Fall 2022

Calibration of
Venturi-Meter
Lydia Safwat Saber Labib Ghali – 20P6621
MCTA
Grp. 2 – Sec. 3
 Calibration of Venturi-meter
Objective:
Determining 𝐶𝑑 “Discharge Coefficient” and the pressure loss of a venturi meter

Tools:
1. A venturi-meter
2. A bellow-meter
3. A differential manometer

Procedure:
1. Turn on the air supply
2. Adjust the control valve to a certain value of flow rate
3. Calculate the actual rate of flow using the measurements from the bellow meter and a stop watch
4. Record the differential height readings of the manometer
5. Repeat the previous steps for different values of flow by adjusting the valve
6. Plot the calibration curve
Some constant properties:
𝑑1 = 6.6𝑚𝑚 = 0.0066𝑚;
𝑑2 = 2.54𝑐𝑚 = 0.254𝑚
Working fluid: air; µ𝑎𝑖𝑟 = 1.85 ∗ 10−5 𝑃𝑎. 𝑠
ρ𝑎𝑖𝑟 = 1.2𝑘𝑔/𝑚3

Equations:
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒
𝑄𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 =
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝐴2 2 ∗ ∆𝑃𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓
𝑄𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 = ∗√
ρ
𝑑1 4
√(1 − ( ) )
𝑑2
∆𝑃𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓 = ρ𝑚 ∗ 𝑔 ∗ ∆ℎ𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓
𝑄𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙
𝐶𝑑 =
𝑄𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙
ρ ∗ v ∗ 𝑑1
𝑅𝑒 =
µ
Readings:

Volume time 𝑸𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 Velocity ∆𝒉𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇 ∆𝑷𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇 𝑸𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆 𝑪𝒅

0.05 61 0.00082 1.617668 0.04 392.4 0.000876868 2665.216537 0.934772762
0.05 44 0.001136 2.242675 0.07 686.7 0.001159987 3694.95929 0.979634752
0.05 34 0.001471 2.902286 0.115 1128.15 0.001486802 4781.712022 0.989095082
0.05 25 0.002 3.947109 0.225 2207.25 0.002079675 6503.12835 0.961688919
0.05 19 0.002632 5.193564 0.385 3776.85 0.002720411 8556.747829 0.967346164

Graph:

Conclusion:
The Venturi-meter requires calibration.