MUHAMMAD ASYRAAF BIN HADZORMI (2016229462)

In this experiment we successfully carried the centrifugal pump experiment with three
different speed. The result that we calculate from the data that we collected is head, BHP and
efficiency of the centrifugal pump in 50%, 75% and 100% flow rate.

Based on the graph that we obtain, from all three graphs we able to plot another table.
From it, we can see that when the speed increase, the efficiency also increase. This can be
proved by determine the efficiency of the pump when in 100% speed which is 23.67% while
the pump with 50% speed is 22.85%. However, the pump with 75% speed has lower
efficiency than pump with 50% speed which is 22.8%.

This is maybe due to checking the gauge wrongly. This is because the gauge has low
accuracy that did not have lower measurement. The pointer at the gauge also shaking that
make it hard to determine the value of the measurement.

We also learned that as the speed increase, the water head also increase. The highest
water head is 20.073m when the speed of the pump is at 100%, while water head is 10.639m
when the speed of the pump is at 75%. The water head of 50% pump speed goes last which is
5.623m.

As the pump speed increase, the BHP also increase. 0The highest BHP is 1.902 when
the speed of the pump is at 100%, while BHP is 0.826 when the speed of the pump is at 75%.
The BHP of 50% pump speed goes last which is 0.222.

The friction between the blades and the viscosity of the water affect the efficiency of
the pump, the friction cause the velocity of the flow rate decreasing and viscosity of water
made the pump need more power in order to increase the flow rate.
9.0 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, we learned that as the pump speed increase, the efficiency, BHP and
water head increase. However in order to improve more efficiency, larger pump is the best
option to increase flow rate rather than increase the speed of the pump. There are some ways
to reduce the error to get more accurate data which is the water must be at rest each before we
need to start the experiment. Firstly, the reading gauge also need to have more accuracy,
which means smaller measurement value so the data will be more accurate. If the pointer is
shaking, taking the middle point between the shaking pointer is the best option. The eyes also
need to be perpendicular to the height of the water to prevent error from refraction between
glasses. The pump also must be services in order to prevent more friction between water and
blades that can reduce efficiency of the pump.