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G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
SUBJECT: 3130502 (FLUID FLOW OPERATIONS)
ASSIGNEMENT – II
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 28/09/2019
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(1) Water is flowing through a 100-mm pipe. Orifice meter with 40-mm aperture is used to measure the flow
of water. If the maximum recorded pressure drop is 1 meter on mercury under water in manometer and the
coefficient of discharge is 0.6. Find out the maximum flow rate expected in m3/hr and the Reynolds number
of fluid in the pipe, if viscosity of water is 1 cP and specific gravity of mercury is 13.6?

(2) What pressure drop per unit length is required in order to pump water at 25 oC through a pipe of 5-cm
diameter at rate of 68 cm3/sec? Viscosity of water at 25 oC = 1 cP.

(3) Brine is to be pumped through a 35-meter smooth copper tube having inside diameter of 2.5-cm. The flow
rate is 94.7 × 10 – 3 m3/min. Calculate the head loss due to friction and pressure drop from friction.
Data given: Specific gravity of brine = 1.18, Viscosity of brine = 2.5 cP and f = 0.0014 + (0.125 / Re 0.32)

(4) What size of orifice would give a pressure difference of 41-cm water column for the flow of styrene of
specific gravity of 0.9 at 0.055 m3/sec in a 250-mm diameter pipe? Take Cd = 0.62

(5) Benzene at 37 oC is pumped at the rate of 9.09 m3/hr from the reservoir. The reservoir is at atmospheric
pressure. The gauge pressure at the end of the discharge line is 345 kN/m2. The discharge is 3.048 meter, and
the pump suction is 1.22 meter above the level in reservoir. The velocity through discharge line is 1.9232
m/sec. The friction in the suction line is known to be 3.45 kN/m2, and that in the discharge line 37.9 kN/m2.
The mechanical efficiency of the pump is 0.6. The density of benzene is 865 kg/m3, and its vapor pressure at
37 oC is 26.2 kN/m2. Calculate (a) the developed head of the pump and (b) the total power input.

(6) A pump draws a solution of density 1800 kg/m3 is flowing from point A to point B. The velocity in the
suction pipe of 75-mm diameter is 0.9 m/sec. The pump discharges through a discharge pipe of 50-mm
diameter to an overhead tank (point B) which is 15 meter above point A. The frictional losses in the entire
piping system are 30 J/kg. If point A and B are at atmospheric pressure, what pressure must the pump develop?
Assume pump efficiency = 60%

(7) Define Hydraulic radius derive the expression for equivalent diameter for a square duct of dimension ‘a’
unit.

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