FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT &

MECHTRONICS PROGRAM / ENME312

Exp: 3 \discharge throught venturi-meter

Mohammad kahla 1170340

Dr :afif aqel

Date of experiment :13 sep\2020

Date of submission:29 sep \2020
ABSTRACT:

The apparatus includes a horizontal Venturi tube, a downstream

flow-control valve and manometer tubes. A manometer panel
holds the manometer tubes vertically. A common manifold above
the tubes has an air pressure-control valve. The base has
adjustable feet. The manometer panel has a scale behind the
manometer tubes for direct reading of the water levels in the
tubes. Plastic materials and corrosion-resistant finishes
throughout the equipment protect against corrosion. 
Water enters the Venturi meter and its flow-control valve sets the
flow rate. This valve is downstream, so it does not cause any
upstream turbulence. 
To adjust the datum water level in the manometer tubes,
students connect a hand-pump (included) to the air valve above
the manometer tubes. 
To perform experiments, students set and measure the flow rate
through the Venturi. They measure the head at the cross-
sectional area at the upstream section, and the head at the throat
section. They also note the pressure distribution along the rest of
the meter. They then repeat the procedure, reducing the flow
rate in increments and taking similar readings each time. Students
can compare ideal pressure distribution to measured pressure
distribution and calculate the coefficients of discharge for the
meter.
OBJECTIVE:
In this experiment you will be able to analyze
the effect of viscosity on pressure loss and also
to understand the measurement of discharge
from a pipe. As we will be using the Venturi
Meter in order to measure flow, the Bernoulli
equation is an important relation that can help
getting velocities from fluid pressures and vice
versa. The purpose of this experiment is also to
calculate Q and 𝐶𝐷 at different head pressures.
Then drawing a relationship between all these
properties and head pressure will be discussed
in this report.
Discussion the results:

From table 1 if we compare the value of the

head pressure on the inlet and on the
throat with the other sections ,we will find that
the head pressure on the inlet section
is the maximum and on the throat is the min,
and it’s refers to the increase of the
velocity of the flowing fluid when the cross
section area decreases, so since the inlet has
the maximum cross section area and the
velocity will be min, but the head
pressure will be maximum, and for the throat
the cross section area is min so the
velocity will be max but the head pressure will
be min.
From figure 1 which represent the theoretical
values versus the experimental values
of the mass flow rate ,and it’s obvious that the
values(theoretical, experimental) are
close to each other and the relationship
between the two values are linear, so when the
experimental values of the mass flow rate
increases the theoretical value will increase.

From figure 2 it’s obvious that there are no

relationship between the Venturi-meter
coefficient C and the experimental value of the
mass flow rate, and that’s because C is
equals the experimental value over the
theoretical value of the mass flow rate and its
representing the energy losses in the venturi-
meter.
The value of the Venturi-meter coefficient C
was found to be almost equals to 1 and
that’s proof that the values (theoretical,
experimental) of the volume and the mass
flow rate both areclose to each other due to
accurate measurements we tried to take as
possible as we can .
Conclusion:
The Venturi meter helped us understand
measurement of discharge from a pipe and to
define relationships between different
properties of fluid: effect of viscosity on
pressure losses, variation of pressure and
velocity on different cross- sections… This
experiment gave us a real understand of how to
apply both Bernoulli equation and Continuity
equation and to study the Hydraulic Grade Line
(HGL) and Energy Line (EL) by plotting these
results. Objectives were all achieved but many
errors were encountered during the experiment
and thus affected results.