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Experiment No. 3 Applications of Bernoulli'S Equation - Computational Laboratory

1. The document describes three experiments involving applications of Bernoulli's equation. 2. The first experiment involves calculating the initial velocity of water draining from a tank through a pipe, taking into account the tank height and head loss. 3. The second experiment examines the effects of wind velocity and turbine blade diameter on wind power generation. 4. A design problem then proposes installing a reducer casing to accelerate wind before it strikes turbine blades, to potentially increase power generation.

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Experiment No. 3 Applications of Bernoulli'S Equation - Computational Laboratory

1. The document describes three experiments involving applications of Bernoulli's equation. 2. The first experiment involves calculating the initial velocity of water draining from a tank through a pipe, taking into account the tank height and head loss. 3. The second experiment examines the effects of wind velocity and turbine blade diameter on wind power generation. 4. A design problem then proposes installing a reducer casing to accelerate wind before it strikes turbine blades, to potentially increase power generation.

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EXPERIMENT NO.

3
APPLICATIONS OF BERNOULLI’S EQUATION – COMPUTATIONAL
LABORATORY

Objectives:
1. ______________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________

Laboratory Problem 1.
A 2-m-high large tank is initially filled with water. The tank
water surface is open to the atmosphere, and a sharp-edged
10-cm-diameter orifice at the bottom drains to the atmosphere
through a horizontal 100-m-long pipe. If the total irreversible
head loss of the system is determined to be 1.5 m, determine
the initial velocity of the water from the tank. Disregard the
effect of the kinetic energy correction factors.
Investigate the effect of the tank height on the initial
discharge velocity of water from the completely filled tank.
Let the tank height vary from 2 to 15 m in increments of 1 m
and assume the irreversible head loss to remain constant.
Tabulate and plot the results.

Laboratory Problem 2
At a certain location, wind is blowing steadily at 12 m/s. Determine the mechanical energy of air per unit
mass and the power generation potential of a wind turbine with 50-
m-diameter blades at that location. Also determine the actual electric power generation assuming an
overall efficiency of 30 percent. Take the air density to be 1.25 kg/m 3.
Investigate the effect of wind velocity and the blade span diameter on wind power generation. Let the
velocity vary from 5 to 20 m/s in increments of 5 m/s, and the diameter to vary from 20 to 80 m in
increments of 20 m. Tabulate the results and discuss their significance.

Design and Essay Problem


The power generated by a wind turbine is proportional to the cube of
the wind velocity. Inspired by the acceleration of a fluid in a nozzle,
someone proposes to install a reducer casing to capture the wind
energy from a larger area and accelerate it before the wind strikes the
turbine blades, as shown in the figure. Evaluate if the proposed
modification should be given a consideration in the design of new
wind turbines.

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