Homework Solution:

A pump with a displacement of 10.54 cm3/rev has a rated speed of 1800 rpm
and a rated pressure of 10.3 MPa. The volumetric efficiency of the pump is 0.90
and the torque efficiency is 0.88.

Given:
3
cm
Pump displacement Vp 10.54 . η vp 0.90
rev Volumetric Efficiency

rev
Pump speed np 1800 .
min Torque Efficiency η tp 0.88

Pressure rise ∆p 10.3 .MPa

1) Calculate the pump delvery in L/min. (remember units conversion)

L
Qp V p . n p .η vp Q p = 17.075
min

2) Calculate the required torque to drive the pump. Write a sentence

explaining what types of devices could be used to drive the pump.

V p .∆p
Tp T p = 19.634 N .m
2 .π . η tp

Electric motors or engines are commonly used to drive a pump for fluid power.

3) Calculate the shaft power required to drive the pump. Explain the
relationship between shaft power and the fluid power that the pump can deliver
(i.e, why is one greater than the other).
Fluid Power:

P fl Q p .∆p P fl = 2.931 kW

Shaft Power:
P fl
P sp P sp = 3.701 kW
η vp .η tp

Shaft power is always greater than fluid power because of losses.