FIGURE 1 shows a branching pipe system through which is flowing water of density 1000 kg m-3 and viscosity 1.0 x 103 Pa s. 2. AVI Diameter at A 600 mnm Diameter at B500 mm Diameter at C 300 mm FIG. 1 If the volumetric flowrate at point A is 586 m3 h1 and the flow velocity at point C is 0.61 m s-1 determine: the mass flowrate at pointB a. b. the Reynolds number of the flow at point...
Consider an oil of density p 800 kg/m3, viscosity u 0.01 Pa.s (10 times the viscosity of water), heat capacity of Cp 2 k]/(kg K) and thermal conductivity of Koll -0.15 W/(mk). This oil flows at mass flowrate of 30 kg/minute through a copper pipe of d- 2 cm inner diameter, with wall thickness of t-1 mm. At the relevant conditions, copper has thermal conductivity of ke 400 W/(m.K). The copper pipe loses heat to the surroundings of Tsurr 20°C...
Consider the flow of oil with a density 894 kg/m3 and viscosity 2.33 kg/ms in a 40-cm-diameter pipeline at an average velocity of 0.5 m/s. A 300-m-long section of the pipeline passes through the icy waters of a lake. Disregarding the entrance effects, the friction factor of flow.
5.16. Water is flowing in a 3-cm-diameter pipe at an average velocity of Uav 2 m/s. Assuming water density of ρ-1000 kg/m 3 and viscosity μ-10-3 N s'm2, calculate the velocity at the center of the pipe, the shear τ at the wall, and the Reynolds number. Assuming laminar flow, calculate friction coefficient C and pressure drop dp/dx.
Consider a pipe with water (p = 1000 kg/m3, u = 1.12 x 10-3 Ns/m2) flowing in it at 5 m/s. The pipe is concrete, with a roughness of 2 mm. The pipe inner diameter is constant at 5 cm. If the pipe is 50 m long, what is the pressure drop in the pipe due to friction? Moody chart is on page 7.
Water at 15 degrees Celsius (density=1000 kg/m^3; and dynamic viscosity = 1.14x10^-3 kg/ m*s). Evaluate the reynolds number for the internal flow in the following configuration.
Water (density = 1000 kg/m3, viscosity = 1.15 x 10-3 N-s/m2) is delivered from a large reservoir upstream (Section"1") through two mortar lined steel circular pipes arranged in series to another large reservoir downstream (Section "2") as shown in Figure E4.7 The upstream pipe is 80 m long and 0.15 m in diameter, whereas the downstream pipe is 50 m long and 0.1 m in diameter. Both pipes have sharp-edged entrance and exit. Consider both major and minor losses. Determine...
a. Calculate the Reynolds number for flow in a pipe that transports water at 50°C at a speed of 8 ft/s. The pipe has an inside diameter of 2.469 in. The density of water at 50°C is equal to 61.6 lb/ft3 . b. Calculate the Reynolds number for flow in a pipe that transports a liquid with a density of 931 kg/m3 and a viscosity of 2.5x10-3 Pa-s. The liquid flows at a rate of 4.3 m3/s and the pipe...
Water (density 1000 kg/m3, viscosity- 1.15 x 10-3 N-sms transferred from the lower rescrvoir through a mortar ined steel circular pipe of 350 m long and 0.15 m diameter to the upper reservoir as shown in Figure E5.2 Two identical centrifugal pumps having opcration charactcristics as shown in the following Table ES.5 when it is running at 960 rpm. Difference between free water surfaces of the two reservoirs is 40 m. Friction factor of the pipe can be assumed to...
Question 3 [20 marks] Water (density p1000 kg/m2; dynamic viscosity 0.001 Pa-s) flows steadily through a horizontal, straight pipe with circular cross section of diameter D=0.2 m. The volumetric flow rate is 0.01 m°/s. Argue that this is turbulent flow. [4 marksl а. Pressure drop in the pipe is due to friction. The pressure drop per unit length can be written as Др 4f L with U the average velocity in the pipe and fthe friction factor. Given the pipe...