Crude oil (kinematic viscosity 2.9 cSt)
density 876 kg/m3), travels at 300 gpm down a 3" sch 40 pipe (find ID in Appendix A-2) towards a storage tank. There are two
10 m
8 m
branches into the tank; one enters at
300 gpm
ground level, the other at the top of the
5 m
tank 10 m above. The tank already has a level of oil 8m high in it. What is the flow of oil flowing through the bottom and top paths?
1 cSt = 10-6 m2/s
K-Values in Table 6.7 -- bottom path is travelling through the T, top path branches at the T, top
path passes through a standard elbow. Don't forget the sudden expansion entering the tank
(both paths, or just one?).