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    This document describes an experiment to investigate losses in valves. The experiment uses a fluid mechanics apparatus with a gate valve, ball valve, and globe valve. Students measure head loss and flow rate across each valve at different openings. They use the data to calculate loss coefficients and plot them against flow rate. The ball valve has the highest losses fully open due to its design, while the gate valve has the lowest. Loss coefficients remain relatively constant at high flow but increase sharply at low flows. Gate valves are best for controlling flow near maximum rates, while globe valves are better for low flow control.

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    This document describes an experiment to investigate losses in valves. The experiment uses a fluid mechanics apparatus with a gate valve, ball valve, and globe valve. Students measure head loss and flow rate across each valve at different openings. They use the data to calculate loss coefficients and plot them against flow rate. The ball valve has the highest losses fully open due to its design, while the gate valve has the lowest. Loss coefficients remain relatively constant at high flow but increase sharply at low flows. Gate valves are best for controlling flow near maximum rates, while globe valves are better for low flow control.

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    This document describes an experiment to investigate losses in valves. The experiment uses a fluid mechanics apparatus with a gate valve, ball valve, and globe valve. Students measure head loss and flow rate across each valve at different openings. They use the data to calculate loss coefficients and plot them against flow rate. The ball valve has the highest losses fully open due to its design, while the gate valve has the lowest. Loss coefficients remain relatively constant at high flow but increase sharply at low flows. Gate valves are best for controlling flow near maximum rates, while globe valves are better for low flow control.

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    Experiment 2 (1) Loses in Valve

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    FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

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    02 LOSSES IN VALVES
    BTP 2323
    Fluid Mechanics
    Lab Objectives

    By the end of this lab, students should be able to:

    1. To investigate the loses in the piping system (Level in Bloom’s Taxonomy:


    P3)

    20 Student names
    Student
    ID
    Section Group

    Due Date: Delivered Date:


    1.0 Experiment Procedures

    Apparatus

    TecQuipment H408 Fluid friction Apparatus

    Figure 1 TecQuipment H408


    1. Carefully open and close the Gate valve. Count the amount of turns that the
    handwheel makes and convert each turn into a percentage figure. For
    example, if the handwheel turns five times, each turn represents a 20%
    change in valve opening (or closing), each quarter turn will be 5%.
    2. Open the Gate valve half a turn and close the other two valves.

    3. Turn on the cold water supply and wait for any trapped air to leave the circuit

    4. Connect one of the sets of piezometer tubes to the tappings at each side of
    the valve.

    5. Fully open the Gate valve and record the head loss and flow rate.

    6. Carefully reduce the valve opening in increments as suggested in data table


    and record the head loss and flow rate each time. Note that more readings are
    needed at small valve openings. When the head loss across the valve exceeds
    the range of the piezometer, transfer the tapping connections to the pressure
    gauge. For the low flow rates, use the measuring cylinder and stopwatch
    method.

    7. Repeat the experiment for the other two valves. Before using the Ball valve
    (grey circuit), fit the interchangeable section that includes the venturi and
    orifice.   
    2.0Results and Discussions

    Please show example for each calculation.

    In pipelines, there is usually some sort of valves fitted. Even when a valve is fully
    open, it causes additional losses, either because it presents a reduced area to the
    flow, or the flow has to follow a tortuous path though the valve. It is important to be
    able to find these losses when designing a system. The loss through a valve (or other
    pipe fitting) rises with the square of the flow speed. The head loss, h, can therefore
    be given as

    2
    h = ku /2g

    where the value of k will vary with the type of valve and the how open it is.

    (a) Use the continuity equation to calculate the flow velocity through the valve. To
    calculate the pipe area, the pipe inside diameter for each valve is 13.6 mm

    Q = Au

    (b) Use the velocity to calculate the k value for each flow rate and valve setting
    for each valve.
    (c) Which valves have the highest and lowest k factors when fully open? Look at
    the cross sectional drawings of the valves and discuss why this is so.

    (d) Is the k value constant with flow rate, or does the speed affect k? It may be
    helpful to consider the Reynolds number.

    (e) For the valve results at variable openings, calculate the flow rate as a
    percentage of the maximum flow rate. Plot the k factor against percentage
    flow

    (h) Which type of valve would you choose to control the flow rate close to the
    maximum? Which type of valve would you choose to control the flow rate at
    low rates?

    5.0 Conclusions

    Write down your conclusion about this experiment for relationship between f
    factor and the Reynolds number with smooth pipe and Roughened Pipe.

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