Slay the P.E.
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Happy Thursday, all. Here is your problem for the week:
A venturi meter is installed in a 2-in diameter, schedule 40 steel pipe (ID = 2.067 in). The fluid in the pipe is ambient temperature No. 4 fuel oil with a specific gravity SG=0.85. The meter is provided with a U-tube manometer. From past experience with this meter, it is known that for a manometer fluid height h of 8 inches, the oil flow rate is 400 gallons per minute. The average fluid velocity (ft/min) in the pipe just upstream of the meter when the height h is 4 inches is most nearly:
(A) 27
(B) 283
(C) 1,225
(D) 1,623
A venturi meter is installed in a 2-in diameter, schedule 40 steel pipe (ID = 2.067 in). The fluid in the pipe is ambient temperature No. 4 fuel oil with a specific gravity SG=0.85. The meter is provided with a U-tube manometer. From past experience with this meter, it is known that for a manometer fluid height h of 8 inches, the oil flow rate is 400 gallons per minute. The average fluid velocity (ft/min) in the pipe just upstream of the meter when the height h is 4 inches is most nearly:
(A) 27
(B) 283
(C) 1,225
(D) 1,623