BCN 4510

Lab 9 Piping & Pumps

Name: Date:

Watch the following videos and then answer the questions:

Centrifugal pump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaEHVpKc-1Q

Positive displacement pump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJTN0M1DBk

Turbine pump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHY5bxQGu4

1. A centrifugal pump converts _______rotational mechanical_______ energy from a motor to the

energy of a ____fluid_____.

2. What are the two categories of Positive Displacement Pumps?

a. _Reciprocating__________
b. _Rotary__________

3. Where is the main difference between a regenerative turbine pump and a centrifugal pump?
___Within the impeller (curved veins in centrifugal vs. rows of veins for regenerative pump.___

Watch the following video from a Pipe Joining manufacturer that normally presents to you. After the
video, answer the following questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QsMJo0G7qg&feature=emb_title

4. When was Victaulic founded? __1919________

5. What was the first design for Victaulic? ___Mechanical Bolted Coupling________

6. Provide an example of Victaulic’s new Installation Ready type of component _Butterfly Valve_
____________

Refer to the Heavener Hall Plumbing Drawings (File included with Test 5 Module tab) and Chapter 9
from the book to answer the following questions:

From drawing P001 and the following Industrial Centrifugal Pump curve:

7. What would be the recommended impeller size (use next largest size) for the Duplex Booster
Pump. ___7”_______
8. The BHP from the above cure for the Duplex Booster pump would be (use the next larger size):
____5HP____

9. If you wanted to increase the flow to 300 gpm by changing the impeller size, what would need
to be the new impeller size (use equations from Table 9.1 of the book)?
300 = X/7*200 New Impeller size = 10.5”
10. Based on the new impeller size, what would be the new pressure head? ____90 psi____
X = (1.5)^2*40
11. Based on the new impeller size, what would be the new BHP? ___16.9HP______
X = (1.5)^3*5
12. This chart is based on 1750 RPM. If you wanted to keep the same impeller size but decide to
change the speed of the pump to increase the flow to 300 gpm, what would need to be the new
speed (use equations from Table 9.1 of the book)?
300 = X/1750*200 = 2625RPM
13. Based on the Drawing P001 Duplex Booster Pump Schematic that refers to the pipe sizing and
using the value for the flow from the Duplex Booster Pump details, what is the anticipated
friction loss in the straight steel pipes? ___2.4ft/100ft______

14. Based upon the same conditions, what is the velocity in the pipe?
5fps
15. If the pump resulted in a temperature differential ( ∆ T ¿ of 5 oF, what would be the heat transfer
rate (use formula 9.5 from the book) ____500,000 BTU/hr_______
Q = 500*200*5