Capstone – Pump Power & Energy Cost: Hydraulic Power, Efficiency Curve and Two Pipe Diameters Compared
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You calculate the hydraulic power at two operating points, read the pump efficiency from a fictional curve table, turn it into a yearly energy cost and chart energy against pipe cost to see which diameter is cheaper overall.
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Lessons in this course
- Pressure at Depth: Density, Specific Weight, Gauge vs Absolute Pressure & Metres of Head Locked
- Continuity: Q = V·A for Six Pipes, Velocity at a Reducer & Mass Flow Locked
- Bernoulli: Pressure, Velocity & Elevation Heads Along a Pipe and a Venturi Meter Locked
- Reynolds Number: Viscosity Lookup and Laminar, Transitional or Turbulent Flow Locked
- Pipe Friction: Darcy–Weisbach, f = 64/Re for Laminar Flow and the Explicit Swamee–Jain Formula Locked
- Minor Losses & Parallel Branches: K-Values, Equivalent Length and a Flow Split in Fixed Steps Locked
- System Curve Meets Pump Curve: Static Head, k·Q² and the Operating Point Locked
- Capstone – Pump Power & Energy Cost: Hydraulic Power, Efficiency Curve and Two Pipe Diameters Compared Locked