As a field engineer on a construction project, you need to pump water from a river (water surface elevation of 380 meters) to a reservoir (water surface elevation 400 meters). The pump available to you has the pump characteristics tabulated below. The pipeline will be 400 meters long, and 4- cm-diameter ductile iron pipe (f = 0.020). What flow rate can be expected if minor losses are ignored. Q (m³/s) 0 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 Hp Pump(m) 52.2 51.3 49.5 46.8 43.1
As a field engineer on a construction project, you need to pump water from a river (water surface elevation of 380 meters) to a reservoir (water surface elevation 400 meters). The pump available to you has the pump characteristics tabulated below. The pipeline will be 400 meters long, and 4- cm-diameter ductile iron pipe (f = 0.020). What flow rate can be expected if minor losses are ignored. Q (m³/s) 0 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 Hp Pump(m) 52.2 51.3 49.5 46.8 43.1
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Transcribed Image Text:As a field engineer on a construction
project, you need to pump water from a
river (water surface elevation of 380
meters) to a reservoir (water surface
elevation 400 meters). The pump
available to you has the pump
characteristics tabulated below. The
pipeline will be 400 meters long, and 4-
cm-diameter ductile iron pipe (f = 0.020).
What flow rate can be expected if minor
losses are ignored.
Q
(m³/s)
0
0.001
0.002
0.003
0.004
H₂
Pump(m)
52.2
51.3
49.5
46.8
43.1
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