Fluid Mechanics and Machines Laboratory (MECH2107)

To Obtain the Efficiency of a Centrifugal pump under

varying speeds.

Submission details

Submitted by: Pratyush Raj

Date of Experiment: 29-jan-2020
Date of Submission: 05-feb-2020
On-time/Late Submission (Provide details) : On time
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Submitted to

Dr. Ashish Karn

Department of Mechanical Engineering, UPES
Lab Website: drkarnteaching.com
Experiment Name:-
To obtain the efficiency of a centrifugal pump under varying speed.

Introduction
Centrifugal Pumps are more commonly used across industries for transfer of fluids. Its
study is important because of all Industrial Pumps that are used to pump fluids,
Centrifugal Pumps are the most popularly used due to their Smooth flow rate, Range
of capacity, Design simplicity and Ease of maintenance and operations. Centrifugal
pumps play an important role in operations in various industries such as Oil and
Mining, Chemical, Food etc.

The fact that centrifugal pump is most popular choice of fluid movement makes them
a strong contender for many applications such as Waste management, Agriculture,
Manufacturing, Oil & Energy.

overhead tank Electric supp

Delivery pipe

Impeller

Casing
pressure valve centre line
Figure1: A layout of the agriculture pump (centrifugal pump). To grow crops and
properly care for livestock, farmers need the right equipment to irrigate their fields,
siphon away animal waste and for other agricultural purposes. (Taken from web
practical application of centrifugal pump).

Our main objective in this experiment is to calculate efficiency of a centrifugal pump

as a function of flow rate for pump speed of 1500 rpm,2000 rpm and 2500rpm.

In the pump industry, much of the work involves two extremely simple, yet efficient,
machines—the centrifugal pump and the AC induction motor. The centrifugal pump
 converts mechanical energy into hydraulic energy (flow, velocity and pressure), and
the AC motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Many medium and
larger centrifugal pumps offer efficiency of 75 to 93 percent and even the smaller
ones usually fall into the 50 to 70 percent range. Greater the efficiency of pump,
more capable of water transportation.
The overall efficiency of a centrifugal pump is simply the ratio of the water (output)
power to the shaft (input) power and is illustrated by the equation below: -
Efficiency= water power/input power*100

Practical application of obtainable result of this experiment: -

Centrifugal pumps are known for high efficiency with low power consumption. By
calculating efficiency, we ca get all the useful information about the pump and get the
best thing for us. This combination is crucial in a commercial building, for example, where
many centrifugal pumps may be used. Because of their simple design, they are known
for durability and low maintenance.

Centrifugal pumps are used in buildings for pumping the general water supply, as a
booster and for domestic water supplies. The design of a centrifugal pump makes them useful for
pumping sewage and slurries. They are also used in fire protection systems and for heating and
cooling applications. In addition, they are popular in the beverage, dairy, food and light chemical
industries. (Taken from Knapp R.T 1937)

These are the top centrifugal pumps manufacturer across the world which gives high
efficiency ad consumes low power. These are Grundfos, Flowserve corporation, ITT Inc., KSB
group, Ebara, Sulzer etc.

Objective: -

 To calculate the efficiency of a centrifugal pump under varying speeds.

 To compare the relation between Efficiency and speed in rps.

Experimental Setup and Methodology: -

Name of Apparatus: -

1.Speed Indicator 2. Front part of pump

3.Flow indicator & A.C watt meter 4. Pump with D.C motor
5. Overhead tank 6. Flow meter 7. Suction pipe

Results and Discussion: -

Observation table

density g_e csa tank

1000 10 0.115
At 25rps
in.power H h t Q out.power
119 1.39 0.04 10 0.046 639.4

At33.3rps
in.power H h t Q out.power
193 1.95 0.06 10 0.069 1345.5

At 41.6rps
in.power H h t Q out.power
321 2.6 0.08 10 0.092 2392
speed efficiency

25 537.3109244

33.3 697.1502591

41.6 745.1713396

plot between efficiency and speed

800
700
Percentage efficiency

600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
speed in rps

Inlet pressure, m = p1 Discharge pressure, m=p2

Flow rate, m3/sec =Q Total head across pump H = (p2- p1) m

Water power = ρg HQ watt
Efficiency ή% =water power/Input power*100

Conclusions :-
After completing this report, we conclude that the experiment is a success,with all the objective set
is achieve.The conclusion that we made that with a increase of speed of the pump it will cause the
properties and characteristics to varied accordingly which in turn effect the overall efficiency, and
with the increase of speed it relevant that the efficiency also increased.
Learning point in this experiment for me is the performance of a centrifugal pump can be shown
graphically on a charecteristics curve.One can get the best.

References:-
Knapp, R. T. (1937) Complete Characteristics of Centrifugal Pumps and Their Use in the
Prediction of Effeciency.