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O.k. got an argument to solve. Physics/Hydraulics.
O.k. got an argument to solve.
Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
"Jeepers" wrote in message
... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress |
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. Jeez, *there* was a screwed-up description. Let me try again: When you start to fill the top barrel, filling it through the bottom bung will require less pressure than filling it through the top bung. Sorry. Ed Huntress |
Except for the three feet of additional head to get the water up the the top
hole, the pressures are the same. If you include the height of the barrel, it would actually require less pressure to fill the barrel from the bottom than pumping the water up to the top of the barrel first, at least until the barrel is full. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love America "Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote: When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress So, actually filling the barrel would require more force to use the top hole? Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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... In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress So, actually filling the barrel would require more force to use the top hole? Yes, by a small amount. Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g The pressure required depends only on the vertical height of the water column -- the head -- not on the volume of water. The pressure required is the same whether you're filling a mason jar or a 55-gal. drum. And it's the same whether you're filling it through a fire hose or a soda straw. Ed Huntress |
Fill it from the bottom, you will be raising the total volume of water less
than if you fill from the top. " O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote: So, actually filling the barrel would require more force to use the top hole? Yes, by a small amount. Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g I never had high school physics :^( Why I asked ;^) O.K. At this point I admit I'm no doctor of physics. I also have to admit it was my idea to install the top fill bung thinking it would be easier to fill because I wouldn't be filling against a barrel full of water. So I lose the argument. HOWEVER... I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. Thanks! The pressure required depends only on the vertical height of the water column -- the head -- not on the volume of water. The pressure required is the same whether you're filling a mason jar or a 55-gal. drum. And it's the same whether you're filling it through a fire hose or a soda straw. Ed Huntress -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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... In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: So, actually filling the barrel would require more force to use the top hole? Yes, by a small amount. Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g I never had high school physics :^( Why I asked ;^) O.K. At this point I admit I'm no doctor of physics. I also have to admit it was my idea to install the top fill bung thinking it would be easier to fill because I wouldn't be filling against a barrel full of water. So I lose the argument. HOWEVER... I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. Thanks! Well, you may not have studied physics, but it sounds like you did pretty well in common sense. I wouldn't want to try to re-attach that hose, either. d8-) FWIW, I don't know exactly how high a 55-gal drum is, but if it's, say, 4 feet, the difference in pressure required to fill it from the top versus the bottom is only around 1.5 psi. And that only applies when the barrel is empty, and you're just starting to fill it. When the water reaches the top of the barrel, the required pressure is the same whether you're filling from the top or the bottom. So it makes no practical difference, if you intend to fill the barrel. It may fill a little faster from the bottom but you still need the same amount of pump pressure to fill it to the top. Happy hunting. Ed Huntress |
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Jeepers wrote: water. So I lose the argument. HOWEVER... I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. And you have thus found the difference between engineering and physics. Physics correctly states that it's less effort/energy to fill the tankt throught the bottom hole. Engineering notes that it's not that much more energy/effrot, and that there are other considerations in the practial implementation in favor of the upper hole. -- Cats, Coffee, Chocolate...vices to live by |
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"Jeepers" wrote: (clip)I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I suggest filling through the same hose that you use to drain. If you put on a Tee and a valve, you get the best of both worlds. (1.)Slightly less pumping pressure during filling (2,) You don't need an extra hose running to the top of the drum (3.) You don't have to deal with a hose full of water that's trying to drain the tank while you're hooking it up. |
Ed Huntress wrote:
"Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress Hey Ed, what about the added FLOW backpressure in the longer hose needed to reach the upper bung. That might increase the pumping pressure required when filling through the upper bung, huh? The OP did distinguish them as the "lower fill hose" and the "upper fill hose" so I've got a perfectly valid reason to conclude that he's describing two different length hoses. G (Course they might be two different diameters too.....Aw ferget it...) Jeff P.S. while I'm here, can someone point me to a chart or formula to find for the flow rate of water out of the end of a known diameter horizontal pipe based on how far the end is above the ground and how far away from the end the water stream impinges on the ground. (Don't tell me to put a bucket on the ground and time it, I know how to do that already G) Thanks guys, -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public schools" |
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:08:03 -0500, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
P.S. while I'm here, can someone point me to a chart or formula to find for the flow rate of water out of the end of a known diameter horizontal pipe based on how far the end is above the ground and how far away from the end the water stream impinges on the ground. (Don't tell me to put a bucket on the ground and time it, I know how to do that already G) Thanks guys, -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The flow (GPM = gallons/minute) from a horizontal pipe of (inside) diameter d (in) can be estimated by measuring how far from horizontal the stream has dropped, y (in), at a distance x (in) from the end of the pipe and using the formula GPM = 2.56 * x * d * d / sqrt(y). Regards, Marv (brass rat '63 VIII) Home Shop Freeware - Tools for People Who Build Things http://www.geocities.com/mklotz.geo -- HSM Freeware Programs at http://www.geocities.com/mklotz.geo |
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"Leo Lichtman" wrote: I suggest filling through the same hose that you use to drain. If you put on a Tee and a valve, you get the best of both worlds. (1.)Slightly less pumping pressure during filling (2,) You don't need an extra hose running to the top of the drum (3.) You don't have to deal with a hose full of water that's trying to drain the tank while you're hooking it up. Fair enough, but I'll need a one way valve on the T and THAT will increase the needed force, right? I suppose I could use a valve instead so I can just open the valve and pump. -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Fill it from the bottom, you will be raising the total volume of water
less than if you fill from the top. Forgot to add if you climb to the top of the barrel you will also be closer to the moon. " O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Ahernwill" wrote: Forgot to add if you climb to the top of the barrel you will also be closer to the moon. Oh, hell, I knew THAT already. -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
In article , Ed Huntress says...
So, actually filling the barrel would require more force to use the top hole? Yes, by a small amount. Which is the distance between the top of the barrel and the outlet of the hose which is above the barrel's top rim. If the hose were looped up over the top and dropped into the bottom of the barrel, they would be exactly the same once the flow became continous - not counting the flow resistance of the hose. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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"Tim Williams" wrote: Oh, hell, I knew THAT already. Unless the moon is over China. Then you are farther. ;o) Tim But I'm IN China! -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Tim Williams" wrote: Filling it from empty to full, it will average an 8' head. You can calculate that vs. weight and use gravitational potential energy (there's your big phrase for the day) to determine how much mechanical energy it will take. Tim No, YOU do the calculation. It's all that "cakeelatin" that I'm no good at. I just wanna know who won the argument and how to do the job right. Which is easier to do, fill through the bung on the side near the top or through the bung on the side near the bottom. -- Member AAAAAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse And Also Ambiguity. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:50:08 -0800, Jeepers wrote
(in message ): In article , "Tim Williams" wrote: Which is easier to do, fill through the bung on the side near the top or through the bung on the side near the bottom. With a difference in head distance of only three to four feet there is no PRACTICAL difference. As long as the pump(s) you have are doing the job, and as long as you don't want to futz with changing hoses and valves in the outlet side, just keep filling it through the top. Roger in Vegas Worlds Greatest Impulse Buyer |
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You put both in a room (they must be male). On the other side of the room stands a beautiful, naked woman. You explain that the woman will approach them, but will only cover half of the remaining distance with each step. The scientist immediately loses interest, because he knows that mathematically she will never get to him. The engineer, however, remains interested, because he knows she will get "close enough". -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love America "Ecnerwal" wrote in message ... In article , Jeepers wrote: water. So I lose the argument. HOWEVER... I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. And you have thus found the difference between engineering and physics. Physics correctly states that it's less effort/energy to fill the tankt throught the bottom hole. Engineering notes that it's not that much more energy/effrot, and that there are other considerations in the practial implementation in favor of the upper hole. -- Cats, Coffee, Chocolate...vices to live by |
"Leo Lichtman" wrote in
: "Jeepers" wrote: (clip)I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I suggest filling through the same hose that you use to drain. If you put on a Tee and a valve, you get the best of both worlds. (1.)Slightly less pumping pressure during filling (2,) You don't need an extra hose running to the top of the drum (3.) You don't have to deal with a hose full of water that's trying to drain the tank while you're hooking it up. And now folks...in addition to the Scientist and the Engineer, we have the layman who has to work with the contraption on a daily basis, and is the only person who 'really' knows what the hell is going on. -- Anthony You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make better idiots. Remove sp to reply via email |
"Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/21_610.html The static pressure of a column of fluid depends on only the height and the specific gravity of the fluid. Therefore, the hose filled with the water would create the same pressure at the bottom as the equivalent height of a 55 gallon drum filled with water. So the idea that all that water wanting to come down is going to be harder to push against than the hose filled with water is false. The bottom bunghole would require less force, until you filled it to the top, at which point they would be roughly equal. In terms of total work done, which was not the question, a lot of energy would be wasted filling from the top, since the added potential energy of the water would be converted into kinetic energy falling into the barrel, which doesn't help us fill our barrel. |
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
... Ed Huntress wrote: "Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress Hey Ed, what about the added FLOW backpressure in the longer hose needed to reach the upper bung. That might increase the pumping pressure required when filling through the upper bung, huh? I think you have just overengineered the problem, Jeff, and your market share is headed for China. g The OP did distinguish them as the "lower fill hose" and the "upper fill hose" so I've got a perfectly valid reason to conclude that he's describing two different length hoses. G (Course they might be two different diameters too.....Aw ferget it...) Ok. Ed Huntress |
It takes 1 lb of pressure to push a column of water 27.8" up.
Roughly figure 1 lb of pressure =2 feet of rise so it would take a little less then 5 lbs of pressure to push water up 10 feet. "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: "Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? When you start to fill the top barrel, the pressure required will be less than for filling it through the top hose. When the top barrel is nearly filled, the pressure required will be the same either way. It isn't a matter of how much water is in the top barrel. It's a matter of the head -- the vertical distance the water has to be pushed up. That works out to roughly 15 psi for every 39 feet of vertical head, if you want to calculate the required pressure. You could complicate things by sticking the hose in the top bung and letting it hang down inside the top barrel, but please don't. g Ed Huntress Hey Ed, what about the added FLOW backpressure in the longer hose needed to reach the upper bung. That might increase the pumping pressure required when filling through the upper bung, huh? I think you have just overengineered the problem, Jeff, and your market share is headed for China. g The OP did distinguish them as the "lower fill hose" and the "upper fill hose" so I've got a perfectly valid reason to conclude that he's describing two different length hoses. G (Course they might be two different diameters too.....Aw ferget it...) Ok. Ed Huntress |
Subject: O.k. got an argument to solve. Physics/Hydraulics.
From: "invntrr" Date: 25/11/04 03:02 GMT Standard Time Message-id: yXbpd.3540$6m2.2539@trnddc04 It takes 1 lb of pressure to push a column of water 27.8" up. Roughly figure 1 lb of pressure =2 feet of rise so it would take a little less then 5 lbs of pressure to push water up 10 feet. The lb isn't a unit of pressure. It's a unit of force. But then we know that you know that we know that you know you meant lb per square inch. -- Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines (www.pumaracing.co.uk) |
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"Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/21_610.html The static pressure of a column of fluid depends on only the height and the specific gravity of the fluid. Therefore, the hose filled with the water would create the same pressure at the bottom as the equivalent height of a 55 gallon drum filled with water. So the idea that all that water wanting to come down is going to be harder to push against than the hose filled with water is false. The bottom bunghole would require less force, until you filled it to the top, at which point they would be roughly equal. In terms of total work done, which was not the question, a lot of energy would be wasted filling from the top, since the added potential energy of the water would be converted into kinetic energy falling into the barrel, which doesn't help us fill our barrel. If an ammeter were connected to the pump, would there be increased 'draw' as the pump works harder and harder to overcome the increasing weight of water in the drum (440 lbs (avoir) when fully filled)? Connection to the bottom bung. If you compare a stream of water exiting a hose that's looped over the top and laid into the bottom of the barrel (so that you're siphoning the water out of the barrel) to a stream of water fed from the bottom bung - which would go farther? Which would have the greater force (psi?)? Which connection will give great pressure in the cabin- top or bottom bung? Phil, Bklyn. |
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om... If an ammeter were connected to the pump, would there be increased 'draw' as the pump works harder and harder to overcome the increasing weight of water in the drum (440 lbs (avoir) when fully filled)? It has nothing to do with the weight of water in the drum. The pressure required is based on the height of the water column -- what is commonly called the "head" in hydraulics problems like this. The pump would have to work harder as the height of the head above the pump increased. But it would be the same amount of extra work whether the column was a hose or a big drum -- or a city reservoir, for that matter. As I mentioned in an earlier message, this is counter-intuitive to many people. A few physics experiments and demos often are devoted to it in high school physics classes. A lot of us are surprised when we see it at work. It relates to all kinds of useful, practical problems, and it's worth looking it up and spending an hour or so to understand it. Connection to the bottom bung. If you compare a stream of water exiting a hose that's looped over the top and laid into the bottom of the barrel (so that you're siphoning the water out of the barrel) to a stream of water fed from the bottom bung - which would go farther? Which would have the greater force (psi?)? The force in both cases depends upon the height of the outflow end of the hose. If they're both located the same distance below the bottom of the barrel, they both supply water at the same pressure. All of this neglects the friction of water in the hose. It's best to ignore that at this stage of discussion. At small flow rates, there would be no difference in pressure whether the hose was fed by siphon, over the top of the barrel, or tapped from the bottom of the barrel. That is, if the heights of the outflow ends of the two hoses are the same. Which connection will give great pressure in the cabin- top or bottom bung? They both give the same pressure. At high flow rates, the shorter hose will give more volume and pressure, due to friction inside the hose. But don't be distracted by that. The static pressure in both would be the same, and the actual pressure at modest flow rates, for all practical purposes, would be the same. Ed Huntress |
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Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g The pressure required depends only on the vertical height of the water column -- the head -- not on the volume of water. The pressure required is the same whether you're filling a mason jar or a 55-gal. drum. And it's the same whether you're filling it through a fire hose or a soda straw. Only if you presuppose a zero flow rate. Fluid resistance will be higher in the soda straw for any real flow rate. [I have no Idea what additional force is required to keep the fire hose from collapsing to it's flat shape is either.] OTOH the WORK required is always higher to fill through the top bung. jk |
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... "Ed Huntress" wrote: Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g The pressure required depends only on the vertical height of the water column -- the head -- not on the volume of water. The pressure required is the same whether you're filling a mason jar or a 55-gal. drum. And it's the same whether you're filling it through a fire hose or a soda straw. Only if you presuppose a zero flow rate. Again, that's a complication that doesn't address the basic principle that was being asked. d8-) Ed Huntress |
"Phil Gilson" wrote in message om... "ATP" wrote in message ... "Jeepers" wrote in message ... O.k. got an argument to solve. Have a 55 gal. barrel, on a 8 to 10 foot tall platform (to provide water in deer camp). It has three bungs. One on the bottom side (drain/flow). Two on the top side. One for vent, one for fill. There is another barrel in the bed of a pickup, full of water. There are two pumps, one hand diaphragm type or one typical 12v bilge type. This is the source of water to fill the high barrel. The argument is that the water can be just as easily pumped into the barrel through the drain bung, from below, as it could be through the top fill bung. There is an assertion that the pressure inside the hose is greater in the lower fill hose than in the upper fill hose, due to the weight of the water in the barrel as it fills. Which, if any, fill location would require more or less force to fill this barrel: the top hole or the bottom hole? http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/21_610.html The static pressure of a column of fluid depends on only the height and the specific gravity of the fluid. Therefore, the hose filled with the water would create the same pressure at the bottom as the equivalent height of a 55 gallon drum filled with water. So the idea that all that water wanting to come down is going to be harder to push against than the hose filled with water is false. The bottom bunghole would require less force, until you filled it to the top, at which point they would be roughly equal. In terms of total work done, which was not the question, a lot of energy would be wasted filling from the top, since the added potential energy of the water would be converted into kinetic energy falling into the barrel, which doesn't help us fill our barrel. If an ammeter were connected to the pump, would there be increased 'draw' as the pump works harder and harder to overcome the increasing weight of water in the drum (440 lbs (avoir) when fully filled)? Connection to the bottom bung. It's displacing some water but really not "lifting up" 440 lbs of water. |
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"jk" wrote in message ... "Ed Huntress" wrote: Does the head not include larger amount of water in the barrel? No, and this is the part that sounds counter-intuitive, which is why a question based on this point often shows up on high-school Physics exams. g The pressure required depends only on the vertical height of the water column -- the head -- not on the volume of water. The pressure required is the same whether you're filling a mason jar or a 55-gal. drum. And it's the same whether you're filling it through a fire hose or a soda straw. Only if you presuppose a zero flow rate. Again, that's a complication that doesn't address the basic principle that was being asked. d8-) Ed Huntress Basic rule for firefighters running hose; The longer the lay the greater the friction. Try telling that to a bunch of smartassed recruits. Ken. -- http://www.rupert.net/~solar Return address supplied by 'spammotel' http://www.spammotel.com |
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Phil Gilson wrote: [ ... ] If an ammeter were connected to the pump, would there be increased 'draw' as the pump works harder and harder to overcome the increasing weight of water in the drum (440 lbs (avoir) when fully filled)? Connection to the bottom bung. It would increase proportional to the increasing *height* of the water -- but it would not get as high as in the case of pumping water over the top of the drum. Remember that that 440 lbs would be pressing on the entire bottom of the drum, while the bung would represent about 3.14 square inches (assuming the bung was 2" diameter). And the hose would be even smaller, (only 0.916 square inches for 1/2" ID. What's the diameter of the drum's inside? Something like 20"? If that is right, then it has an area of 314.16 square inches, so the hose has only 1/1600th of the area of the drum -- so (at the level of the bottom of the drum) it would have only a force equivalent to 0.275 pounds. It does not make any difference what the size of the drum is, only the height of the water in it, so the hose passing up beside it would have the same pressure (pounds per square inch) as the water from the bottom bung only when the level of the water in the hose reaches the level of the top of the water *in* the drum. If you want to prove this, take a drum, with the fitting in the bottom connected to a clear hose, which is brought up beside the drum. Fill the drum to say 3/4 full. Now, look at the water in the hose beside the drum. It will be at the same level as that in the drum -- no matter what the difference is between the diameters. If it worked as you seem to expect, the water in the drum would overbalance that in the hose, and the water level would be much higher in the hose -- or go spraying out the top of the hose, if there were not sufficient length. It doesn't, so the pressure (pounds per square inch) is independent of the size of the drum or the hose. Yes, the overall force on the bottom of the drum would be larger, because there are so many more square inches there. If you compare a stream of water exiting a hose that's looped over the top and laid into the bottom of the barrel (so that you're siphoning the water out of the barrel) to a stream of water fed from the bottom bung - which would go farther? Which would have the greater force (psi?)? There, you would be losing some flow to the friction of the water inside the hose. Other than that, it would be the same, because the water in each side of the loop will be balancing that in the other side. Which connection will give great pressure in the cabin- top or bottom bung? In the cabin? You mean which would give more flow to fill the drinking glasses? Other than the friction in the hose, it should be equal -- until the water gets below the level of the top bung. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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wrote back on Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:32:27 -0600 in rec.crafts.metalworking : I never had high school physics :^( Why I asked ;^) O.K. At this point I admit I'm no doctor of physics. I also have to admit it was my idea to install the top fill bung thinking it would be easier to fill because I wouldn't be filling against a barrel full of water. So I lose the argument. HOWEVER... I also want to leave the hose attached to the top fill bung so I don't have to re-attach a water filled, running, hose back to the cabin. Actually, while it may not be "easier" to pump water the additional distance to the top, the "hydrostatic load" is less. May not be a problem when you are pumping into an empty barrel, but when you start pumping fluid into a full pipeline, it isn't going to move. Pressure builds as water doesn't compress, and until the stationary water "gets out of the way" there is no place for the new water to go. I learned about this from a biography of Mr LeTournou, who learned it the hard way by coming back the next day and switching the pump back on, at full power. I don't remember if he blew out the pump or a piece of pipe, but it was a very expensive lesson Thanks! -- pyotr filipivich. as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." |
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says... I learned about this from a biography of Mr LeTournou, Is that french for "Hydraulic Lock?" :^) Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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