Mechanical Engineering - Hydraulic Machines - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Hydraulic Machines - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
1.
Power required to drive a centrifugal pump is directly proportional to __________ of its impeller.
diameter
square of diameter
cube of diameter
fourth power of diameter
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Indrajeet said:   8 years ago
According to affinity law of pump.

Power is directly proportional to the fifth Power of diameter.

Vinit said:   8 years ago
The Correct answer will be d^5.

Jigar k patel said:   8 years ago
Correct Ans is C.

Law 2c Power is proportional to the cube of impeller diameter (assuming constant shaft speed):

{\displaystyle {P_{1} \over P_{2}}={\left({D_{1} \over D_{2}}\right)^{3}}} {P_{1} \over P_{2}}={\left({D_{1} \over D_{2}}\right)^{3}}.

Pabitra said:   8 years ago
Fifth power of diameter will be the correct answer.

Manish said:   8 years ago
Note that there are two sets of affinity laws:.

Affinity laws for a specific centrifugal pump - to approximate head, capacity and power curves for different motor speeds and /or different diameter of impellers.

Affinity laws for a family of geometrically similar centrifugal pumps - to approximate head, capacity and power curves for different motor speeds and /or different diameter of impellers.

Sharan said:   8 years ago
Ans: C is correct.

i.e d^3--p=TW=(Tou*pi*d^3/16*T)*(v/r).

Pushpender said:   8 years ago
Affinity laws applied to axial and radial flows pumps and turbines. Its a tangent flow ; impulse turbine so I think 4th power is correct.

Sandeep said:   7 years ago
d^4 will be the correct answer. Since the question is asked as directly proportional the tangent flow of an impulse turbine always takes 4th power to diameter.
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Sullahe sanu said:   7 years ago
d^4 is the answer.

Deepak Rathva said:   7 years ago
The Correct answer is D^5.

Ref: R.K.Bansal.


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