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Tutorial 05 - Pipe Flow

This document provides 10 examples of pipe flow analysis problems solved by Dr. Nandika Miguntanna. The examples cover a range of pipe flow scenarios involving water, oil, ethanol flowing through pipes of various diameters, lengths, and materials. Key parameters calculated include pressure changes, head losses, friction factors, pump power requirements, flow rates, and pressure gradients. Diagrams accompany each problem to illustrate the pipe system and relevant variables. The problems are representative of the types of analyses commonly performed to understand and optimize pipe flow systems.

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Tutorial 05 - Pipe Flow

This document provides 10 examples of pipe flow analysis problems solved by Dr. Nandika Miguntanna. The examples cover a range of pipe flow scenarios involving water, oil, ethanol flowing through pipes of various diameters, lengths, and materials. Key parameters calculated include pressure changes, head losses, friction factors, pump power requirements, flow rates, and pressure gradients. Diagrams accompany each problem to illustrate the pipe system and relevant variables. The problems are representative of the types of analyses commonly performed to understand and optimize pipe flow systems.

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TUTORIAL 5

Pipe Flow Analysis


Prepared by Dr. Nandika Miguntanna

1. Water at 20°C flows upward at 4 m/s in a 6-cm-diameter pipe as shown in Figure 1. The
pipe length between points 1 and 2 is 5 m, and point 2 is 3 m higher. A mercury
manometer, connected between 1 and 2, has a reading h = 135 mm, with P1 higher.
(a) What is the pressure change (P1 − P2)?
(b) What is the head loss, in meters?
(c) Is the manometer reading proportional to head loss? Explain.
(d) What is the friction factor of the flow?
Assume specific weight of mercury as 133.1 kN/m3 and water as 9.8 kN/m3

Figure 1
(Answer: 46 kPa, 1.7 m, yes, 0.025)

2. SAE 30 oil at 20°C flows in the 3-cm-diameter pipe in Fig. 3, which slopes at 37°. A
pump is installed between A and B to drive the oil upward from A to B at a rate of 3 kg/s
(Figure 2). At 100% efficiency, what pump power is required?

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3 cm

Figure 2

(Answer: 3500W)

3. Water flows through a horizontal plastic pipe with a diameter of 0.2 m at a velocity of 10
cm/s. Determine the pressure drop per meter of pipe using the Moody chart.
(Answer: 0.649Pa)

4. The tank-pipe system of Fig. 3 is to deliver at least 11 m3/h of water at 20°C to the
reservoir. What is the maximum roughness height ε allowable for the pipe?
take ρ = 998 kg/m3 and μ = 0.001 kg/m⋅s.

Figure 3

(Answer: approximately 0.012 m)

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5. Ethanol at 20°C flows at 0.00789 m3/s through a horizontal cast-iron pipe with L = 12 m
and d = 5 cm. Neglecting entrance effects, estimate
(a) the pressure gradient
(b) the wall shear stress, τw; and
(c) the percent reduction in friction factor if the pipe walls are polished to a smooth
surface.
Take ρ = 789 kg/m3 and μ = 0.0012 kg/m⋅s.
(Answer: − 4000 Pa/m, 50 N/m2, 46%)

6. The pipe flow in Fig. 4 is driven by pressurized air in the tank. What gage pressure p1 is
needed to provide a 20°C water flow rate Q = 60 m3/h?
Take ρ = 998 kg/m3 and μ = 0.001 kg/m⋅s
Neglect minor losses.
(Answer: 2.38MPa)

Figure 4

7. In Fig. 5 assume that the pipe is cast iron with L = 550 m, d = 7 cm, and Δz = 100 m. If
an 80 percent efficient pump is placed at point B, what input power is required to deliver
160 m3/h of water upward from reservoir 2 to 1?

Figure 5

(Answer: 867kW)

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8. The pump shown in Fig. 6 delivers a head of 80 m to the water. Determine the power that
the pump adds to the water. The difference in elevation of the two ponds is 60 m.
(Answer: 116 kW)

Pipe length = 150 m

Pipe diameter = 0.2 m

Pipe roughness =0

Figure 6

9. When the pump shown in Fig. 7 adds 150kW to the flowing water, the pressures indicated
by the two gages are equal. Determine the flowrate if;
Length of pipe between gages =18 m
Pipe diameter = 0.03 m
Pipe friction factor = 0.03 m
Filter loss coefficient = 12

Figure 7

(Answer: 1.7 x 10 -3 m3/s)

10. The three water-filled tanks shown in Fig. 8 are connected by pipes as indicated. If minor
losses are neglected, determine the flowrate in each pipe.

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Figure 8

(Answer: 0.0284 m3/s, 0.0143 m3/s, 0.0141 m3/s)

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