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1. A liquid of density 70 lb/ft and viscosity 0.12 cP flows through a 4-in Schedule 40
horizontal steel pipe of length 600 m. The volumetric flow rate is 35gal/min. What
horsepower is needed for this purpose?

Solution:
Given:
6.7197 10-4 lb.ft/s
0.12 cP
= 70 lb/ft 3 , = 1 cP -5
= 8.0636 10 ft.lb/s
gal 1 ft 3 1 min
35
q= min 7.48 gal 60 s = 0.07799 ft 3 /s

For 4-in Schedule 40 pipe;

1 ft
4.026 in
D= 12 in = 0.3355 ft
2
S = 0.08840 ft
1 ft
600 m
L= 0.3048 m = 1968.51 ft

Pa g Va2 P g Vb2
a
ZW P Z b hb f
From g c 2g c gc 2g c ;
Pa Pb Za Zb
= = 1 atm, = = 0, Va = Vb = 0
hf
To calculate P, need to calculate .
L V 2
4 f
h f
D 2 gc
= (1)
DV
N Re

q 0.07799 ft 3 /s
V = S = 0.088440 ft 2 = 0.08822 ft/s

ft lb
0.3355 ft 0.8822 70 3
s ft
N Re 8.0636 10-5 ft.lb/s = 2.569 10
5
=
Relative Roughness, (k/D)
k 0.00015 ft

D 0.3355 ft = 0.000447

Fanning Friction, f (Re, k/D) (from graph)

f = 0.0048 (Substitute into (1))

ft 2
0.8822 2
4 0.0048 1968.5 s2

0.3355 ft.lb
2 32.174
hf = lb f .s 2
ft.lbf / lb
= 1.3059

& h f /550
P= m
lb ft 3
70 0.07799
&= q =
m ft 3 s = 5.4593 lb/s
lb ft.lb f 1 hp
5.4593 1.3059
P = s lb 550 ft.lb f / lb

P = 0.013 hp