MEP 214 2nd MECH Spring 2020

Measurement sheet
1. For the pitot-static pressure arrangement, the manometer fluid is (colored) water at
20°C. Estimate the centerline velocity (ρ=998 kg/m3, μ=0.001 Pa.s)

2. Kerosine at 20°C flows at 18 m3/h in a 5-cm-diameter pipe. If a 2-cm-diameter thin-

plate orifice with corner taps is installed, what will the measured pressure drop be, in
Pa? (ρ=804 kg/m3, μ=0.00192 Pa.s)

3. Gasoline at 20°C flows at 105 m3/h in a 10-cm-diameter pipe. We wish to meter the
flow with a thin-plate orifice and a differential pressure transducer which reads best
at about 55 kPa. What is the proper β ratio for the orifice? (ρ=680 kg/m3, μ=0.000292
Pa.s)

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4. A 10-cm-diameter smooth pipe contains an orifice plate with D:2D taps and β=0.5. The
measured orifice pressure drop is 75 kPa for water flow at 20°C. Estimate the flow
rate, in m3/h. What is the nonrecoverable head loss? (ρ=998 kg/m3, μ=0.001 Pa.s)

5. Gasoline at 20°C flows at 0.06 m3/s through a 15-cm pipe and is metered by a 9-cm
long-radius flow nozzle. What is the expected pressure drop across the nozzle? (ρ=680
kg/m3, μ=0.000292 Pa.s)

6. Ethyl alcohol at 20°C flowing in a 6-cm-diameter pipe is metered through a 3-cm long-
radius flow nozzle. If the measured pressure drop is 45 kPa, what is the estimated
volume flow, in m3/h? (ρ=789 kg/m3, μ=0.0012 Pa.s)

7. Kerosine at 20°C flows at 20 m3/h in an 8-cm-diameter pipe. The flow is to be metered

by an ISA 1932 flow nozzle so that the pressure drop is 7000 Pa. What is the proper
nozzle diameter? (ρ=804 kg/m3, μ=0.00192 Pa.s)
8. It is desired to meter a flow of 20°C gasoline in a 12-cm diameter pipe, using a modern
venturi nozzle. In order for international standards to be valid, what is the permissible
range of (a) flow rates, (b) nozzle diameters, and (c) pressure drops? (ρ=680 kg/m3,
μ=0.000292 Pa.s)

9. Ethanol at 20°C flows down through a modern venturi nozzle If the mercury
manometer reading is 4 in, as shown, estimate the flow rate, in gal/min. ( ρ=1.53
slug/ft3, μ=2.51×10-5 slug/ft.s)
 Data Sheet
1. Orifice

2. Nozzle
Long Radius nozzle

short-radius ISA 1932

3. Venturi (ReD=1.5×105-2×105) & (0.316 <𝛃 <0.775)

 Discharge coefficient for a thin-plate orifice with D:1/2D taps

Discharge coefficient for long-radius nozzle and classical Herschel-type ventur

 Discharge coefficient for a venturi nozzle.

Nonrecoverable head loss in Bernoulli obstruction meters