Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir by a pump that provides 20 kW of useful mechanical power to the water. The free surface of the upper reservoir is 45 m higher than the surface of the lower reservoir. If the flow rate of water is measured to be 0.03 m3/s, determine the irreversible head loss of the system and the lost mechanical power during this process.
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher
reservoir by a pump that provides 20 kW of useful mechanical
power to the water. The free surface of the upper reservoir
is 45 m higher than the surface of the lower reservoir. If the
flow rate of water is measured to be 0.03 m3/s, determine the
irreversible head loss of the system and the lost mechanical
power during this process.
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