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Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery

  1. A centrifugal pump is required to pump water to an open water tank situated 4 km away from the location of the pump through a pipe of diameter 0.2 m having Darcy's friction factor of 0.01. The average speed of water in the pipe is 2 m/s. If it is to maintain a constant head of 5 m in the tank, neglecting other minor losses, the absolute discharge pressure at the pump exit is
    1. 0.449 bar
    2. 5.503 bar
    3. 44.911 bar
    4. 55.203 bar
Correct Option: B

Given: d = 0.2 m, L = 4000 m
f = 0.01, v = 2 m/s
Head loss due to friction,

hf =
fLv²
=
0.01 × 4000 × (2)²
2gd2 × 9.81 × 0.2

= 40.77 m
Pressure corresponding to this head
= ρg(hf + h + hatm)
= 1000 × 9.81(40.77 + 5 + 10.3)
= 5.50 × 105 N/m² = 5.50 bar



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