Sultanate of Oman

THERMODYNAMICS I Practical (MIME3110P)

Semester I Academic Year 2022-2023
Laboratory Manual

CHEE2101P

THERMODYNAMICS –I LAB
Experiment 2: Calibration of Pressure and Vacuum Gauges

Name: Abdulaziz Mahmood Al Toubi

ID: 12s2023512
Submitted to: Mr. Nasser Al Naabi

Aim:

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To calibrate pressure gauge and vacuum gauge with the help of U-tube
manometer and inclined tube manometer and find the absolute pressure.

Apparatus:

- Inclined tube manometer.

- Quick connecting flexible hoses.
- Plastic syringe.
- Pressure gauge.
- Vacuum gauge.
- U – Tube manometer.

Description:

The Experimental setup contains a Manometer Panel is fitted with a U tube

manometer and a slanted tube manometer. It consists of a two dial manometer
for overpressure and under pressure. The manometer tubes have isolating quick
action connections on the ends so that connecting hoses can be connected. The
test pressure is generated using the plastic syringe and a connecting hose should
also be used for the syringe. The two tube manometers can be filled with the aid
of a funnel and ink can be mixed with the water first for improved readability.

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procedure:

U- tube manometer

 Remove all the quick connecting hoses from the manometers to

remove the airlock.
 Fill the manometers with a sufficient amount of pure water
 Connect one end of the U- tube manometer limb to the pressure
gauge to be calibrated.
 Using the syringe increase the pressure to any desired value by
connecting it to the other end of the manometer.
 Note down the water levels in both the columns of the U- tube and
also the pressure gauge reading.
 Repeat the experiment for different pressure using the syringe.

Inclined tube manometer.

 First Remove all the quick connecting hoses from the manometers
to remove the airlock.
 Fill the manometer limbs with a sufficient amount of pure water
 Connect one end of the inclined tube manometer limb to the
vacuum gauge to be calibrated.
 Using the syringe increase the pressure to any desired value by
connecting it to the other end of the manometer.
 Note down the water levels in both the limbs of the manometer and
also the vacuum gauge reading.
 Repeat the experiment for different pressure using the syringe.
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:Observations

:U- tube manometer

% Error Manometer Hight (H) H2-H1 Manometer Pressure gauge

Pressure
(P) m of mm of reading
N/m 2
H2O H2O H2 H1 N/m 2
m bar
mm mm
14.98 255.06 x10-3 26 26 278 252 3x102 3
10.07 539.55 x10-3 55 55 293 238 x102 6 6
15.09 764.18 x10-3 78 78 304 226 x102 9 9
14.98 1020.24 x10-3 104 104 323 219 x102 12 12
26.09 1108.53 x10-3 113 113 322 209 x102 15 15

Average gauge pressure using manometer = 737.52

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Inclined tube manometer to find Vacuum Pressure
Note: Inclined angle of H2 column manometer from the horizontal is
60O
Pressure gauge Manometer − Hight (H) Manometer Error %
reading mm of m of Pressure
m bar N/m2 H1 H2 H2O H2O N/m2
mm mm
3 3x102 178 245 34.1 34.1 x10-3 334.52 10.31
6 6 x102 163 260 62.1 62.1 x10-3 609.20 1.51
9 9 x102 148 274 89.2 89.2 x10-3 875.05 2.77
12 12 x102 130 292 122.8 122.8 x10-3 1204.66 0.38
15 15 x102 115 308 151.7 151.7 x10-3 1488.17 0.78

Average vacuum pressure using manometer = 902.32

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Calculations:

U tube manometer:

Actual pressure = Atm pressure + Gauge pressure

= 1 × 105 + 737.52 = 100.73 ×103𝑝𝑎

Inclined Tube Manometer:

Actual pressure= Atm pressure - vacuum pressure
= 1 × 105 − 902.32 = 99 × 103𝑝𝑎

Error (%) = (Max value-Min value) /(Max value) X100

(1500−1108.53) /1500 × 100 = 26.09%

Result:

After calculate the requirements we found :

- Maximum error for U tube manometer is = 26.09

- Minimum error for U tube manometer is = 10.07

- Maximum error for inclined manometer is = 10.31

- Minimum error for U tube manometer is = 0.38

- Actual pressure of U tube manometer is 100.73 × 103Pa

- Actual Pressure of the Inclined tube manometer is 99 × 103 Pa

Conclusion:

We learned
- How to measure pressure and compute pressure.
- We also observed that when the pressure in the manometer increases, the
pressure in the pressure gauge increases

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