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ApparaLus1

rocedure12

ulagram2

CalculaLlon/ 8esulLs 34

ulscusslon/Concluslon 3






b[ect|ve
@o perform a plLoL Lue Lransverse of a clrcular ducL secLlon
Apparatus
O Iane anemomeLer
O lLoL Lue









rocedure
1 @he ducL dlameLer ls measured and Lhe polnL where Lhe pressure
readlngs wlll e Laken across Lhe ducL ls declded @he approprlaLe
dlsLances on Lhe plLoL Lue Lo lndlcaLe Lhe proper dlameLer dlsLances for
measuremenL are marked

2 @he fan ls seL Lo full speed wlLh damper fully open All exLracL grllles are
locked wlLh Llssue paper wlLh Lhe sucLlon holdlng Lhem ln place

3 @he plLoL Lue ls connecLed Lo Lhe manomeLer and pressure readlngs
Laken @here are Lhree holes Lo Lake slx readlngs (Lhree dlameLers) from
each

4 @he average pressure ln ducL ls calculaLed uslng Lhe formula

Average v (
VP1+VP2+ VP3+ ....+ VPn
n
)

3ressure ls converLed Lo veloclLy uslng
v03pI

6 @he CSA ls calculaLed Lo work ouL Lhe flow of alr C Lhrough Lhe ducL
uslng
CI x A

7 @he damper ls closed Lo poslLlon 4 and sLeps 36 are repeaLed
8 @he damper ls fully opened agaln and Lhe exLracL grllles are uncovered
agaln @he average alr veloclLy aL exLracL grllle (lll) ls found and Lhen Lhe
volume of alr elng exLracLed ls calculaLed

9 @he alr flow measuremenLs eLween Lhe plLoL Lue and vane
anemomeLer are compared
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Ca|cu|at|ons]kesu|ts
CSA nr
CSA n(0133)
CSA 00S7m

amper fu||y open Gr|||es covered
no|e 1 no|e 2 no|e 3
A 0 2 28
8 39 44 43
C 44 44 43
43 43 43
L 44 42 34
I 34 2 0
Average v 384

I v

P
; v x 4
I v
122
3
C 0399 x 0037
I 0399 00227


amperQ pos|t|on 4 Gr|||es covered
no|e 1 no|e 2 no|e 3
A 0 24 33
8 7 93 93
C 89 92 93
83 92 93
L 81 92 7
I 38 32 0
Average v

v 03pI
hence
I v

P

I v
122
737

I 029

I x A
C 029x0037
0016S


Ie|oc|ty Q gr|||e (|||) Gr|||es uncovered
kead|ng Ie|oc|ty
1
2
3
4
Average I


I x A
C 373 x 0073
0397S


|scuss|on]Conc|us|on
L ls feaslle Lo assume LhaL Lhe measuremenLs Laken wlLh Lhe plLoL Lue were
lnaccuraLe @he reason for Lhls elng LhaL Lhere were a loL of readlngs LhaL had
Lo e oLalned dependlng on hand and eye udgemenL Maklng sure Lo place
Lhe plLoL Lue ln Lhe correcL depLh was slmple proecLlng lL lnwards
perpendlcular Lowards Lhe cenLre was usL done y eye L was proaly off y
a few degrees ln any dlrecLlon every Llme @rylng Lo geL Lhe Lurn of Lhe Lue
faclng downwards was also done only y hand uue Lo Lhese reasons and Lhe
facL LhaL Lhe Lue has such a small hole and Lherefore proaly allows for only
a small margln of error means our resulLs were of wlde varlaLlon When Lhe
damper ls Lurned lL may also cause a LurulenL flow of alr affecLlng Lhe
readlngs
@he lg dlfference eLween Lhe alr veloclLy aL grllle (lll) whlle grllles were
uncovered and aL Lhe plLoL Lue holes whlle grllles were covered was
surprlslng presumed LhaL Lhe grllles elng covered would cause a much
greaLer veloclLy aL Lhe holes however Lhe facL LhaL Lhere was a perpendlcular
end and a @ plece eLween Lhe Lwo poslLlons Lhls may have overcome Lhe
effecL of Lhe grllles elng covered
Lnglneerlng ls lleld were preclslon and accuracy ls essenLlal @he LesL carrled ls
a greaL example of how human error however small ln a LesL wlLh llLLle margln
for error can ylelded a lg dlfference ln flnal resulLs Lo expecLed resulLs

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