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Flow of Crude Oil and Mass Balance

A crude oil with a density of 892 kg/m3 is flowing through a piping arrangement at a total rate of 1.388×10-3 m/s. The flow divides equally between three pipes of different diameters. The mass flow rates, average velocities, and mass velocities were calculated for each pipe. The total mass flow rate in pipe 1 is 1.238096 kg/s. The average velocity in pipe 2 is 0.3043614483 m/s. The mass velocity in pipe 1 is 610.853426 kg/m.s.

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Flow of Crude Oil and Mass Balance

A crude oil with a density of 892 kg/m3 is flowing through a piping arrangement at a total rate of 1.388×10-3 m/s. The flow divides equally between three pipes of different diameters. The mass flow rates, average velocities, and mass velocities were calculated for each pipe. The total mass flow rate in pipe 1 is 1.238096 kg/s. The average velocity in pipe 2 is 0.3043614483 m/s. The mass velocity in pipe 1 is 610.853426 kg/m.s.

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Flow of crude oil and mass balance

A petroleum crude oil having a density of 892 kg/m 3 is flowing through the piping arrangement shown in
figure at a total rate of 1.388×10-3 m/s entering pipe 1.

Pipe 3

Pipe 2 1.5 in
Pipe 1

2 in 3 in

1.5 in

Pipe 3

The flow divides equally in each of pipe 3. The steel pipes are schedule 40 pipes. Calculate the following
using SI units.

a. Total mass flow rate m in pipe 1, 2, and 3


b. Average velocity v in pipe 1,2 and 3
c. Mass velocity G in pipe 1,2, and 3

Solutions:

π
A= D 2 × ¿ ׿
4
A1=2.026829919×10-3 m

A2=4.560367312×10-3 m

A3=1.140091828×10-3 m
a. Total mass flow rate
m1= m2=m3/2
m1= q ρ
q= 1.388×10-3 m/s
ρ= 892 kg/m2
Answer:
m1= 1.238096 kg/s
m2= 1.238096 kg/s
m3= 0.619048 kg/s

b. Average velocity

m
v =ρA
Answer:
v1= 0.6848132579 m/s
v2= 0.3043614483 m/s
v1= 0.6087228967 m/s

c. Mass velocity (G)

G=v ρ

Answer:

G1= 610.853426 kg/m.s

G2= 271.4904119 kg/m.s

G1= 542.9808238 kg/m.s

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