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Useful+Formulae Fluid Dynamics

This document provides formulas for hydrostatic pressure, force on an area, mass and volume flow rates, the continuity equation, Reynolds number, head losses due to pipe friction and minor losses, useful pump power, mechanical shaft power, motor input power, overall system efficiency, stagnation pressure, Bernoulli's equation, the energy equation, the energy equation with pump head, and the general pump-system balance equation. These formulas are useful for calculating fluid flow properties, pump performance, and system efficiencies.

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Useful+Formulae Fluid Dynamics

This document provides formulas for hydrostatic pressure, force on an area, mass and volume flow rates, the continuity equation, Reynolds number, head losses due to pipe friction and minor losses, useful pump power, mechanical shaft power, motor input power, overall system efficiency, stagnation pressure, Bernoulli's equation, the energy equation, the energy equation with pump head, and the general pump-system balance equation. These formulas are useful for calculating fluid flow properties, pump performance, and system efficiencies.

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Useful formulae

Hydrostatic pressure 𝑃 = 𝜌𝑔ℎ


Force on a perpendicular area 𝐹 =𝑃×𝐴

Mass flow rate 𝑚̇ = 𝜌𝐴𝑉


Volume flow rate 𝑄 = 𝐴𝑉
Continuity equation (for incompressible flow) 𝐴1 𝑉1 = 𝐴2 𝑉2
𝜌𝑉𝐷
Reynold’s number, Re Re = 𝜇
𝐿 𝑉2
Head loss due to pipe friction ℎ𝐿 = 𝑓 𝐷 2𝑔
𝑉2
Minor head loss ℎ𝐿 = 𝑘 2𝑔

Useful pump power 𝑊𝑃 = 𝜌𝑔𝑄𝑜𝑝 𝐻𝑜𝑝


Useful pump power 𝑊𝑃 = 𝛥𝑃 × 𝑄𝑜𝑝

Mechanical shaft power 𝑊𝑃,𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ = 𝑇𝜔


𝑊
Mechanical shaft power 𝑊𝑃,𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ = 𝜂 𝑃
𝑃

Motor input power (single-phase AC) 𝑃𝑖𝑛 = 𝑉𝐼𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜑


Motor input power (three-phase AC) 𝑃𝑖𝑛 = √3 𝑉𝐼𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜑
𝑊
Motor input power 𝑃𝑖𝑛 = 𝜂𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ
𝑚
𝑊
Overall system efficiency 𝜂 = 𝑃 𝑃 = 𝜂𝑚 × 𝜂𝑇 × 𝜂𝑃
𝑖𝑛

Stagnation pressure
1
𝑃0 = 𝑃 + 𝜌𝑉 2
2
Bernoulli’s equation
𝑃1 𝑉1 2 𝑃2 𝑉2 2
+ + ℎ1 = + + ℎ2
𝜌𝑔 2𝑔 𝜌𝑔 2𝑔
Energy equation
𝑃1 𝑉1 2 𝐿 𝑉2 𝑉 2 𝑃2 𝑉2 2
+ + ℎ1 − ∑ 𝑓 − ∑𝑘 = + + ℎ2
𝜌𝑔 2𝑔 𝐷 2𝑔 2𝑔 𝜌𝑔 2𝑔

Energy equation with pump head


𝑃1 𝑉1 2 𝐿 𝑉2 𝑉 2 𝑃2 𝑉2 2
+ + ℎ1 + 𝐻𝑃 − ∑ 𝑓 −∑𝑘 = + + ℎ2
𝜌𝑔 2𝑔 𝐷 2𝑔 2𝑔 𝜌𝑔 2𝑔

General pump-system balance equation


𝑃2 𝑉2 2 𝑃1 𝑉1 2 𝐿 𝑉2 𝑉2
𝐻𝑃 = + + ℎ2 − ( + + ℎ1 ) + ∑ 𝑓 + ∑𝑘
𝜌𝑔 2𝑔 𝜌𝑔 2𝑔 𝐷 2𝑔 2𝑔

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