Basics of Fluid Flow
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The official GTU curriculum for Basics of Fluid Flow (subject code 2153612) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 5 divides the course into 7 units, covering 51 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2153612)Unit 1 Introduction to fluid and its application
- Unit Operations and Processes
- fluid properties and its classification
- Pressure – Hydrostatic Equation
- Pressure scales and Measurement
- Manometers – different types of manometers
Unit 2 Fluid Flow phenomena and its basic equations
- Fluid flow
- Boundary layer
- Transition length
- Wake formation
- Continuity equation
- Bernoulli’s equation
- Correction factors in Bernoulli’s Equation
- Pump Work
Unit 3 Flow of incompressible fluids in conduits and thin layers
- Shear stress distribution
- friction factor
- Hagen Poiseulli’s Equation
- Flow through non-circular cross sections
- Equivalent diameter
- Hydraulic radius
- friction loss from sudden expansion or contraction of cross section and fittings and valves
- Form friction and skin friction
Unit 4 Flow past Immersed bodies
- Drag Coefficients
- Stream lining
- Stagnation pressure
- Flow of fluid through a bed – Fluidization
- Types of fluidization and applications
- Motion of particles through fluids
Unit 5 Transportation and metering of fluids
- joints and fittings selection of pipe size
- Valves like Gate
- Plug cocks
- Check valves Introduction to fluid flow measuring instruments like venturimeter
- orifice meter
- area meters like Rota meter
- target meters
- coriolis meters
- magnetic meters etc
Unit 6 Fluid Flow through Machinery
- its characteristics like developed head
- power requirement
- suction lift and cavitations
- positive displacement pumps like reciprocating
- rotary pumps
- centrifugal pump
- introduction to centrifugal blowers
- vacuum pumps
- jet ejectors
Unit 7 Agitation and Mixing
- Impellers and its use in various chemical technology
- Flow pattern in agitated vessels
- Swirling and its prevention
- Power consumption in agitated vessels
- Power correlations
- Blending and Mixing-In process vessels
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