| Author | Swai Pongsuwan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 83 |
| Subject(s) | Flow meters
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment if the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | A meter was developed to measure the individual discharge
rates of a sand-water mixture transported in a vertical, circular,
closed conduit 0. 574 inches in diameter.
The sand used in the investigation had a specific gravity of 2.62
and varied in grain size from 0.0232 in. to 0.0117 in. The individual
flow rates were determined from the simultaneous solution of the meter
equations which were derived from the application of the energy and
momentum principles. The solution of these equations required information concerning the meter geometry, physical properties of the slurry components and piezometric head at three positions along the meter.
The design of the meter was similar to that developed by
Norbert L. Ackermann and Chaleo Niyomthai, the principal difference
being that the present meter was constructed so that friction loss could
be greatly reduced and possibly eliminated as a significant variable in
the meter equations. The conduit velocities in the work by Ackermann
and Chaleo varied between 1. 03 and 3.75 ft /sec, while in the present
study the conduit velocities varied between 3.60 and 9.25 ft/sec. |
| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dr. N. L. Ackermann; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Dr. Niwat Daranandana;Dr. John A. Roberson;Dean Milton E. Bender, Jr. |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - SEATO Graduate School of Engineering |