QI:Fig. shows a pump drawing a solution (specific gravity =1.8) from a storage tank through an 8 cm steel pipe in which the flow velocity is 0.9m/s. The pump discharges through a 6 cm steel pipe to an overhead tank, the end of discharge is 12 m above the level of the solution in the feed tank. If the friction losses in the entire piping system are 5.5 m and pump efficiency is 65 per cent, determine: (i) Power rating of the pump. (ii) Pressure developed by the pump. Overhead tank 6 cm dia 15m 8 cm dia. Pump Storage tank Suction pipe Delivery pipe

QI:Fig. shows a pump drawing a solution (specific gravity =1.8) from a storage tank through an 8 cm steel pipe in which the flow velocity is 0.9m/s. The pump discharges through a 6 cm steel pipe to an overhead tank, the end of discharge is 12 m above the level of the solution in the feed tank. If the friction losses in the entire piping system are 5.5 m and pump efficiency is 65 per cent, determine: (i) Power rating of the pump. (ii) Pressure developed by the pump. Overhead tank 6 cm dia 15m 8 cm dia. Pump Storage tank Suction pipe Delivery pipe

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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