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Sheet 04 20-21 Flow Measurement

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Problems (Flow Measurement)

1. Inlet and throat diameter of a horizontal venturimeter are 30cm and 10cm respectively
through water is flowing. The pressure intensity of inlet is 1.4 kgf/cm2 while vacuum
pressure head at the throat is –37cm of Hg. If 4% of differential head is lost between inlet
and outlet Find the flow rate and co-efficient of discharge. [15.2714 lit/s, 0.98]
2. Inlet and throat diameter of a horizontal venturimeter are 20cm and 10cm respectively,
measuring the flow rate of oil of sp. gr. 0.8. The difference in levels in the U-tube
differential manometer is 18 cm of Hg. Calculate Cd if 11520 kg of oil is collected in 4
minutes. [0.985]
3. A horizontal venturimeter, 300 mm inlet and 100 mm throat, is used to measure the flow
of water through a pipeline. Pressure in pipe is 1.5 bar and vacuum pressure at the throat
is 40cm of Hg. Calculate the rate of flow. It may be presumed that 5% of the differential
head is lost between pipe main and the throat section. Also calculate the discharge co-
efficient. Take sp wt of water = 10 kN/m3. [0.154 m3/s, 0.975]
4. Find the discharge of water flowing through a pipe of 30 cm diameter placed in an
inclined position where a venturimeter of throat diameter 15 cm has been inserted. The
difference of pressure between the main and the throat is measured by a liquid of sp gr.
0.6 in an inverted U-tube, which gives a reading of 30cm. The loss in head is 0.2 times the
kinetic head of the pipe. Find flow rate through the pipe. [27.8 lit/s]
5. A horizontal venturi tube, 280 mm diameter at the entrance and 140 mm diameter at the
throat, has a discharge coefficient of 0.97. A differential U-tube manometer, using
mercury as the manometric fluid, is connected between pressure tapings at the entrance
and at the throat. The venturi tube is used to measure the flow of water, which fills the
leads to the U-tube and is in contact with the mercury. Calculate the flow rate when the
difference in the mercury level is 50 mm. Take the densities of water and mercury as103
kg/m3 and 13.6×103 kg/m3 respectively. [0.0542 m3/s]
6. A fluid of relative density 0.86 flows through a pipe of diameter 120 mm. The flow rate is
measured using a 6 cm diameter orifice plate with corner tapings, which are connected to
the two limbs of a differential U-tube manometer using mercury as the manometric fluid.
The discharge coefficient is 0.62. Calculate the mass flow rate when the difference in the
mercury levels in the U-tube is 100 mm. [8.39 kg/s]
7. The air supply to an oil-engine is measured by being taken directly from the atmosphere
into a large reservoir through a sharp-edged orifice 50 mm diameter. The pressure
difference across the orifice is measured by an alcohol manometer set at a slope of arcsin
0.1 to the horizontal. Calculate the volume flow rate of air if the manometer reading is
271 mm, the relative density of alcohol is 0.80, the coefficient of discharge for the orifice
is 0.602 and atmospheric pressure and temperature are respectively 755 mm Hg and
15.8°C. (R = 287 J/kg·K). [0.02191 m3/s]
8. Oil of relative density 0.85 issues from a 50 mm diameter orifice under a pressure of 100
kPa (gauge). The diameter of the vena contracta is 39.5 mm and the discharge is 18 L/s.
What is the coefficient of velocity? [0.958]
9. A vertical venturi-meter carries a liquid of relative density 0.8 and has inlet and throat
diameters of 150 mm and 75 mm respectively. The pressure connection at the throat is
150 mm above that at the inlet. If the actual rate of flow is 40 L/s and the coefficient of
discharge is 0.96, calculate (a) the pressure difference between inlet and throat, and (b)
the difference of levels in a vertical U-tube mercury manometer connected between these
points, the tubes above the mercury being full of the liquid. (Relative density of mercury
= 13.56.)
10. A servo-mechanism is to make use of a venturi contraction in a horizontal 350 mm
diameter pipe carrying a liquid of relative density 0.95. The upper end of a vertical
cylinder 100 mm diameter is connected by a pipe to the throat of the venturi and the lower
end of the cylinder is connected to the inlet. A piston in the cylinder is to be lifted when
the flow rate through the venturi exceeds 0.15 m3/s. The piston rod is 20 mm diameter and
passes through both ends of the cylinder. Neglecting friction, calculate the required
diameter of the venturi throat if the gross effective load on the piston rod is 180 N.

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