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Assignment 4 Chapter05

This document contains an assignment on fluid mechanics with 5 problems involving the use of flow nozzles, Venturi meters, and differential pressure measurements to calculate volumetric and mass flow rates of various liquids and gases through pipes and ducts. The problems require determining flow rates, velocities, and fill times using equations that relate pressure differences, pipe diameters, densities, and other variables through discharge coefficients.

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Assignment 4 Chapter05

This document contains an assignment on fluid mechanics with 5 problems involving the use of flow nozzles, Venturi meters, and differential pressure measurements to calculate volumetric and mass flow rates of various liquids and gases through pipes and ducts. The problems require determining flow rates, velocities, and fill times using equations that relate pressure differences, pipe diameters, densities, and other variables through discharge coefficients.

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Faculty of Chemical & Energy

Engineering

FLUID MECHANICS - Assignment 4 (Chapter 5)


1. A flow nozzle equipped with a differential pressure gage is used to measure the flow rate of water
at 10oC through a 3-cm-diameter horizontal pipe. The nozzle exit diameter is 1.5cm, and the measured
pressure drop is 3 kPa. Determine the volume flowrate of water and the average velocity through the pipe.

2. The mass flow rate of air at 20oC through a 15-cm diameter duct is measured with a Venturi meter
equipped with a water manometer. The venturi neck has a diameter of 7.5 cm, and the manometer has a
maximum differential height of 60 cm. Taking the discharge coefficient to be 0.98, determine the
maximum mass flow rate of air this venturi meter/manometer can measure.
3. A vertical venturi meter equipped with a differential pressure gage shown in figure below is used
to measure the flowrate of liquid propane at 10oC (ρ = 514.7kg/m3 ) through an 8-cm-diameter vertical
pipe. For a discharge coefficient of 0.98, determine the volume flowrate of propane through the pipe.

4. In O&G Sdn Bhd, kerosene (ρ = 820 kg/m3) is often used as a synthetic hydrocarbon for corrosion
experiments to simulate crude oil in field conditions. A 25-L kerosene tank is filled with a 2-cm-diameter
horizontal pipe equipped with a 1.5-cm-diameter nozzle meter. If the pressure difference indicated by the
nozzle meter is 5 kPa and 1 m3 = 1000 L,
(a) Determine the actual volume flowrate of kerosene if the discharge coefficient is 0.96.
(b) Determine the average velocity through the nozzle meter.
(c) Determine the time required for a kerosene tank to be filled.
(d) Determine the actual mass flowrate of kerosene.
(e) If the head loss occurred throughout the nozzle meter is 10 cm, calculate the new actual volume
flowrate of kerosene. Predict the time required for a kerosene tank to be filled is longer or shorter?

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