Question: A pump needs be sized to drive water flow from a storage tank to an absorption unit. There is a closed cylindrical water storage tank

A pump needs be sized to drive water flow from a storage tank to an absorption
unit. There is a closed cylindrical water storage tank with a diameter of 100 ft, a
water height of at least 10 ft, and an internal pressure of 1 psig. The water tank
is on the ground and will be used to provide a constant 2.228 ft3/s flow through
an equivalent length of 100 ft of 6 NPS, schedule 40 steel pipe (so SG=
11.10 ft /s ) to the open top of an absorption tower which is 20 ft above ground
level. The friction through the entire length of pipe is 199.5 ft2/s2.
- What is the minimum pump power (e.g., in hp) necessary to ensure the
desired flow can be delivered?

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