Lab 1 RESULTS

Useful data:

1 GPM = 3.785 LPM

1 SCFM = 28.316 LPM

Effect of Water and Air Flow Changes

1. Constant Water Flowrate

Water Air Water log
Air flow ∆P ∆P log ∆P log ∆P
Time flow flow flow air
rate (top – (bottom (bottom (middle –
(min) rate rate rate flow
(LPM) bottom) – middle) – top) bottom)
(GPM) (SCFM) (LPM) rate
2 1.0 1.4 3.785 39.6424 -7 -12 0.8451 1.0792 1.5982
4 1.0 1.6 3.785 45.3056 -17 -27 1.2304 1.4314 1.6562
6 1.0 2.0 3.785 56.6320 -29 -26 1.4624 1.4150 1.7531
8 1.0 2.4 3.785 67.9584 -29 -28 1.4624 1.4472 1.8322
10 1.0 2.6 3.785 73.6216 -26 -31 1.4150 1.4914 1.8670
12 1.0 3.0 3.785 84.9480 -39 -28 1.5911 1.4472 1.9292
14 1.0 3.4 3.785 96.2744 -57 -17 1.7559 1.2304 1.9835

2. Constant Air Flowrate

Water Air Water Air log
∆P ∆P log ∆P log ∆P
Time flow flow flow flow water
(top – (bottom (bottom (middle –
(min) rate rate rate rate flow
bottom) – middle) – top) bottom)
(GPM) (SCFM) (LPM) (LPM) rate
2 0.4 2.0 1.5140 56.632 -28 -21 1.4472 1.3222 0.1801
4 0.6 2.0 2.2710 56.632 -20 -22 1.3010 1.3424 0.3562
6 0.8 2.0 3.0280 56.632 -24 -18 1.3802 1.2553 0.4812
8 1.0 2.0 3.7850 56.632 -26 -15 1.4150 1.1761 0.5781
10 1.2 2.0 4.5420 56.632 -21 -16 1.3222 1.2041 0.6572
12 1.4 2.0 5.2990 56.632 -28 -13 1.4472 1.1139 0.7242
GRAPHS

i. Graph of log ∆P (bottom – top) versus log air flow rate for constant water flowrate.
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1.8

1.6
log ∆P (bottom – top)

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
log air flow rate

ii. Graph of log ∆P (bottom – top) versus log water flow rate for constant air flowrate.
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1.44

1.42

1.4
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1.38

1.36

1.34

1.32

1.3

1.28
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
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DISCUSSION

Based on the result, it shows that there is two type of table to be determined which are the
constant air flow rate and the constant water flow rate table. For the constant water flow rate
table, the time that be taken for this experiment is about 14 minutes, while for the constant
air flow rate table, the time that be taken for this experiment is about 12 minutes. Based on
the result table, the air flow rate (SCFM) for constant water flow rate is increasing compared
to the constant air flow rate which is constant. For the next table column, its shows that the
water flow rate (LPM) for constant water flow rate table is constant, while the constant air
flow rate is increasing. For air flow rate (LPM), the constant water flow rate is increasing and
the constant air flow rate is not change. The reading for both tables is taken for making a
graph. Based on the graph, the constant water flow rate graph shows that the line is gradually
increasing and decrease slightly at middle and went up at end. Then, for the constant air flow
rate graph shows that the line is linear which is decreasing from starting and fluctuated at
middle making zig-zagged to the end of the experiment. The result of constant air flow rate
graph not be linear increase may cause by the experimental error due to procedure of
experiment conducted or broken apparatus.