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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
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- 0.449 bar
- 5.503 bar
- 44.911 bar
- 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 = | = | ||
2gd | 2 × 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