| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2010) |
 Subjects |
| HYDRAULICS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | HYDRAULICS | Code | 20224113 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | Third | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1 Flow measurement. | 1.1 Types of devices and selection factors for flow measurement devices. 1.2 Measurement of the average flow. 1.2.1 Venturimeter, orifice plate and nozzle. 1.2.2 Rotameter, vortex and turbine meters. 1.2.3 Others: Magnetic and ultrasonic 1.2.4 Positive displacement meters. 1.2.5 Mass flow measurement 1.3 Probes for measuring speed: Pitot and Prandtl tubes, anemometers. |
| 2 Fluid conduction systems. | 2.1 Types of problems: series and parallel systems. 2.2 Series systems. 2.2.1 Class I systems. Calculation of the unknown head. Practical cases 2.2.2 Class II systems. Flow calculation. 2.2.3 Class III systems. Limiting losses and diameter calculation. 2.3 Parallel systems (2 or more branches). |
| 3 Pump selection and application. |
3.1 Types of pumps. Displacement pumps positive and kinetic bombs. 3.2 Fundamental equations for turbomachines. 3.3 Power and performance. 3.4 Characteristic curve of a pump. 3.5 Positive suction head (NPSH). 3.6 Available NPSH and Required NPSH. cavitation 3.7 Operating point of a pump. 3.8 Affinity laws for centrifugal pumps 3.9 Specification of centrifugal pumps. 3.10 Effect of fluid viscosity. 3.11 Centrifugal pump selection criteria. Requirements for the suction line and for the discharge line. applications 3.12 Positive displacement pumps. Characteristics and applications |
| 4 Air flow and air ducts | 4.1 Gas flow characteristics. 4.2 Air flow in ducts. Energy losses. 4.3 Fans, blowers and compressors. Classification 4.4 Fan equations, affinity laws and characteristic curves. 4.5 Design of facilities. examples |
| 5 Open channel flow | 5.1 Characteristics 5.2 Classification. Froude number. 5.3 Uniform flow. Chezy formulas. Manning's correlation 5.4 Determination of depth. Rectangular and circular channels. Efficient channel concept. |
