EXERCISES: PUMPING/COMPRESSION OF FLUIDS

1. A three stage compressor is required to compress a gas mixture with ave. Molar weight
of 29 from 140kPa and 10
o
C to 4MPa. Calculate the ideal intermediate pressures; the
work required per kg of gas if compression:
A. Idiabatic
B. ISOTHERMAL
[Answers: P
2
=

428 kPa P
3
= 1308 kPa; W= 319.17 kJ/kg; Wiso= 271.74 kJ/kg]


2. Air -lift pump is used from raising 0.8L/s of a liquid (SG=1.2) to a height of 20 m. Air is
available at 450 kN/m
2
. If the efficiency of the pump is 30%, calculate power
requirement if compression is isentropic. [Power = 792 W]

3. 75% sulphuric acid (SG=1.65) and viscosity of 8.6mN-s/m
2
is to be pumped for a 0.8km
along a 50mm ID pipe at a rate of 3.0 kg/s, and then raised vertically 15m by the pump.
If the pump is electrically driven and has an efficiency of 50%, how much power is
needed ? [Power = 2.21 kW]