Determining Flowrates Through Pump and System Curves

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Parameters Legend
Liquid density (kg m
-3
) 1000 Parameters specified by user
Liquid viscosity (Pa s) 0.001 Intermediate calculations
Gravity (m s
-2
)
9.81 Cells used in Goal Seek
Pipe diameter (m) 0.1
Pipe length (m) 10
Pipe roughness (m) 0.0001
Pipe cross-sectional area (m
2
)
0.00785
Pump Curve Coefficients
Hpump = 0.1 -0.001 Q -0 Q^2
Calculations
Guess value for liquid velocity 0.94379 Set to an initial guess value
Reynolds number 94379.1 With Goal Seek, vary this number
Friction factor (Haaland) 0.02208
Pump curve 0.10025
System curve 0.09999
Pump curve - System curve 0.00026 so that this number is zero
Determining Flowrates Through Pump and System Curves