DESIGN PROJECT-2

CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
ME 5427
By
INDU SHEKHAR KUMAR

1.)
The following equation was derived to find the relation between the head of the system
and the volumetric flow rate through the pipes.

The various values of the parameters were put in EES and an equation was found with Hsystem
and Q2 as the variables. The EES code and results can be seen in Appendix-2. While calculating
head losses there were a total of eight loss terms, four concentrated and four distributed. The
relation was run for various values of flow rate and the following graph was obtained.

The resulting equation which was derived in the graph is as follows:

= 7.5 + 0.3771 2

2.)
The graph displayed above was merged on to the pump map figure to obtain values of torque
at different operating speeds of the pump.

The different possible operating point of the pump are shown in the table below.
Percentage Speed
60
70
80
90
100

Speed (RPM)
2100
2450
2800
3150
3500

Power (kW)
0.2
0.38
0.60
0.88
1.19

The hydraulic point were found at the intersection of the hydraulic circuit and pump-map
graphs. Thus points were found for the pump-characteristics graph.

3.)
The mechanical characteristics of the pump was plotted using Matlab using the above points as
reference and converting the Power values into torque values using the following equation.

The above graph however did not account for the torque and speed conversion of the gearbox.
Thus, new values of corrected speed were plotted and the corresponding values of required
Torque were calculated. In other words the Pump characteristics were plotted in terms of
engine speed. The resulting looked as follows.

This graph was matched with the engine map to find the intersection point of the graphs, which
translated to the operating point of the graph. This can be seen in the following figure.

The Matlab code for the entire process can be seen in the Appendix-1.
4.)
The operating point on the engine characteristic curve is obtained at torque of 2.1 N-m and at
speed of 2380 RPM. The same point pump characteristic curve is obtained at a flow rate of
8.29 m3/hr. and a corresponding pump speed of 2713 RPM. This corresponds to the 68%.
Pump Head
Flow Rate
Pump Speed
Power Consumption
Hydraulic Efficiency
Engine Speed
Engine Torque

33.4 m
8.29 m3/hr.
2713 RPM
0.5234 kW
0.5632
2380 RPM
2.1 N-m

All the above values were calculated with EES. The EES code can be seen in Appendix-2.
5.)
The Net Positive Suction Head available at the operating point was found to be 17.9 m. From
the pump characteristic graph it can be seen that the Net Positive Suction Head required is
around 3 m. Hence, as NPSHa > NPSHr cavitation does not occur.

Appendices
Appendix-1
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% Plotting mechacnical characteristics of the pump
% Power values
P = [0.2 0.38 0.60 0.88 1.19];
RPM = [0.6*3500 0.7*3500 0.8*3500 0.9*3500 1*3500];
%Torque values
T = (30/pi)*((P*100)./(RPM*pi/30));
figure(1)
plot(RPM,T)
title('Pump Characteristics')
xlabel('Speed (r/min)')
ylabel('Torque (N-m)')
grid on
% Corrected Speed Transmission values
RPM_cor = RPM/(0.95*1.2); % where 0.95*1.2 specifies the velocity ratio
T_cor = (30/pi)*((P*100)./(RPM_cor*pi/30));
figure(2)
plot(RPM_cor,T_cor)
title('Corrected Pump Characteristics')
xlabel('Speed (r/min)')
ylabel('Torque (N-m)')
grid on

Appendix -2

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{Indu Shekhar Kumar}

{ME 5427}
{Design Project 2}
{Given}
//Pipe Dimensions
a = 2 {m} {Length}
b = 15 {m}
d_b = 0.05 {m} {diameter}
c = 7.5
d_c = 0.035
d = 65
d_d = 0.035
e=1
d_e = 0.035
f=1
lambda = 0.04 {Assumed}
g = 9.81*3600^2 {m/hr^2}
//Major and Minor Loss coefficients
xi_in = 1
xi_out = 1
xi_elbow = 0.3
{Calculations}
//Cross-sectional area of pipes
omega_b = pi*(d_b^2)/4
omega_c = pi*(d_c^2)/4
omega_d = omega_c
omega_e = omega_d
// Finding elevation change
z_1 = a
z_4 = f+e+c
//Concentrated losses
C_L = xi_in/(omega_b)^2 + xi_elbow/(omega_c)^2 + xi_elbow/(omega_d)^2 + xi_out/(omega_e)^2
//Distributed losses
D_L = lambda*(((b/d_b)*(1/omega_b)^2) + ((c/d_c)*(1/omega_c)^2) + ((d/d_d)*(1/omega_d)^2) + ((e/d_e)*(1/omega_e)^2) )
//Head loss relations
H_system = z_4 - z_1 + (Q^2/(2*g))*(C_L + D_L)
H_fAC = (Q^2/(2*g))*(C_L + D_L)
//Following the analysis
Q = 8.29 {m^3/hr}
//Hydraulic efficiency
eta_hyd = H_system /(H_system+H_fAC )
//NPSHa
p_A = 101.325 {kPa}
p_nu = 2.338 {kPa}
rho_water = 998.2 {kg/m^3}
g_new = 9.81 {m/s^2}
NPSHa = (((p_A - p_nu)*convert(kPa,Pa)/(rho_water*g_new))- (z_1 + H_fAC))*(-1)

SOLUTION
Unit Settings: SI C kPa kJ mass deg

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a = 2 [m]
c = 7.5 [m]
d = 65 [m]
dc = 0.035 [m]
de = 0.035 [m]
e = 1 [m]
f = 1 [m]
gnew = 9.81 [m/s2]
Hsystem = 33.4 [m]
NPSHa = 17.8 [m]
2
c = 0.0009621 [m ]
2
e = 0.0009621 [m ]
p = 2.338 [kPa]
3
water = 998.2 [kg/m ]
in = 1
z1 = 2 [m]

b = 15 [m]
CL = 1.988E+06 [m-4]
db = 0.05 [m]
dd = 0.035 [m]
DL = 9.386E+07 [m-4]
hyd = 0.5632
g = 1.271E+08 [m/hr2]
HfAC = 25.9 [m]
= 0.04
2
b = 0.001963 [m ]
2
d = 0.0009621 [m ]
pA = 101.3 [kPa]
Q = 8.29 [m3/hr]
elbow = 0.3
out = 1
z4 = 9.5 [m]

No unit problems were detected.

Parametric Table: Table 2

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Hsystem

[m3/hr]

[m]

0
0.2041
0.4082
0.6122
0.8163
1.02
1.224
1.429
1.633
1.837
2.041
2.245
2.449
2.653
2.857
3.061
3.265
3.469
3.673
3.878
4.082
4.286
4.49
4.694
4.898
5.102
5.306
5.51
5.714
5.918
6.122

7.5
7.516
7.563
7.641
7.751
7.892
8.065
8.269
8.505
8.772
9.07
9.4
9.761
10.15
10.58
11.03
11.52
12.04
12.59
13.17
13.78
14.42
15.1
15.8
16.54
17.31
18.11
18.94
19.81
20.7
21.63

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Parametric Table: Table 2

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Hsystem

[m3/hr]

[m]

6.327
6.531
6.735
6.939
7.143
7.347
7.551
7.755
7.959
8.163
8.367
8.571
8.776
8.98
9.184
9.388
9.592
9.796
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23.58
24.6
25.65
26.73
27.85
28.99
30.17
31.38
32.62
33.89
35.19
36.53
37.89
39.29
40.72
42.18
43.67
45.19

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Hsystem

(m)

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15
10
5
0
0

5
(m^3/hr)