1.

A single acting reciprocating pump having a cylinder

diameter of 150 mm and stroke of 300 mm is used to
raise the water through a height of 20 m. Its crank
rotates at 60 r.p.m. Find the theoretical power required
to run the pump and theoretical discharge. If the actual
discharge is 5 litters/sec, find the percentage slip. If
delivery pipe is 100mm in diameter and 15m long, find
the acceleration head at the beginning of the stroke.
Solution:- Given diameter of cylinder (D) =
150mm = 0.15m
 
Area diameter of cylinder   D  2
 0. 15  2

4 4
= 0.01767m2
= 0.01767m2
Stroke length = 300mm = 0.3m
Speed of pump(N) = 60 r.p.m.
Delivery head hd = 20m.
Length of delivery pipe Ld = 15m
Diameter of delivery pipe dd = 100mm = 0.1mm
Q  5 litere/sec = 5 × 10-3 m3/sec.
actual

(i) Theoretical discharge (Qth)

A  LN 0.01767  0.3  60
Qth  
60 60
3
Q th  5 . 301  10 m 3 / sec
(ii) Theoretical power
Pth   g Qth  H
1000
1000  9.81 5.301 10 3  20

1000

Pt  1.04kW
(iii) Percentage of slip   Qth  Qactual   100
 Qth 
 

 5.301  5 
   100  5.6%
 5.301 

iv) Acceleration head at beginning of delivery stroke.

Ld A
had     2 r cos
g d
 
d 
4
d   0.1
2
d
4
2
 0.07854 m 2

2N 2 N  60
   2 rad / sec
60 60
L 0. 3
r   0.15m
2 2
L d  15 m
 15   0.01767 
  6.28  0.15  cos 
2
had   
 9.81   0.007854 
had  20.35065 cos 
at beginning  0 so cos 0 = 1
2.The suction pipe of a single acting reciprocating
pump is 6.5m length and 70 mm in diameter. The
stroke length is 300 mm and the piston diameter 100
mm. The pump is located at the height of 5m from the
sump water level. Determine the safe maximum speed
of the pump. Take Hsep = 2.5m of water absolute and
Hatm = 10.3m of water.

Suction pipe length Hsuction = 6.5m

Suction pipe diameter = dp = 70mm = 0.07m
Stroke Length = 300mm = 0.3m
Piston diameter D = 100m = 0.1m
Hsep = 2.5 m of water absolute
Hatm = 10.3 m of water
Hs =5 m
 • Hatm = Hs + Has max + Hsep 10.3 = 5.00 + Has max + 2.5

Has = 10.3-5-2.5
Has = 2.8m= Ls  A 2
 r
g s
 2 
 D  2
6.5  0.1   4 2  N 2 
2
Ls  4   2N 
2.8   r
g 
dp 

2  60  2.8      0.15 
4 9.81  0.07   3600 
2.8  9.891 7 2  3600 N  35.49 rpm.
N  2

6.5  100  4 2  0.15

3. Athree throw pump has cylinder of 25 cm diameter and stroke
of 50 cm each. The pump is required to deliver 100 lit/sec at a
head of 100 m. Frictional losses are estimated to be 1 m in suction
pipe and 19m in delivery pipe. Velocity of water in the delivery
pipe is 1 m/sec, overall pump efficiency is 85% and slip is 3%.
Determine the speed of pump and the power required to run it.
 Solution:- Theoretical discharge for single cylinder
LAN  0.25  0.5 N
2
Qth   
60 4 60

because of three throw pump.

Total discharge Q  3    0.25
th Total
2
 0.5 N
4 60

Qth  Qactual
% Slip   1.227  10  3 N
Qth

1.227  10 3 N  Q
0.3 
1.227  10 3 N
actual discharge Q = 0.1
1227  10 3 N  0.1
0.3 
1.227  10 3 N
Hence N(speed) = 84 rpm
(ii) Total head
HTotal = Hs + hfls + hd + hfd
= (Hs+hd) + hfls + vd 2  h
fd
2g
 12
100  1  19 
Power output =  121.05m
2  9.81
Power required to shaft gQH  9810  0.1  121 .05  10 3  118750 watt .

118750
  139.7 kW
0.85
4- A single acting reciprocating pump has a piston diameter 0.15m, stroke
length 0.30m. The centre of the pump is 5 m above the level of water
from sump and 33m below delivery water level. The lengths of the
suction and delivery pipes are 6.5 m and 39m respectively and both
pipes have the same diameter of 75mm. If the pump is working at 30
r.p.m., find the pressure head on the piston at the beginning, middle
and end of both suction and delivery strokes and find the power
required to drive the pump. Take atmospheric pressure as 10.3m of
water and friction factor for both the pipes as 0.04.
• Solution:-
• Suction stroke:
• (i) At the end of the suction stroke
Ls A
has    r 2
g s
 2 
 0.15  2
6.5  4  2  30 
     0.15
9.81    0.0752   60 
4 

=3.93 m of water
(ii) At the middle of the stroke-head
2
fLs A 
has   r 
2g d s  s 

 
0.04  6.5  4
 0.15 2
 2  30  
      0.15
2  9.81  0.075   0.075  60  
 4 
 = 0.628 m of water.
Total pressure at beginning = - (Hs +hlas)
= - (5+3.93) = - 8.93 m of water
or 10.3 – 8.93 = 1.37 m of water absolute
At middle = (Hs +Hfs) = 5 + 0 – 6.28 = 5.628m (vacuum)
or 10.3 -5.628 = 4.672m of water absolute
At end Hs – Has = (5-3.92) = 1.08 m (vacuum)
= (10.3 – 1.08) = 9.22 m of water
absolute.
Delivery stroke:
(ii) At the end of strokes H as  ld  A r 2 
g d
 2
39 4  0.15    2  30 
2

     0.15
9.81   0.0752   60 
4 

• = 23.55 m of water
Total pressure = Hd + Has = 33 + 23.55 = 56.55 (Gauge)
or 10.3 + 56.55 = 66.85m (absolute)
At middle 2
fLd  A 
H fd   r 
2g d d d 
2
 
 0.15
2
0.04  39  4  2  30  
     0.15
2  9.81  0.075  0.0752  60  
4 

= 3.767 m of water.
Total head = hd + hfd + Hatm
= 33 + 3.767 + 10.3 = 47.067 m (absolute)
At end = Hd – Has + Hatm
= 33 – 23.54 + 10.3
= 19.76m (absolute)