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    SECTION B: SHORT QUESTIONS (30 marks)

    11. (a) What is the significance of the compression index?(5 marks) (rate of heat
    exchange from the gas to the surrounding)

    (b) For a small portable reciprocating compressor, what is the function of those fins
    found on the cylinder of the compressor? What is the purpose of this function?
    (To help to remove as much heat as possible from the gas so that the work input
    could be reduced) (5 marks)

    12. For mixing of low viscosity liquid at a Reynolds Number below 300, the power curve is
    represented by the equation, log = m log NRe + log C, where m is the gradient of
    value –1 and log C is the intercept on the log axis. Prove that the viscosity of the
    liquid and not the density influences the power requirement of the impeller.(Hint: From
    the log equation and information given, convert the loq equation to a normal equation
    by removing the logarithm function and also substitute the definition of Reynolds
    number into the equation and simplify. The final equation should not have the viscosity
    term) (10 marks)

    13. (a) What are the baseline behaviours of centrifugal pumps?(5 marks) (refer to
    notes – Visual, audio, Sensing, EG. FLOWRATE, TEMP, NOISE
    PRODUCED)
    (b) What will happen if the pump is operated with the discharge valve closed for a
    long time? Use the First Law of Thermodynamics to explain. (5 marks)
    Given: U = Q – W for a closed system.
    H = Q – Ws for an open system.
    ? H is the change in enthalpy, Q is the heat transfer, W and W s are the work
    done. (Heat will be generated, eventually leading to the boiling of liquid in the
    casing because pump energy added go to increase the internal energy of
    the liquid when it is in a closed system)

    SECTION C: LONG QUESTIONS (50 marks)

    14 A centrifugal pump is used to pump liquid A (at 30o C) at a rate of 1 x 10-3 m3 /s from a
    large open tank to the top of another open tank. The suction and discharge pipe
    diameters are 75 mm and 50 mm, respectively. The Developed Head and Efficiency of
    the pump at the discharge flow rate are 4 m of liquid A and 14%, respectively.
    Assumptions made: Frictional Losses on the suction and discharge piping are 80 J/kg
    and 100 J/kg, respectively.
    Atmospheric pressure = 1.013 x 105 N/m2 .
    g = 9.81 m/s2 .
    Density of liquid A (at 30o C) = 2 000 kg/m3 .
    Viscosity of liquid A (at 30o C) = 8.6 x 10 -4 kg/ms.
    Vapour pressure of liquid A (at 30o C) = 25 000 N/m2 .

    (a) Draw a labeled diagram of the system. (3 marks)


    (b) Determine the liquid discharge velocity. Ans: 0.51 m/s (3 marks)
    (c) Determine the liquid mass flow rate. Ans: 2 kg/s (2 marks)
    (d) Calculate the maximum height (from the liquid level in the first tank) to which
    liquid A can be pumped at the flow rate of 1 x 10-3 m3 /s.
    (State your datum line and points clearly) Ans: -14.3 m (8 marks)
    nd
    (Negative answer implies that the 2 open tank is below liquid surface in the
    first tank.. Pls note that the pressure of discharge is at atmospheric pressure)
    (e) What height of the liquid in the suction tank above the pump’s suction would
    give a NPSHA of 6.5 m of liquid A? Ans 10.76 m (5 marks)
    (f) If the NPSHR of this pump were equivalent to 4 m of liquid A, would this pump
    cavitate when the height of the liquid in the tank drops to 0.5 m ?
    (Yes, NPSHA < NPSHR )
    (4 marks)

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