EXPERIMENT No: 4

TITLE:
“To Calibrate Bourdon Gauge By Means Of Dead Weight Pressure Calibration”

INTRODUCTION:
Bourdon tube pressure gauges are used for the measurement of relative pressures from 0.6 ... 6,000 bar.
They are classified as mechanical pressure measuring instruments, and thus operate without any electrical
power. A dead weight tester (DWT) is a calibration standard method that uses a piston cylinder on which
a load is placed to make an equilibrium with an applied pressure underneath the piston.

OBJECTIVE:
To determine the dead weight pressure by using bourdon gauge.

PROCEDURE:
 First of all took the Bourdon Gauge apparatus and fill the apparatus with water .
 Now fill the nozzle of apparatus with water and open it for the escape of extra air.
 Adjust it at zero pressure and note the reading.
 Now put the different weights one by one and take the reading.
 These reading will be in Psi from the dial.

RECORTED DATA:

Sr. Applied Load Area

(kg) (m2)
1 0.5 0.0002
2 1 0.0002
3 1.5 0.0002
4 2 0.0002
5 2.5 0.0002
6 3 0.0002
7 3.5 0.0002
8 4 0.0002
9 4.5 0.0002
10 5 0.0002
DATA ANALYSIS:

Sr. Applied Applied Area Theoretical Practical %age

Load Load (m2) Pressure Pressure error
(kg) (N) (N/ m2) (N/ m2)
1 0.5 4.905 0.0002 24395.46862 24151.4053 1%
2 1 9.81 0.0002 48790.93963 48298.140 1.01%
3 1.5 14.715 0.0002 73186.40944 68997.3435 5.72%
4 2 19.62 0.0002 97501.87925 103496.0152 6.0606%
5 2.5 24.525 0.0002 121977.3491 117295.4839 3.8383%
6 3 29.43 0.0002 146372.8189 137994.687 5.723%
7 3.5 34.335 0.0002 170768.2887 172493.36 1.0101%
8 4 39.24 0.0002 195163.7585 186292.827 4.54%
9 4.5 44.145 0.0002 219559.2283 220791.5 0.561%
10 5 49.05 0.0002 243954.6981 241490.70 1.01002%

DISSCUSSION:

 In 2nd column applied load is denoted.

 In 3rd column applied load is converted.
 In 4th Area of nozzle is denoted.
 In 5th column theoretical pressure is recorded by using formula.
 In 6th column practical pressure is recorded using direct instrument.
 In 7th column %age error is calculated.

CONCLUSION:

 At 1kg practical and theoretical pressure are 24395.46862 and 24151.4053.

 At 5kg practical and theoretical pressure are 243954.6981and 241490.70.

REFRENCESES:

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_tester
 UCEST Fluid Mechanics Lab