The apparatus consists of sump tank with centrifugal pump. A pitot tube made of copper provided in the test section made of acrylic connected to pipeline with flow control valve. The pointer gauge is provided to measure the vertical position of pitot tube in the given test section. A manometer is provided to determine the pressure difference. we need to calculate the discharge using the measuring tank and a stopwatch. The flow of water is regulated with the help of Control and by pass valve.
The following precautions have to be followed:
- Check electric supply matches with the requirement of the experimental setup. Here, we need single phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp. combined socket with earth connection. The earth voltage should always be less than 5 volts.
- Always use clean water.
- Keep apparatus free from dust.
- To avoid unnecessary clogging of components run the pump at least once in fortnight.
- While performing experiment always maintain the water in overhead tank.
- After experiment is complete drain the apparatus and Switch Off the power supply
- Avoid parallax error while noting down the reading from tubes.
