Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics Program
Lecturer: Dr. O. Nemraoui
FLM3B0S, Semeter_1, 2016 Tutorial_2
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1 The internal and external diameters of the
impeller of a centrifugal pump are 200 mm and
400 mm respectively. The pump is running at
1200 rpm. Forward blades make an angle of 150o
at exit and at inlet the angle is 20o. The blade
thicknesses at the inlet and outlet are 100mm
and 70mm respectively. The hydraulic efficiency
of the pump is 87%. Assume the water enters the
impeller radially.
i Draw neatly the outlet velocity diagram and the
inlet velocity diagram.
ii Find the Euler power of the pump.
iii Find the net Head of the pump.
Ans: (ii)140.65W; (iii) 43.42m
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2. A centrifugal pump is required to pump water
against a total head of 35m at the rate of 45 L/s.
Find the shaft power of the pump, if the overall
efficiency is 60%. Ans: 25.73kW
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3. The impeller of a centrifugal pump has outlet
diameter of 0.370 m, runs at 800 rpm, and
delivers 30 L/s of water. Water enters radially
and the radial velocity at the impeller exit is
2.5 m/s. The impeller blades are forward curved
with an exit angle of 135o. The difference
between the water levels at the surface tank and
the pump is 16 m and the total head loss in the
pipe is 3.5 m. The power required to drive the
pump is 6.50 kW. Calculate the mechanical
efficiency and the hydraulic efficiency of the
pump.
Ans: 0.93; 0.95
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4. A centrifugal pump impeller has a diameter of
1m and speed u of 11 m/s. Water enters radially
and discharges with a velocity whose radial
component is 2.5 m/s. Backward blades make an
angle of 32o at exit. If the discharge through the
pump is 5.5 m3/min, and the overall and hydraulic
efficiencies are 0.78 and 0.86 respectively
determine (a) the net head developed by the
pump and (b) torque of the shaft.
Ans: H=12.11 m, T=57 Nm
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5. A centrifugal pump running at 590 rpm and
discharges 110 l/min against a head of 16 m.
What head will be developed and quantity of
water delivered when the pump runs at 390 rpm?
Ans: H=6.98 m, Q=1.203 L/s
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6. A centrifugal pump impeller runs at 1500 rpm, and
has internal and external diameter of 0.20m and 0.4 m,
respectively, the radial velocity at the impeller exit
is 2.8 m/s and the blades at the exit are set forward at
an angle of 150o. Calculate (a) the angle that absolute
velocity of water at exit makes with the tangent, and
(b) inlet blade angle.
Ans: (a)6o ; (b) 10.1o
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7. What type of pump should be used to pump
water at a rate of 0.36m3/s and under a head of
10m? Assume N 1500 rpm. Ans: mixed flow
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8. A centrifugal pump is used to pump water
(=997kg/m3) at absolute pressure of
Patm = 98 kPa and absolute vapor pressure
Pv = 3.1 kPa from a reservoir whose surface is
2.2 m below the centerline of the pump inlet
(see fig below). The pipe has a diameter of
28.0 mm and negligible average inner roughness
height. The pipe length from the submerged pipe
inlet to the pump inlet is 2.8 m and the friction
factor f is 0.02. There are only two minor losses
in the piping system from the pipe inlet to the
pump inlet: a sharp-edged reentrant inlet
(KL = 0.85), and a flanged smooth 90° regular
elbow (KL = 0.3). The pump’s required net
positive suction head is provided by the
manufacturer as a curve fit:
NPSHrequired = a + b.Q2 where a=2.2 m,
b=4.7x106 s2/m5 and volume flow rate Q is in
m3/s. Estimate the maximum volume flow rate (in
units of L/min) that can be pumped without
cavitation.
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9. The performance curve of the pump, is given
by the relationship
H= 51 - 2004Q2
Where H is the total head generated measured in
m and Q is the rate of flow in m3/s.
(a) What are the units of the constants 51 and
2004 in the relationship?
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Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics Program
Lecturer: Dr. O. Nemraoui
FLM3B0S, Semeter_1, 2016 Tutorial_2

(b) Find (i) the maximum flow rate the pump can
deliver,(ii) the shut off head of the pump and (iii)
the BEP point (eg Q* and H*) of the pump.
This pump is to be used to deliver water from a
pond to a large reservoir open to atmosphere,
through a pipe-line 400 m long and having a
diameter of 200 mm and a friction coefficient f
equal to 0.03. The free surface of the reservoir is
at an elevation of 35 m from the surface of the
pond,
(c) Determine the system curve and then find the
head and the flow rate of the pump at the
operating point.
(d) If the reservoir elevation is doubled (e.g. 70m)
and we neglect any change in the pipe-line
length what recommendation(s) you suggest to
still deliver water to the reservoir at its new height
(e.g. 70m)? In this case find the head and the
flow rate at the new operating point?
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10. A heat exchanger consists of a closed
system with a series of parallel tubes connected
by 180° elbows as shown in the figure.(all the
tubes are at the same level)
The pump in the system has a performance
curve given by
where ho= 10m and Qmax is the maximum flow
rate and is equal to 10-3 m3/s.
(b) Find the head and the flow rate at the system
operating point
Ans: 7.46kW, Q=0.58 L/s and h=6.64m
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11. The pump curve for a given pump is represented by
2
Q
h p , pump =20(1− )
10
4
where hp,pump is the head provided by the pump in feet
and Q is the discharge in gpm (gallon/min). The system
2
curve for a pumping application is h p , sys=5+ 0.02Q
where hp,sys is the head in feet required to operate the
system and Q is the discharge in gpm. Find the
operating point (Q) for (a) one pump, (b) two identical
pumps connected in series, and (c) two identical pumps
connected in parallel.
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12. If the flow of 0.10 m3/s of water is to be
maintained in the system shown, what power
must be added to the water by the pump? The
pipe is made of steel (er=0.046 mm) and is 15
cm in diameter. consider entrance loss Ke 0.1 =
and exit loss Kx=1 Ans: 18.41kW

There are a total of 14 return elbows. The pipe

diameter is 2 cm, and the total pipe length is 10
m. The minor loss coefficient for each return
elbow is 2.2. The tube friction coefficient f is
0.015. Water with an average temperature of
40°C (density=992 kg/m3 and viscosity =
0.653x10-3 Pa.s) flows through the system with a
mean velocity of 10 m/s.
(a) Find the power required to operate the pump
if the pump is 80 % efficient (overall)
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics Program
Lecturer: Dr. O. Nemraoui
FLM3B0S, Semeter_1, 2016 Tutorial_2