You must purchase a centrifugal pump to circulate cooling water that will deliver $5000 mathrm{gpm}$ at a
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You must purchase a centrifugal pump to circulate cooling water that will deliver $5000 \mathrm{gpm}$ at a pressure of $150 \mathrm{psi}$. If the pump is driven by an $1800 \mathrm{rpm}$ motor, what should the horsepower and torque rating of the motor be, and how large (diameter) should the pump impeller be, assuming an efficiency of $60 %$ ?
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Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics
ISBN: 9781498724432
3rd Edition
Authors: Ron Darby, Raj P Chhabra
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