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B TECH
(SEM III) THEORY EXAMINATION 2018-19
FLUID FLOW AND SOLID HANDLING
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks:100
Notes: Assume any Missing Data.
SECTION – A
1. Attempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20
a. Differentiate unit operations and unit processes.
b. Define uniformity index “I”.
c. Define Tyler standard screen scale.
d. Define terminal settling velocity.
e. Define Mesh number.
f. What do you mean by Enlargement losses in pipes?
g. Define equivalent diameter,
h. What do you mean by priming in pumps?
i. Discuss Water hammer.
j. Differentiate Newtonian and Non –Newtonian fluids.
SECTION - B
2. Attempt any three of the following. 10 x 3 = 30
a. A sand mixture was screened through a standard 10-mesh screen. The mass fraction of the
oversize material in feed, overflow and underflow were found to be 0.38, 0.79 and 0.22
respectively. Calculate the overall screen effectiveness.
b. Classify Filters. Discuss the effect of pressure on filtration operation.
c. A horizontal pipe of diameter D1 has a sudden expansion to a diameter D2. At what ratio
D1/D2 would the differential pressure on either side of the expansion be maximum? What
is the corresponding loss of head and differential pressure head?
d. A closed tank A contains 3.0 m depth of water and an air space at 15 kPa pressure. A 5 cm
diameter orifice at the bottom of the tank discharges the water to a tank B containing
pressurized air at 25 kPa. If the coefficient of discharge of the orifice is 0.61, calculate the
discharge of water from tank A.
e. Classify Pumps. Discuss in detail positive displacement pumps.
SECTION - C
3. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
a. A material is crushed in Jaw crusher and the average size of particle is reduced from 5 cm
to 1.3 cm, with consumption of energy at the rate of 37 watts.hr/metric ton. What will be
the consumption of energy necessary to crush the same material of average size 8 cm to an
average size of 3 cm by using:
(1) Rittenger’s law
(2) Kick’s law.
b. A certain set of crushing rolls has rolls of 100 cm diameter by 38 cm width face. They are
so set that the crushing surfaces are 1.25 cm apart at the narrowest point. The manufacturer
recommends that they may be at 5 to 100 rpm. They are to crush a rock having a specific
gravity of 2.35 and the angle of nip is 30°. What are the maximum permissible size of feed
and the maximum actual capacity in tons per hour, if the actual capacity is 12 percent of
the theoretical?
4. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
a. Aqueous slurry of CaCO3 containing 236 kg of solids per m3 water (density of water =
1000 kg/m3). If the filter cake contains 50 percent moisture (wet basis). Calculate the
quantity of solids deposited in the filter per unit volume of filtrate in kg/m3. Where V is the
total volume of filtrate collected in time t, and Kc and Q0 are constants.
(1) Make a sketch of t/V versus V from your results.
(2) Given V = 1 litre at t = 41.3s and V=2 litres at t=108.3 s, find Kc.
b. Discuss the principle and working of Belt conveyor with the help of neat sketch.
5. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
a. A 6 cm diameter pipe has a discharge of 450 L/min. At a section the pipe has a sudden
expansion to a size of 9 cm diameter. If the pressure just upstream of the expansion is 20
kN/m2, calculate the pressure just after the expansion. Assume the pipe to be horizontal at
the expansion region.
b. A 15 cm diameter pipe is reduced to 7.5 cm diameter through a gradual contraction. At this
contraction the difference between the piezometric heads at the main and the contracted
section is 4 cm of mercury. By neglecting losses, calculate the discharge of water.
6. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
a. Classify the various types of flow meters and with the help of neat sketch discuss the
working principle of a venturimeter for flow measurement.
b. Water flowing at 1.5 L/s in a 0.05 m diameter tube is metered by means of a simple orifice
of diameter 0.025 m. If the coefficient of discharge is 0.62, what will be the reading on
mercury under water manometer connected to the meter? Density of water: 1000 kg/m3,
viscosity of water = 0.001 Ns/m2, density of mercury=13600 kg/m3.
7. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 x 1 = 10
a. What is fluidization? Discuss the equation used for finding the fluidization velocity.
b. Describe the working of centrifugal pump and obtain an expression for the work done by
pump.
