Fluid Machineries 2 Take Home Problems c. 560.

57kW
d. 426.24kW
1. A test on a centrifugal pump operating at 1150 rpm 9. The suction diameter of 60mm reads 2 psi vaccum and
showed a total head of 37.6 ft at a capacity of 800 50mm diameter discharge with 250kPag. The suction
gpm. Estimate the total head and capacity if the pump water level is 5m above water pump centerline and
were operated at 1750 rpm. Assume normal operation discharge water level is 25m above pump center line.
at point of maximum efficiency in each case. The total head loss at suction and discharge is 2m. If
a. 87.07 ft, 1217.4 gpm discharge is 0.01m3/s, find the horsepower needed to
b. 87.07 ft, 1517.4 gpm pump the water for 80% pump efficiency.
c. 97.07 ft, 1217.4 gpm a. 6.23hp
d. 97.07 ft, 1517.4 gpm b. 8.15hp
2. A 30hp centrifugal pump is used to deliver 70cfm c. 16.23hp
water. Calculate the number of stages needed if each d. 12.45hp
impeller develops a 38 ft head. 10. A water het has a diameter of 75mm and has a velocity
a. 4 of 15m/s. What is the horsepower exerted by the jet.
b. 6 a. 12hp
c. 8 b. 10hp
d. 10 c. 9hp
3. It is desired to deliver 5 m3/s at a head of 640m in a d. 8hp
single stage pump having a specific speed not to 11. A pump has a head of 20m at 450rpm. What is the
exceed 40. If the speed is not to exceed 1352 rpm, how increase in head developed by the pump if speed is
many stages are required? increased to 1000rpm?
a. 3 a. 78.76m
b. 4 b. 88.76m
c. 5 c. 58.76m
d. 2 d. 48.76m
4. A double-suction centrifugal pump delivers 3m3/s of 12. The power developed by the pump is 30kW. What is
water at a head of 15m and running at 1200 rpm. the percent decrease in power if speed will decrease
Calculate the specific speed of the pump. by 40%
a. 13,000rpm a. 68.4%
b. 16,000rpm b. 58.4%
c. 15,000rpm c. 88.4%
d. 14,000rpm d. 78.4%
5. What horsepower is supplied to air moving at 20fpm 13. A reciprocating pump has 350mm x 400mm cylinder
through a 2x3 ft duct under a pressure of 3in water running at 360rpm. If percent slip is 10%, find the
gage? volumetric efficiency of the pump.
a. 0.486 hp a. 70%
b. 0.566 hp b. 80%
c. 0.786 hp c. 50%
d. 0.766 hp d. 90%
6. Air is flowing in a duct with velocity of 7.62 m/s and a 14. Find the air horsepower of an industrial fan that
static pressure of 2.16cm water gage. The duct delivers 25m3/s of air through a 900 mm by 1200mm
diameter is 1.22m. The barometric pressure 99.4kPa outlet. Static pressure is 127mm of water gage and air
and the gauge fluid temperature and air temperature density of 1.18 kg/m3.
are 30C. What is the total pressure of air against which a. 52.35Hp
the fan will operate in cm of water? b. 32.35Hp
a. 2.5 c. 42.35Hp
b. 1.5 d. 72.35Hp
c. 4.5 15. A boiler requires 90,000 m3/hr of standard air. The
d. 3.5 mechanical efficiency of fan to be installed is 65%.
7. A pump delivers 1000 gallons per minute of water at a Determine the size of driving motor assuming fan can
head of 100ft. Find the water power needed. deliver a total pressure of 150mm of water gage.
a. 44.34hp a. 50.59kW
b. 25.28hp b. 36.59kW
c. 11.34hp c. 56.59kW
d. 32.34hp d. 46.59kW
8. Find the power of motor needed to pumped the water 16. At 1.2kg/m3 air density, a fan develops a brake power
at a head of 100m at the rate of 400lps if pump of 100kW. If operates at 98kPa and 32C with the same
efficiency is 70%. speed, what is the new brake power of the fan?
a. 301.34kW a. 72.3kW
b. 627.56kW b. 84.3kW
 c. 93.3kW 24. Determine the number of stages need for a centrifugal
d. 98.3kW pump if it is used to deliver 420 gal/min of water and
17. A pump has a specific speed of 42 and 600rpm when it pump power of 15hp. Each impeller develops a head of
delivers 0.01m3/s. Find the head developed by the 30ft.
pump. a. 6
a. 815.29ft b. 4
b. 1415.29ft c. 5
c. 1015.29ft d. 7
d. 915.29ft 25. The suction pressure of a pump reads 3.5 in of mercury
18. A boiler feed pump has a suction enthalpy of 2500kJ/kg vacuum and discharge pressure reads 140psi is use to
and exit of 2505 kJ/kg. Find the velocity of water deliver 120 gpm of water with specific volume of
flowing in the pump. 0.0163 ft3/lb. Determine the pump work.
a. 400m/s a. 7.4kW
b. 200m/s b. 4.6kW
c. 300m/s c. 4.9kW
d. 100m/s d. 5.6kW
19. A swimming pool measuring 10 x 25 x 2 meter is to be 26. A submersible pump delivers 370gpm of water to a
filled with water from an artesian well by Jhomer using height of 7ft from the ground. The pump were installed
a motor pump operating with a total dynamic head of 150ft below the ground level and a drawdown of 8ft
50m. Assuming an overall motor efficiency of 55%, during the operation. If water level is 25ft above the
energy cost of P0.45/kw-hr, find the total cost of pump, determine the pump power.
energy to fill up the swimming pool. a. 10.77kW
A. P23.23 b. 8.77kW
B. P82.34 c. 6.77kW
C. P55.74 d. 9.77kW
D. P132.34 27. A fan has a suction pressure of 30mm water vacuum
20. A 20m3 tank can be filled with water in one hour by a with air velocity of 3m/s. The discharge has 150mm of
motor driven pump. Pump efficiency is 90% and motor water gage and discharge velocity of 7m/s. Determine
efficiency is 80%. If the total head is 20m, find the cost the total head of fan if air density is 1.2kg/m3.
of one filling for energy cost of P0.40/kw-hr. a. 152m
a. P1.321 b. 169m
b. P0.606 c. 162m
c. P0.224 d. 112m
d. P1.224 28. A 50kW motor is used to drive a fan that has a total
21. A pump delivers 4m3/min of water from 100kPa to head of 110m. If fan efficiency is 70%, what is the
300kPa. The inlet and outlet pipe diameters are 15cm maximum capacity of the fan using standard density of
and 12cm respectively. Both pipes are on the same air?
level. The inlet and outlet temperatures are both 25C a. 57m3/s
and mass density of water is 997 kg/m3. Calculate the b. 47m3/s
pump work in KW. c. 37m3/s
a. 20 d. 27m3/s
b. 14 29. A fan using standard air condition can developed a
c. 16 static pressure head of 310mm water gage. If fan will
d. 12 operate at 93C and 735mm of Hg, find the new static
22. A centrifugal pump delivers 1.8m3/s of water against a pressure required.
head of 30m when rotating at 1200 rpm. The diameter a. 241mm water gage
of its impeller is 45cm. If a pump with the same specific b. 151mm water gage
speed is to discharge 6m3/s at 1100rpm, what is its c. 281mm water gage
impeller diameter? d. 211mm water gage
a. 39.2cm 30. The total head of fan is 185m and has a static pressure
b. 49.2cm of 210mm of water gage, what is the velocity of air
c. 69.2cm flowing if density of air is 1.15kg/m3?
d. 59.2cm a. 9.85 m/s
23. A double suction centrifugal pump delivers 25ft3/s of b. 4.85 m/s
water at a head of 12m and running at 650rpm. What c. 6.85 m/s
is the specific speed of the pump? d. 5.85 m/s
a. 5014.12rpm 31. The volume flow of air delivered by fan is 20m3/s and
b. 3097.77rpm 180mm water gage. The density of air is 1.185 kg/m3
c. 2211.62rpm and the motor power needed to drive the fan is 44kW.
d. 4211.12rpm What is the fan efficiency?
a. 60.26%
 b. 80.26% d. 1490rpm
c. 50.26% 40. What horsepower is supplied to air moving at 20fpm
d. 70.26% through a 2x3 ft duct under a pressure of 3 in water
32. Calculate the impeller diameter of the centrifugal gage?
pump that requires 15m head to deliver water if pump a. 0.0567 hp
speed is 1500rpm. b. 0.4567 hp
a. 118.43 mm c. 0.7567 hp
b. 418.43 mm d. 0.2567 hp
c. 218.43 mm 41. The mechanical efficiency and static pressure of a fan
d. 318.43 mm are 44.3% and 20m of air respectively. What is the
33. A two-stage centrifugal pump delivers 15,000 kg/hr of static efficiency if the total pressure created by fan is
110C water against 76m head at 3500rpm. What is the 25m of air.
specific speed of the pump? a. 35.44%
a. 780rpm b. 39.44%
b. 680rpm c. 30.44%
c. 580rpm d. 45.44%
d. 880rpm 42. Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers
34. A large centrifugal pump has a 254mm diameter inlet 1200m3/min of air through a 1m by 1.5m outlet. Static
and a 127mm diameter outlet pipe. The measured flow pressure is 120mm WG and density of air is 1.18.
rate is 51.6 L/s of cold water. The measured inlet a. 65.64kW
pressure is 127mm Hg above atmospheric and b. 45.64kW
discharge pressure measured at a point 1.22m above c. 25.64kW
the pump outlet is 212kPa abs. The pump input is d. 35.64kW
10HP. Determine the water power in HP. 43. A fan develops a brake power of 150kW at 1.2kg/m3
a. 8.85Hp air density. What is the new brake power of the fan if it
b. 5.85Hp operates at 100kPa and 30C at the same speed?
c. 7.85Hp a. 133.75kW
d. 6.85Hp b. 143.75kW
35. Determine the pump efficiency in the problem above. c. 153.75kW
a. 88.51% d. 163.75kW
b. 58.51% 44. A blower operating at 15000rpm compresses air from
c. 68.51% 20C and 1 atm to 1.68 atm. The design flow is
d. 78.51% 38m3/min and at this point the power input is 60kW.
36. A pump running at 1000rpm delivers water against a Determine the blower efficiency at the design flow.
head of 300m. If the pump speed will increased to a. 39.81%
1500rpm, what is the change in head. b. 49.81%
a. 375m c. 69.81%
b. 575m d. 59.81%
c. 675m 45. A small blower handles 43.33 m3 of air per minute
d. 175m whose density is 1.169kg/m3. The static and velocity
37. A centrifugal pump is designed for 2000rpm and head heads are 16.38 and 1.22cm WG (at 15.6C)
of 70m. What is the speed if the head is increased to respectively. Local gravity acceleration is 9.471 m/s2.
100m. Find the power input to the air from the blower.
a. 2390rpm a. 5.24kW
b. 2490rpm b. 1.94kW
c. 2590rpm c. 1.24kW
d. 2290rpm d. 2.24kW
38. A water pump develops a total head of 200ft. The 46. A positive displacement pump consisting of a fixed
pump efficiency is 80% and the motor efficiency is casing containing gears, cams, screws, vanes, plungers
87.5%. If the power rate is 1.5cents per kw-hr, what is or similar elements actuated by rotation of the drive
the power cost for pumping 1000 gal? shaft.
a. 3.34 cents per hr a. Rotary pumps
b. 0.34 cents per hr b. Reciprocating pumps
c. 2.34 cents per hr c. Deep well pumps
d. 1.34 cents per hr d. Centrifugal pumps
39. A centrifugal pump operating at 1800rpm develops a 47. Gives direction to the flow from the impeller and
total head of 200ft at a capacity of 2500gpm. What is converts this velocity energy into pressure energy.
the specific speed? a. Impeller
a. 1690rpm b. Casing
b. 1590rpm c. Stuffing box
c. 1290rpm d. Shaft sleeve