King Saud University

College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Dept.

ChE 315
Tutorial # 4
Second semester 32/33

Momentum Transfer
1. A 20 wt % sucrose solution having a density of 1074 kg/m3 is flowing through the
piping system as shown in figure 2.6-2 (page 55). The flow rate entering pipe 1 is
1.892 m3/h. The flow divides equally in each of pipes 3.
Calculate the following:
a. The velocity in m/s in pipe 2 and 3.
b. The mass velocity G (kg/m2.s) in pipes 2 and 3.
2. a storage vessel is well stirred and contains 500 kg of total solution with a
concentration of 5% salt. A constant flow rate of 900 kg/h of salt solution
containing 16.67% salt is suddenly introduced into the tank and the constant
withdrawal rate of 600 kg/h also started. These two flows remain constant
thereafter.
a. Derive an equation relating the outlet withdrawal concentration as a factor of
time.
b. Calculate the concentration after 2h.
3. A pipeline laid cross country carries oil at the rate of 795 m3/day. The pressure of
the oil is 1793 kPa gauge leaving the pumping station 1. The pressure is 862 kPa
gauge at the inlet to the next pumping station. The second station is 17.4 m higher
than the first station.
a. Assuming the oil density equal to 769 kg/m3, calculate the lost
work in J/kg mass oil.
4. Soybean oil is being pumped through a uniform diameter pipe at constant
temperature of 303 K and a steady mass flow rate. A pump supplies 209.2
J/kg mass of a fluid flowing.
The entrance absolute pressure in the inlet pipe to the pump is 103.4 kN/m2.
The exit section of the pipe downstream from the pump is 3.35 m above the entrance
and the exit pressure is 172.4 kN/m2. Exit and entrance pipes are of the same
diameter. The fluid is in turbulent flow.
a. Sketch the diagram of this pumping system.
b. Calculate the friction loss in the system.

5. Water stored in a large well insulated storage tank at 21C and atmospheric
pressure is being pumped at steady state from this tank by a pump at the rate of 40
m3/h. The motor driving the pump supplies energy at the rate of 8.5 kW. The water is
used as cooling medium and passes through a heat exchanger where 255 kW of heat is
added to water. The heated water then flows to a second, large vented tank, which is
25 m above the first tank.
a. Sketch the arrangement of this system.
b. Determine the final temperature of the water delivered to the
second tank.
6. Water having a density of 998 kg/m3 is flowing at the rate of 1.676 m/s in a 3.068
in. diameter horizontal pipe at a pressure p1 of 68.9 kPa. It then passes to a pipe
having an inside diameter of 2.067 in.
a. Calculate the new pressure p2 in the 2.067 in. pipe assuming no friction losses.
b. If the pipe is vertical and the flow is upward, calculate the new pressure p2.
The pressure tape for p2 is 0.457 m above the tape for p1.

7. Determine the discharge in the pipe and the pressure at

point A. Neglect head losses. Assume = 1.0 at all
locations.

8. A pump draws water through a 20-cm suction pipe

and discharges it through a 10-cm pipe in which the
velocity is 3 m/s. The 10-cm pipe discharges
horizontally into air at point C. To what height h
above the water surface at A can the water be raised
if 25 kW is delivered to the pump? Assume that the
pump operates at 60% efficiency and that the head
loss in the pipe between A and C is equal to
2V2C/2g. Assume = 1.0 at all locations.

9. In this system d = 25 cm, D = 40 cm, and the head loss from the venturi meter to
the end of the pipe is given by hL = 0.9 V2/2g, where V is the velocity in the pipe.
Neglecting all other head losses, determine what head H will first initiate
cavitation if the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa absolute. What will be the
discharge at incipient cavitation? Assume = 1.0 at all locations.