Centrifugal Pump

1. Define a centrifugal pump. Explain the working of a single-stage centrifugal pump with
sketches.
2. Differentiate between the volute casing and vortex casing for the centrifugal pump.
3. Define the terms
a) Suction head
b) Delivery head
c) Static head
d) Manometric head
4. Obtain an expression for the work done by impeller of a centrifugal pump on water per
second per unit weight.
5. What do you understand by manometric efficiency, mechanical efficiency and overall
efficiency of a centrifugal pump.
6. What is the difference between single stage and multi-stage pumps.
7. Describe the multistage pump with
a) Impellers in parallel
b) Impellers in series
8. What is priming? why it is necessary?
9. Define specific speed of a centrifugal pump. Derive an expression for the same.
10. What do you understand by characteristics curves of a pump? What is the significance
of the characteristic’s curves.
11. Define cavitation. What are the effects of cavitation.
12. Draw and discuss the operating characteristics of a centrifugal pump.
13. Draw and discuss the iso-efficiency curves of a centrifugal pump.
14. A centrifugal pump is to discharge 120 lt/s at a speed of 1500 rpm against a head of
25m. The impeller diameter is 250 mm, its width at outlet is 50mm and manometric
efficiency is 75%. Determine the vane angle at the outer periphery of the impeller.
15. A centrifugal pump deliver water against a net head of 15 m and a design speed of
1000rpm. The vanes are curved back to an angle of 30° with periphery. The impeller
diameter is 30cm and outlet width is 50mm. determine the discharge of the pump if the
manometric efficiency is 95%.
16. The diameter of a centrifugal pump, which is discharge 30 lt/s of a water against a total
head of 20m is 40cm. The pump is running at 1500rpm. Find the head, discharge, and
ration of powers of a geometrically similar pump of a diameter 0.25m when its running
at 3000 rpm.
17. A centrifugal pump having outer diameter equal to two times the inner diameter and
running at 1000 rpm works against a total head of 40 m. the velocity of the flow through
the impeller is constant and equal to 2.5 m/s. The vanes are set back at an angle of 40°
at outlet. If the outer diameter of the impeller is 500mm and width at outlet is 50mm,
determine i) Vane angle at inlet, ii) Work done by impeller on water per second, iii)
Manometric efficiency.
 Reciprocating Pump

1. What is reciprocating pump? Describe the principle and working of a reciprocating

pump with neat sketch.
2. Differentiate between
a) Single acting and double acting reciprocating pump
b) A single cylinder and double cylinder pump
3. Define slip, percentage of slip and Negative slip of a reciprocating pump.
4. Define and draw ideal indicator diagram.
5. How will you prove that area of ideal indicator diagram is proportional to the theoretical
work done by the reciprocating pump.
6. Draw an indicator diagram, considering the effect of acceleration and friction in suction
and delivery pipe.
7. Obtain an expression for the pressure head due to acceleration in the suction and
delivery pipes.
8. What is an Air- vessel? Describe the function of the air vessel for reciprocating pump.
9. Write down at least five comparison between centrifugal pumps and reciprocating
pumps.
10. A single acting reciprocating pump running at 30 rpm, delivers 12 lt /s of water. The
diameter of the piston is 25 cm and stroke length is 50 cm. Determine : i) The theoretical
discharge of the pump, ii) Co-efficient of discharge, and iii) slip and percentage slip of
the pump.
11. The length and diameter of a suction pipe of a single acting reciprocating pump are 5m
and 10 cm respectively. The pump has a plunger of diameter 15 cm and a stroke length
of 35 cm. The centre of the pump is 3m above the water surface in the pump. The
atmospheric pressure head is 10.3 m of water and pump is running at 35 rpm. Determine
i) pressure head due to acceleration at the beginning of the suction stroke, ii) maximum
pressure head due to acceleration, and iii) pressure head in the cylinder at the beginning
and at the end of the stroke.