APPARATUS

The experimental set-up consists of

I. Water-flow bench and centrifugal pump
II. Instrumentation for data acquisition

Instrument Panel- Refer to the schematic diagram below

I. Speed Control to change pump speed. Pump speed can be varied over range of 0-3000 rpm.
II. Pump suction and delivery pressures
III. Torque measurement.



















Flow Measurement- Using V notch weir

I. Flow rate in the system can be measured relating the height of the water seen in the sight glass to
graph and reading of the flow rate in litres per minute.



























Procedure

Preliminaries
1) We were supervised adequately.
2) The pump discharge and suction valves were turned to fully open and the motor speed turned to
zero.
3) The electrical supply and motor drive switch are switched on. The motor control knob is adjusted
slowly to around half way position. The system is ensured to have no leaking. All the gauges etc. are
checked to reduce the motor speed back to zero and it is ready for testing.

Actual Experiment
i) Suction valve is opened and the discharge valve is closed. The maximum speed N1 is selected by
adjusting speed control to 50%.
ii) Discharge valve is fully opened and water is allowed to circulate. The volume of flow indicator is
noted and decides suitable increments in flow to give adequate sample points about 15 points
between zero and maximum flow).
iii) The discharge valve is closed (corresponding to no flow). When the measured readings are steady
read all the measurements.
iv) The discharge valve is opened slightly, to give the first increment in volume flow. When readings
are steady, take the measurements.
v) Step 4 is repeated. The final measurements corresponding to the valve being fully open.
vi) The entire experiment is repeated at pump speed corresponding to speed control position of 75%
and 100%.