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Flow Rate Uncertainty Analysis

The document provides calculations to estimate the precision of measuring a water flow rate over different time intervals using a scale and stopwatch with given precision levels. It determines that for a time interval of 10 seconds, the uncertainty in measuring a flow rate of 0.2 kg/s would be ±1.6% due to uncertainties of ±1% from time measurement and ±1.25% from mass measurement. For a time interval of 1 minute, the uncertainties are reduced to ±0.167% from time and ±0.208% from mass, yielding a total uncertainty of ±0.267%.

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Flow Rate Uncertainty Analysis

The document provides calculations to estimate the precision of measuring a water flow rate over different time intervals using a scale and stopwatch with given precision levels. It determines that for a time interval of 10 seconds, the uncertainty in measuring a flow rate of 0.2 kg/s would be ±1.6% due to uncertainties of ±1% from time measurement and ±1.25% from mass measurement. For a time interval of 1 minute, the uncertainties are reduced to ±0.167% from time and ±0.208% from mass, yielding a total uncertainty of ±0.267%.

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Problem 1.

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[Difficulty: 2]

Given:

Mass flow rate of water determine by collecting discharge over a timed interval is 0.2 kg/s.

Scales can be read to nearest 0.05 kg. Stopwatch can be read to nearest 0.2 s.

Find: Solution:

Estimate precision of flow rate calculation for time intervals of (a) 10 s, and (b) 1 min. Apply methodology of uncertainty analysis, Appendix F:

&= m
Computing equations:

m t
1

2 2 m m & & t m 2 um u + u & = & m m m & t t m

Thus

& m m 1 = t = 1 and & m m t

& t 2 t m m = 2 = 1 & t m t m

The uncertainties are expected to be half the least counts of the measuring instruments. Tabulating results: Water Time Interval, t (s) Error in t (s) (%) (kg) Uncertainty Collected, in t m Error in m (kg) (%) Uncertainty in m Uncertainty

& in m
(%)

10

0.10

1.0

2.0

0.025

1.25

1.60

60

0.10

0.167

12.0

0.025

0.208

0.267

A time interval of about 15 seconds should be chosen to reduce the uncertainty in results to 1 percent.

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