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Faculty of Engineering
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3 year Mechanical bylaw:2004
Final exam 2nd Semester
No. of pages: 10
Important
No. of questions: 5
remarks
Total mark: 100 marks
ii. What are the possible causes for excessive power consumption in centrifugal pumps?
iv. When do you choose a positive displacement pump instead of a centrifugal pump? Mention
two reasons.
b) If glycerin total flow rate in the pipe network shown below is 0.001 m3/s, find the flow rate in
pipes 2 and 3 and the glycerin level in the tank (H). All pipes are 0.01 m in diameter and the flow
is laminar. Ignore all minor losses and take = 640 kg/m3 and = 0.163 Pa.s. (12 marks)
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b) Answer the following questions: (8 marks)
i. Sketch the H-Q curve of a positive displacement pump at different speeds? (2 marks)
iii. Mention two advantages of rotary positive displacement pumps over reciprocating ones.
(2 marks)
iv. Sketch the effect of change in liquid viscosity on positive displacement pump efficiency.
(2 marks
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b) State whether the following statements are true or false (4 marks)
i. Axial flow pumps are usually used in situation requiring low flow rates.
ii.
In axial flow pumps the blade speed at inlet and outlet are different (i.e. u1 u2).
iii. The flow velocity (Vf) is constant in axial pumps (i.e. Vf1 = Vf2).
iv. In axial flow pumps, flow velocity is normal to impeller axis.
c) You are a mechanical engineer in a power plant, mention two possible causes for each of the
following situations:
i. Your technician came to you complaining about one pump producing a lot of noise and
vibrating excessively. (2 marks)
ii. The new pump you have just installed is not delivering any liquid. (2 marks)
iii. Your technician complained to you that the new seal he installed worked for 2 months only
instead of the expected 1 year life. (2 marks)
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b) You are required to deliver water to a building for which the system curve is H sys 15 1635 Q 2
(plotted on the pump H-Q curve). If the pump available to you has the characteristics shown:
i. Find the flow rate the pump will deliver to this system? (2 marks)
ii. Find the flow rate if you connect two pumps in parallel and the power required. (5 marks)
iii. Find the flow rate if you connect two pumps in series and the power required. (5 marks)
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b) A pump having the characteristics shown is to be connected to the pipe system below with
L = 20 m, f = 0.05, D = 0.1 m, and H = 2 m.
i. Draw the system curve. (4 marks)
ii. Find the flow rate delivered by the pump. (2 marks)
iii. If it is desired to reduce this flow rate to 0.02 m3/s by
installing a valve on the pipe, find the new system curve.
(4 marks)
iv. Should you install the valve before or after the pump? (2 marks)
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