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    RODEL L.

    PANGHULAN, PME, ACPE, RMP


    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
    HVAC: FIRE PROTECTION: ELEVATOR/ESCALATOR/MOVING WALK: WASHING GONDOLA
    SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: PLUMBING & SANITARY SYSTEMS: DUST COLLECTION
    Member: ASHRAE (USA); NFPA (USA); ASME (USA); PSIM Makati BOT: PIFPO ARC PREISIDENT
    DESIGN: CONSULTING: PROJECT MANAGEMENT: ENGINEERS
    PROFESSORAL LECTURER; MAPUA UNIVERSITY (Formerly MIT: EAC Dasma Cavite
    51F Sto Tomas cor Reverend Dumandan Sts. Brgy Santolan Pasig City
    Mobile No.: 0920-9501912
    Email Address: [email protected]

    1.0 An acceptance test was conducted on a centrifugal pump having a suction pipe 25.4 cm in
    diameter and discharge pipe 12.7cm in diameter. Flow was 136 m3/hr of clear cold water.
    Pressure at suction was 114.3 mm Hg vac and discharge pressure was 107 KPag above the point
    suction pressure was measured. Input to the pump was 15 hp.

    a. Determine the pump efficiency


    b. If the pump runs at 1750 rpm, what new flow, head, and brake hp would be
    developed and required if the pump speed were increased to 3500 rpm? Assume
    constant efficiency.

    (Ans. a. 64.4% b. 372 m3/hr c. 56.8 m d. 120 bhp)

    2.0 A motor driven pump draws water from on open reservoir A and lifts to an open reservoir B.
    Suction and discharge pipes are 150mm and 100 mm in inside diameter, respectively. The loss of
    head in the suction line is 3 times that velocity head in the 150 mm pipe and the loss of head in
    the discharge line on 20 times the velocity head in the 100mm pipeline. Water level at reservoir
    A is at elevation 6 m that of reservoir B at elevation 75 m. Pump centerline is at elevation 2 m.
    Overall efficiency of the system is 73 %. Determine the following:
    a. Power input of the motor
    b. Reading in Kpa of the pressure gauges installed just at the outlet and inlet of the pump
    (Discharge is 10 li/sec.)

    (ANS. a. 9.51 KW b. Po = 732.34 Kpag Pi= 398.76 Kpag)

    3.0 A plant has installed a single suction centrifugal pump with a discharge of 68.0 m3 /hr under
    60 m head and running at 1200 rpm. It is proposed to install another pump with double suction
    but of the same type to operate at 30 m head and deliver 90 m3/hr.
    a. Determine the speed of the proposed pump.
    b. What must be the impeller diameter of the proposed pump if the diameter of the
    existing pump is 150 mm?

    (ANS. a. 877 rpm, b. 145 mm)


    5.0 A 4 m3/hr pump delivers water to a pressure tank. At the start, the gage reads 138 Kpa until
    it reads 276 Kpa and then the pump was shut off. The volume of the tank volume is 160 Liters. At
    276 Kpa the water occupied 2/3 of the Tank Volume

    a. Determine the volume of water that can be taken out until the gage reads 138 Kpa.
    b. If 1 m3/hr of water is constantly used, in how many minutes from 138 Kpa will the
    pump run until the gage roads 276 Kpa.?

    (ANS. a. 30.75 li, b. 0.615 min )


    PUMPS

    6.0 A centrifugal pump delivers 227 m3/hr of water from a source 4 meters below the pump to
    a pressure tank whose pressure is 2.8 kg/cm2. Friction loss estimate are 2 meters in the suction
    line and 1 meter in the discharge line. The diameter of the suction pipe is 250 mm and the
    discharge pipe is 200 mm Find:

    a. The water horsepower


    b. The KW rating of the driving motor if the pump efficiency is 70 %.

    (ANS. a. 29 hp b. 31 KW)

    7.0 A pump is to deliver 80 GPM of water at 60 C with a discharge pressure of 1000 KPag.
    Suction pressure indicates 50 mm of mercury vacuum. The diameter of the suction
    and discharge pipes are 5 inches and 4 inches, respectively. If the pump has an
    efficiency of 70 % determine the brake horsepower of the pump.

    (ANS. a. 9.732 hp)

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