BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN FLUID MACHINERY

DIRECTIONS:
Cheating in whatever form in this examination will have a failing grade of 5.0. Strictly
follow rules in solving the problems. Don’t forget to box the final answer. Do not tear off/
detach any page from the sheet provided. Show complete details of your solution. Use four
decimal places in the final answer.

1. Water from an open reservoir A at 8 m elevation is drawn by a motor driven pump

to an open reservoir B at 70 m elevation. The inside diameter of the suction pipe is
200 mm and 150 mm for the discharge pipe. The suction line has a loss of head three
times that of a velocity head in the 200 mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of
head 20x that of the velocity head in the discharge pipe line. The pump centerline is
at 4 m. Overall efficiency of the system is 78%. For a discharge rate of 10 L/s, find the
power input to the motor and the pressure gage readings installed just at the outlet
and inlet of pump in kPag.

2. Determine the water horse power and mechanical efficiency of a centrifugal water
pump which has an input of 3.5 HP. If the pump has an 8" nominal size suction and
6" nominal size discharge. If it handles 150 gpm of water at 150°F, the suction line
gage shows 4" Hg vacuum and the discharge gage shows 26 psi. The discharge gage
is located at 2 ft above the center of the discharge pipeline and pump inlet and
discharge lines are at same elevation. γ150°F = 61.2 lb/ft3

3. A centrifugal pump delivers 300,000 L/hr of H2O to a pressurized tank where

pressure is 280 kPa. The source of water is 5 m below the pump. The diameter of the
suction pipe is 300 mm and the discharge pipe is 250 mm. Calculate the kW rating of
driving motor assuming pump efficiency to be 72%.

4. A double action, single stage, centrifugal pump delivers 900 m3/hr of seawater (SG =
1.03) from a source where water level varies two meters from high tide to low tide
level. The pump centerline is located 2.6 m above the surface of the water at high
tide. The pump discharges into a surface condenser, 3 m above pump centerline.
Loss of head due to friction in suction pipe is 0.8 m and that in the discharge is 3 m.
Pump is directly coupled to a 1750 rpm, 460 V, 3 phase, 60 Hz motor. Calculate
specific speed of the pump.