indistress Messages 5 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Nov 30, 2010 #1 Does anybody know where I can find the general efficiency of reciprocating pump?
Mech_Engineer Science Advisor Gold Member Messages 2,587 Reaction score 172 Nov 30, 2010 #2 The general efficiency is: [tex]\eta=\frac{P_{out}}{P_{in}}[/tex]
Mech_Engineer Science Advisor Gold Member Messages 2,587 Reaction score 172 Nov 30, 2010 #3 More specifically, isentropic pump efficiency is defined as: [tex]\eta_{p}=\frac{\left(-Wdot_{cv}/mdot\right)_{s}}{\left(-Wdot_{cv}/mdot\right)}[/tex] Where: [tex]\left(\frac{-Wdot_{cv}}{mdot}\right)_{s}=h_{2s}-h_{1}[/tex] and [tex]\left(\frac{-Wdot_{cv}}{mdot}\right)=h_{2}-h_{1}[/tex]
More specifically, isentropic pump efficiency is defined as: [tex]\eta_{p}=\frac{\left(-Wdot_{cv}/mdot\right)_{s}}{\left(-Wdot_{cv}/mdot\right)}[/tex] Where: [tex]\left(\frac{-Wdot_{cv}}{mdot}\right)_{s}=h_{2s}-h_{1}[/tex] and [tex]\left(\frac{-Wdot_{cv}}{mdot}\right)=h_{2}-h_{1}[/tex]