Workshop 2 Assessment (2%)

Task 1 and Task 2 (0.8%)

Complete Table 1 with measurements from experiment and calculations of the required parameters.

Table 1: Table of experimental measurements and K-value calculations

Measured values Calculated values
Valve Q L/min Δ P mbar Q (m3/s) Δ P (Pa) fraction v (m/s) K
angle (o) opening
(L/min) (mbar)
0 15.25 32 0.000254 3200 1.0000 0.7338 11.9088
5 15.25 36 0.000254 3600 0.9444 0.7338 13.3974
10 14.39 46 0.000240 4600 0.8889 0.69254 19.2263
15 12.39 75 0.000207 7500 0.8333 0.5692 42.2841
20 11.52 90 0.000192 9000 0.7778 0.5543 58.6944
25 8.61 140 0.000144 14000 0.7222 0.4143 163.4488
30 7.74 150 0.000129 15000 0.6667 0.3724 216.7047
35 4.78 180 0.0000797 18000 0.6111 0.2300 681.8292
40 3.89 188 0.0000647 18800 0.5556 0.1872 1075.3
45 2.69 200 0.0000448 20000 0.5000 0.1294 2392.1
50 0.90 214 0.0000150 21400 0.4444 0.0433 22286

Calculations:
(remember to use standard units)
angle
Fraction opening = 1−
90
2
πD
Area of pipe cross section, A= m
4
Q
Velocity of fluid flow in pipe, v= m/s
A
2∆ P
K-value of ball valve, K=
ρ v2

Task 3 (1%)
Use MATLAB to plot the graph of K-value versus fraction opening.

Task 4 (0.2%)

K-value of fully open valve (0o) = 11.9088