Problem set in Agricultural Pumps

1. One-thousand gallons per minute (1000 gpm)of water is to be pumped from a river to a farm
150-ft above the river. What is the required horsepower to drive the pump, considering a pump
efficiency of 70 % and the friction and other losses of 20 % of the static head. If a gasoline engine
will be used to drive the pump in Problem 38, what is the power requirement? (70% engine
efficiency)

2. A pump was installed with a suction head of 6 meter and a discharge head of 10 meters. The
discharge rate of the pump is 60 liters per minute. What is the water horsepower of the
pump?

3. At 1200 rpm, a rotary pump is used to deliver milk at a head of 6 meters. The rate of flow of
the pump is 0.01 m3/sec. What is the fluid and brake horsepower of the pump shaft if it has an
efficiency of 75%. What is the motor horsepower if the transmission and motor efficiencies are
91% and 99%, respectively?

4. What will be the flow rate, working head, and power requirement of the pump system above
if its speed is increased to 2100 rpm?

5. Design a water pump system required to supply water to 10,000 heads of broiler in a poultry
farm. The source of water is 20 ft below the ground and is required to be elevated to 30-ft high
into a water tank. The specific water requirement of the broiler is 0.025 m3/day-head.
Assume a 20% friction head load from the suction and discharge head loss. Pump operating
time is 20 hrs per day.

6. Design a water pump system required to supply water to a 5-hectare rice farm. The source of
water is from a river 10 feet below, and discharges water 2 ft above the ground surface.
Consider 25% friction head from the suction and from the discharge head of the piping system.
Assume a crop requirement for rice of 10 mm/day and losses due to percolation and seepage
of 2 mm/day. Conveyance losses is 10% of the irrigation requirement. Assume a 60% pump
efficiency, an 80% transmission efficiency, and an 80% engine efficiency. Operating time per day
is 8 hrs.

7. A lift pump having a diameter of 4 inches and a stroke of 6 inches is used to lift water from a20-
ft well and deliver it to a cylindrical tank at a height of 12 ft. If the volumetric efficiency of the
pump at 10 lifting strokes per minute is 90%, what is the pump capacity? Also compute for the
power required to operate the pump manually if its mechanical efficiency is 80%? How long
does the pump is required to fully fill the 600-liter tank if its operating efficiency is 70%?