CHE 403: QUIZ 1

Properties of Fluids
Manometers
INSTRUCTIONS
Write and provide a detailed solution for each problem. Box your final
answer. Follow the format for your assignment.
#1 MANOMETERS
The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and
the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown in Fig. 3 - 15. The tank
is located on a mountain at an altitude of
1400 m where the atmospheric pressure is
85.6 kPa. Determine the air pressure in the
tank if h1 = 0.1 m, h2 = 0.2 m, and h3 = 0.35
m. Take the densities of water, oil, and
mercury to be 1000 kg/m3 , 850 kg/m3 and
13,600 kg/m3 , respectively.
#2 MANOMETERS
A differential manometer is
attached to a pipe as shown in
the figure. Calculate the
pressure difference between
points A and B.
#3 MANOMETERS
Consider the system shown in Fig.
P3–50. If a change of 0.7 kPa in the
pressure of air causes the brine-
mercury interface in the right column
to drop by 5 mm in the brine level in
the right column while the pressure
in the brine pipe remains constant,
determine the ratio of A2/A1
#4 MANOMETERS
Consider the system shown in Fig.
P3–50. If a change of 0.7 kPa in the
pressure of air causes the brine-
mercury interface in the right column
to drop by 5 mm in the brine level in
the right column while the pressure
in the brine pipe remains constant,
determine the ratio of A2/A1
#5 FLUID PROPERTIES
A new type of heat exchanger has been designed for cooling water. No data
exist on the resistance to flow in such a heater. It is proposed to study a scale
model heat exchanger having a length ratio 1:10 with the commercial type.
Flow in the prototype will be 800 L/min of water at an average temperature
of 50˚C. What flow rate of air at 20˚C and 1 atm pressure in the model will
give flow conditions similar to those in the prototype?
#6 FLUID PROPERTIES
A liquid flows in a circular tube at constant temperature with Reynolds
Number of 1000. In a dynamically similar situation, the same liquid
flows through a tube whose radius is twice as long as the radius of the
first tube. If v is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid at that particular
temperature, determine the product of the velocity of fluid and the
radius of the second tube.