Question

A wire of diameter d is stretched along the centerline of a pipe of diameter D. For a given pressure drop per unit length of pipe, by how much does the presence of the wire reduce the flow- rate if

(a) d/D = 0.1;
(b) d/D = 0.01?

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: (d/D=0.1)

DeltaV percent=42.6%

Part B:(d/D=0.01)

DeltaV percent=21.7%

Explanation:

We are going to use the following volume flow rate equation:

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi * DeltaP}{8*u*l}(R^{4}-r^{4} -\frac{(R^{2}-r^{2})}{ln\frac{R}{r}}^{2})$

Above equation can be written as:

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}(1-(\frac{r}{R} )^{4}+\frac{(1-(\frac{r}{R} )^{2})}{ln\frac{r}{R}}^{2})$

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}(1-(\frac{d}{D} )^{4}+\frac{(1-(\frac{d}{D})^{2})}{ln\frac{d}{D}}^{2})$

First Consider no wire i.e d/D=0

Above expression will become:

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}(1-(0)^{4}+\frac{(1-(0)^{2})}{ln0}^{2})$

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}$

Part A: (d/D=0.1)

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}(1-(0.1)^{4}+\frac{(1-(0.1)^{2})}{ln0.1}^{2})$

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}*0.574$

$DeltaV percent=\frac{(\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l})-\frac{\pi *R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}*0.574}{\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l} }*100$

$DeltaV percent=\frac{1-0.574}{1}*100$

DeltaV percent=42.6%

Part B:(d/D=0.01)

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}(1-(0.01)^{4}+\frac{(1-(0.01 )^{2})}{ln0.01}^{2})$

$DeltaV=\frac{\pi*R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}*0.783$

$DeltaV percent=\frac{(\frac{\pi *R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l})-\frac{\pi *R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l}*0.783}{\frac{\pi *R^{4}*DeltaP}{8*u*l} }*100$

$DeltaV percent=\frac{1-0.783}{1}*100$

DeltaV percent=21.7%