B.E / B.Tech.

PRACTICAL END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, APRIL / MAY 2019

Fourth Semester

PE 8461 - FLUIDS AND SOLID OPERATIONS LABORATORY

(Regulations 2017)

Time : 3 Hours Answer any one Question Max. Marks 100

Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total

required/Procedure Circuit/Program/ & Results
Drawing
20 30 30 10 10 100

Calibrate the given venturi meter over a wide range of head and determine the coefficient of
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discharge for various flow rates.

2. Test the given orifice meter for a wide range of Reynolds number and determine the coefficient
of discharge.
Calculate the coefficient of discharge of an open drum orifice.
3.

4. Determine the pressure drop and friction factor of a liquid flowing through the straight pipe
using wide range of Reynolds number.
Study the characteristics of a liquid flowing through the annular pipe using wide range of
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Reynolds number.
Study the flow characteristics of V-notch and determine the characteristic constant to establish
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empirical relationship between height and flow rates.

7. Calibrate the given rotameter for the wide range of flow rate and find the percentage error.
Determine the pressure drop across the packed column for various flow rates and determine the
8.
friction factor.
Study the characteristics of centrifugal pump and draw the characteristics curves.
9.

Perform feed analysis and experimentally determine the effectiveness of the given screen.
10.
Perform the filtration experiment of the given slurry using leaf filter. Calculate specific cake
11.

1
 resistance, filter medium resistance and compressibility factor.

12. Perform the filtration experiment of the given slurry using Plate and frame filter press. Calculate
specific cake resistance, filter medium resistance and compressibility factor.

13. Conduct the batch sedimentation experiment for the given concentration of the slurry and
calculate the area of the thickner required for the given underflow concentration. Assume
necessary values.
Determine the size reduction ratio of given sample using Jaw crusher and evaluate the constants.
14.
Determine the size reduction ratio of the given sample using Ball mill operation and also
15.
estimate the critical speed and optimum speed of the ball mill.
Conduct the experiment and determine the fractional and overall efficiency of the cyclone
16.
separator.

17. Determine the power required to crush the given material and reduction ratio of a Roll crusher
for various clearances.
Determine the Rittinger’s constant &number and also find the size reduction ratio of a given
18.
sample using drop weight crusher.

19. Conduct the experiment in a stokes law region and determine the settling velocity of the particle.