Description

The Fluid Science FS-1.3 Energy Losses in Bends Systems Tray provides hands on experimentation designed to demonstrate energy losses due to the geometry of the flow path at different flow rates.

Utilising the FS-SU service unit the experiments rapidly mount onto the multifunctional work panel and is connected to the built-in water supply via quick connect couplings.

The differential pressure reading is taken using a digital manometer against varying flow rates.

The tray includes the following Hydraulic Circuits:

Energy losses in Bends

• Shallow bend Radii 42mm, 6mm diameter

• Tight Bend Radii 9mm, 6mm diameter

• Mitre Bend, 6mm diameter

Features

• Shallow bend Radii 42mm, 6mm diameter

• Tight Bend Radii 9mm, 6mm diameter

• Mitre Bend, 6mm diameter

• Differential pressure reading obtained using digital manometer

• Highly visual design

Benefits

• Applied student learning via experimentation

• Common service unit can be used for either hot or cold-water supply

• Tool-less assembly

• Designed to be highly visual and simple to use

• Quick setup

• Suitable for both classroom and laboratory environment

Demonstration Capabilities

• Explanation of basic principles such as conservation of mass

• Conservation of energy

• Explain energy loss and frictional loss

• Types of flow steady and unsteady flow, uniform and non-uniformflow etc

• Types of fluid flow regime i.e. laminar, turbulent and transitional flow

• Compare measured pressure drop from 3 different pipe forms, explaining the effect of geometry on pressure drop

• Using Bernoulli’s equation, calculate the pressures and compare results with experimental values

• Calculate the frictional head loss and pressure drop using Darcy’s equation