Question: A new mixer design for use in a chemical process plant is to be modelled using water at a temperature of 2 0 oC .

A new mixer design for use in a chemical process plant is to be modelled using water at a temperature of 20oC . The model is to be at 1:2 scale. The full scale device will handle a chemical solution which has a density of 846kgm-3 and a kinematic viscosity of 4x10-6m2/s. The flow rate of water in the model is chosen so that the model behaviour is dynamically similar to a flow rate of 0.3m3s-1 of chemical solution in the full scale device.
If the pressure drop through the model mixer is 14kPa, what will be the corresponding pressure drop (in kPa) in the full scale prototype? (the kinematic viscosity of water is 1.12x10-6 m2/s; give your answer in kPa)

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