A large diameter closed top tank is filled with a depth of 3 meters of a fluid (density 1200 kg/m3). A small pipe leading from the bottom of the tank must carry the fluid some height above the fluid level in the tank. a) If a pressure of 2.5 Atmospheres is maintained in the space above the fill line in the tank how high above the fill line can the pipe carry the fluid and still provide an exit speed of 2 m/sec for the fluid out of the pipe? (the pressure at the exhaust end of the pipe is 1 atmosphere or about 1 x 105 pascal) If the pipe diameter is 2 cm, what will be the volume rate of flow (m3 /sec)
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A large diameter closed top tank is filled with a depth of 3 meters of a fluid (density 1200 kg/m3). A small pipe leading from the bottom of the tank must carry the fluid some height above the fluid level in the tank.
a) If a pressure of 2.5 Atmospheres is maintained in the space above the fill line in the tank how high above the fill line can the pipe carry the fluid and still provide an exit speed of 2 m/sec for the fluid out of the pipe? (the pressure at the exhaust end of the pipe is 1 atmosphere or about 1 x 105 pascal)
If the pipe diameter is 2 cm, what will be the volume rate of flow (m3 /sec)
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