MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WITH PALNT VISITS

Practice Problems on Pumps

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS

1. A double suction centrifugal pump delivers 70ft3/sec of water at a head of 12m running at 1250rpm.
What is the specific speed of the pump?

2. The centerline of a centrifugal pump is located 2.5m above from the high tide level. The seawater
varies two meters from high tide to low tide level. If friction loss at the suction is 0.8m, determine
the total suction head.

3. A centrifugal pump requires 40ft head to deliver water from low level to higher level. If pump speed is
1600rpm, determine the impeller diameter of the centrifugal pump.

4. The suction pressure of a pump reads 2-inches mercury vacuum and discharge pressure reads 130psi
is use to deliver 100gpm of water with specific volume of 0.0163ft3/lb. Determine the pump work.

5. A pump is to deliver 150gpm of water at a head of 120m. If pump efficiency is 70%, what is the
horsepower rating of motor required to drive the pump?

6. A motor is used to drive a pump having an efficiency of 85% and 70% respectively. What is the
combined efficiency of pump and motor?

7. In a boiler feed pump, the enthalpy at the entrance is 765kJ/kg. If pump has a head of 900m, what is
the exit enthalpy of the pump?

8. A submersible pump delivers 350gpm of water to a height of 5ft from the ground. The pump was
installed 120ft below the ground level and draw down of 8ft during the operation. If water is 25ft
above the pump, determine the pump power.

9. Determine the number of stages needed for a centrifugal pump if it is used to deliver 400gal/min of
water and pump power of 15hp. Each impeller develops a head of 38ft.

10. A boiler feed pump receives 50liters/second of water with specific volume of 0.00112m3/kg at a head of
750m. What is the power output of the driving motor if pump efficiency is 65%?

11. What power can a boiler feed pump can deliver a mass of 35kg/s water at a head of 500m?

12. A pump running at 100rpm delivers water against a head of 30m. If pump speed will increased to 120
rpm, what is the increase in head?

13. A pump is used to deliver 50liters/second of seawater at a speed of 120rpm. If speed will increase to
135rpm, determine the increase in pump capacity.

14. A 15kW motor running at 350 rpm is used to drive a pump. If speed will change to 370rpm, what is the
increase in power?

15. A certain pump is used to deliver 150gpm of water having a density of 61.2lb/ft3. The suction and
discharge gage reads 4inHg vacuum and 25psi respectively. The discharge gage is 2ft above the
suction gage. What is the brake power of the motor if pump efficiency is 75%?

16. The discharge pipe of the pump is 400mm in diameter delivers 0.5m3/sec of water to a building, which
maintains a pressure of 100kPa at a height of 30m above the reservoir. If equivalent head is 2m,
what power the pump must furnish?
17. A centrifugal pump is designed for 1800rpm and head of 61m. Determine the speed if impeller
diameter from 305mm to 254mm.

18. Water from a reservoir A 10m elevation is drawn by a motor driven pump to an upper reservoir B at
72m elevation. Suction and discharge head loss are 0.15m, respectively. For discharge rate of
15liters/sec, find the power input to the motor if overall efficiency is 65%.

19. The elevation of suction reservoir is 5m above the pump centerline and delivers to 85m elevation tank,
which maintain 150kPa. If 1.5m3/sec of water is used to deliver a total head of 3m, determine the
power needed by the pump.

20. Water from a reservoir is pumped over a hill through a pipe 900mm in diameter and a pressure of one
kg/cm2 is maintain at the pipe discharge where the pipe is 85m from the pump centerline. The
pump have a positive suction head of 5m. Pumping rate of the pump at 1000rpm is 1.5m3/sec.
Friction losses is equivalent to 3m head loss. What amount of energy must be furnished by the
pump in kW?