A pipe of 10 cm inner diameter is used to send crude oil over distance of 400 meters. The entire pipe was laid horizontal. The viscosity of the oil is 10 cp. The density of oil is 800 kg/m3 . a. (20 pts) The desired volumetric flow rate is 0.1 m3 /min. What is the Reynolds number of this flow? Is the flow laminar or turbulent? What is the pressure difference needed to generate this flow rate? b. (15 pts) Three month later, the operator found that they had to triple the pressure difference to maintain the flow rate at 0.1 m3 /min. The operator thought that wax deposition from the oil had reduced the inner diameter of the tube. Based on this assumption, can you estimate the reduced inner diameter of the tube? What is the Reynolds number of the flow?
