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A pump takes water from a 203 mm suction pipe and delivers it to a 152 mm discharge pipe in which the velocity is 2.4 m/s.
At point A in the suction the pressure is negative 413571 Pa. At point B in the discharge pipe, which is 2.4 m above A, the
pressure is 413571 Pa. What power would have to be applied by the pump if there were no frictional losses?
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Water enters a hydraulic turbine through a 30-cm-diameter pipe at a rate of 0.6 m3/s and exits through a 25-cm-diameter A hydroelectric power plant shown below takes in 30 m 3/s of water through its turbine and discharges it to the atmosphere
pipe. The pressure drop in the turbine is measured by a mercury manometer to be 1.2 m. For a combined turbine–generator at V2 = 2 m/s. The head loss in the turbine and penstock system is h f = 20 m. Assuming turbulent flow, α = 1.06, estimate
the power in MW extracted by the turbine.
efficiency of 83 percent, determine the net electric power output. Disregard the effect of the kinetic energy correction factors.
SOLUTION:
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EXAMPLE
When the pump in the figure draws 220 m3 /h of water from the reservoir, the total friction head loss is 5 m. The flow
discharges through a nozzle to the atmosphere. Estimate the pump power in kW delivered to the water.

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