Fluids 4

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1. The pump discharges water at B at

0.05 m3>=/s. If the friction head 4. Water in the reservoir flows through
loss between the intake at A and the the 0.2-m-diameter pipe at A into
outlet at B is 0.9 m, and the power the turbine. If the discharge at B
input to the pump is 8 kW, determine is 0.5 m3/s, determine the power
the difference in pressure between output of the turbine. Assume the
A and B. The efficiency of the pump turbine runs with an efficiency of
is e = 0.7. 65%, and there is a head loss of 0.5
m through the pipe.

A. 86.5 kPa B. 83.1 kPa

C. 98.6 kPa D. 78.7 kPa

2. The power input of the pump is 10 kW

and the friction head loss between
A and B is 1.25 m. If the pump has
an efficiency of e = 0.8, and the
increase in pressure from A to B is
100 kPa, determine the volumetric
flow of water through the pump. A. 18 kW B. 19 kW
A. 0.0603 m3/s B. 0.0315 m3/s C. 20 kW D. 21 kW
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C. 0.0720 m /s D. 0.0173 m3/s
5. A 300-mm-diameter horizontal oil
3. Water in the reservoir flows through pipeline extends 8 km connecting two
the 0.2-m-diameter pipe at A into large open reservoirs having the
the turbine. If the discharge at B same level. If friction in the pipe
is 0.5 m3/s, determine the power creates a head loss of 3 m for every
output of the turbine. Assume the 200 m of pipe length, determine the
turbine runs with an efficiency of power that must be supplied by a
65%. Neglect frictional losses in pump to produce a flow of 6 m3/min
the pipe. through the pipe. The ends of the
pipe are submerged in the reser-
voirs. Take 𝜌𝑜 = 880 kg/m3.
A. 97 kW B. 113 kW
C. 104 kW D. 107 kW

6. A pump is used to deliver water from

a large reservoir to another large
reservoir that is 20 m higher. If
the friction head loss in the 200-
mm-diameter, 4-km-long pipeline is
2.5 m for every 500 m of pipe
length, determine the required power
output of the pump so the flow is
0.8 m3/s. The ends of the pipe are
submerged.
A. 334 kW B. 287 kW
C. 295 kW D. 314 kW
A. 22.6 kPa B. 24.3 kPa
C. 28.4 kPa D. 26.8 kPa

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7. Water is drawn from the well at B
through the 3-in.- diameter suction
pipe and discharged through the pipe
of the same size at A. If the pump
supplies 1.5 kW of power to the wa-
ter, determine the velocity of the
water when it exits at A. Assume the
frictional head loss in the pipe
system is 1.5V2/2g. Note that 746 W
= 1 hp and 1 hp = 550 ftlb/s A. 12.6 kW B. 13.9 kW
C. 17.6 kW D. 14.3 kW

10. Three pipes of length 800m,500m and

400m of diameter 500mm,400mm and
300mm respectively are connected are
connected in series these pipes are
to be replaced by a single pipe of
length 1700m.find the diameter of
single pipe.
Hint: The equivalent pipe is a sin-
gle pipe having the same flow and
head loss to that of the series of
pipes.
A. 372 mm B. 246 mm
C. 353 mm D. 286 mm
A. 19.6 ft/s B. 16.3 ft/s
C. 18.2 ft/s D. 13.3 ft/s
11. The difference in water surface lev-
8. Water is drawn into the pump, such els in two tanks, which are con-
that the pressure at the inlet A is nected by three pipes in series of
-35 kPa and the pressure at B is 120 lengths 400 m, 200 m and 300 m and
kPa. If the discharge at B is 0.08 of diameters 400 mm, 300 mm and 200
m3/s, determine the power output of mm respectively, is 16m. Estimate
the pump. Neglect friction losses. the rate of flow of water if coef-
The pipe has a constant diameter of ficient of friction for these pipes
100 mm. Take h = 2 m. is same and equal to 0.005.
A. 0.11 m3/s B. 0.23 m3/s
C. 0.16 m3/s D. 0.31 m3/s

12. What is the head loss in meters per

kilometer on a 150 mm diameter pipe
having a coefficient of friction of
0.25 if the discharge is 0.0106m3/s?
A. 2.45 m B. 3.06 m
C. 3.62 m D. 2.22 m

13. A Discharge of 600 liters/sec flows

A. 12 kW B. 13 kW through a pipe having a diameter of
C. 14 kW D. 15 kW 400 mm length of 40 m long, compute
the head loss of pipeline using
9. The pump draws water from the large a. Manning’s Eq with n=0.013
reservoir A and discharges it at 0.2 b. Darcy formula with f=0.012
m3/s at C. If the diameter of the c. Williams Formula with C=100
pipe is 200 mm, determine the power A. 0.15, 3.15, B. 1.23, 2.35,
the pump delivers to the water. Ne- 1.36 3.47
glect friction losses. Construct the C. 3.32, 1.39, D. 2.72, 1.51,
energy and hydraulic grade lines for 2.84 0.14
the pipe using a datum at B.

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14. A liquid having a Reynold’s number
of 1900 flows through a 200 mm di-
ameter pipe , 150 m long. The head
loss of the pipe due to friction is
22m. Compute the rate of flow in li-
ters per hour
A. 1362 L/s B. 1464 L/s
C. 1470 L/s D. 1330 L/s

15. The velocity of oil flowing through

a 30mm diameter pipe is usual to 2 Pipes diameter length f
m/s. Oil has a kinematic viscosity
of 5 x 10-5 m2/s. if the pipe has a 1 800 mm 1500 mm 0.0158
length of 120m. Compute the head
loss of the pipe. 2 600 mm 450 mm 0.0168
A. 53.69 m B. 37.55 m
C. 48.53 m D. 43.22 m 3 450 mm 1200 mm 0.0175

16. Reservoir A is the source of water Compute the rate of flow out of res-
supply is at elevation 180 m, B is ervoir A in m3/s.
the junction at elevation 120 m. A. 1.107 m3/s B. 1.014 m3/s
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Town C has a population of 20000 in- C. 1.235 m /s D. 1.448 m3/s
habitants is at elevation 60m. Town
D has a population of 24000 inhab- 18. The three reservoirs A, B and C are
itants is at elevation 45 m. The connected by pipelines 1, 2 and 3
consumption is 190 liters per capita respectively which meet at junction
per day. Neglect all losses except D as shown in the figure. The ele-
from friction. For the pipes, fric- vation of reservoir A is at 300 m
tion factor is 0.02. Determine the while that of C is at elevation 277
required diameter in meters of pipe m. The discharge flowing towards B
AB. is 0,60m3/s.

A. 220 m B. 210 m Pipes diameter length f

C. 330 m D. 340 m
1 900 mm 1500 mm 0.0208
17. Three reservoirs A, B and C are con-
2 600 mm 450 mm 0.0168
nected by pipelines a 2 and 3 re-
spectively. The elevations of res-
3 450 mm 1200 mm 0.0175
ervoir A is equal to 200 m while
that of C is 178 m. The discharge
flowing towards B is 0.60m3/s. Res- Compute the elevation of reservoir
ervoir B is higher than C. B.
A. 295.2 m B. 247.5 m
C. 388.3 m D. 325.6 m

19. Reservoirs A and B have elevation of

100m and 160 m respectively. A pump

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is installed near reservoir A to
pump the water from A to B. The rate
of flow in the pipes is 650L/s and
the pipr has a a length of 1000mm
with a diameter of 600mm, If C=120
and reservoirs A and B were eleva-
tion of 100 m and 160 m, compute the
horsepower required to pump the wa-
ter to B.

A. 623.64 B. 642.84
C. 641.08 D. 638.12

20. Evaluate the discharge velocity of

water in m/s, flowing at a rate of
10m3/sec on a rectangular channel 5
m at the base and 4 m depth
A. 0.3 m/s B. 0.4 m/s
C. 0.5 m/s D. 0.6 m/s

21. A rectangular irrigation canal 6 m

wide and 1.2 m depth has a hydraulic
slope of 0.001 and a roughness co-
efficient of 0.013. Estimate the
discharge of the canal in m3/sec.
A. 16.34 B. 15.80
C. 12.40 D. 19.27

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