CE 3305 Engineering Fluid Mechanics
Spring 2024 Exercise Set 15

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Purpose :

Application of pump performance curves

Assessment Criteria :

Completion, plausible solutions, use JupyterLab as a calculator.

Problem 1.

The figure below is a schematic of a pumping system to lift large volumes water a short vertical distance (like a hurricane dike).

The pump used in the system has characteristics shown in the figure below.

  1. What discharge will occur for the conditions depicted in Figure 1?
  2. How much power (in Kilowatts) will be required?
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Problem 2.

If the pump speed is increased to 900 rpm

  1. What discharge will occur for the system in Figure 1?
  2. What is the power requirement?
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