Question: Consider a triplex pump having 6-in. liners and 11-in. strokes operating at 120 cycles/min and a discharge pressure of 3,000 psig. a. Compute the

Consider a triplex pump having 6-in. liners and 11-in. strokes operating at  

Consider a triplex pump having 6-in. liners and 11-in. strokes operating at 120 cycles/min and a discharge pressure of 3,000 psig. a. Compute the pump factor in units of gal/cycle at 100% volumetric efficiency. Answer: 4.039 gal/ cycle. b. Compute the flow rate in gal/min. Answer: 484.7 gal/min. c. Compute the energy expended by each piston during each cycle and the pump power developed. Answer: 77,754 ft-lbf/cycle/cylinder; 848 hp.

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