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The document is an assignment for ME 401A, Energy Systems II at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, containing six practice problems related to fluid mechanics and pump systems. Problem #3 is designated for grading and carries 5 marks. Each problem includes specific parameters and asks for calculations related to pressure head, impeller diameter, manometric efficiency, and cavitation in pumps.

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The document is an assignment for ME 401A, Energy Systems II at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, containing six practice problems related to fluid mechanics and pump systems. Problem #3 is designated for grading and carries 5 marks. Each problem includes specific parameters and asks for calculations related to pressure head, impeller diameter, manometric efficiency, and cavitation in pumps.

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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Department of Mechanical Engineering


ME 401A, Energy Systems II
Assignment-8
The problems are for practice in general. Problem # 3 has to be submitted for grading.
The problem carries 5 Marks

1. A conical type draft tube attached to a Francis turbine has an inlet diameter of 3 m and its area at outlet is
20 m2. The velocity of water at inlet, which is 5 m above tail race level, is 5 m/s. Assuming the loss in
draft tube equals to 50% of velocity head at outlet, find (a) the pressure head at the top of the draft tube
(b) the total head at the top of the draft tube taking tail race level as datum (c) power lost in draft tube.
(Ans. 6.03 m vac, 0.24 m, 0.08 m)

2. Calculate the least diameter of impeller of a centrifugal pump to just start delivering water to a height
of 30 m, if the inside diameter of impeller is half of the outside diameter and the manometric efficiency
is 0.8. The pump runs at 1000 rpm.
(Ans. 0.6 m)

3. The impeller of a centrifugal pump is 0.5 m in diameter and rotates at 1200 rpm. Blades are curved back
to an angle of 30° to the tangent at outlet tip. If the measured velocity of flow at the outlet is 5 m/s, find
the work input per kg of water per second. Find the theoretical maximum lift to which the water can be
raised if the pump is provided with whirlpool chamber which reduces the velocity of water by 50%.
(Ans. 72.78 m, 65.87 m)

4. The impeller of a centrifugal pump is 0.3 m in diameter and runs at 1450 rpm. The pressure gauges on
suction and delivery sides show the difference of 25 m. The blades are curved back to an angle of 30°.
The velocity of flow through impeller, being constant, equals to 2.5 m/s, find the manometric efficiency
of the pump. If the frictional losses in impeller amounts to 2 m, find the fraction of total energy which
is converted into pressure energy by impeller. Also find the pressure rise in pump casing.
(Ans. 58.35%, 54.1%, 1.83 m of water)

5. A centrifugal pump is required to work against a head of 20 m while rotating at the speed of 700 rpm.
If the blades are curved back to an angle of 30° to tangent at outlet tip and velocity of flow through
impeller is 2 m/s, calculate the impeller diameter when (a) all the kinetic energy at impeller outlet is
wasted and (b) when 50% of this energy is converted into pressure energy in pump casing.
(Ans. 0.55 m, 0.48 m)

6. During a laboratory test on a pump, appreciable cavitation began when the pressure plus the velocity
head at inlet was reduced to 3.26 m while the change in total head across the pump was 36.5 m and the
discharge was 48 litres/s. Barometric pressure was 750 mm of Hg and the vapour pressure of water 1.8
kPa. What is the value of σ c ? If the pump is to give the same total head and discharge in a location
where the normal atmospheric pressure is 622 mm of Hg and the vapour pressure of water is 830 Pa, by
how much must the height of the pump above the supply level be reduced?
(Ans. 0.084, 1.65 m)

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