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    An orificemeter provides a simpler way to measure fluid flow through a pipe. It consists of a thin circular plate with a sharp-edged circular hole placed in the pipe. As the fluid flows through the smaller hole, it contracts and forms a vena contracta downstream before expanding to fill the pipe again. Pressure taps are placed upstream and at the vena contracta. Using Bernoulli's equation between these points and the equation of continuity, the flow rate can be calculated from the pressure difference across the orifice plate and the orifice area.

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    An orificemeter provides a simpler way to measure fluid flow through a pipe. It consists of a thin circular plate with a sharp-edged circular hole placed in the pipe. As the fluid flows through the smaller hole, it contracts and forms a vena contracta downstream before expanding to fill the pipe again. Pressure taps are placed upstream and at the vena contracta. Using Bernoulli's equation between these points and the equation of continuity, the flow rate can be calculated from the pressure difference across the orifice plate and the orifice area.

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    An orificemeter provides a simpler way to measure fluid flow through a pipe. It consists of a thin circular plate with a sharp-edged circular hole placed in the pipe. As the fluid flows through the smaller hole, it contracts and forms a vena contracta downstream before expanding to fill the pipe again. Pressure taps are placed upstream and at the vena contracta. Using Bernoulli's equation between these points and the equation of continuity, the flow rate can be calculated from the pressure difference across the orifice plate and the orifice area.

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    Chapter5:ApplicationsofEquationsofMotionandMechanicalEnergy
    Lecture15:

    Orificemeter
    Construction:Anorificemeter provides a simpler and cheaper arrangement for the measurement of fow
    through a pipe. An orificemeter is essentially a thin circular plate with a sharp edged concentric circular
    holeinit.

    Working:
    Theorificeplate,beingfixedatasectionofthepipe,(Fig.15.3)createsanobstructiontotheflow
    byprovidinganopeningintheformofanorificetotheflowpassage.

    Fig15.3FlowthroughanOrificemeter
    TheareaA0oftheorificeismuchsmallerthanthecrosssectionalareaofthepipe.Theflowfrom
    an upstream section, where it is uniform, adjusts itself in such a way that it contracts until a
    section downstream the orifice plate is reached, where the vena contracta is formed, and then
    expandstofillthepassageofthepipe.
    Oneofthepressuretapingsisusuallyprovidedatadistanceofonediameterupstreamtheorifice
    plate where the flow is almost uniform (Sec. 11) and the other at a distance of half a diameter
    downstreamtheorificeplate.
    Considering the fluid to be ideal and the downstream pressure taping to be at the vena contracta
    (Sec.cc),wecanwrite,byapplyingBernoullistheorembetweenSec.11andSec.cc,
    (15.10)
    whereandarethepiezometricpressuresatSec.11andccrespectively.
    Fromtheequationofcontinuity,
    (15.11)
    whereAcistheareaofthevenacontracta.
    WiththehelpofEq.(15.11),Eq.(15.10)canbewrittenas,

    (15.12)
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