Assume a cars exhaust system can be approximated as 14 ft of 0.125-ft-diameter cast-iron pipe with the equivalent of six 90 flanged elbows and a muffler. (See Video V8.14.) The muffler acts as a resistor with a loss coefficient of KL = 8.5. Determine the pressure at the beginning of the exhaust system if the flowrate is 0.10 cfs, the temperature is 250 F, and the exhaust has the same properties as air.
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Natural gas ( = 0.0044 slugs/ft3 and = 5.2 105 ft2/s)is pumped through a horizontal 6-in.-diameter cast-iron pipe ata rate of 800 lb/hr. If the pressure at section (1) is 50 psi (abs),determine the pressure at section (2) 8 mi downstream if the flowis assumed incompressible. Is the incompressible assumption reasonable?Explain.
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The first step in solving 8.5 problem number 17 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Natural gas ( = 0.0044 slugs/ft3 and = 5.2 105 ft2/s)is pumped through a horizontal 6-in.-diameter cast-iron pipe ata rate of 800 lb/hr. If the pressure at section (1) is 50 psi (abs),determine the pressure at section (2) 8 mi downstream if the flowis assumed incompressible. Is the incompressible assumption reasonable?Explain.
From the textbook chapter Pipe Flow Examples you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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