Question: Problem # 5 : A pump in the system shown below draws water from a sump and delivers it to an open tank through 1

Problem #5:
A pump in the system shown below draws water from a sump and delivers it to an open tank through 1250 ft of new, 4 nominal schedule 40 commercial steel pipe. The vertical suction pipe is 5 ft long and includes a foot valve with hinged disk and a 90 standard elbow. The discharge line includes two 90 standard elbows, an angle lift check valve, and a fully open gate valve. The design flow rate is 200 gpm . To do (a) Find the head losses in the suction and discharge lines, (b) Calculate the NPSHA,(c) Determine the system resistance curve of the piping system, and (d) Sizing a Taco centrifugal pump for the flow rate of Q=200gpm.
Problem # 5 : A pump in the system shown below

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