PRELIM REPORT

Group No. 4 Joelrey M. Tagama ChE 500 V1

REYNOLDS NUMBER
OBJECTIVES 1. To experimentally determine the values of the upper and the lower critical Reynolds number and compare these values with those found in the literature. 2. To tabulate observations on the behavior of the film of dye as a function of water velocity.

EQUIPMENTS Hydraulic bench apparatus with Reynolds number set-up Potassium permanganate solution Stopwatch

TABULATED DATA AND RESULTS TABLE 1. Raw Data TRIAL 1 2 TIME, s 600 1200 TURN 8155 7875 VOLUME, ml TURN 28130 35625 FULL TURN 6840 6020

CALCULATION Pipe Data Outside diameter (OD) Inside diameter (ID) = Radius =

= 0.028 m 0.026 m 0.013 m

Fluid Data, Water temperature (T) = density of fluid (Water) viscosity = 25 C = 997.08 kg/m3 0.08937 x 10-3 kg/ m-s

Determination of Reynolds Number

NRe =
Where, D V

EQUATION 1

= inside diameter of the pipe = velocity of the flow = density of fluid = viscosity of fluid

Determination of Velocity of the Flow (Volumetric Flow Rate)

EQUATION 2

EQUATION 3

FOR Turn, Trial 1 t = 600 s Flow area = 8155 mL

A = r2 = ( 0.013 m )2 A = 5.3093 x 10-4 m2

= 1.35917x10-5 m3/s

= 0.0255998 m/s

NRe =

( =

)(

)(

= 742.5884 - Laminar

Following the same calculation for all trials, we have the values tabulated on Table 2.

Calculated Values , m /s V, m/s

3

TURN 1 1.3592X10-5 0.0255998 742.5884 Laminar 2 6.5625x 10-5 0.0123604 358.5453 Laminar

VOLUME, ml TURN 1 2 -5 4.6883x 10 5.9375x 10-5 0.0883037 0.1183207 2561.47639 Transition 3243.9783 Transition

FULL TURN 1 4.56x 10-4 0.8388703 24913.7340 Turbulent 2 4.0133x 10-4 0.7559069 21927.0174 Turbulent

NRe REMARKS