Centrifugap Pump Essay

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1.0 Introduction A centrifugal pump is one of the simplest pieces of equipment in any process plant. The main purpose of centrifugal pump is to convert energy of a prime mover like an electric motor or turbine first into velocity or kinetic energy and then into pressure energy of a fluid that is being pumped. This equipment is widely used in chemical industry, due to its wide range of application with performance in traffic, pressure head and adaptability of dielectric properties. Besides, its small and simple features also contributed to easy flow of uniform, lower failure rate and also lower operating cost (The Centrifugal Pump n.d.). This experiment will demonstrate the working principle of centrifugal pump in order to determine the performance characteristics of centrifugal pump. This is accomplished by determining the relationship between pressure and the flow rate of a centrifugal pump when operating under three assigned conditions. 2.0 Objectives Condition I: To investigate the relationship between pump head, water flowrate, pump power and overall efficiency for a centrifugal pump. Condition II: To study the relationship between water flowrate, pump speed and pump head for a centrifugal pump. Condition III: To compare the overall efficiency at two different fixed pump speed. 3.0 Nomenclatures Table 3.1: Nomenclatures used in this experiment Variable | Symbol | Unit | Description | Pump Head | H | m | The height at which centrifugal pump can raise water up. | Water Flowrate | Q | m3/s | The volume of water which passes through centrifugal pump per unit time. | Pump Power/Power Input | Wshaft | W | Work done supplied to the shaft. | Power Output | Wfluid | W | The additional energy that is added by a pump to a fluid. | Density | ρ | kgm3 | The ratio of mass over volume. | Gravitational potential energy | g | ms2 |
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