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Group lergal 8rady nell 8uLler


Lecturer Lorralne 8oche



Cb[ect|ve
1o measure Lhe alr flow Lhrough Lhe rlg uslng Lhe followlng devlces
1heory
1he mass flow raLe Lhrough Lhe Lhrough venLure meLer ls relaLed Lo Lhe denslLy
of Lhe alr and pressure dlfference shown below
m 000934 (AP)
.5

Also Lhe mass flow raLe uslng Lhe orlflce plaLe ls relaLed Lo denslLy and
pressure dlfference shown below
m 000922 (AP)
.5

Apparatus
O venLurl meLer
O Crlflce plaLe
O Alr flow anemomeLer
O Measurlng
rocedure
1 1he fan was Lurned on whlle Lhe damper aL Lhe end of Lhe rlg was almosL
fully shuLdown
2 1he dlglLal anemomeLer was connecLed Lo Lhe pressure Laplngs on Lhe
lnleL and ouLleL of Lhe venLurl meLer 1he pressure dlfference readlngs
were Laken
3 1he dlglLal manomeLer was connecLed Lo Lhe lnleL and ouLleL of Lhe
orlflce plaLe1he pressure dlfference readlngs were Laken
4 1he alrflow anemomeLer was used Lo perform a Lransverse of Lhe ducL
by recordlng 9 readlngs of alr veloclLy ln Lhe ducL 1hese readlngs were
Laken aL Lhree dlfferenL helghLs Lop mlddle and boLLom AL each of
Lhese polnLs Lhree readlngs were Laken near mlddle and far slde
3 1he damper poslLlon was opened Lo Lwo full revoluLlons and Lhe
procedure above was repeaLed
6 1he damper poslLlon was opened Lo furLher Lwo revoluLlons and
repeaLed agaln

recaut|ons
All Lhe connecLlons where checked Lhoroughly Lo ensure LhaL Lhey were
connecLed properly lf Lhe plpes were Lhe wrong way around a negaLlve value
would appear so Lhe plpes would be swlLched Lo obLaln apposlLlve zero polnL
and Lhls helped ln prevenLlng zero error readlngs
1o avold errors from an lnconslsLenL flow condlLlons we ensured LhaL Lhe
damper poslLlons were as accuraLe as posslble We also Look greaL precauLlons
when uslng Lhe anemomeLer Lo measure Lhe alr veloclLy ln Lhe ducL by
ensurlng LhaL lL was poslLloned correcLly faclng Lhe flow of alr
1he helghLs for each poslLlon were also marked on Lhe rlg for accuracy


kesu|ts
uamper
poslLlon
1 8evoluLlons open 3 8evoluLlons open
venLurl readlng (pascals) 9 34
Crlflce readlng (pascals) 3 21



uompet 1 tevolotloos opeo
Alr veloclLy aL
uucL helghL

CuLslde(m/s)

Mlddle(m/s)

nearslde(m/s)
1op 183 193 19
Mlddle 183 184 174
8oLLom 213 226 212



uompet J kevolotloos opeo
Alr veloclLy aL
uucL helghL

CuLslde(m/s)

Mlddle(m/s)

nearslde(m/s)
1op 44 446 433
Mlddle 447 428 416
8oLLom 383 367 343

|mens|ons of duct
LengLh 089m
WldLh 014m
PelghL013m
uenslLy of Lhe alr aL 17C 122 kg/m
uucL area LxW 089m x 014m 0123m

Ca|cu|at|ons
venLurl meLer M000934(pA)
0.5

Crlflce laLe M000922(pA)
0.5


uompet 1 tevolotloo opeo ot veototl
m 000934 (.kgm x 9)
0.5
m00309 pa
0.5
kg/m
uompet J tevolotloos opeo ot veototl
m000934 (.kgm )
0.5
m00602 pa
0.5
kg/m
uompet 1 tevolotloo opeo ot otlflce
m 000922 (.kgm x )
0.5
m00223 pa
0.5
kg/m

uompet J tevolotloos opeo ot otlflce
m 000922 (.kgm x )
0.5
m00467 pa
0.5
kg/m




Io|ume f|ow rate ; IA v (ovetoqe(m/s) x 4 (Joct m)

uomper 1 rev open

O ; Lop
(1.9+1.95+1.83)
3
x 0123m 0237m/s
O ; mlddle
(1.74+1.84+1.83)
3
x 0123m 0223m/s
O ; boLLom
(.+.+.)

x 0123m 0272m/s
uomper l rev open

O ; Lop
(4.35+4.46+4.40)
3
x 0123m 0330 m/s
O ; mlddle
(.+.8+.)

x 0123m 0338 m/s

O ; boLLom
(.+.+.8)

x 0123m 0433m/s



|scuss|on]Conc|us|on
1he experlmenL wenL well ln LhaL Lhe mass flow raLe lncreased aL boLh Lhe
venLurl and Lhe orlflce Lhe furLher open Lhe damper poslLlon Powever whlle
recordlng Lhe resulLs lL was reallsed LhaL Lhe alr pressure readlngs were ofLen
lowesL ln Lhe mlddle of Lhe ducL Lhls was unusual as lL ls expecLed LhaL Lhe
greaLesL alr pressure ln any Lube or ducL ls ln Lhe mlddle Cn furLher
lnvesLlgaLlon a small hole was found ln Lhe rlg Lhls caused a varlaLlon ln Lhe
readlngs
1he hole ln Lhe rlg showed how Lhe alr pressure across a ducL can change
uramaLlcally lf Lhere ls any gaps for Lhe alr Lo escape
Slnce Lhe volume flow raLe ls dlrecLly proporLlonal Lo Lhe alr veloclLy ;vA
Where Lhe cross secLlonal area (A) ls consLanL Lhen Lhe flow raLe lncreases as
Lhe damper opens
lL can be concluded LhaL Lhe mass flow raLe (orlflce and venLurl) average
veloclLy and volume flow raLe of alr lncreases as Lhe damper poslLlon open
more
1hen for Lhe greaLesL veloclLy mass flow raLe and volume flow raLe Lhrough
Lhe venLure rlg Lhe damper poslLlon should be opened as wlde as posslble or
no damper aL all

1ab|e of Contents age no

Cb[ecLlve1
1heory1
ApparaLus1
rocedure1
recauLlons2
8esulLs23
CalculaLlons34
ulscusslon/concluslon3