Solution problem 1:

The energy supplied by the pump

Wp =ρgQH
where
Water density, ρ = 1000 kg/m3
g = 9.81 m/s2
Q = 500 litre/min
H = 1.6 m
500 1
Wp = =ρgQH =1000 kg/m3×9.81 m/s2× litre/s× m3/litre×1.6 m
60 1000
= 0.13 kWatts

Wp
ηp =
Wip
Wip = 0.19 kW, Energy input to the pump

Solution problem 2:

Plot discharge vs head, find the intersection of standard with valve closed
and valve open condition. The intersections represent the operating conditions.

The operating conditions are;

Head of the pump, Hop1 = 16.40 m
Discharge, Qop1 = 43.55 litre/min
Hop2 = 13.83 m
Qop2 = 121.89 litre/min

The energy imparted to the water by the pump for operating condition 1
 43.55 1
Wop1 =ρgQH =1000 kg/m3×9.81 m/s2× litre/s× m3/litre×16.40 m
60 1000
= 0.12 kWatts
The energy imparted to the water by the pump for operating condition

Wop2 =0.28 kWatts

 Problem 3:
Solution We are to calculate pump efficiency and estimate the BEP conditions.

Properties The density of water at 20oC is 998.0 kg/m3.

Analysis (a) Pump efficiency is

ρgVH
Pump efficiency: η pump = (1)
bhp

TABLE 1 We show the second row of data (at V = 6.0 Lpm) as an example – the rest are
Pump performance data for water at 20oC. calculated in a spreadsheet for convenience,
V H bhp ηpump
ηpump =
(998.0 kg/m )(9.81 m/s )(6.0 L/min )(46.2 m) ⎛⎜
3 2
1 m3 ⎞⎟⎛ 1 min ⎞
(Lpm) (m) (W) (%) 142 W ⎜ 1000 L ⎟⎜⎝ 60 s ⎟⎠
⎝ ⎠
0.0 47.5 133 0.0
6.0 46.2 142 31.9 ⎛ N ⋅ s 2 ⎞⎛ W ⋅ s ⎞
×⎜ ⎟ = 0.319 = 31.9%
12.0 42.5 153 54.4 ⎜ kg ⋅ m ⎟⎜⎝ N ⋅ m ⎟⎠
⎝ ⎠
18.0 36.2 164 64.8
24.0 26.2 172 59.7 The results for all rows are shown in Table 1.
30.0 15.0 174 42.2
36.0 0.0 174 0.0 (b) The best efficiency point (BEP) occurs at approximately the fourth row of data:
V * = 18.0 Lpm, H* = 36.2 m of head, bhp* = 164. W, and ηpump* = 64.8%.

(c) plot the curves

50 180
70

40 170 60
H (m) 50
160
30 ηpump 40
150 (%)
20 bhp 30
(W) 140
20
10 130 10

0 120 0
0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40
V (Lpm) 
V (Lpm)