Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter
Flow measurements in pipes and open channels are critical for successful water resource management as the economic value of water has increased. Orifice meters are typically used as flow-measuring devices in pipes because they are cheap and simple compared to other devices. Also, orifices are used a...
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| description | Flow measurements in pipes and open channels are critical for successful water resource management as the economic value of water has increased. Orifice meters are typically used as flow-measuring devices in pipes because they are cheap and simple compared to other devices. Also, orifices are used as energy dissipation methods in water hammer protection devices and hydroelectric power tunnels. Although traditional circular orifice meters have been extensively studied, many points need to be studied. So, experimental and numerical research is carried out to study the effect of orifice geometry on energy loss and the discharge coefficient. The experimental tests are carried out using two different types of orifice plates: circular and triangular, for each one the cross-sectional area is changed four times. The orifice is installed on a 10 cm diameter transparent pipe. The flow rate is changed ten times for each orifice ranging from 13.8 to 49.2 m3/hr. A general correlation equation for the coefficient of discharge is deduced. It was found that the triangular orifice shapes are better than the circular orifice shapes in terms of performance, with reduced head loss and a larger discharge coefficient. By using computational fluid dynamics techniques, the flow behavior through the orifice is analyzed by ANSYS Fluent software. The numerical results confirmed the experimental ones where the pressure head loss for the triangular orifice is lower than the circular orifice and vena contracta is located at a distance equal to half the pipe diameter downstream of the orifice plate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78d7751e86a5451aa10d288e3c3c2c102024-04-15T08:42:15ZaraAssiut University, Faculty of EngineeringJES: Journal of Engineering Sciences1687-05302356-85502024-05-0152315917510.21608/jesaun.2024.269216.1311348087Characteristics of flow through orifice-meterMohamed Assran0Shenouda Ghaly1Hassan Mohamed2Teaching assistant, Building Construction dept., Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Aswan, EgyptLecturer, Building Construction dept., Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Aswan, Egypt.Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.Flow measurements in pipes and open channels are critical for successful water resource management as the economic value of water has increased. Orifice meters are typically used as flow-measuring devices in pipes because they are cheap and simple compared to other devices. Also, orifices are used as energy dissipation methods in water hammer protection devices and hydroelectric power tunnels. Although traditional circular orifice meters have been extensively studied, many points need to be studied. So, experimental and numerical research is carried out to study the effect of orifice geometry on energy loss and the discharge coefficient. The experimental tests are carried out using two different types of orifice plates: circular and triangular, for each one the cross-sectional area is changed four times. The orifice is installed on a 10 cm diameter transparent pipe. The flow rate is changed ten times for each orifice ranging from 13.8 to 49.2 m3/hr. A general correlation equation for the coefficient of discharge is deduced. It was found that the triangular orifice shapes are better than the circular orifice shapes in terms of performance, with reduced head loss and a larger discharge coefficient. By using computational fluid dynamics techniques, the flow behavior through the orifice is analyzed by ANSYS Fluent software. The numerical results confirmed the experimental ones where the pressure head loss for the triangular orifice is lower than the circular orifice and vena contracta is located at a distance equal to half the pipe diameter downstream of the orifice plate.https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/article_348087_4e113b94981360d4c38b65205b011f2c.pdfcoefficient of dischargeorifice meterreynold’s numbertriangular orifice |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Assran Shenouda Ghaly Hassan Mohamed Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences coefficient of discharge orifice meter reynold’s number triangular orifice |
| title | Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter |
| title_full | Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter |
| title_short | Characteristics of flow through orifice-meter |
| title_sort | characteristics of flow through orifice meter |
| topic | coefficient of discharge orifice meter reynold’s number triangular orifice |
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