Ass 2 Combeng
Ass 2 Combeng
Ass 2 Combeng
BSME 3C
SAMPLE PROBLEM 9
A centrifugal pump operating under steady flow condition delivers 2,270 kg/min of water
from an initial pressure of 82,740 Pa to final pressure of 275,800 Pa. The diameter of the inlet
pipe to the pump is 15.24 cm and the diameter of the discharge is 10.16. What is the work in
KJ/min.?
GIVEN
kg 1 min kg
m=2270 × =37.833
min 60 sec sec
P1=82 740 Pa
P2=275 800 Pa
1m
d ¿ =15.24 cm × =0.1524 m
100 cm
1m
d OUT =10.16 cm× =0.1016 m
100 cm
Find work in KJ/min
SOLUTION
We need to use the formula of energy balance which is:
We need to cancel out PE since it will not be used on the problem so the equation would be:
KE 1 +Wf 1 +W =KE 2 +Wf 2
KE 2 v 22
=ke2=
m 2
We need to solve the velocities at 2 points using mass flow rate equation:
ṁ= Avρ
A = cross-sectional area of the pipe
v = velocity of the fluid
ρ = density of the fluid
As the problem said that it has equal mass flow rate entering and exiting, the equation would be:
ṁ=ṁ1=ṁ2
37.833 kg /sec
= π ( 0.1524 )2 ( 1000 kg )
4 m3
V 1 = 2.0740 m/s
ṁ
V 2=
A2 ρ
37.833 kg /sec
= π ( 0.1016 m )2 ( 1000 kg )
4 m3
V 2= 4.6666 m/s
m 2
(2.0740 )
ke 1=
2
s
( 1 kg1 m/s
N
2)( 10001 KJNm )
ke 1=¿ 2.5107 ×10−3 KJ/kg
2
m
( 4.6666 )
ke 2=
2
s 1N
1 kg m/s
2 ( )( 10001 KJNm )
ke 1=0.01089 KJ /kg
P = Pressure
v = Specific volume
As we said earlier, the fluid is same so we can use same specific volume of water:
1
v = v1 =v 2= ρ
W f 1=¿)
( 1N 1 KJ
1 kg m/s 1000 Nm
2 )( )
W f 1=0.08274 KJ /kg
W f 2=¿)
( 1N
)( 1 KJ
1 kg m/s 1000 Nm
2 )
W f 1=0.2758 KJ /kg
P = ṁw
Ẇ = P = ṁw