Question #225840

Water is used to simulate the flow characteristics of oil in an industrial pipeline. The diameter of the test pipeline is 1/10th of that of the industrial pipeline. The viscosities of water and oil are 3.0 x10-4 and 2.9 x 10-2 N.s/m2 while their densities are 1000 and 1720 kg/m3 respectively. If the water velocity in the test pipeline is 10m/s, what is the corresponding oil velocity in the industrial pipeline? 


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Expert's answer
2021-08-16T02:32:59-0400

Since viscosity is directly proportional to elocity,

μ α ρvμ=kvρμoilvwaterρwater=μwatervoilρoil2.9×102×10×1000=3.0×104×voil×1720voil=562.02 m/s\mu \ \alpha\ \rho v \\ \mu = kv\rho \\ \mu_{oil} v_{water}\rho_{water} = \mu_{water}v_{oil}\rho_{oil}\\ 2.9×10^{-2} ×10× 1000= 3.0×10^{-4} × v_{oil}× 1720\\ v_{oil} = 562.02\ m/s


velocity is inversely proportional to area, since the flow rate is constant

v=562.0210=56.2 m/s\therefore v = \dfrac{562.02}{10} = 56.2\ m/s

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Black
18.08.21, 00:47

Thank you for this

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