Problems on Application of Bernoulli's Energy Equation A Venturimeter is installed in a pipe line carrying air. The meter has @ diameter of 60 cm at inlet and 45 em at throat. A U-tube connected to inlet and throat contains water, the difference in levels in the two legs of the tube being 10 cm, Considering the unit weight of air constant at 12.57 N/m’, determine the approximate discharge in cumec, neglecting friction A horizontal venturimeter with inlet diameter 20 em and throat diameter 10 em is used to measure the flow of water, The pressure at inlet is 14.715 N/cm* and vacuum pressure at the throat is 40 em of mercury. Find the discharge of water through the venturimeter. Aan (62-59 Ue The water is flowing through a pipe of diameter 30 em. ‘The pipe is inelined and a venturimeter is inseried in the pipe. The diameter of venturimeter at throat is 13 em. The difference of pressure between the inlet and throat of the venturimetre is measured by a liquid of sp. gr. 0.8 in an inverted U-tube which gives a reading of 40 cm. The loss of head between the inlet and throat is 0.3 times the kinetic head of the pipe. Find the discharge. Pw. 22-64 Lr In a 200 mm diameter horizontal pipe © venturimeter of 0.5 contraction ratio has bbeen fixed. The head of water on the venturimeter when there is no flow is 4 m (gauge). Find the rate of flow for which the throat pressure will be 4 m of water absolute, Take Ca 0.97 and atmospheric pressure head = 10.3 m of water, Ren. Ws: 92 A sub-marine moves horizontally in sea and has its axis 20 m below the surface of water. A pitot static-tube placed in front of sub-marine and along its axis connected to the two limbs of U-tube containing mereury (Figure-5): The difference of mercury level is found to be 20 cm. Find the speed of sub-marine, Take sp. gr. of mercury 13.6 and of sea water 1.026, Penn. 24: 95% befor Referring to the figure-6, assume the flow to be frictionless in the siphon. Find the rate of discharge in ¢f% (cumec) and the pressure head at B ifthe pipe has a uniform diameter of 6 in (15 cm). Ifthe minimum allowable pressure in the siphon is -32 f © 10 m) of water, then what would be the maximum difference in elevation between M and N, instead of the 16 ft (5 m) shown in the sketch. Water is flowing through a reducer as shown in Fig. 7. The diameter at section 1 is, 50 mm and at section 2 is 25 mm. If the velocity and pressure at section 1 is 3 m/s ‘and 250 kPa, find the pressure at section 2. Head loss between section I and 2 is Sm of water, ‘Water is flowing from a large reservoir through a nozzle as shown in Fis flow rate of water and pressure at point 2 A large reservoir contains air, oil and water as shown in Fig. 9. If the pressure p is, 30 kPa gage, find the flow rate of water. . 8, Find the | Water flows at the rate of 150 V/s through a reducer as shown in Fig. 10, Find the deflection in the mercury manometer. Neglect frictional losses. . Water is pumping at the rate of $0 I/s from a tank. The pump delivers 9 KW of power to the flow. Find (i) the pressure at points (2) and (3) considering no losses (ii) the pressure at point (3) ifa total loss equal to 2 times the velocity head at point (3) take place. vxfo12. Water is pumped at the rate of 75 Us through the piping system as shown in Fig. The pump absorbs 8 kW power and the pressure at the point A is 200 mm of Hg vacuum. Find the pressure at point B. the fighre, whét are (ay/the mi water jet wi fg? For which case will the/et velocity be higher whe . it strikes the roof of the building? 14, A necked-down section in a pipe flow, called a venture, develops a low throat pressure which can aspirate fluid upward from a reservoir, as in Fig. 14. Using Bernoulli’s equation with no losses, derive an expression for the velocity Vi which is just sufficient to bring reservoir fluid into the throat4omm dia, ' -d=200mm d=400em Water | [-—50mm diameter 100mm diameter 200mm diameterAssignment on Bernoulli's energy equation 15, A 15.24 em pipeline (Fig. 15) conducts water from a reservoir and discharges at 2 lower elevation through a nozzle which has a discharge diameter of 5.08 cm. The water surface inthe reservoir (1) is at elevation 30.48 m, the pipe intake (2 and 3) at elevation 24.38 m, and the nozzle (4 and 5) at elevation 0. The head losses are: from 1 102, Om; from 2 t0 3, 0.61 m; from 310.4, 9.14 m; from 4 to 5, 3.05 m. Compute the discharge and make a table showing elevation head, velocity head, pressure head, and total head at each of the five points. (King 101, Prob-12). 16, A pump (Fig. 16) draws water from a 20.32 cm suction pipe and discharges through a 15.24 em in which the velocity is 3.66 m/s. The pressure is 3.45 N/em’ at Ain the suction pipe. The 15.24 em pipe discharges horizontally into air at C. To what height h above B can the water be raised if 8 is 1.83 m above A and 20 hp (Horse Power; 1 hp = $50 ft-lb/sec = 746 Watt = 0.746 kW) is delivered to the pump. Assume that the pump operates at 70% efficiency and that the friction loss in the pipe between A and Cis 3.048 m. (King 103, Prob- 14). 17. Apump draws water from reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B as shown in figure 17. The loss of head from A to 1is 3 times the velocity head in the 15.24 cm pipe and the loss of head from 2 to Bis 20 times the velocity head in the 10.16 cm pipe. Compute the horsepower output of the pump and the pressure heads at 41 and 2 when the discharge is 758 lters/s. (King 102, Prob-18), 18, The 61 cm pipe shown in figure 18 conducts water from reservoir A to a pressure turbine, which discharges through another 61 cm pipe into tail race B. The loss of head from A to 1 is 5 times the velocity hhead in the pipe and the loss of head from 2 to 8 is 0.2 times the velocity head in the pipe. Ifthe discharge is 0.71 cumec, what horsepower is being given up by the water to the turbine and what are the pressure heads at and 2. (King 103, Prob-19).