Question
Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir by a pump that provides 23 kW of useful mechanical power to the water. The free surface of the upper reservoir is 57 m higher than the surface of the lower reservoir. If the flow rate of water is measured to be 0.03 m3/s, determine the irreversible head loss of the system and the lost mechanical power during this process.

Given;
Mechanical power by a pump,
Head difference between reservoirs,
The flow rate of water,
Now the mass flow rate of water,
Here, A is the area of the pipe and V is the velocity of the flow. is the density of water=
So,
Power required to deliver water into the higher reservoir,
( g is the acceleration due to gravity=9.81 )
Now the lost mechanical power during this process;
and the irreversible head loss ();
now,
So the irreversible head loss, and the lost mechanical power during this process,