Steady Flow Energy Equation for a Water Pump

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Homework Statement


I'm not too sure about my attempt to this question, but what is the simplified Steady Flow Energy Equation for a water pump that has one inlet at the bottom and one outlet at the top, and a work input?

Homework Equations


Q^ = W^ + m^[(h2 - h1) + 1/2 (c22 - c12) + g(z1 - z2)]

The Attempt at a Solution


I have attached a picture of my attempt to the solution to this thread.
Handwritten notes on lined paper (rotated) titled Example 3: a water pump, with a sketch of a pump box, water in and out ports, a work input arrow and a vertical z axis, followed by steady flow energy equation derivation steps.
 
Yes, my question, as stated already, is

KingDaniel said:
what is the simplified Steady Flow Energy Equation for a water pump that has one inlet at the bottom and one outlet at the top, and a work input?

My attempt to the solution along with the picture of what I'm talking about is attached too...as well as the steady-flow energy equation that I need to be simplified for this particular situation.
Is my simplification correct? If not, please advise further
 
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Yes. It looks like what you did is correct. With regard to the Δh, don't forget to include the Δp/ρ term.

Chet
 
KingDaniel said:
@Chestermiller , okay, but isn't that already included, as h = u + pv ?
Yes. But some people would have just written Δh=CΔT. Since I don't know you, I was unaware of whether you might make that mistake.

Chet