The reducer is a standard ASME pipe fitting that was welded to the 1" pipe. It allowed us to insert the nozzle into the drop pipe.
Regarding the path of air its too hard to say. I would assume at 130L/min the 1" pipe would have been close to full of liquid if not completely full
Hi Chestermiller,
Some of the numbers i gave earlier were wrong. The drum is actually 200L and measures approx 880mm high.
The drop pipe was constructed from a 3"x1" reducer welded to a length of 1" pipe. The drop pipe was inserted into the drum opening so that the bottom of the pipe rests...
Thanks Delta. Yes it was the same flow rate.
Your explanation makes some sense. Could you attempt to put numbers to the Bernoulli equation?
It was actually 1" pipe we originally used (not 2" as explained incorrectly before)
Hi everyone,
I have a real life fluids problem I am trying to solve theoretically.
During a commissioning exercise we needed to discharge fuel into a 100L steel drum to test flow rates for a new re-fuelling skid. To minimise turbulent flow and static build up a drop pipe was used for the hose...