Hydraulics - Lab Report 5.

Experiment 5: Variable Speed

Centrifugal Pump Characteristics

Name: ‫احمد شريف عبد العظيم‬

Section: 1
B.N: 18
Introduction:
The importance of water to the community
makes it necessary to measure the discharge in
streams and rivers. Any project involving the use
of water resources must have precise flow data.

Numerous flow measurement devices have been

created, all of which are based on the critical
flow principle. In these devices, the critical depth
is typically produced by either building a weir,
which is a hump on the channel bottom, or by
creating a critical flow flume, which is a
contraction in the cross section.

Objective :
To measure the flow rate in an open channel
using different open channel structures.

Experimental Procedure:
1- Each case's discharge is determined using the following
formula:

𝑄 = ∆𝑉/∆𝑡
 2- We use the following formula to determine the system's initial
power:

𝑃 = 𝑉𝐼
3- The following formula is used to determine the operating
head (Hp):

𝐻𝑝 = 𝐻𝑑 − 𝐻𝑠
4- We calculate the water power that comes out of the
system by the following equation:

𝑊𝑃 = 𝛾𝑄𝐻𝑝
5- We set the needed graphs to compare and notices the
differences between the different cases.

Equipment and Instruments:

- Sensors and observation equipment to

measure and set the data used in our
calculations
- A pump and a system of pipe line
 Delivery Suction
Eff
Water Δt ΔV Current Potential Operating Operating Pressur Pressur Pump Pump
ici Q Q Power
Power (se (Lite Intensity I Difference V Head 'Hp' Head 'Hp' e e Speed Speed
en (m3/s) (L/s) (watt)
(watt) c) rs) (ampere) (volt) (m) (bar) Head hd Head (rpm) (rpm)
cy
13. (bar) hs (bar)
33
45.84894 0.0008 0.8536
59 41 35 343.8 1.91 180 5.4749 0.53 0.28 -0.25 2500
915 5366 5854
36
13.
3
71
44.68974
69 0.0007 0.7 50 35 325.8 1.81 180 6.5079 0.63 0.45 -0.18 2500
93
27
11.
3
15
31.13307 0.0003 0.3888
88 90 35 279 1.55 180 8.1607 0.79 0.69 -0.1 2500 2500
05 8889 8889
06
4.9
6
25
12.50142 0.0001 0.1401
69 107 15 253.8 1.41 180 9.0904 0.88 0.81 -0.07 2500
393 4019 8692
89
5
0 0 0 0 0 0 248.4 1.38 180 9.297 0.90 0.87 -0.03 2500
16.
77
63.74443 0.0009 0.9677
48 31 30 380 2 190 6.7145 0.65 0.3 -0.35 2700
065 6774 4194
50
17.
2
52
63.26734 0.0008 0.8108
55 37 30 361 1.9 190 7.9541 0.77 0.5 -0.27 2700
135 1081 1081
79
15.
3
91
54.72214
68 0.0006 0.6 50 30 343.8 1.8 191 9.297 0.90 0.7 -0.2 2700 2700
2
53
9.4
4
24 28.95351 0.0002 0.2857
105 30 307.2 1.6 192 10.33 1.00 0.9 -0.1 2700
97 429 8571 1429
21

0 0 0 0 0 0 268.8 1.4 192 10.8465 1.05 1 -0.05 2700

 H-Q CURVE

Pump head for 2 diffrenet values of pump speed @ different

positions

10.3

9.3
Operating head

8.3

7.3

6.3

5.3
2450 2500 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750

Pump Speed
N-Q CURVE