Question: Question 3 : ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER PART ( C ) PLZ You are asked to size the pump for a large scale pumped hydro

Question 3: ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER PART (C) PLZ
You are asked to size the pump for a large scale pumped hydro-electric storage system. The
system is to pump water from a lake to a man-made reservoir on a mountain, 350m above the
lake. It should be capable of delivering volumetric flow rates up to 100m3s and you can
assume there is no frictional head loss in the pipeline (i.e. no major or minor losses). A
dimensional analysis yields the following PI groups where P is pressure; Q is volumetric flow
rate; is fluid density; is rotational speed; and D is diamter:
OP2D2,(Q)D3
A novel impellor design (i.e. the rotating part of the pump) is being proposed but the
relationship between PI groups is unknown. It was decided to conduct some laboratory
experiments on a small scale model of the impellor which is 0.3m in diameter. These
experiments were conducted at various rotational speeds and with three different working
fluids while pressure rise across the pump and volumetric flow rate were measured. The
results are indicated in the table below.
Use the data-provided to graphically illustrate the relationship betwe
and comment on the significance of the resulting graph.
(b) Determine the diameter of pump required for the hydro-
described at the start of this question if it is noted that large scalf
required are typically limited to a maximup rotational
of 300-revolutic
per
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(c) Determine the maximum height a 4.9m diameter pump would be able to pump water to,
given a rotational speed of 300 revolutions per minute and flow rates of (i)10m3s and (ii)
30m3s
Question 3 : ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER PART ( C ) PLZ

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