MOMENTUM TRANSFER LABORATORY

 

MMT-001 EQUIVALENT LENGTH OF PIPES

                        The apparatus is designed to illustrate the quantitative relationship between rates of flow & pressure difference.  Power requirements for the system can thus be established.  M.S. water pump of 300 Ltr. capacity water measuring tank of 200 Ltr. capacity & ½ HP pump set will be provided.  In the system following fittings are considered.
a.   Threaded Elbows.
b.   Threaded Tees.
c.   Coupling.
d.   Union.  
e.   45 Elbow.
f.    Gate Valve
g.   Glove Valve.
h.   Non-return Valve.

MMT-002 FLOW THROUGH FLUIDISED BED

                        For air or water fluidisation in a 50mm glass tube, 40 mm long with all fittings connected to orificemeter.  The air blower will be connected to the open assembly with control valves & it is liquid system, liquid fluidisation will be shown by using centrifugal pump collecting tank etc.

MMT-003 FLOW THROUGH HELICAL COILS

                        The setup consists of a tank & a small centrifugal pump with rotameter to measure the flow of water & a coil of 15 cm dia. & 10 coils of ½”  ID with  a gate & pressure & flow measuring device suitable to above test rig.

MMT-004 FLOW THROUGH NON-CIRCULAR PIPES

                        The setup consists of a parallel configuration of six pipe sections with ball valves to channel flow of water into any one pipe section at a time.
The six section are :
   i. Transport pixel glass tube of circular cross section I.D. = 20 mm.
  ii. Same as above ( i ), but having nicrome wire fitted in the center alonaxis.
    
Provision will be made to against the tension of the wire over a period of time.

 iii. Annuals made from a approx. 20 mm OD copper tube in an approx. 40 mm ID
     transparent plexi glass tube ( flow of water possible inside both section )
iv. Alluinimum channel of square cross section ( 20 x 20 mm ) approx.
v. Aluminum channel of rectangular cross section ( 95 x 25 mm )
vi. Elliptical channel having a major axis of 30 mm approx & a minor axis of
    15 mm approx.

                        Each pipe section will provided with unions at both beds to enable easy removal of the entire section.  The length removal of test section in each case will be about 1.5 m. & columning length of atleast 0.2 m. will be provided on the upstream end.  Pressure tappings will be provided.  The tapping will be provided to enable connection of any pair to tapping to the manometer.  Vent cocks will be provided at the entrance & a exit sections & also on the manifold to enable purring of air from system.  A mercury U tube manometer & a carbon tetra chloride manometer is provided.  Decolam backing board.  The assembly with the backing board, will be supported on a frame & provided with sturdy leveling screws.  The equipment will be self contained & will include a floor standing service module containing a motor driving pump ( 0.5 HP ) provided with a non-return valve, pump tank, volumetric flow measuring collecting tank, level gauge & necessary inter connecting pipe work.  A direct on line motor starter will be provided on the board.

MMT-005 FLOW THROUGH PACKED BED

                        The equipment consists of a glass tube with plastic beads packing supported on stainless steel mesh held between two bottom flanges.  A similar wire mesh is provided at the top also to prevent solid being carried over.  For uniform liquid distribution a known columning length is provided at the bottom.

                        A mercury manometer is connected to the pressure taps at the bottom & top of packed bed to measure the bed pressure drop.  A centrifugal pump is used for circulating water through the bed.  A drain valve is provided at the bottom for darning water.

MMT-006 JOULE THOMSON CO-EFFICIENT EXPERIMENT      

                        In the apparatus the fluid whose Joule Thomson co-efficient is to be measure is allowed to expand steadily through a porous plug.  The plug & adjacent piping are thermally insulated.  The fluid inlet pressure is varied for obtaining a plot of exit pressure Vs exit temperatures.  The experiment is repeated for different inlet conditions

MMT-007 LAMINAR FLOW ANALYSIS TABLE                         

                        The set up consists of parallel glass plates of 100 x 780 mm size, provided at both ends one FRP tanks of  7780 x  200 mm size to act as source tank & sink tank.  Necessary vales, openings, pipes & tubes dye breaker & its tubing are incorporated.  The unit shall have a panel & necessary supporting frame

MMT-008 PRESSURE DROP IN TWO PHASE FLOW

                        It consists of a tank in which water is pumped to a straight pipe.  Part of the lone is of perspex.  Manometer taps are attached to the perspex tube.  Water flow rate is measured by rotameter is provided to measure air flow rate.  The flow rate of water & air controlled by means of globe valve.  Pressure gauges are provided.  The mixture of air & water leaving the pipe enter the separator & the water is led to the drain.

MMT-009 SPOUTED BED                                                                  

                        The apparatus consists of a vessel open at the top & filled with relatively coarse particulate solids.  Fluid is injected vertically through a centrally located small opening at the base of the vellum.  At a certain fluid injection rate, the high velocity jet causes a stream of particles of rise rapidly in a hollowed center core within the bed of solids.  These solids after reaching somewhat above the peripheral bed level rain back into annual region between the hollowed core & the column wall, the where they slowly downward as a loosely packed bed.  As the fluid travels upward it flashes out into the annulus.  A systematic cyclic pattern of solids movement is established giving rise to a termed the spouted bed.  The central core is called a spout & the peripheral annular region is termed the annulus.  Spouted beds display characteristics which cannot be realised in conventional fluidised beds.

MMT-010 THREE PHASE FLUIDISATION

                        The equipments consists of a vertical prespex tube with a conical bottom.  There is provision for introducing liquid & gas from the bottom.  Tube is filled upto about 1/
of its total height with 100  + 120 mesh sand particles or any other suitable solid particle ( glass beads ).