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Fluid and Combustion Engineering Problems

The document contains four sample problems related to fluid machinery and combustion engineering. The first problem asks to calculate the power required to lift water using given parameters. The second asks to calculate the head of a pump given specifications. The third asks to calculate the necessary power output of a pump lifting water from underground. The fourth problem provides specifications for a water pumping system and asks to calculate the motor power output.

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Fluid and Combustion Engineering Problems

The document contains four sample problems related to fluid machinery and combustion engineering. The first problem asks to calculate the power required to lift water using given parameters. The second asks to calculate the head of a pump given specifications. The third asks to calculate the necessary power output of a pump lifting water from underground. The fourth problem provides specifications for a water pumping system and asks to calculate the motor power output.

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FLUID MACHINERIES SAMPLE PROBLEM

1. A pump lifts water at a rate of 283 liters per second from a lake and forces it into a tank 8
m above the level of the water at a pressure of 137 kPa. What is the power required in
kW?
2. A pump with a 400 mm diameter suction pipe and a 350 mm diameter discharge pipe is to
deliver 20,000 liters per minute of 15.6 deg C water. Calculate the pump head in meters if
the suction gage is 7.5 cm below pump centerlines and reads 127 mm Hg vacuum and
discharges gage is 45 cm above the pump centerline and reads 75 kPa.
3. Water in rural areas is often extracted from underground water sources whose free surface
is 60 m below ground level. The water is to be raised 5 m above the ground by a pump.
The diameter of the pipe is 10 cm at the inlet and 15 cm at the exit. Neglecting any heat
interaction with the surroundings and frictional heating effects. What is the necessary
power output to the pump in kW for a steady flow of water at the rate of 15 lu/s? Assume
pump efficiency of 74%.
4. Water from an open reservoir A at 8 m elevation is drawn by a motor-driven pump to an
open reservoir B at 70 m elevation. The inside diameter of the suction pipe is 200 mm
and 150 mm for the discharge pipe. The suction line has a loss of head three times that of
the velocity head in the 200 mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of head 20 times that
of the velocity head of the discharge pipeline. The pump centerline is at 4 m. Overall
efficiency of the system is 78%. For a discharge rate of 10 li/s, find the power output to
the motor.

COMBUSTION ENGINEERING SAMPLE PROBLEM


1. A diesel cycle operates with a compression ratio of 13.5 and with a cut-off occurring at 6% of
the stroke. State 1 is defined by 14 psia and 140 deg F. For the hot-air standard with k = 1.34 and
for an initial 1 cu ft, compute (a) t2, p2, V2, t3, V3, p4, and t4, (b) Qr, (C) W, (d) e, and pm. (e)
For a rate of circulation of 1000 cfm, compute the horsepower.
2. There are supplied 317 kJ/cycle to an ideal Diesel engine operating on 227 g air: p1 = 97.91
kPa, t1 = 48.9 deg C. At the end of compression, p2 = 3930 kPa. Determine (a) rk, (b) c, (c) rc,
(d) W, (e) e, and (f) pm.

Dual Combustion Engine Sample Problems


1. At the beginning of compression in an ideal dual combustion cycle, the working fluid is 1 lb of
air at 14.1 psia and 80 deg F. The compression ratio is 9, the pressure at the end of the constant
volume addition of heat is 470 psia, and there are added 100 Btu during the constant pressure
expansion. Find (a) rp, (b) rc, (c) the percentage clearance, (d) e, and (e) pm.
2. An ideal dual combustion cycle operates on 454 g of air. At the beginning of compression, the
air is at 96.53 kPa, 43.3 deg C. Let rp = 1.5, rc = 1.60, and rk = 11. Determine (a) the percentage
clearance, (b) p, V, and T at each corner of the cycle, (c) Qa, (d) e, and (e) pm.

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