EXPERIMENT NO.

1
DETERMINATION OF ORIFICE COEFFICIENTS
Year and Section:
Group Number:
Group Members:

4CE-E
2

CORTEZ, CHRISTINE JOYCE A.

Date Started:
Date Finished:
Date Submitted:

February 4, 2016
February 4, 2016
February 10, 2016

DATILES, JUAN CARLOS C.

CRUZ, RALEIGH MAE DR.

CUEVAS, MICHAEL GERARD L.
DANAN, JEREMIAH M.

1. OBJECTIVE/S
This activity aims to obtain data on the individual character of the orifice.
2. APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES
Orifice Apparatus
Set of Orifices
Hydraulics Bench
Stop Watch
3. PROCEDURE
1. Set up the orifice tank fitted with the 5 mm. orifice plug in the horizontal position and the
discharge profile gauge fitted.
2. Start the pump.
3. Regulate the flow rate by means of the delivery valve to maintain the water level at
maximum height. Care should be taken to ensure that this level is steady.
4. When this has been achieved, record the flow rate on the test sheet together with that of
the water level.
5. Set the needle and the profile gauge to just reach the discharge steam and clamp in
position.
6. Measure the horizontal distance from the orifice to the lowest needle and the vertical
distance from the orifice center line to the tip of the needle point.
7. Repeat Test 3 to 6 for several values of water level.
8. Close the valve and switch off the pump.
9. Change the orifice to 8 mm. diameter and repeat steps 2 to 8.

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4. DATA AND RESULTS

Table 8.1 Determination of Orifice Coefficients

Orifice
Diameter

5-mm

8-mm

Vt

Va

Qt

Qa

Cv

Cc

0.353

2.632

0.1635

0.019

2.627

1.860
x10-5

1.450
x10-5

0.998

0.780

0.782

0.353

2.632

0.2635

0.053

2.535

1.860
x10-5

1.450
x10-5

0.963

0.780

0.810

0.353

2.632

0.3635

0.096

2.598

1.860
x10-5

1.450
x10-5

0.987

0.780

0.790

0.355

2.639

0.1635

0.019

2.627

7.462
x10-5

5.925
x10-5

0.995

0.794

0.798

0.355

2.639

0.2635

0.057

2.584

7.462
x10-5

5.925
x10-5

0.979

0.794

0.811

0.355

2.639

0.3635

0.095

2.612

7.462
x10-5

5.925
x10-5

0.990

0.794

0.802

5. FORMULAS AND COMPUTATIONS

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6. FIGURES/DIAGRAMS/GRAPHS

Figure 1.1 Adjusting water level

marking needles

Figure 1.2 Adjusting and

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Figure 1.3 Measuring actual discharge

Figure 1.4 Volume of

water over 10 seconds

7. SOURCES OF ERRORS
Sources of error may occur due to inaccuracy of work, these events may have likely aroused
from the measurements and readings. Probable one would be human error, due to limitation of the
eyes, inaccurate measurements would most likely occur. Other errors would be the temperature, which
gives a minimal effect in the unit weight of water and instrument error.
8. CONCLUSIONS AND REMARKS
The experiment that has been conducted showed that the bigger the diameter of the orifice,
the bigger the discharge or flow rate. The results show that the values for the coefficients are less than
one, which means that the values are reliable despite the small discrepancies encountered while
performing the experiment.

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