DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

The group closed the isolating valves for all the pipe runs to select the pipe run containing pipe

bends. Members connected the mercury manometer to the pressure toppings across the groups of

fittings. Checked that the isolating valves on the selected pipe run in fully open and then closed

the flow control valve above the pump. Group started the pump and opened the control valve

carefully until the air was displaced. Closed the control valve and re-zero the mercury

manometer. The control valve was then operated to give successively higher flow rates, starting

from 100 gph to 500 gph, the group recorded the manometer reading for each flow rate. After

performing the experiment, the group calculated the head loss across the equivalent lengths of

straight pipe and compared the recorded reading by graphing both against flow rate.

Set-up:
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Appendix A

LIST AND USES OF APPARATUS

Fluid flow apparatus - where the water flows for determining the head loss of fluid flow during

the experiment.

Mercury manometer – used to measure the pressure drop along the fluid flow.

Thermometer - used to monitor the temperature of the fluid during the experiment.
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DEFINITION OF TERMS

Head loss – a frictional loss that the fluid experiences due to friction associated with the loss of

energy.

Pipe fittings – connect one pipe to another in order to divert the flow or lengthen the pipe

system.

Skin friction – the friction between the contact of fluid and the solid surface where the fluid

flows.