School of Applied Technical Sciences

Thermofluids Lab section 7

Experiment 1 - Compressors

Done by

Mo’men Awad 20191102011

Mohammed Abu Kuheil 20192105087
Mustafa Masadeh 20189105019

Group B
Introduction:

Objectives:

Apparatus and components:

Data:
The below table represents the data that was read using the computer software.

Inlet pressure Outlet Pressure Torque Speed Volume flow rate

(Kpa) (Kpa) (N.m) (RPM) (1/sec)

-0.575 0.277 0.75 3312 18.05

-0.550 0.520 0.68 3312 18.3

0.009 3.933 0.38 3312 7.5

-0.516 0.087 0.52 2952 17.5

-0.460 0.390 0.53 2952 16.3

 -0.005 3.067 0.27 2952 5.2

Calculations samples:
1) Inlet velocity (V1):
Q
V 1=
A1
Where inlet diameter (D1) =34 mm

π 2
A 1= ∗( 0.034 )
4

−3
18.05∗10
V 1=
π 2 = 19.9 m/s
∗( 0.034 )
4

2) Outlet velocity (V2):

Q
V 2=
A2
Where inlet diameter (D2) =39 mm

π 2
A 2= ∗( 0.039 )
4

18.05∗10−3
V 2=
π 2 = 15.11 m/s
∗( 0.039 )
4

3) Total pressure (Ptc):

( v 22−v 12 )∗¿
Ptc= +(P 2−P 1)¿
2
Ptc : total pressure
 : air density =1.2 kg /m 3
P2: outlet pressure(pa)
P1: inlet pressure(pa)

( 14.742−19.4 2 )∗1.2
Ptc = + ( 277 — 575 )=753.76 pa
2

4) Mechanical Power Input (Pm):

2∗N∗T
Pm=
60
Where

N: rotational speed (rpm)

T: torque (N*m )

2∗3312∗0.75
Pm= =260.12W
60
5) Compressor power output (Pu):
Pu=Ptc∗Q
Q: flow rate m 3 /s

Pu = 753.76 * 0.018 = 13.56 W

6) Efficiency ():
Q∗Ptc
=
Pm

0.018∗753.76
= = 5.21%
260.12

V1 (m/s) V2 (m/s) Ptc (Pa) Pm (W) Pu (W) Efficiency (%)

19.83516484 15.16806723 753.9818996 13.6093733 260.1238717 5.231881718
20.10989011 15.37815126 969.2479136 17.7372368 235.8456437 7.520697241
8.241758242 6.302521008 3907.077115 29.3030784 131.796095 22.23364688
19.23076923 14.70588235 510.8642943 8.94012515 160.7490129 5.561542799
17.91208791 13.69747899 770.0668224 12.5520892 163.8403401 7.661171357
5.714285714 4.369747899 3063.864981 15.9320979 83.46583362 19.08816723
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Flow Rate (I/s)

Total Pressure at 92% Total Pressure at 82%

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Effciency ( % )

10

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Flow Rate I/s

Effciency at 92% Efficiency at 82%

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Input Power at 92% Input Power at 82%