Question: A multi - stage centrifugal pump is discharging 9 0 , 0 0 0 liters of water per minute against a total manometric head of

A multi-stage centrifugal pump is discharging 90,000 liters of water per minute against a total manometric head of 60 m. There are four identical impellers keyed to the same shaft, which is running at 350 RPM. The vanes are curved backward at an angle of 60 to the tangent at the outer periphery. The velocity of flow at the outlet is 0.27 times the corresponding peripheral velocity and is constant along the radial direction to avoid radial thrust. The hydraulic loss in the impeller is 1/3 of the velocity head at the exit of the impeller. Find:
(a) Diameter of the impeller
(b) Manometric efficiency

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