Water is discharged at 15 degrees Celsius from a tank with 7 m of head to atmosphere through:
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from thermo.units import Chemical
from fluids.units import *
from math import pi
water = Chemical('water', T=15*u.degC)
rho = water.rho
mu = water.mu
H = 7*u.m
L = 60*u.m
fd = 0.017 # assumed in their example
NPS, D_pipe, Do_pipe, t = nearest_pipe(Do=80*u.mm)
K = K_from_f(fd=fd, L=L, D=D_pipe)
K += entrance_sharp()
K += exit_normal()
K += 6*bend_rounded(D_pipe, angle=90*u.degrees, fd=fd, bend_diameters=0.65)
ball_valve_angle = 0.5*(15+30)*u.degrees # use the average angle
K += K_ball_valve_Crane(D1=D_pipe, D2=60*u.mm, angle=ball_valve_angle, fd=fd)
v = (2*u.gravity*H/K)**0.5
print('Velocity = %s' %v.to_base_units())
Q = v*pi/4*D_pipe**2
print('Flow rate = %s' %Q.to(u.L/u.min))
Re = Reynolds(D=D_pipe, rho=rho, mu=mu, V=v)
fd = friction_factor(Re=Re, eD=0.0018*u.inch/D_pipe)
The radius of curvature of the elbows was not specified; 0.65 bend diameters matches their results most closely. They modified the ball valve equation to support both an inlet and an outlet angle; the average value is used here.
Their calculated values are 2.74 m/s and flow rate of 781 L/min.
The calculation can be performed more accurately by iterating; a naive approach is shown below. A very different flow rate is obtained when the roughness of the pipe is considered in the friction factor calculation.
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fd = 0.017
for i in range(7):
K = K_from_f(fd=fd, L=L, D=D_pipe)
K += entrance_sharp()
K += exit_normal()
K += 6*bend_rounded(D_pipe, angle=90*u.degrees, fd=fd, bend_diameters=0.65)
ball_valve_angle = 0.5*(15+30)*u.degrees # use the average angle
K += K_ball_valve_Crane(D1=D_pipe, D2=60*u.mm, angle=ball_valve_angle, fd=fd)
v = (2*u.gravity*H/K)**0.5
Q = v*pi/4*D_pipe**2
print('Flow rate = %s' %Q.to(u.L/u.min))
Re = Reynolds(D=D_pipe, rho=rho, mu=mu, V=v)
fd = friction_factor(Re=Re, eD=0.0018*u.inch/D_pipe)