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Get started with no-cost EMI & 0% interest on the loan, for as low as 23,599 per month* Bean rartd Seat i See acute ee el Ue eee Ee mcFlowmetersQ.6. Water flowing at 1.5 L/s in a 0.05m diameter tube is metered by means of a simple orifice of diameter 0.025m. If coefficient of discharge is 0.62, what will be the reading on a mercury-under-water manometer connected to the meter? Density of water = 1000 kg/m? ‘Viscosity of water = 0.001 Ns/m? Density of mercury 13,600 kg/m? GATE - 1990 ICONIC subsFluid iz petra) @ Q.7. The equilibrium position of the float balance of three forces. These are -------- a rotameter is determined by the and--------------, GATE - 1991Fluid iz peter taeeey ® Q.9. What size of orifice would give a pressure difference of 41 cm water column for the flow of liquid styrene of specific gravity 0.9 at 0.055 m*/s in a 250 mm. diameter pipe? Assume C, = 0.62. GATE - 1991CREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.17. Water flows through 30 mm i.d pipe at atmospheric pressure. Pitot tube measures the velocity of water at the center of pipe as shown in the Fig.. The pressure difference between the impact tube and the static tube is 20 cm of carbon tetrachloride (density: 1600 kg/m’ ). Calculate the volumetric flow rate thorough the pipe in cubic meter per hour. Viscocity of water is 1 cP. GATE - 1993 Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscriptionCREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.21. For an o1 venturimeter. ice meter, the pressure recovery is than that for a Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscriptionCREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.27. A pitot tube indicates 5 cm of water (manometer) when it is being used for measuring velocity of air. The velocity of air in m/s is — (A)5 (B) 14.1 (C) 56.22 (D) 28.2 GAl 1995 Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscription@ Q.29. (I) venturimeter (A) static head (ID) wet gas meter (B) kinetic energy (C) volumetric displacement (D) fluid drag force GATE - 1995Q.32. A rotameter, through which air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is flowing, gives a certain reading for a flow rate of 100 ce/s. If helium (molecular weight 4) is used and the rotameter shows the same reading, the flow rate is : (A) 26 ce/s (B) 42 ce/s (C) 269 ce/s (D) 325 ce/s GATE - 1996Q.56. Flow rate of water flowing through a pipe is being measured by using an orifice meter as shown in the following figure. oy -A) What is the direction of flow in the pipe ? -B) Derive an expression for velocity through the orifice. Determine the flow rate for an orifice coefficient of 0.8. GATE - 1999 SaQ.65. The operation of a rotameter is based on (A) variable flow area (B) rotation of a turbine (C) pressure drop across a nozzle (D) pressure at a stagnation point et maximum d eee GATE - 2001CREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.79. The pressure differential across a vertical venturimeter (shown in Figure) is measured with the help of a mercury manometer to estimate flow rate of water flowing through it. The expression for the velocity of water at the throat is Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscriptionCREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.97. The pressure differential across a venturimeter, inclined at 45° to the vertical (as shown in the figure) is measured with the help of a manometer to estimate the flowrate of a fluid flowing through it. If the density of the flowing fluid is p and the density of the manometer fluid is p,, , the velocity of the fluid at the throat can be obtained from the expression "Pm 5 Hsinas Pp 28 ? _[Gare—2007 Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscriptionFluid Q.1117. The local velocity of a fluid along a streamline can be measured by (A) Pitot tube (B) Venturi meter (C) Rotameter (D) Orifice meter GATE - 2012CREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Q.140. In a venture meter, AP, and AP, are the pressure drops corresponding to volumetric flowrates Q, and Q, . If Q,/ Q,= 2, then AP, and AP, equals (A) 2 (B)4 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.25 GATE - 2017 Use referral Code : DEVENDRAPOONIA to get 10% on Unacademy plus subscription© Q.142. Pitot tube is used to measure (A) liquid level in a tank (B) flow velocity at a point (C) angular deformation (D) vorticity GATE - 2018Q.143. A venturi meter is installed to measure the flow rate of water in a 178 mm diameter (ID) pipe. The throat diameter is 102 mm. The differential pressure measured using a manometer is 154.3 KN/m?. The data given are: discharge coefficient = 0.98; water density = 1000 kg/m’. The volumetric flow rate of water (in m*/s) is CerealQ.165. A venturi meter (venturi coefficient, C, = 0.98) is connected to a pipe of inner diameter 50 mm. Water (density 1000 kg m’*) is flowing through the pipe. The pressure-drop measured across the venturi meter is 50 kPa. If the venturi throat «107 ms! diameter is 20 mm, the estimated flow rate of water is (rounded off to two decimal places). GATE - 2022 een‘Water flows through 2 300 mm%150 me horizontal veatarimeter atthe rate of = 0.085 ma! ‘andthe differential gauge is deflected 1.2 m, as shown inthe figure below. pi Specific gravity ofthe manometric liquid is 1.6. The coefficient of discharge of the venturimeter will be @ C,=099 ©) C,=098 © ¢,=095 @ c,=02‘A Pitot tube is inserted in an air flow (at STP) to measure the flows peed. The tube is inserted so that it points upstream in to the flow and the pressure sensed by the tube is the stagnation pressure. The static pressure is measured at the same location in the flow, using a wall pressure tap. The specific gravity of mercury is 13.6, the density of water is 1000kg/m° and the density of the air at STP is 1.23kg/m’. If the pressure difference is 5 mm of mercury, the flow speed will be (a) 6.58 m/s (b) 65.86 m/s (©3293 m/s (6) 95.26 m/sWhich among the following is a constant head variable flow meter lobed-impeller flow meter rotameter venturimeter vane anemometerIn an orifice meter the coefficient of discharge is equal to the coefficient of discharge of venturimeter uncertain and can have any value less than the coefficient of discharge of venturimeter more than the coefficient of discharge of venturimeterIn a venturimeter, pressure at the throat is independent of the rate of flow less than in the entrance pipe greater than that in the entrance pipe equal to that in the entrance pipeApitot static tube measures total pressure dynamic pressure Static pressure differential pressureOf the various methods of measuring discharge through a pipe line, the one with the least loss of energy and direct readings is by means of transversing a pitot static tube venturimeter orifice meter notch9) A venturimeter with throat and upstream diameters of 0.15 and 0.3 m respectively is used to measure the flowrate of water. Pressure drop across the flow section is ‘measured with a mercury manometer, which shows a reading of 200 mm. Densities of water and mercury are 988.8 kg/m? and 13.6 gicm® respectively. if the coefficient of discharge = 0.95, then the associated mass flow rate of water (correct to 1 decimal place) is kgis109An orifice is to be used to indicate the flow rate of water in a 25 mm diameter line, which is experiencing a true flow velocity of 5 m/s. The orifice diameter is 10 mm. Pressure drop across the orifice is measured using a mercury manometer. If the specific gravity of mercury is 13.6 and the relevant discharge coefficient is 0.7, then the manometer reading (correct to 2 decimal places) is om.If A; and A: are the area of cross section of Venturi meter at inlet section and throat section respectively, h is the pressure head difference in these sections, Cg is the coefficient of discharge and g is the acceleration due to gravity, the discharge (Quensi) through the Venturi meter is given by A) Qactuat = ee B) Qactuat = Ca qa Va) (AP -(A2) ©) Qactuat = ae D) Qaceuat = Ca eSias V2ah14. Fluid flow rate Q, can be measured easily with the help of a venturi tube, in which the difference of two pressures, AP , measured at an upstream point and at the smallest cross-section and at the smallest cross-section of the tube, is used. If a relation APs0 Q" exists, then n is equal to (AS-2001) (a) — ws (1 (a215. Two venturimeters of different area rations are connected at different locations of a pipeline to measure discharge. Similar manometers are used across the two venturimeters to register the head differences. The first venturimeters of area ratio 2 registers a head difference ‘h’, while the second venturimeters registers ‘Sh’.The area ratio for the second venturimeters is, a3 (o)4 (5 sé16. A horizontal pipe of cross-sectional area 5 ‘cm? is connected to a venturimeter of throat Water —> area 3 cm? as shown in the below figure. The manometer reading is equivalent to 5 cm of water. The discharge in cm/s is nearly: Manometer [a]. 0.45, (b]. 5.5 [ce]. 21.0 {d]. 370 [lES-1998]17. An orifice meter with Cg = 0.61 is substituted y Venturimeter with Cy = 0.98 in a pipeline carrying crude oil, having the same throat diameter as that of the orifice. For the same flow rate, the ratio of the pressure drops for the Venturimeter and the orifice meter is: [1ES-2003] [a]. 0.61 /0.98 [b}. (0.61)2/ (0.98)? [a]. 0.98/ 0.61 {a}. (0.98)? / (0.61)?18. A Venturimeter in an oil (sp. gr. 0.8) pipe is connected to a differential manometer in which the gauge liquid is mercury (sp.gr.13.6). For a flow rate of 0.16 m/s, the manometer registers a gauge differential of 20 cm. The oil-mercury manometer being unavailable, an air-oil differential manometer is connected to the same venturimeter. Neglecting variation of discharge coefficient for the venturimeter, what is the new gauge differential for a flow rate of 0.08 m3/s? [1Es-2006) (a) 64 em (b) 68 cm (c) 80cm (4) 85 om19. A venturimeter of 20 mm throat diameter is used to measure the velocity of water in a horizontal pipe of 40 mm diameter. If the pressure difference between the pipe and throat sections is found to be 30 kPa then, neglecting frictional losses, the flow velocity is (a02ms (b)1.0ms (c)1.4m/s_—(d) 20. mis [GATE-2005}21. Determine the rate of flow of water through a pipe 300 mm diameter placed in an inclined position where a Venturimeter is inserted having a throat diameter of 150 mm. The difference of pressure between the main and throat is measured by a liquid of sp. gravity 0-7 in an inverted V-tube which gives a reading of 260 mm. The loss of head between the main and throat is 0:3 times the kinetic head of the pipe. 21. Ans. 0.0222 m’/s22. An orifice meter, having an orifice of diameter d is fitted in a pipe of diameter D. For this orifice ‘meter, what is the coefficient of discharge C.? [lES-2007] (2) A function of Reynolds number only (b) A function of d/D only (©) A function of d/D and Reynolds number (d) Independent of d/D and Reynolds number36) 23. If a fluid jet discharging from a 50 mm diameter orifice has a 40 mm diameter at its vena contracta, then its coefficient of contraction will be (a) 0.32 (b) 0.64 (c) 0.96 (a) 1.64 (IAS-1996]25. A tank containing water ha two orifices of the same size at depths of 40 cm and 90 cm below the free surface of water. The ratio of discharges through these orifices is: fal. t:4 [b). 2:3 [e. 4:9 [d]. 16:81 [1Es-2000]38) 26. How is the velocity coefficient Cy, , the discharge coefficient Cy, and the contraction coefficient Cy of an orifice related? [1ES-2006) (a) Cy=CoCy (b) Cy = yy (0) Cy= CC, (0) CgCyCg = 139) 27. The velocity of a water stream is being measured by a L-shaped Pilot-tube and the reading is 20 cm.Then what is the approximate value of velocity? [IES-2007] (a) 19.6m/s (b) 2.0 ms (c) 9.8 mis (6) 20 cms28. A simple Pitot tube can be used to measure which of the following quantities? 1. Static head 2,.Datum head ‘8.Dynamic head 4.Friction head 5.Total head [1As-1994] Select the correct answer using the codes given below Codes: (a) 1,2and 4 (b) 1,3. and 5 (©) 2,3 and 4 ()2,3 and 5CREATED BY :- DEVENDRA POONIA Que.No. | Answer | Que.No. | Answer | Que.No. | Answer | Que. No. | Answer a 92cm | 14. B 21. B 40. B 2 Subjective | 15. B 28. D 3. 180mm — | 16. 0.145-0.15 | 29. B 4. gstiot | 17, 3.400317 | 30, A a Lower | 18. & 31. B 6. D 19. Cc 32 cc a BC 20. B 33. D 8. & 21. ic 34. 0.0222 9. 148103 | 22. B 35. B 10. A 23. B 36. B i B 24, B 37. B 12. D 25, 202,122 | 38, ie 13. A 26. 17.5,19.5. | 39. B