Dev Lab

Chemical Engineering Laboratory II

Series & Parallel Pump

Candidate’s name: Khumarra Ghuru Gunasekaran

Student ID: SCM- 026751

Lecturer/ Supervisor: Miss Nazlina

Date of Submission: 28/10/2014

1.0 Abstract

This experiment describes the basic demonstration of operation and configuration characteristics of centrifugal pump. In this experiment is to differentiate the flow rate and pressure head single and identical pump that runs in parallel and series.

2.0 INTRODUCTION

Pumps are devices that transfer mechanical energy into fluids. They vary from one to another in the energy sources. For instance, some involve manual operation; others may include electricity, engines or wind power. Pumps are used within broad-scopes differ from microscopic sized pumps encompass medical applications, to enormous industrial pumps.

Almost all aspects of industry and engineering from feeds to reactors or distillation columns in chemical engineering to pumping storm water in civil and environmental. They are an integral part of engineering and an understanding of how they work is important for any type of engineer.

Centrifugal pump is one of the most widely used pumps for transferring liquids. This is for a number of reasons. Centrifugal pumps are very quiet in comparison to other pumps. They have a relatively low operating and maintenance costs. Centrifugal pumps take up little floor space and create a uniform, non-pulsating flow. This equipment illustrates the basic operation and characteristics of centrifugal pumps. The equipment will explore flow rates and pressure head of a single pump and of two identical pumps that are run in series or in parallel. In this equipment, there are two pumps connected through a pipe work that allows for them to be operated individually, in series or in parallel. When identical pumps are in series the pressure head is doubled but the flow rate remains the same. This is useful when a high pressure is needed...