WorksheetsFluid Mechanics and Level Measurement Worksheet
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
A (n) _ is any material that flows and takes the shape of its container.
Fluid
Liquid
Gas
Solid
_ may be due to the weight of a fluid column, or due to applied mechanical energy.
Atmospheric pressure
Fluid pressure
Hydrostatic pressure
Hydraulic pressure
_ is provided by such devices as a pump or blower and stored in the form of a fluid under pressure, at an elevated height, or both.
Atmospheric energy
Hydrostatic energy
Environmental energy
Mechanical energy
_ may also be mechanical energy in the form of a fluid under pressure, such as pneumatic or hydraulic pressure.
Pressure
Energy
Material
Fluid
_ is anything that changes or tends to change the state of rest or motion of a body.
Pressure
Energy
Area
Force
Pressure drop is a pressure increase that occurs due to friction or obstruction as an enclosed fluid flows from one point in a process to another.
True
False
When measuring vacuum, the units _ as the pressure decreases.
Increase
Decrease
Vacuum pressure measurement is used when a process is maintained at less than _ pressure.
Pneumatic
Hydrostatic
Atmospheric
Differential
_ is only determined by the height of the liquid.
Hydrostatic
Head
Atmospheric
Pneumatic
For example, the head of water towers of different shapes depends only on the height of the _.
Fluid
Gas
Water
Density of water
For a vertical cylindrical tank with a _ bottom, each unit of level represents an equal unit of volume.
Flat
Convex
Concave
Dished
Level is normally measured in _ or translated into units of volume or weight.
Linear units of length
Nonlinear units of length
Square units of area
Units of continuous flow
Common visual level measuring instruments are gauge glasses, magnetically coupled level gauges, and _.
Differential pressure instruments
Bubblers
Cable and weight system
Displacers
A _ is a point level measuring instrument consisting of a hollow ball that floats on top of a liquid in a tank and is attached to the instrument.
Displacers
Bubbler
Float
Pressure cell
For an open vessel, the simplest way to measure hydrostatic pressure is to connect a _ to the side of the vessel at the lowest practical level.
Pressure gauge
Bridge circuit
Gauge glass
Weight
A _ level-control capacitance probe is used as a switch to signal an alarm or actuate a circuit when the level in a tank or vessel reaches a specified level.
Single point
Two-point
Continuous flow
Resistance-inductance
A conductivity probe is a(n) _ measuring system consisting of a circuit of two or more probes or electrodes, or an electrode and the vessel wall.
Continuous
Point level
Capacitance
Inductive
_ probes are affected by changes in the dielectric constant of the material in the vessel.
Conductivity
Inductive
Magnetostrictive
Capacitance
A(n) _ sensor is a point level measuring instrument consisting of two probes, with one of the probe tips being heated.
Magnetostrictive
Optical liquid-level
Thermal dispersion
Beam-breaking photometric
A(n) _ sensor is the part of a continuous level measuring system consisting of an electronics module, a waveguide, and a float containing a magnet.
Magnetostrictive
Optical liquid-level
Thermal dispersion
Beam-breaking photometric
A time domain reflectometer (TDR) is another name for _ radar.
Static
Pulsed
Guided wave
Frequency modulated continuous wave
_ is the time it takes for a transmitted ultrasonic signal to travel from the level transmitter to the surface and back to the receiver.
Reflectivity
Reflection time
Transit time
Frequency
A tuning fork level detector is a _ measuring instrument consisting of a vibrating tuning fork that resonates at a particular sound frequency.
Point level
Guided wave radar
Continuous level
Pulsed radar
For a nuclear level instrument, elements such as cesium 137 or cobalt 60 provide a(n) _ in the form of gamma rays.
Direct current
Alternating current
Ultrasonic frequency
Radioactive source
If multiple load cells are used on one vessel, the maximum total weight of the vessel is _ the number of load cells.
Divided by
Multiplied by
Subtracted from
Added to
_-type strain gauge load cells are used to measure the weight in vertical vessels.
Shear
Compression
Tension
Stay
_ flow is the flow of a bulk solid where all material in a silo flow down toward the bottom at the same rate.
Rathole
Mass
Funnel
Volumetric
_ is the process of discharging water and undesirable accumulated material.
Funnel flow
Free flow
Blowdown
Bridging
A(n) _ is a valve located on a water column used to determine the boiler water level if the gauge glass is not functional.
Try cock
Isolation valve
Blowdown valve
Low water fuel cutoff
Try cocks are typically used for pressures up to _ psi.
15
100
250
600
_ law states that the absolute pressure of a given quantity of a gas varies directly with its absolute temperature provided the volume remains constant.
Boyle's
Charles'
Gay-Lussac's
The combined gas
_ is the quantity of fluid passing a point at a particular moment.
Total flow
Laminar flow
Flow rate
Turbulent flow
The combined gas law shows the relationship between volume, pressure, and _.
Gas
Liquid
Heat
Temperature
Fluid power systems transmit power through a(n) _ hydraulic fluid.
Incompressible
Compressible
Turbulent
Laminar
_ law states that the volume of a given quantity of gas varies directly with its absolute temperature provided the pressure remains constant.
Charles'
Boyle's
Gay-Lussac's
The combined gas
_ is the quantity of fluid that passes a point during a specific time interval.
Flow rate
Total flow
Turbulent flow
Laminar flow
_ law states that the absolute pressure of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with its volume provided the temperature remains constant.
The combined gas
Boyle's
Gay-Lussac's
Charles'
A(n) _ is the ratio between the inertial forces moving a fluid and viscous forces resisting that movement.
Absolute viscosity ratio
Kinematic viscosity ratio
Reynolds number
Turbulent flow profile
_ viscosity is the resistance to flow of a fluid and has units of centipoise (cP).
Absolute
Kinematic
Reynolds
Turbulent
Turbulent flow in pipes typically occurs at Reynolds numbers above about _.
1
500
2000
4000
A primary flow element is a pipeline restriction that causes a(n) used to measure flow.
Voltage signal
Current signal
Pressure drop
Electrical resistance
If the maximum measurable flow rate of a flowmeter is 100 gpm of water and the minimum flow rate is 20 gpm of water, the rangeability is.
2 to 1
5 to 1
5 to 2
10 to 1
