Question

A pump operating at steady state receives liquid water at 20°C, 100 kPa with a mass flow rate of 53 kg/min. The pressure of the water at the pump exit is 5 MPa. The isentropic pump efficiency is 70%. Assume the pump is adiabatic and ignore changes in potential and kinetic energy.
(a) Determine the required power input to the pump.

Answer 1

Answer:

Input Power = 6.341 KW

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate enthalpy of the water at inlet and exit state.

At inlet, water is at 20° C and 100 KPa. Under these conditions from saturated water table:

Since the water is in compresses liquid state and the data is not available in compressed liquid chart. Therefore, we use approximation:

h₁ = hf at 20° C = 83.915 KJ/kg

s₁ = sf at 20° C = 0.2965 KJ/kg.k

At the exit state,

P₂ = 5 M Pa

s₂ = s₁ = 0.2965 K J / kg.k    (Isentropic Process)

Since Sg at 5 M Pa is greater than s₂. Therefore, water is in compresses liquid state. Therefore, from compressed liquid property table:

h₂ = 88.94 KJ/kg

Now, the total work done by the pump can be calculated as:

Pump Work = W = (Mass Flow Rate)(h₂ - h₁)

W = (53 kg/min)(1 min/60 sec)(88.94 KJ/kg - 83.915 KJ/kg)

W = 4.438 KW

The efficiency of pump is given as:

efficiency = η = Pump Work/Input Power

Input Power = W/η

Input Power = 4.438 KW/0.7

Input Power = 6.341 KW