UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) VENTURIMETER & ORIFICEMETER SET-UP Ossective lonstrate the use of venturimeter & orificemeter as flow meters, Avs: line the co-efficient of discharge Cx forventurimeter. line the co-efficient of discharge Cy fororificemeter, INTRODUCTION: Isriction is placed in a closed channel carrying a stream of fluid, there will be increase in ‘and hence increase in kinetic energy, at the constriction, from an energy belance, as Bernoulli's Theorem, there must be a corresponding reduction in pressure. Rate of fe from the constriction can be calculated by knowing this pressure reduction, the area ble for flow at the constriction, the density of fluid, and the co-efficient of discharge. The led is defined as the ratio of actual flow to the theoretical flow. Theory: PURIMETER: nturimeter consists of: inlet section followed by a convergentcone. eylindricelthroat. sdually divergentcone, let section of venturimeter is of the same diameter as that of the pipe, which is followed convergent cone. The convergent cone is a short pipe, which tapers from the original size ‘pipe to that of the throat of the venturimeter. The Throat of the venturimeter Is @ short el side tube having its cross-sectional area smaller than that of the pipe. The divergent of the venturimeter Is gradually diverging pipe with its cross-sectional area increasing from of the Throat to the orginal size of the pipe. At inlet section & throat of the venturi ¢ taps are provided %UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) ICEMETER meter consists of a flat circular plate with a circular hole called Orifice, which is ‘with the pipe axis. JESCRIPTION aus consists of a venturi meter and an orifice meter, fitted in separate pipe, Both the fsists of separate flow control valves and commen inlet and outlet. Sump tank with pump is provided for water circulation through pipes. The pressure tapings are ‘at inlet and throat of venturi meter and inlet and outlet of orifice meter. Pressure connected to a differential manometer. Discharge is measured with the help of fank & stop watch. UnumesReauireo: jtySupply:SinglePhase,220VAC, 50Hz,5-15Amp.combinedsocket with jainRequired. "a Required: 1.5 mx 0.75m. XPERIMENTALPROCEDURE: ‘StartincPROCEDURE: se all the drainvalves. sump tank % with olean water and ensure that no foreign particles are there. EnsurethatOn/OffswitchgivenonthepanelisatOFFposition. itchONthemainpowersupplyandthenswitchonthepump.UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) the air release valve Vs provided on the manometer, slowly to release the air jometer thereisnoairinthemanometer,closetheairreleasevalves, justwaterflowrateindesiredsectionwiththehelpofcontrolvalveVzer Vs and by pass cord the manometer reading, in case of pressure above scale in any plyeirpressurebyhandpumptogetreadablereading... sure the flow of water, discharged through desired test section, using stop watch experiment is over for one desired test section, open the by-pass valve Vsfully unclosetheflowcontrolvalveV/z0rVsofrunningtestsectionandopen the control valve Vs or nother testsection. Repeat the experiment for selected testsection, JePROCEDURE: ch off power supply topanel. ntheapparatuscompletelybydrainvalvesV48Veprovided, OsseRVATION &CALCULATIONS: B.A DaraUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING ICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) FLUID MECHANI 8.2 Onservation Taste: Test Section :Orificemeter TestSection:Venturimeter hy Re mo] he | Ri | Re (em) | (em) (em) (em) 8.3 Carcuations FOR BOTH VENTURIMETER & ORIFICEMETERUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) Column Headings Type ‘Area of measuring tank Given ‘Area at inlet of venturimeter and orlficemeter Calculated Area at throat of venturimeter and Area of orifice Calculated Coefficient of discharge Calculated | Diameter at inlet of venturimeter & orifice meter iven Diameter at throat of venturimeter & dla of orifice Given ‘Aeceleration due to gravity Given Loss ofhhead Calculated Manometer reading at both points Measured ‘Actual discharge Calculated Theoretical discharge Calculated Rise of Water level in measuring tank, Calculated Final level of water in measuring tank I Tevel of water in measuring tank Time taken for Rise of water level in measuring tank Precaution & MAInTENANCEINSTRUGTIONS: 7 Never fully close the flow control valve V2& Vs and the by-pass valve V; simultaneously. Topreventcloggingofmovingperts,runpumpatleastonceinafortnight, Always keep apparatus free fromdust.UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-312) TROUBLESHOOTING: B gets jammed, open the back cover of pump and rotate the shaft manuelly. P gets heated up, switch off the main power for 30 minutes and avoid flowcontrolvalveandby-passvalveatatime,duringoperation. Reviewed By ‘Approved By HOD AUTOMOBILEUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINE LAB(AEY-313) LOCK DIAGRAM Se Mth Valves