A venturi meter with a 50 mm throat is used to measure a flow of slightly salt water in a pipe of inside diameter 100 mm. The meter is checked by adding 20 cm³/s of normal sodium chloride solution above the meter and analysing a sample of water downstream from the meter. Before addition of

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A venturi meter with a 50 mm throat is used to measure a flow of slightly salt water in a pipe of inside diameter 100 mm. The meter is checked by adding 20 cm³/s of normal sodium chloride solution above the meter and analysing a sample of water downstream from the meter. Before addition of the salt, 1000 cm³ of water requires 10 cm³ of 0.1 M silver nitrate solution in a titration. 1000 cm³ of the downstream sample required 23.5 cm³ of 0.1 M silver nitrate. If a mercury-under-water manometer connected to the meter gives a reading of 221 mm, what is the discharge coefficient of the meter? Assume that the density of the liquid is not appreciably affected by the salt.

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If the flow of the solution is x m³/s, then a mass balance in terms of sodium chloride gives:

[latex](x imes 0.0585)+\left(20 imes 10^{-6} imes 58.5 ight)=0.1375\left(20 imes 10^{-6}+x ight)[/latex]

and: [latex]x=0.0148 m ^3 / s[/latex]

or, assuming the density of the solution is 1000 kg/m³, the mass flowrate is:

[latex](0.0148 imes 1000)=14.8 kg / s[/latex]

For the venturi meter, the area of the throat is given by:

[latex]A_1=(\pi / 4)(50 / 1000)^2=0.00196 m ^2[/latex]

and the area of the pipe is:

[latex]A_2=(\pi / 4)(100 / 1000)^2=0.00785 m ^2[/latex]

From equations 6.32 and 6.33:

[latex]G=C_D ho \frac{A_1 A_2}{\sqrt{\left(A_1^2-A_1^2 ight)}} \sqrt{\left(2 v\left(P_1-P_2 ight) ight)}[/latex] (equation 6.32)

[latex]G=C_D ho C^{\prime} \sqrt{ }\left(2 g h_v ight)[/latex] (equation 6.33)

[latex]C^{\prime}=A_1 A_2 / \sqrt{\left(A_1^2-A_2^2 ight)}=0.00204 m ^2[/latex]

[latex]h = 221 mm Hg _{ ext {under-water }} =0.221(13500-1000) / 1000=2.78[/latex] m water

and hence: [latex]14.8=\left(C_D imes 1000 imes 0.00204 ight) \sqrt{(2 imes 9.81 imes 2.78)}[/latex]

and: [latex]C_D=\underline{\underline{0.982}}[/latex]

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