1. Pump delivers 1000 gallons per minute of water at a head of 100 ft. Find the water power needed.

Ans. 25.28 Hp

2. Find the power of motor needed to pump the water at a head of 100 m at the rate of 400 lps if pump efficiency is 70%.
Ans. 560.57 KW

3. A pump has a suction condition of 50 mm Hg vacuum pressure, 100 mm diameter pipe and discharge condition of 250 Kpa at 90 mm
diameter. The discharge tank is 50 m elevation and the suction is 5 m below the pump centerline. If discharge is 0.20 m 3/s, find the pump
efficiency for 260 KW brake power. Ans. 74.32%

4. The suction diameter of 60 mm reads 2 psi vacuum and 50 mm diameter discharge with 250 Kpag. The suction water level is 5 m above
water pump centerline and discharge water level is 25 m above pump centerline. The total head loss at suction and discharge is 2 m. If
discharge is 0.01 m3/s, find the horsepower needed to pump the water for 80% pump efficiency. Ans. 8.15 Hp

5. The suction water level of a reservoir A is 5 m above pump centerline and a discharge water level is 50 m above pump centerline. The
discharge is 0.2 m3/s with suction pipe of 100 mm diameter and 90 mm diameter discharge pipe. The total head loss is 50% of the velocity
head at suction pipe. If pump runs at 360 rpm, find the torque developed by the shaft of motor if pump efficiency is 76%. Ans. 5.4 KN-m

6. A water jet has a diameter of 75 mm and has a velocity of 15 m/s. What is the horsepower exerted by the jet. Ans. 10 Hp
7. A pump has a head of 20 m at 450 rpm. What is the increase in head developed by the pump is speed increased to 1000 rpm?
Ans. 78.76 m

8. The power developed by the pump is 30 KW. What is the percent decrease in power if speed will decrease by 40%? Ans. 78.4%

9. A reciprocating pump has 350 mm x 400 mm cylinder running at 360 rpm. If percent slip is 10%, find the volumetric efficiency of the pump.
Ans. 90%

10. A pump develops a power of 50 KW at 300 rpm with fluid specific gravity of 1.02 when impeller diameter is 150 mm. If increases to 650
rpm, impeller diameter of 120 mm and specific gravity of 0.8. Find the new power. Ans. 130.7 KW
11. A pump has a specific speed of 42 and 600 rpm when it delivers 0.01 m 3/s. Find the head developed by the pump. Ans. 1015.29 ft

12. A boiler feed pump has a suction enthalpy of 2500 KJ/kg and exit of 2505 KJ/kg. Find the velocity of water in the flowing in the pump.
Ans. 100 m/s

13. A swimming pool measuring 10 m by 25 m x 2 m is to be filled with water from an artesian well by a motor pump operating with a total
dynamic head of 50 m. Assuming an overall motor efficiency of 55%, energy cost of P0.45/KW-hr, find the total cost of energy to fill up the
swimming pool. Ans. 55.74

14. A 20 m3 tank can be filled with water in one hour by a motor driven pump. Pump efficiency is 90% and motor efficiency is 80% if the total
head is 20 m, find the cost of one filling for energy cost of P0.40/KW-hr. Ans. 0.606

15. A pump delivers 4 m3/min of water from 100 Kpa to 300 Kpa. The inlet and outlet pipe diameters are 15 cm and 12 cm respectively. Both
pipes are on the same level. The inlet and outlet temperatures are both 25°C and mass density of water is 997 kg/m 3. Calculate the pump work
in KW. Ans. 14