Reciprocating Pump

1. A single acting reciprocating pump has a 15cm piston with a crank of radius 15cm. The delivery pipe is 10cm
diameter. At a speed of 60rpm, 310 lps of water is lifted to a total height of 15m. Find the slip, coefficient of
discharge and theoretical power in kW required to drive the pump. [Slip = 2.52%, Coeff. of discharge =
0.975, Pt = 0.778kW]
2. A three throw pump has a 20cm diameter cylinder and a stroke of 40cm. The pump is required to deliver 5000
lpm of water at a static head of 80m. Friction losses can be taken 2.0m in the suction pipe and 18m in the
delivery pipe. Assume a slip of 2% and the pump efficiency of 90%. Neglecting the velocity head in the
delivery pipe, determine the speed of the pump and the power required. [N = 135.4 rpm, P = 90.73kW]
3. A single acting reciprocating pump has the its cylinder diameter 15cm, stroke length 30cm, suction head
2.5m. The diameter of the suction pipe is 5.0cm and the length is 5.0m. Assuming atmospheric pressure as
10.0m of water (abs) and vapor pressure as 2.0m of water (abs) determine the maximum speed at which the
pump can be run without cavitation. [N = 27 rpm]
4. A single acting reciprocating pump has 20cm cylinder with a stroke of 40cm. The suction pipe is 10cm
diameter and 5m long. If the speed of the pump is 30 rpm, determine the maximum suction lift if the
cavitation occurs at 2.5m of water (abs). Assume atmospheric pressure as 10.0m of water (abs). [Hs = 3.476
m]
5. A single acting reciprocating pump has a 25cm cylinder with a stroke of 40cm. The diameters of suction and
delivery pipes are 15cm and 20cm respectively. If the piston makes 40 strokes/min, estimate the maximum
velocity and acceleration of water in the suction and delivery pipes. [Vsmax = 2.327 m/s, Vdmax = 1.309 m/s,
asmax = 9.749 m2/s, admax = 5.484 m2/s]
6. A single acting reciprocating pump has cylinder diameter 10cm, stroke 25cm. The static suction head is 4.0m,
diameter of the suction pipe is 5.0cm and the length is 6.0m. The static delivery head is 16.0m, diameter of
the delivery pipe is 5.0cm and the length is 25.0m. If the crank speed is 30rpm, estimate the pressure head on
the piston at the (i) beginning, (ii) mid and (iii) end of the suction and delivery strokes. Assume atmospheric
pressure as 10.0m of water (abs) and the friction factor as 0.02. [(i) 2.982 m, (ii) 5.698 m, (iii) 9.018 m]
7. A double acting reciprocating pump has 25cm cylinder with a stroke of 40cm. The suction pipe is 5.0cm
diameter and 3.0m long. If the piston executes 50 strokes/minute, determine the minimum diameter of suction
pipe to prevent cavitation. Cavitation occurs at 2.5m water (abs). Assume atmospheric pressure as 10.0m of
water (abs). [ds = 9.86 cm]
8. A single acting reciprocating pump has a stroke length of 45cm and a cylinder diameter of 30cm. The suction
pipe is 6m long and has a diameter of 15cm. The water level in the sump is 3.0m below the cylinder. (i)
Calculate the maximum speed of the pump, if cavitation is known to occur at 2.5m of water (abs). (ii) If an air
vessel is fitted on the suction side at a length of 2.0m from the cylinder, calculate the admissible maximum
speed and the percentage change in the discharge. Assume atmospheric pressure as 10.0m of water (abs) and
the friction factor as 0.02.
[(i) N = 27.3 rpm; (ii) N = 47 rpm, 72% increase in discharge after fitting the air vessel]
9. A double acting reciprocating pump has its cylinder diameter 20cm, stroke length 40cm. The diameter of the
suction pipe is 10cm and the crank speed is 90 rpm. If an air vessel is fitted on the suction side, calculate the
flow into or out of the air vessel when the crank angle is (i) 45 0 and (ii) 1500. [(i) 0.00419 m3/s out of air
vessel, (ii) 0.00807 m3/s into air vessel]
10. A single-acting reciprocating water pump, with a bore and stroke of 150 mm and 300mm respectively, runs at
2.51 rad·s−1 (0.4 rev/s). Suction and delivery pipes are each 75mm diameter. The former is 7.5 m long and
the suction lift is 3 m. There is no air vessel on the suction side. The delivery pipe is 300 m long, the outlet (at
atmospheric pressure) being 13.5m above the level of the pump, and a large air vessel is connected to the
delivery pipe at a point 15m from the pump. Calculate the absolute pressure head in the cylinder at beginning,
middle and end of each stroke. Assume that the motion of the piston is simple harmonic, that losses at inlet
and outlet of each pipe are negligible, that the slip is 2%, and that friction factor f for both pipes is constant at
0.01. (Atmospheric pressure ≡ 10.33 m water head.) [ Suction stroke: 4.43m, 6.87m, 10.23m; Delivery stroke:
31.34m, 26.47m, 19.75m]