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A manufacturing facility's campus water supply is fed from a 125-foot tall open atmosphere water tank. A site fire pump is located 5 feet above grade and is flowing at its rated capacity of 35 psi at 1000 gpm with 18 psi loss in the total pipe network, what will the pressure be at the pump discharge if the discharge pipe is 4 inches in diameter?  a. 48 psi b. 56 psi c. 64 psi d. 71 psi Solution | Posted 07/02/18  
6 Comments
CADDMAN76
6/29/2018 09:39:09 am
B
David
6/29/2018 10:40:09 am
C
Pari
6/29/2018 11:35:45 am
b
KC
6/29/2018 12:36:17 pm
D
FPE
6/30/2018 02:04:42 am
c. 64 psi
FPE
6/30/2018 02:05:15 am
64.68 psi Leave a Reply. |
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