CE-3105 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Assignment 2

Due: Midterm Exam Day

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer systematically: use “Diketahui, Ditanyakan, Jawab” structure.

2. Provide illustration of the case (if applicable).
3. Unless a parameter is unitless, assign an appropriate unit to your calculation.
4. Provide clear assumptions if used.
5. If not provided, you shall find fluid parameters (density, viscosity, etc) data from textbook
6. Use Moody’s Diagram if needed
7. Question 1-7 covered in Incompressible Fluid Flow, Question 8-12 covered in Friction &
Mechanical Energy Balance
8. If needed, scientifically sound assumptions may be used.

QUESTIONS

1. The system in Figure below consist of a water reservoir with a layer of compressed air above the
water and a large pipe and nozzle. The pressure of the air is 50 psig, and the effect of friction can
be neglected. What is the velocity of the water flowing out through the nozzle?

Figure for Problem No.1

2. The tank in Figure below has a layer of mercury under a layer of water. The mercury is flowing
out through a frictionless nozzle. The heights are h1 = 1 m and h2 = 8m. What is the velocity of
the fluid leaving the nozzle?

Figure for Problem No.2

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3. The air supply to an engine on a test bed passes down a 180 mm diameter pipe fitted with an
orifice plate 90 mm diameter. The pressure drop across the orifice is 80 mm of paraffin, the
coefficient of discharge of the orifice is 0.62 and the densities of air and paraffin are 1.2 kg/m3
and 830 kg/m3 respectively. Calculate the discharge of air to the engine?

Figure for Problem No.3

4. In the vessel in Figure below, water is flowing steadily in frictionless flow under the barrier.
What is the velocity of the water flow under the barrier?

Figure for Problem No.4

5. What is the volumetric flow rate for the case shown in Figure below?

Figure for Problem No.5

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6. The venturi meter in Figure below has air flowing through it. The manometer, as shown,
contains both mercury and water. The cross-sectional areas at the upstream location and at the
throat are 10 and 1 ft2 respectively. What is the volumetric flow rate of the air? The discharge
coefficient Cv equals 1.0.

Figure for Problem No.6

7. An open-ended tin can (Figure below) has a hole punched in its bottom. The can is empty and is
suddenly immersed in water to depth h1 and then held steady. The area of the hole is 0.5 inch2
and the horizontal cross-sectional area of the can is 20 inch2. Assuming that the flow through
the hole in the bottom of the can is frictionless, how long does it take the can to fill up to the
level of the surrounding water?

Figure for Problem No.7

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8. In Figure below water is being pumped through a 3-in pipe. The length of the pipe plus the
equivalent length for fittings is 2300 ft. The design flow rate is 150 gal/min.
a) At this flow rate, what pressure rise across the pump is required?
b) If there are no losses in pump, motor, coupling, etc. How many horsepower (hp) must the
pump’s motor deliver?
[Hint: Pressure drop due to friction (at certain Discharge, Pipe Diameter and Schedule,
Kinematic Viscosity of the Fluid, and Specific Gravity can be found from Noel de Nevers Book
2nd Edition Page 201 Graph 6.13]

Figure For Problem NO.8

9. Water at 200C is being pumped from a tank to an elevated tank at the rate of 5x10-3 m3/s. All of
the piping in the Figure below is 4 inch Schedule pipe. The pump has an efficiency of 65%.
Calculate the kW power needed for the pump. The pipe is commercial steel pipe.

Figure for Problem No.9

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10. The vessel in Figure below are connected by 1000 ft of 3-inch pipe (neglect fitting and entrance
and exit losses). In each vessel the diameter is so large that V is negligible. The fluid is an oil
with kinematic viscosity of 100 cSt, and density 60 lbm/ft3. Determine the friction loss head and
the direction of the flow!

Figure for Problem No.10

11. Figure below shows a siphon which will be used to empty water out of a tank. The siphon is
made of 10-inch commercial steel pipe 60 ft long. When the water is at its minimum level, as
shown, what are the flow rate and the pressure at the top (point A)? The bend at the top of the
siphon is equivalent to two 900 long-radius elbows? (Ɛ = 0.0018)
[Hint: To simplify, you may use the Equivalent Length of the fittings instead of the Constant K
values]

Figure for Problem No.11

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12. We have two vessels, shown in Figure below and are given the following information:

Figure for Problem No.12

Vessel 1 Vessel 2

Pmax 20 psig 81 psig

Pmin 8 psig 47 psig

Maximum liquid level, above z = 0 43 ft 127 ft

Minimum liquid level, above z = 0 21 ft 100 ft

The connecting line between the vessels is a 3-inch pipe 627 ft long. It contains six elbows,
four gate valves, and one globe valve. The fluid to be pumped has specific gravity range of 0.80
to 0.85 and a kinematic viscosity range of 2 to 5 cSt. The flow rate is 150 to 200 gal/min. We
are ordering the pump. What values should we specify of (a) the flow rate and (b) the pump
head ΔP/(ρ.g), in feet?
NOTE: for this problem the head from Bernoulli’s equation is more convenient.
[Hint: Pressure drop due to friction (at certain Discharge, Pipe Diameter and Schedule,
Kinematic Viscosity of the Fluid, and Specific Gravity can be found from Noel de Nevers Book
2nd Edition Page 201 Graph 6.13]

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