivers 5000 gallons per minute of fluid with specific gravity of 0.9 at a head of
100ft. Find the horsepower needed for the motor if overall efficiency is 60% and motor
efficiency is 80%.
a. 142.18hp b. 178.45hp c. 162.34hp d. 189.54hp
31. An air compressor takes air at 99kpa and compress it isentropically at 700kpa. If volume
flow at discharge is 2 m3/s, determine the capacity of air in cfm.
a. 14153.34 b. 13103.45 c. 15244.24 d. 17135.77
32. A 12hp motor is used to drive an air compressor. The compressor efficiency is 70%. Find the
mass of air needed per minute if air is available at 30C. The pressure compresses to 6 times its
original pressure.
a. 2.12kg/min b. 1.85kg/min c. 3.12kg/min d. 1.43kg/min
33. The discharge pressure of an air compressor is 5 times the suction pressure. If the volume
flow at suction is 0.5m3/s, what is the compressor power using PV1.38=C and suction pressure is
100kpa.
a. 123.34kw b.136.23kw c. 101.25kw d. 213.23kw
34. The initial condition of air in an air compressor is 98kpa and 27C and discharges at 500kpa.
The bore and stroke are 360mm and 380mm, respectively with percent clearance of 7% running
at 300rpm. Find the mass flow of air at suction.
a. 0.1886kg/s b. 0.11kg/s c. 0.33kg/s d. 0.44kg/s
35. An air compressor has a suction volume of 0.3m3/s at 28C at 1 atm and discharges to
650kpa. How much power saved by the compressor if two staging? Ans: a
a. 9.84kw b. 8.23kw c. 6.23kw d. 7.34kw
36. The suction condition of air compressor is 99kpa, 27C and 0.21m3/s. If surrounding air is
100kpa and 22C, determine the free air capacity in m3/s.
a. 0.345 b. 0.423 c. 0.123 d. 0.204
37. The compressor work of an air compressor is 120kw. If piston displacement is 18m 3/min,
determine the mean effective pressure.
a. 400kpa b. 300kpa c. 500kpa d. 600kpa
38. A double acting air compressor has a cylinder dimension of 50cm x 60cm, 650rpm will have
a volume displacement of:
a. 4.12m3/s b. 3.12m3/s c. 2.55m3/s d. 1.34m3/s
39. A 2-stage air compressor has an intercooler pressure of 4kg/cm. What is the discharge
pressure if suction pressure is 1kg/cm2.
a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. 17
40. The piston speed of an air compressor is 150m/min and has a volume displacement of
0.2m3/s. Determine the diameter of compressor cylinder.
a. 512.34mm b. 319.15mm c. 354.23mm d. 451.35mm
41. A two-stage compressor takes air at 100kpa and 25C with volume flow of 0.123m3/s and
discharges to 700kpa. What is the heat rejected by the intercooler?
a. 12.45kw b. 13.73kw c. 45.34kw d. 32.34kw
42. An air compressor takes air at 97kpa at the rate of 0.4m3/s and discharges to 600kpa. If
power input to the compressor is 110kw, determine the heat loss in the compressor.
a. 16.34kw b. 25.80kw c. 18.34kw d. 17.23kw
43. A two-stage air compressor has suction volume of 700m3/hr at 100kpa and 22C discharges
to 690kpa, determine the heat rejected in intercooler.
a. 21.53kw b. 23.45kw c. 45.23kw d. 6.34kw
44. A single acting compressor with a 15cm bore and 18cm stroke operates at 350rpm. The
clearance is 5% and it receives air at 100kpa and discharges it at 650kpa. The compression is
polytropic with n=1.35. Determine the power required in kw.
a. 4.6 b. 5.2 c. 3.1 d. 3.8
45. A two-stage compressor with an ideal intercooler receives 0.2kg/s of Helium at 150kpa and
300K and discharges it at 7500kpa. Calculate the intercooler pressure in kpa.
a. 2050b. 3820 c. 1061 d. 1503
46. Calculate the compressor work in kJ required to compress 1 kg of an ideal gas from an initial
volume and pressure of 0.65m3 and 101.3kpa to a final pressure of 517kpa. Compression is with
n=1.35.
a. 133.6 b. 105.8 c. 148.3 d. 142.7
47. A 3-stage air compressor compresses air from 100kpa to 700kpa. Find the intercooler
pressure between the 2nd and 3rd stage.
a. 365.88kpa b. 375.88kpa c. 385.88kpa d. 395.88kpa