Question: Figure 6 : a ) Fire hydrant with a cap gauge b ) Illustration of water flow in a pipe to the hydrant i .

Figure 6: a) Fire hydrant with a cap gauge
b) Illustration of water flow in a pipe to the hydrant
i. In one observation, a cap gauge connected to the hydrant in front of the BIUST Administration block gave a reading of 400kPa, the temperature of the water was 30C, whilst the barometer reading at the weather station behind the block was 100kPa. Compute how much was the hydraulic head (h) for that hydrant?
ii. Calculate the water pressure at node x(Figure 3 b) causing such a hydraulic head [2]
iii. If the water temperature could drop to 10C in winter, perform a calculation to check if the cap gauge would give a different reading from that obtained in a) above?
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Figure 6 : a ) Fire hydrant with a cap gauge b )

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