Chemical 

Engineering   DUT         Lecturer: Dr M Chetty 

Process Fluid Flow: BEngTech

Test 1 Date: 08 April 2019
Time: 60 minutes Total marks: 40
Moderator: Dr Y. Isa Venue: BS2104
Question 1
Define the following terms with respect to a fluid flowing in a pipe:
1.1.Laminar flow (2)
1.2.Turbulent flow (2)

Question 2
2.1. Use the law of conservation of mass to prove the following for a fluid flowing from point 1
to point 2 in a pipeline where d1>d2:

(6)

2.2. Water at 320 K is pumped at a rate of 2.16 m3/h through a 40 mm ID pipe. It goes through a
length of 185 m horizontal pipe. There are a number of control valves and fittings online that
have a total equivalent length equal to 180 times the internal diameter. The head loss due to a
condenser online is1.8 m. Given the pipe roughness of 0.0002 m:
2.2.1 calculate the total head loss in the system and
2.2.2. determine the actual power required if the pump is 54 % efficient.
The density of water is 1000 kg/m3 and the viscosity of water is 0.65 mN.s/m2
(15)
Question 3
A non-Newtonian fluid flows from a tank to a distillation column along a 10 m pipe with an internal
diameter of 0.2 m. The fluid flows with an average velocity of 2 m.s-1, the pipe flow consistency
index k, has a value of 2.3 Pa.s0.3 and n value of 0.3. As the resident engineer you have been
requested to calculate the apparent viscosity, the Reynolds number and the pressure drop in the
pipeline for a new pumping system. The fluid density is 930 kg.m-3.
(15)
Total marks = 40