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TUTORIAL 3b - Flow in Pipes

This document contains 4 problems related to fluid mechanics concepts like flow in pipes. Problem 1 involves determining the elevation of a reservoir given flow rate, pipe diameter and properties. Problem 2 involves calculating power required to pump water through a pipe given flow rate, pipe properties, and elevation changes. Problem 3 involves calculating total and individual flow rates through parallel pipes given power input and pipe/reservoir properties. Problem 4 involves calculating power required to pump fuel oil into a tanker through a pipe given flow rate, pipe properties and elevation changes.

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TUTORIAL 3b - Flow in Pipes

This document contains 4 problems related to fluid mechanics concepts like flow in pipes. Problem 1 involves determining the elevation of a reservoir given flow rate, pipe diameter and properties. Problem 2 involves calculating power required to pump water through a pipe given flow rate, pipe properties, and elevation changes. Problem 3 involves calculating total and individual flow rates through parallel pipes given power input and pipe/reservoir properties. Problem 4 involves calculating power required to pump fuel oil into a tanker through a pipe given flow rate, pipe properties and elevation changes.

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Subject Name FLUID MECHANICS

Topic Flow in pipes 11

Week

Name : ……….…………………….……………….. Lecturer : .................................

Intake : …………………..………….…..………...…. Date : .………..…………......

1. Water at 20°C flows by gravity from a large reservoir at a high elevation to a smaller one
through a 18-m-long, 5-cm-diameter cast iron piping system that includes four standard flanged
elbows, a well-rounded entrance, a sharp-edged exit, and a fully open gate valve. Taking the free
surface of the lower reservoir as the reference level, determine the elevation z1 of the higher
reservoir for a flow rate of 0.3 m3/min.

2. A farmer is to pump water at 20°C from a river to a water storage tank nearby using a 40-m-
long, 12-cm-diameter plastic pipe with three flanged 90° smooth bends. The water velocity near
the river surface is 1.8 m/s, and the pipe inlet is placed in the river normal to the flow direction of
water to take advantage of the dynamic pressure. The elevation difference between the river and
the free surface of the tank is 3.5 m. For a flow rate of 0.042 m3/s and an overall pump efficiency
of 70 percent, determine the required electric power input to the pump.

3.Water at 20°C is to be pumped from a reservoir (zA = 2 m) to another reservoir at a higher


elevation (zB = 9 m) through two 25-m-long plastic pipes connected in parallel. The diameters of
the two pipes are 3 cm and 5 cm. Water is to be pumped by a 68 percent efficient motor–pump
unit that draws 7 kW of electric power during operation. The minor losses and the head loss in
the pipes that connect the parallel pipes to the two reservoirs are considered to be negligible.
Determine the total flow rate between the reservoirs and the flow rates through each of the
parallel pipes.
390
Reservoir B
zB=2 m

Reservoir A
zA=2 m 25 m
3 cm

FLUID MECHANICS 1
2
5 cm
Pump
4. A vented tanker is to be filled with fuel oil with r = 920 kg/m3 and m = 0.045 kg/m·s from an
underground reservoir using a 25-m-long, 4-cm-diameter plastic hose with a slightly rounded
entrance and two 90° smooth bends. The elevation difference between the oil level in the
reservoir and the top of the tanker where the hose is discharged is 5 m. The capacity of the tanker
is 18 m3 and the filling time is 30 min.
Taking the kinetic energy correction factor at hose discharge to be 1.05 and assuming an overall
pump efficiency of 82 percent, determine the required power input to the pump.

2
Tanker
18 m3 4 cm 5m

25 m 1
Fuel oil
Pump

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