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Table 19.1 Difference
between pipe size and water
flow
Pipe size
(inch)
Maximum flow
(gal/min)
Velocity (in
ft/s)
Head Loss
(ft/100 ft)
2
45
4.3
3.9
2.5
75
5.0
4.1
3
130
5.6
3.9
4
260
6.6
4.0
6
800
8.9
4.0
8
1600
10.3
3.8
10
3000
12.2
4.0
12
4700
13.4
4.0
14
6000
14.2
4.0
16
8000
14.5
3.5
18
10000
14.3
3.0
20
12000
13.8
2.4
24
18000
14.4
2.1
19.3 Methodology
This chapter will elaborate and explain about the steps, procedures, and details about
the experiment that was conducted. These experiments were described in the flow
of planning and execution to obtain the result and data. It describes on how the
process to gain the data for the project parameters till the data analysis obtained was
processed.
In general, this project or experiment was constructed to obtain the data of
hydropower power generation unit. The methodology was applied which was
collecting the data and analysis from this experiment. Therefore, the methods used
for this experiment are suitable to provide the result for the project.
19.3.1 Parameter of Experiment
Parameters are also known as variables that were used in this project and are listed
down below as well its explanation. The parameters are required to differentiate and
compare results from the experiment for analysis.
19.3.1.1 Pump Power Rating
Different pump power ratings were used for this experiment, i.e., 6 W, 8 W and 10 W.
This was done to differentiate how the power of the pump, a brushless submersible
pump, plays a major role for the experiment.