Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

University of kitab
Petroleum Engineering Department
Second year

Fluid Mechanics

Prof Dr.Hazim Al Jewaree

BY: Dawod sulyman ali
 What is the pump power for your fluid
flow system?
Pumping energy is one piece of the puzzle that is important to consider. Pumping power is
calculated as the volume of the fluid per unit time (flow capacity) times the density of the
fluid times the gravitational constant times the pumping head (vertical distance to be
pumped). Pumping energy is simply power multiplied across time. 100kW of power for one
hour is 100kWh of energy. Units must be tracked carefully to ensure the correct answer.
Friction within the pipe, particularly for pumping over horizontal distances, can be
calculated using the Darcy-Weisbach equation (noted in the second video) to relate friction
and fluid speed. The head loss due to friction, and as such the required pumping power, is
proportional to the square of the fluid speed. As such, this is an important calculation
because if your system is designed in a way that requires high pumping speeds, you will
have very high pumping energy costs. Additionally, if you pump too slow, you risk damaging
your fluid and system components because of high temperatures gained from the solar
radiation and not moving that energy through the system, away from the collectors, fast
enough. This optimization problem is key to designing a good system.

The video below explains how we can estimate the pumping power required to move the
heat-transfer fluid in the system. This kind of calculations becomes handy when you need to
determine the cost of using one or another type of fluid for a specific system design. So,
watch and see what parameters of the system and fluid need to be taken into account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCWaUKwa6g4

The example above shows how we can estimate the pumping energy for pumping fluid
upwards over a certain vertical distance. The video below shows the case when the fluid
moves through horizontal pipes, which is quite common of solar applications. How much
energy would be needed in this case? Watch as see how this calculation is done using the
Darcy-Weisbach equation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bckwb5_KdU
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Velocity from 1.5 to 3 m\s

Density - 1000 kg\m3
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pipe diameter from 2 to 10 cm.

For Crude Oil s stem Assume:

Velocity to .
Density 850 kg\m
Viscosity .0061Pa
ipe i ete 12 to 40
Solution: