Question: A 31.5% hydrochloric acid solution is pumped from one storage tank to another. The power input to the pump is 2 kW and is
A 31.5% hydrochloric acid solution is pumped from one storage tank to another. The power input to the pump is 2 kW and is 50% efficient. The pipe is plastic PVC pipe with an internal diameter of 50 mm. At a certain time the liquid level in the first tank is 4.1 m above the pipe outlet. Because of an accident, the pipe is severed between the pump and the second tank, at a point 2.1 m below the pipe outlet of the first tank. This point is 27 m in equivalent pipe length from the first tank. Compute the flow rate (in kg/s) from the leak. The viscosity of the solution is 1.8 x 10 kg/m s, and the density is 1600 kg/m3.
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