Essays on Volumetric Flow Rate

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Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Lab Report Objectives Introduction A heat exchanger refers to a gadget that aids the transfer of heat from one fluid to another. The fluids involved can either be in direct contact or separated to avoid mixing (Ramesh & Sekulic, 2003). They are in common use in sewage treatment, natural gas processing, petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, power stations, air conditioning, refrigeration, and space heating. A perfect example of a heat exchanger is in the internal combustion engine (ICE) (Hiereth & Prenninger, 2010). In such a situation, a circulating fluid called engine cooler flows over the ...

A Venturi meter is a flow measurement instrument with a constricted throat that increases velocity and decreases pressure (Voigt et al. 1991). Flow meters are usually used to measure the volumetric flow rate of liquids. A Venturi meter measures the flow rate of both compressible and incompressible fluids in the pipeline (Davis, 1952). The Venturi meter has a converging throat, a cylindrical throat and a diverging recovering cone. It possesses no projections into the fluid; it has no sharp corners and no sudden changes in its contour. The converging section decreases the area of the fluid stream thereby causing ...

The main objective of this research was to investigate the flow of water in a pipe at the various conditions. The experiment had the following specific objectives:

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The apparatus used in the experiment are listed below: - A hydraulic bench - Osborne Reynolds apparatus - Digital flow meter (one) - Thermometer (one) - Purple vegetable dye Apparatus The apparatus consists of a vertical clear pipe through which the flow visualization at the various flow conditions (laminar, transitional and turbulent) is done. The Osborne Reynolds apparatus used in the experiment is as shown below: ...

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Fluid mechanics can be described as the application of laws of force to the concept of motion of fluids. The mechanically produced force is used to move a fluid form through a designated routed in order to perform a certain operation. This paper focuses on the centrifugal pump as an equipment that generates the force require to move a fluid through a route in relation to the monitoring and measuring fluid behavior. The centrifugal pump is one of the widely used equipments in hydraulic systems. They operate on the centrifugal force principle. The principle requires that a force be created by a rotating object in ...