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Parshall Flume Example Calcs

This document discusses the design of a Parshall flume. It provides equations and calculations to determine the power, mass density, flow rate, acceleration due to gravity, head difference, and velocity gradient based on given parameters like flow rate, throat width, and head difference.

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Parshall Flume Example Calcs

This document discusses the design of a Parshall flume. It provides equations and calculations to determine the power, mass density, flow rate, acceleration due to gravity, head difference, and velocity gradient based on given parameters like flow rate, throat width, and head difference.

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1 Parshall Flume Design

Item Unit Apply Unit Unit


1.1 Power (P) W = N.m/s
KW 2 Kg.m2/s3
N = kg.m/s
1.2 Mass Density of water kg/m3 1000 kg/m3
1.3 Flow rate (Q) m3/min
1.4 Acceleation of gravity (g) m/s2 9.81 m/s2
1.5 ΔH m.
1 Hydraulic Type
Theory
P = ρgQΔH

kg m
P = 1,000 3
9.81 2 xQ( m 3 / min) xΔH (m)
m s
m 1 min
P = 1,000kgx9.81 2 xQ( x ) xΔ H ( m )
s min 60 sec
1 m2
P = 1,000 x9.81x xQxΔH (kg. 3 )
60 s
⎛ ⎞⎡ m ⎤
2
1
P = 1,000 x⎜ 9.81x xQΔH ⎟ ⎢kg 3 ⎥
⎝ 60 ⎠⎣ s ⎦
⎡ m2 ⎤
P = 1,000 x(0.1635 xQΔH )⎢kg 3 ⎥
⎣ s ⎦

⎡ m m⎤
P = 1,000(0.1635 xQΔH ) ⎢ kg 2 ⎥
⎣ s s⎦

⎡ m⎤
P = 1,000(0.1635 xQΔH ) ⎢ N ⎥
⎣ s⎦

∴ P = 0.1635QΔH [KW ]
1 Calculate Parshall Flume
Give ΔH = 0.3 m.
Q = 4.86 m3/s
= 291.6 m3/min
V (volume) = 20 m3
μ = 0.000798 N.s/m2 at 30 oC = Kg/m.s
ρ = 995.7 kg/m3 o
30 C
Throat width (W) = 10 ft

Theory P = 0.1635QΔH [KW ]


= 14.30298 KW
= 14302.98 W = N.m/s

P( N .m / s)
Theory G =
μ ( N .s / m 2 )V (m 3 )

G = 947 s-1

2 Calculate Hb/Ha
Theory P( N .m / s)
G =
μ ( N .s / m 2 )V (m 3 )
P = ρgQΔH
Then
ρ (kg / m 3 ) g (m / s 2 )Q(m 3 / s)ΔH (m)
G =
μ (kg / m.s)V (m 3 )

∴ ΔH = 0.301 m.
ΔH = 0.989 ft.

Then ΔH= 0.989 ft at Q= 4.86 m3/s 3


= 171.654 ft /s
and Throat width= 10 ft Calculate Hb/Ha= 0.8 (From Graph 8.22)
1 Calculation Velocity Gradient
Give Q = 4.86 m3/s
= 171.65 ft3/s
Throat width (W) = 10 ft
Theory 1
1.522W 0.0 26
Q = 4WH a (Water Works Engineering,Qasim,2000 Year)
Where :
Q = Free Flow discharge, ft3/s
W = Throat width, ft
Ha = Depth of water at upstream gauging point, ft

∴ Ha = 2.4631 ft (1)

Theory 2
Q = (3.6875W + 2.5) H a
1.6
(Open-Chanel Hydraulic Book)
This Equation use for Throat width 10 < W < 50 ft and Hb
≥ 0.8
Ha
Where :
Q = Free Flow discharge, ft3/s
W = Throat width, ft
Ha = Depth of water at upstream gauging point, ft

∴ H a = 2.5098 ft (2)

(1) ≈ (2) OK
∴ H b = 1.9705 ft

ρ (kg / m 3 ) g (m / s 2 )Q(m 3 / s)ΔH (m)


G =
Theory μ (kg / m.s)V (m 3 )
946.67 s-1

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