Fuel oil density #820" kg/m"^3# flows through a venturi meter having a throat diameter of 4.0 cm and an entrance diameter of 8.0 cm. The pressure drop between the entrance and the throat is 16 cm of Mercury. The density of mercury is #13600" kg/m"^3#?
1 Answer
Apr 22, 2018
The flow rate is
Explanation:
Apply Bernouilli's Equation between points
The flow rate is constant in the pipe
where
and
But
Therefore,
The pressure difference is
The flow rate is