SAMPLE CALCULATIONS

LAGUNDI, JINO LEON A.

4ChE-B
CALCULATION OF Vave, Nre, Le
𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙
𝑉𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
𝑇𝑎𝑣𝑒
• For pipe 1:
0.02𝑚
𝑉𝑎𝑣𝑒 =
12.001𝑠
𝑚
𝑉𝑎𝑣𝑒 = 1.6666𝑥10−3
𝑠
CALCULATION OF Vave, Nre, Le
𝐷1 𝑉𝑎𝑣𝑒 ρ
𝑁𝑅𝑒 =
μ
−3 𝑚 𝑘𝑔
0.006𝑚 (1.6666𝑥10 )(1000 3 )
𝑠 𝑚
𝑁𝑅𝑒 =
(0.001𝑃𝑎 − 𝑠)

𝑁𝑅𝑒 = 9.9993
LAMINAR
CALCULATION OF Vave, Nre, Le

𝐿𝑒 = 0.06𝐷 𝑁𝑅𝑒

𝐿𝑒 = 0.06 0.006𝑚 9.9993

𝐿𝑒 = 3.5998𝑥10−3 𝑚
CALCULATION OF Vave, Nre, Le
CALCULATION OF Vave, Nre, Le
8μ𝐿𝑅2 𝐻
𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑓 = 4 ln 1 + 𝐿
ρ𝑔𝑅𝑜

8(0.001𝑃𝑎 − 𝑠)(0.757𝑚)(0.0825𝑚)2 0.197𝑚

𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑓 = ln(1 + )
𝑘𝑔 𝑚 4 0.757𝑚
(1000 3 )(9.81 2 )(0.003𝑚)
𝑚 𝑠

𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑓 = 11.9982𝑠