Table 6: Area of Orifice Plate (Pipe and Throat)

Orifice Plate Diameter (cm) Diameter (mm) Radius (mm) Area (mm^2)
Pipe 3 30 mm 15 706.858347
Throat 2 20 mm 10 314.159265359

Table 7: Discharge for Orifice Plate

Inlet (mm) Throat (mm) Q (ideal) mm^3/s
235 86 0.72E+06
213 124 0.56E+06
187 173 0.22E+06
182 178 0.12E+06

Sample Calculation:

2𝑔(ℎ𝑢 − ℎ𝑡 )
𝑄𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = 𝐴𝑇 ∗ √
𝐴
1 − (𝐴𝑇 )
𝑢

 𝐴𝑇 = 314.159 𝑚𝑚2
 𝐴𝑢 = 706.8 𝑚𝑚2
 𝑔 = 9810 𝑚𝑚/𝑠
 ℎ𝑢 − ℎ𝑡 = 235 − 86 = 149 𝑚𝑚

2 ∗ 9810 ∗ 149
𝑄𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = 314.159 ∗ √
314.159
1 − ( 706.8 )
𝑄𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = 0.72 ∗ 106 𝑚𝑚3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐
Table 8: Discharge for Hydraulic Bench

Volume Volume Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Time 4 Time 5 Avg of Q

Collecte Collecte (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) times (s) discharged
d (L) d (mm^3/s)
(mm^3)
10 0.00E+0 28.91 28.85 28.73 28.74 28.8075 3.47E+05
0 X
10 0.00E+0 37.59 37.43 36.34 36.92 37.37 37.13 2.69E+05
0
5 0.00E+0 26.31 26.26 26.11 26.9 26.395 1.89E+05
0 X
5 0.00E+0 45.89 47.13 47.88 47.97 48.44 47.462 1.05E+05
0
3 0.00E+0 54.8 55.8 51.54 57.69 57.45 55.456 5.41E+04
0
 Orifce Plate Flow
4.00E+05
Actual Hydraulic Bench Discharge (mm^3/s)

3.50E+05 y = 0.4866x - 3306.6

3.00E+05

2.50E+05

2.00E+05

1.50E+05

1.00E+05

5.00E+04

0.00E+00
0.00E+00 1.00E+05 2.00E+05 3.00E+05 4.00E+05 5.00E+05 6.00E+05 7.00E+05 8.00E+05
Orifice Plate Discharge (Q ideal) mm^3/s

The Cd value for the orifice meter is 0.4866. The Cd value falls in the range of 0 to 1. The results
of the orifice meter are almost the accurate because the trend line is approximately the straight
line and it shows that the regression line touches the all points.

Problem: 08
No, the coefficient of discharge for the venture meter and orifice plate are different. The
venture meter has less friction losses due to quite small diameter and gradual transition to the
throat diameter and back to full pipe diameter. In orifice plate, the frictional head losses are
higher than that of the venture meter because of the abrupt construction at the orifice and
have lower value of discharge.