Continuity Eq.:
ρAV=const→ρ1A1V1=ρ2A2V2
→V1=V2ρ1ρ2A1A2
Bernoulli Eq.:
p1+21ρ1V12+ρ1gy1=p2+21ρ2V22+ρ2gy2+Wpump
Assuming the water main is large so that the flow velocity there is negligible, and using subscripts 1 for the main and 2 for the top floor, we get:
p1+ρ1gy1=p2+ρ2gy2+Wpump
Substituting for V2 and rearranging:
Wpump=(p2−p1)+(ρ2−ρ1)gy2−21ρ2V12(ρ2ρ1A1A2)2
From the table,
ρ1=999 kg/m3,ρ2=997 kg/m3
We don't know A1 and A2, but their ratio will cancel out:
Wpump=600×103 Pa+997×9.81 m/s2×105 m
−999×9.81 m/s2×5 m−21×997×(99910A1A2)2 m2/s2
=5.94×106 W=5.94 MW
Expected Answer: A
Difficulty: Hard
Subfield: Thermodynamics