You have a horizontal pipe with an inside diameter of 1.049 in. Water at a tempe

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You have a horizontal pipe with an inside diameter of 1.049 in. Water at a temperature of 80 deg F flows through this section of pipe with an average velocity of 6 ft/s. The pipe then tapers to a narrower section with an Inside diameter of 0.622 in. What is flow rate through the 1.049 in diameter pipe in units of ft^3/min? What is the velocity through the 0.622 in diameter section in units of ft/s? What is flow rate through the 0.622 in diameter pipe in units of ft^3/min? What Is the Reynolds number in the section with the 1.049 in inside diameter?

Explanation / Answer

a) Flow rate = Av = pi/4*(1.049/12)^2 *6*60 = 2.16 ft^3/min

b) velocity v2 = 6*(1.049/0.622)^2 = 17.07 ft/s

c) flow rate = 2.16 ft^3/min as it remains same.

d) Re = vD/u where u is kinetic viscosity at 80 degree F

= 6*(1.049/12) /(0.926e-5)

= 56641

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