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Problem 1
A rotodynamic pump having the characteristics tabulated below delivers water from a
river at elevation 52 m o.d. to a reservoir with a water level of 85 m o.d., through a 350
mm diameter coated cast iron pipeline, 2000 m long (k = 0.15 mm). Allowing 10 v 2 / 2g
for losses in valves, etc. Calculate the discharge in the pipeline and the power
consumption.

Pump Characteristics :
Discharge
0 50 100 150 200
(l/sec)
Total Head
60 58 52 41 25
(m)
Efficiency
- 44 65 64 48
(per cent)

The efficiencies given are the overall efficiencies of the pump and motor combined.
Given :
• D s=D d =350 mm=0.35 m
• L=2,000 m
• k=0.15 mm

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v2
• h minor =10
2g
• H s= z 2− z1 =85−52=33 m
Steps of solution :
The solution to such problems is basically to solve simultaneously the head-discharge
relationships for the pump and pipeline :
For the pump, head delivered at discharge Q may be expressed by :
2
H m =AQ +B Q+C
For the pipeline, the head required to produce a discharge Q is given by :
H m =H s +h f +h minor
8f L 2 Km 2
H m =H s + 2 5 Q + 2Q
π gD 2g A
A graphical solution is the simplest method and also gives the engineer a visual
interpretation of the matching of the pump & pipeline.

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First of all, we shall start with the system curve. Values of H corresponding to a range of
Q values will be calculated.
System Curve
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Q (l/s) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300
3
Q (m /s) 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3
D (mm) 350 350 350 350 350 350 350
v (m/s) 0.000 0.520 1.039 1.559 2.079 2.598 3.118
Kinematic Viscosity 1.13E-06 1.13E-06 1.13E-06 1.13E-06 1.13E-06 1.13E-06 1.13E-06
Re 0 160,966 321,932 482,897 643,863 804,829 965,795
k (mm) 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
k/D 0.00043 0.00043 0.00043 0.00043 0.00043 0.00043 0.00043
-0.5
f 0.000 7.258 7.489 7.588 7.645 7.682 7.708
f 0.0000 0.0190 0.0178 0.0174 0.0171 0.0169 0.0168
Hst 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
L (m) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Hf 0.000 1.493 5.610 12.294 21.535 33.326 47.666
Km 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Hminor 0.000 0.138 0.551 1.239 2.202 3.441 4.956
Hm 33.000 34.631 39.161 46.533 56.737 69.767 85.621

To summarize the procedure for completing the previous table :

Flow velocity is calculated through :
Q Q Q
v= =π 2 → v = π ∗0.35 2
A D
4 4
The kinematic viscosity for water is taken as :
−6 2
ν=1.13∗10 m / sec
Reynolds number is calculated through :
vD v∗0.35
R e= ν =
1.13∗10−6

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The roughness height for coated cast iron pipes is :

k=0.15 mm
To calculate the friction coefficient, Barr's equation is used :
1
√f
=−2 log
3.7 (
k / D 5.1286
+ 0.89
Re )
The friction losses (using Darcy-Weisbach equation) occurring in the pipeline is calculated
through :
2 8f L
h f =K Q , K = 2 5
π gD
To calculate the minor/secondary losses through the pipeline :
Km 2
h minor = 2 Q
2gA
Finally, the total manometric head required is :
H m =H s +h f +h minor
The following graph shows the system curve for the previously tabulated values :

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The following graph shows the pump characteristic curve (Head vs Discharge curve ) :

The computed system curve data and pump characteristic curve data are now plotted on
the same graph as shown in the following figure :

The intersection point gives the operating conditions; in this case :

Q o =136 l / sec , H m =44.18 m
The operating efficiency is :
ηtotal =0.66

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To calculate the power consumption :

136
Output Power =γ w Qo H m=9,810∗ ∗44.18=58,943.19 Watt
1000
Output Power 58,943.19
ηtotal = → 0.66=
Input Power Input Power
Input Power =89,307.86 Watt =89.31 kW

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