Pump Tutorial

A centrifugal pump is used to pump a liquid with the properties given below. Liquid is
pumped from a storage tank at 95 kPa (a) to a discharge tank at 300 kPa (a). The system
configuration is given in the table below.

Table 1: system configuration

Length (m)
Diameter (m)
900 bends (L/D = 35)
T piece (L/D = 7)
Gate valve (L/D = 35)
Static height (m)
Suction Discharge
4 50
0.07 0.055
5 12
1 1
1 2
2 5

Liquid density = 1100 kg.m-3

Viscosity = 1.5 x 10-3 Pa.s

Vapour pressure of the liquid = 25 kPa (a)

Material of construction of pipe is commercial steel, ɛ = 000045 m

Table 2: Pump data

Flowrate 0 10 20 30 40
(m3.hr-1)
Head (m) 55 56 51 36 6
NPSH (m) 0 2 6 11 19

3.1. Graphically determine the optimal operating point of the pump in the above system using
the pump data in Table 2.

3.2. Determine the NPSH of the system and determine whether the pump will cavitate when
used in the above system.