Question: Determine the power required to pump water at a rate of $300 mathrm{gpm}$ through a $3 mathrm{in}$. ID pipeline, $50 mathrm{mi}$ long, if (a) The

Determine the power required to pump water at a rate of $300 \mathrm{gpm}$ through a $3 \mathrm{in}$. ID pipeline, $50 \mathrm{mi}$ long, if

(a) The pipe is new commercial steel

(b) The pipe wall is hydraulically smooth

(c) The pipe wall is smooth, and "degraded" Separan AP-30 polyacrylamide is added to the water at a concentration of $100 \mathrm{wppm}$.

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