Queen's CHEE 218 Consultancy

Memo
To: From: Date: Re:

CHEE 218 Project Team Leader Aida Khosravi, Project Supervisor Januar 2!1! "#o$meter Comparison Project

%our &roup has 'een assi&ned the tas( o) e*aminin& the re#ative per)ormance o) three e*istin& )#o$meters+ a rotameter, venturi, and ori)ice meter,

-hat measurements $i## ou re.uire in order to use the /ernou##i e.uation )or
ori)ice and venturi )#o$ ca#cu#ations0

-atch the video sho$in& operation o) the apparatus, 1o to the #a' and e*amine
the e*perimenta# set2up,

-hat sa)et considerations need to 'e made 'e)ore doin& the e*periment0
Pre2#a' 3eetin&4 p#ease meet me at the )#o$meter apparatus at the 'e&innin& o) the 'oo(ed #a' time to do a 'rie) presentation o) our proposed p#an o) action, A## team mem'ers must 'e present and prepared to participate in the su'se.uent discussion, Tips and recommendations

5se a &ravimetric method to estimate the true )#o$rate )or each operatin&
condition

Adjust $ater )#o$ usin& 1!6 increments on the rotameter sca#e )rom 1!6 to
1!!6 )u## )#o$,

Ta(e di))erentia# pressure readin&s )rom the venturi and ori)ice meters
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Report Requirements %our report shou#d inc#ude4

Concise theor under# in& )#o$ ca#cu#ation )or ori)ice and venturi meters, A 'rie) description o) our e*perimenta# procedure and sa)et 2re#ated issues, Suita'#e &raphica# ana# sis and ta'#es o) test resu#ts
o 7otameter o P#ot rotameter data vs actua# )#o$ estimates in a $a that c#ear# demonstrates the e*tent o) #inearit o) this )#o$ measurin& device, 5sin& our &ravimetric )#o$ estimates as true )#o$ va#ues, ca#cu#ate 9usin& the /ernou##i e.uation: the dischar&e coe))icient, Cv, )or each operatin& condition and p#ot these va#ues vs 7e 98 1 ;<1 ;=>?:, Compare the va#es to those )rom #iterature, -hat do our resu#ts imp# 0 5sin& our &ravimetric readin&s as true )#o$ va#ues, ca#cu#ate 9usin& the /ernou##i e.uation: the dischar&e coe))icient, Cv, )or each operatin& condition and p#ot these va#ues vs 7e 98 2 ;<2 ;=>?:, Compare the va#es to those )rom #iterature )or ori)ices $ith the same <2><1 ratio, -hat do these resu#ts imp# 0 our

8enturi meter

@ri)ice meter

Error ana# sis A per)orm some rep#icate measurements )or se#ect operatin&
conditions in order to &et an estimate o) the e*perimenta# errors )or measurements, the com'ined conditions #isted 'e#o$ A e*p#ain $h 4 o o o o o o o o o The )#uid is $ater, 3a* )#o$ temperature is B! CC, 3in )#o$ temperature is 2 CC, 3a* )#o$rate is DE #>min 3in )#o$rate is B! #>min 3a* in#et pressure is 1!! psi&, 3in in#et pressure is D! psi&, 3in out#et pressure is E! psi&, Loca# disp#a is not re.uired,

7ecommend the pre)erred o) the three avai#a'#e )#o$ devices 'ased on meetin&

Pa&e 2

E#ectronic si&na# output is re.uired,

Pa&e B