Question

A round pipe of varying diameter carries petroleum from a wellhead to a refinery. At the wellhead, the pipe's diameter is 58.1 cm ( 0.581 m) and the flow speed of the petroleum is 10.1 m/s. At the refinery, the petroleum flows at 5.85 m/s. What is the volume flow rate of the petroleum along the pipe and what is the pipe's diameter at the refinery?

volume flow rate:________m^3/sdiameter________cm

Answer 1

volume flow rate:2.68m³/s

diameter :58.27cm

Step-by-step explanation:

flow rate = Q = πr² v = amount per second that flows through the pipe

Given:

pipe's diameter= 0.581

r= 0.581/2=>0.2905m

speed 'v'= 10.1 m/s

Q= (3.142)(0.2905)²(10.1)

so

volume flow rate= 2.68m³/s

->if no oil has been added or subtracted or compressed then Q is the same everywhere

therefore,

Q= πr²v

2.68 = π(d/2)²(5.85)

d= (2.68x4) /(3.142 x 5.85)

d= 0.5827m =>58.27cm