Bahir Dar University

College of Science
Department of Industrial Chemistry
Fluid machines for Chemical Engineers Assignment-II Target Group-2nd Year students

1) Discuss the mechanism of energy transfer to the starting from the energy source to the fluid
medium by supporting your answer with diagram?
2) Discuss the working principle, their characteristic features and applications of
the main types of dynamic fluid machines in the chemical industry
3) Show the general relation in the following temperature scales (a) Celsius and Fahrenheit scales
(b) Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales (c) Celsius and Rankin scales and (d) kelvin and Rankin scales.
4) Based on the relationship you develop in question (3) the inlet temperature of a flowing gas is
measured to be 82.40C. What is the temperature in K,OF and OR.
5) Explain why there are no positive displacement fans like pumps and compressors?

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