A small fan moves air at a mass flowrate of $0.004 \mathrm{lbm} / \mathrm{s}$ Upstream of the fan, the pipe diameter is 2.5 in., the flow is laminar. the velocity distribution is parabolic, and the kinetic energy coefficient, $\alpha_{1},$ is equal to $2.0 .$ Downstream of the fan, the pipe diameter is 1 in., the flow is turbulent, the velocity profile is quite flat, and the kinetic energy coefficient, $\alpha_{2},$ is equal to $1.08 .$ If the rise in static pressure across the fan is 0.015 psi and the fan shaft draws 0.00024 hp, compare the value of loss calculated:
(a) assuming uniform velocity distributions,
(b) considering actual velocity distributions.