Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Alangilan Campus, Batangas City
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS
https://batstate-u.edu.ph/, Tel. No. (043) 425-0139 loc. 118/2121

Civil and Sanitary Engineering Department

Materials and Methodology
The apparatus used in the Venturi Meter experiment are the following:

 Venturi Meter
 Differential Manometer
 Collecting tank
 Piezometer
 Stopwatch
 Measuring scale

Procedure:
1. A pipe with a 50 mm diameter is selected and opened first.
2. To allow the flow of water in the 50 mm diameter pipe, the main inlet valve of
the venturi meter is opened as well as the pipe inlet valve. Now, to remove the
air inside the pipe to prevent the air bubbles, the knot of manometer is then
change from isolate position to air – vent position.
3. As the knob of manometer is kept in the read position, the left limb and right
limb readings from the manometer is noted down in order to obtain the head
loss.
4. A constant water flow is made which is now able to flow through the selected
50 mm diameter pipe of venturi meter. The current flow rate will help in
determining the difference in pressure between the inlet and throat. The tank
outlet valve is then closed to measure the discharge.
5. The exit valve of the collecting tank is closed and the time taken by the tank
water to rise using the stopwatch is noted.
6. Finally, after gathering all the necessary information from the readings and
given data through the observation made, the calculation of actual and
theoretical discharge as well as the coefficient of discharge will take place.
This procedure goes the same way for the subsequent trials.