BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN FLUID MACHINERY

DIRECTIONS:
Cheating in whatever form in this examination will have a failing grade of 5.0. Strictly
follow rules in solving the problems. Don’t forget to box the final answer. Do not tear off/
detach any page from the sheet provided. Show complete details of your solution. Use four
decimal places in the final answer.

1. 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 a velocity head in the 200 mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of
head 20x that of the velocity head in the discharge pipe line. The pump centerline is
at 4 m. Overall efficiency of the system is 78%. For a discharge rate of 10 L/s, find the
power input to the motor and the pressure gage readings installed just at the outlet
and inlet of pump in kPag.

2. Determine the water horse power and mechanical efficiency of a centrifugal water
pump which has an input of 3.5 HP. If the pump has an 8" nominal size suction and
6" nominal size discharge. If it handles 150 gpm of water at 150°F, the suction line
gage shows 4" Hg vacuum and the discharge gage shows 26 psi. The discharge gage
is located at 2 ft above the center of the discharge pipeline and pump inlet and
discharge lines are at same elevation. γ150°F = 61.2 lb/ft3

3. A centrifugal pump delivers 300,000 L/hr of H2O to a pressurized tank where

pressure is 280 kPa. The source of water is 5 m below the pump. The diameter of the
suction pipe is 300 mm and the discharge pipe is 250 mm. Calculate the kW rating of
driving motor assuming pump efficiency to be 72%.

4. A double action, single stage, centrifugal pump delivers 900 m 3/hr of seawater (SG =
1.03) from a source where water level varies two meters from high tide to low tide
level. The pump centerline is located 2.6 m above the surface of the water at high
tide. The pump discharges into a surface condenser, 3 m above pump centerline.
Loss of head due to friction in suction pipe is 0.8 m and that in the discharge is 3 m.
Pump is directly coupled to a 1750 rpm, 460 V, 3 phase, 60 Hz motor. Calculate
specific speed of the pump.
 BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN FLUID MACHINERY

DIRECTIONS:
Cheating in whatever form in this examination will have a failing grade of 5.0. Strictly
follow rules in solving the problems. Don’t forget to box the final answer. Do not tear off/
detach any page from the sheet provided. Show complete details of your solution. Use four
decimal places in the final answer.

1. What horsepower is supplied to air moving at 20 fpm through a 2 x 3 ft duct under a

pressure of 3 in water gage?

2. A fan whose static efficiency is 40% has a capacity to 60,000 ft 3 per hour at 60°F and
barometer of 30 in Hg and gives a static pressure of 2 in water column of full
delivery. What is the size electric motor that should be used to drive this fan?
 BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION IN FLUID MACHINERY

DIRECTIONS:
Cheating in whatever form in this examination will have a failing grade of 5.0. Strictly
follow rules in solving the problems. Don’t forget to box the final answer. Do not tear off/
detach any page from the sheet provided. Show complete details of your solution. Use four
decimal places in the final answer.

1. A double acting compressor with piston displacement of 0.05 m3 per stroke operates
at 500 rpm. The clearance factor is 5% and it receives air at 100 kPa and discharges it
at 600 kPa. The compression and re-expansion curve is polytropic with n = 1.3.
Determine the power required to compress the air.

2. A single acting air compressor operates at 150 rpm with an initial condition of air at
97.9 kPa and 27°C and discharges the air at 379 kPa to a cylindrical tank. The bore
and stroke are 355 mm and 381 mm respectively with 5% clearance. If the
surrounding air is at 100 kPa and 20°C while the compression and expansion process
are PV1.3 = C, determine the free air capacity in m3/s.

3. A single acting two stage air compressor delivers air at 16 bars. The volume flow rate
of air entering the compressor is 17 m3/min with the temperature and pressure of
33°C and 1 bar, respectively. If the compressor is designed for minimum work and
complete intercooling, determine the power required to drive the first stage if it
follows the compression law of PV1.3 = C.

4. A single acting air compressor has a clearance volume of 10%. Air is received at 90
kPa and 293 K and is discharged at 600 kPa. The compression and re-expansion
curve are polytropic with n = 1.28. The pressure drop is 5 kPa and at the suction port
and 10 kPa at the discharge port. The compression piston displacement is 500 cm 3
when operating at the 900 rpm. Determine the mass of air compressed in kg/hr.
 BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

FINAL EXAMINATION IN FLUID MACHINERY

DIRECTIONS:
Cheating in whatever form in this examination will have a failing grade of 5.0. Strictly
follow rules in solving the problems. Don’t forget to box the final answer. Do not tear off/
detach any page from the sheet provided. Show complete details of your solution. Use four
decimal places in the final answer.

1. A centrifugal pump delivers 300,000 L/hr of H2O to a pressurized tank where

pressure is 280 kPa. The source of water is 5 m below the pump. The diameter of the
suction pipe is 300 mm and the discharge pipe is 250 mm. Calculate the kW rating of
driving motor assuming pump efficiency to be 72%.

2. A fan draws 1.42 m3/s of air at static pressure of 2.54 cm of water through a duct of
300 mm diameter and discharges it through a duct of 275 mm diameter. Determine
the static fan efficiency if total fan mechanical is 70% and air is measured at 25°C
and 760 mmHg.

3. An air compressor is to compress 8.5 m3/min from 98.56 kPa to 985.6 kPa. Assuming
conditions ideal and with n = 1.3, what will be the saving in work due to two staging?

4. A two stage compressor operates between constant pressure limits of 98.6 kPa and
1.102 MPa. The swept volume of the low pressure piston is 0.142 m 3. Due to failure
of the cooling water supply to the intercooler, air is passed to the high pressure
cylinder without reduction in temperature. Using PV1.2 = C, determine the
percentage increase in power.

5. A Pelton type turbine was installed 30 m below the head gate of the penstock. The
head loss due to friction is 15% of given elevation. The length of penstock is 80 m
and the coefficient of friction is 0.00093. Determine the power output in kW.