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Fluid Flow and Transport Process Group Assignment

The group is assigned to design a power plant that maximizes power generation from water discharged from a reservoir through a 30cm diameter pipe with a 70cm elevation difference. They calculate the discharge rate, mass flow rate, potential energy, energy, power, and efficiency assuming laminar flow. They determine that the maximum power is generated at a discharge rate of 4.715 x 10^-4 m^3/s.

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Fluid Flow and Transport Process Group Assignment

The group is assigned to design a power plant that maximizes power generation from water discharged from a reservoir through a 30cm diameter pipe with a 70cm elevation difference. They calculate the discharge rate, mass flow rate, potential energy, energy, power, and efficiency assuming laminar flow. They determine that the maximum power is generated at a discharge rate of 4.715 x 10^-4 m^3/s.

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Fluid Flow and Transport Process

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

RABIATUL ADAWIYAH BT NAJMUDDIN 15659


SITI MUNIRAH BT MHD YUSOF 15625
NURFARAHIN BT BURHANUDDIN 15612
NUR FARHANA AJUA BT MUSTAFA 15583
NUR AIMI ATHIRAH BT SUHAIMI 15645
QUESTION

During a camping trip you notice that water is


discharged from a high reservoir to a stream in the
valley through a 30-cm diameter plastic pipe. The
elevation difference between the free surface of the
reservoir and the stream is 70cm. You conceive the
idea of generating power from this water. Design a
power plant that gives the most power from this
source. Investigate the effect power generation on
the discharge rate of water. What discharge rate will
maximize the power production?
OUR SOLUTION
Assumptions :
 Laminar flow
 Re in circular pipe = 2000
 Temperature = 20°C
 µ = 10^-3 kg/m s
 Incompressible fluid

Calculation :
Re = DVρ
µ
V = Re µ
Dρ
= 2000x10^-3 kg/m s = 6.67 x 10^-3 m/s
0.3m(1000kg/m^3)

Q = VA = 6.67 x 10^-3 m/s (π) (0.3m/2)^2 = 4.715 x 10^-4 m^3/s

ṁ = Q ρ = 4.715x10^-4 m^3/s (1000 kg/m^3) = 0.4715 kg/s


PE = g z = 9.81 m/s^2 (0.7 m) = 6.867x10^-3 kJ
E = ṁ x PE = 0.4715 kg/s(6.867x10^-3 kJ)
= 3.238 x 10^-3 kJ

Assume efficiency=100%
Efficiency= W W= efficiency x E
E = 100(3.238 x 10^-3 kJ)
= 0.3238 kJ

P = W x ṁ = 0.3238 kJ x 0.4715 kg/s = 0.1527 kW


2) P = Wṁ , ṁ=Q ρ,
P= WQ ρ
Therefore, we can conclude that when the pressure
increase, the discharge rate (Q) also increase, provided
W and ρ is constant.

3) As the efficiency assumed is 100% , so the P calculated


is the maximum power generated by power plant.
Hence, the discharge rate calculated is 4.715 x 10^-4
m^3/s.

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