The sketch shows a common consumer product called the Water Pik. This device uses a motor to

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The sketch shows a common consumer product called the Water Pik. This device uses a motor to drive a piston pump that produces a jet of water (d = 1 mm, T = 10°C) with a speed of 27 m/s. Estimate the minimum electrical power in watts that is required by the device.

(a) Assume that the power is used only to produce the kinetic energy of the water in the jet.

(b) In a time interval Δt, the amount of mass that flows out the nozzle is Δm, and the corresponding amount of kinetic energy is (ΔmV 2/2).

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Engineering Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781118880685

11th Edition

Authors: Donald F. Elger, Barbara A. LeBret, Clayton T. Crowe, John A. Robertson

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