A fuel pump is delivering 18 gallons per minute of oil with a specific gravity of 0.80. The total head is 75 meters. If the power input to the pump is 1.1 hp, what is the eficiency of the pump?

Q: A turbine running at 400 rpm has a specific speed of 160 rpm and head available is 41 m. If the…

A: GivenN=400rpmNS=160rpmH=41mP=200kW

Q: The pump in figure 3 delivers water from the reservoir to the nozzle at the rate of 0.13 m/s. The…

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Q: What are the frictional losses to be considered when calculating power consumption of a pump under…

A: The following are the losses to be considered in a pump -  1. The head loss in the suction pipe of…

Q: Discuss with neat diagram the pump flow characteristics if pumps are used in : (i) Parallel  (ii)…

A: When pumps are connected in parallel, the total discharge is equal to the sum of the flow from each…

Q: A centrifugal pump having an overall efficiency of 75%, delivers 1850 liters of water per minute to…

A: Given:Overall efficiency of the pump, η=75 %Water flow rate, Q=1850 L/min=1850×10-360m3/sHeight of…

Q: A pump is installed in a pipe system, where at the suction side 1.0 m below the pump, an open…

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Q: The variation of pump head, efficiency, and required ENPY parameters with flow rate obtained from…

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Q: The pump is used to increase the pressure of water from 100 kPa to 900 kPa at arate of 160 L/min. If…

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Q: Variable displacement pumps used in hydraulic applications can

A: Variable displacement pumps used in hydraulic applications can 1) can have variable flow rate 2) can…

Q: A pump raises 650 tonnes of pure water a height of 55m in 6 hours. If the pump efficiency is 100%,…

A: The power required. Given: The mass of the water is m=650 tonnes=650×103 kg. The height is h=55 m.…

Q: The velocity of water is measured using an orifice meter (throat diameter = 0.06m) in a 0.31-m…

A: In this, it is asking for the answer for the second question only so we will provide the answer for…

Q: or this system and Ywater = 62.4 Ib/ft³, what is the (a) total horsepower required by owor…

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Q: Installing the suitable pump to deliver 300 litres per minute.  can you expline this sentence  and…

A: It is asked to write the procedure to select  a suitable pump for 300 litres per minute 300…

Q: A pump deliver 249 gpm of water at ahead 165m. Determine the pump power in kW

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Q: Q.21 Water is being pumped at a rate of 0.5 ft/sec from a storage tank to a certain exit point of…

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Q: Cylinder has a bore area of 339cm² and volume 210 cm/min. Calculate the discharge of a pump delivery…

A: Given Data:- bore area A= 339cm² volume V= 210 cm/min. To find:- Discharge of a pump delivery in…

Q: A conical reservoir is 6 meters in diameter and 10 meters in height. If it is initially half-full…

A: Density of a fluid is defined as the mass of the fluid per unit volume of the substance. Weight is…

Q: Cylinder has a bore area of 324cm2 and volume 195 cm/min. Calculate the discharge of a pump delivery…

A: Data given-  A = 324 cm2 = 324 × 10-4 m2  Velocity = 195 cm/min  Velocity = 195 × 10-2 m/min

Q: A pump is required to pump out a water from a flooding pit at a rate of 1000L/minute. With the aid…

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Q: the ratio of power output of the pump to the power input to the pump is known as

A: Pump efficiency,η=Power output of pumpPower input to pump where,Power output=ρgQHwhere,ρ=density of…

Q: discuss in great detail the different pump curves including supply curve, system curve and…

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Q: Thirty (30) liters/second of stream water must be pumped up a vertical height of 12 meters to…

A: Water flow rate, Q=30 Lit/s Water pumped to vertical height, H=12 m Pump efficiency, ηpump=62% Motor…

Q: A hydraulic pump is observed to have an overall efficiency of 87% and a volumetric efficiency of 94%…

A: Overall efficiency=volumetric efficiency*mechanical efficiency Put all the known values in above…

Q: If a certain centrifugal pump generates 50 meters of head pumping water with a 1.0 specific gravity,…

A: GivenH=50mS.Gw=1S.G=1.82

Q: A pump provides a pressure rise of 0.6 bar for a water flow rate of 34.0 litres per minute.  If the…

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Q: Explain industrial pumps and electric generators in two separate paragraph.

A: Given data:- Pumps:-pumps move fluids in different industries, and their selection depends on…

Q: A centrifugal pump driven by a directly coupled 3 kW motor of 1450 rpm speed, is proposed to be…

A: Given Data: Power of motor 1 P1=3 kW Speed of motor 1 N1=1450 rpm Speed of motor 2 N2=2900 rpm

Q: A pump operating at 2,000 Ibf/in? and delivering 5 gal/min requires 7 bhp to drive the input shaft.…

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Q: A pump is installed in a pipe system, where at the suction side 1.0 m below the pump, an open…

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Q: A centrifugal pump is to extract water 40 meters below the pump centerline. Water is delivered to a…

A: Given: The head delivered by the pump, H = 5 meter The head below the pump, h = 40 m The diameter of…

Q: The main of purpose of pumps is to transfer fluid from one point to another. If that's the only…

A: A pump is used to move fluids from one place to another. It just creates fluid flow; it does not…

Q: Two electric motors are being considered to drive a centrifugal pump. Each motor is capable of…

A: Given:P = 90 hpMARR = 5%To find:Annual cost of electric power

Q: the diameter of the suction pipe is 385mm. The diameter of the discharge pipe is 268mm. If…

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Q: A fuel pump is delivering 18 gallons per minute of oil with a specific gravity of 0.80, the total…

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Q: A small centrifugal pump is used to deliver 0.005 m/s of water to level 2 as shown in Fig. 2.…

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Q: If a pumped hydro installation can hold 30 million m3 of water, and the water head is 36 m:…

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Q: What are centrifugal pumps' standard pump input power (kW) and water power (kW)?

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Q: 19. A centrifugal pump delivering 0 04 cumec of water to a height of 20 metres through a 10 cm…

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Applied Fluid Mechanics

A fluid is a substance that is continuously deformed by the application of shear stress. The rate of deformation of a fluid depends on its viscosity. The fluid tries to flow when it interacts with some other system.