What is the difference between wake and recirculation region?
Feb 13, 2016 · If we place a obstacle in the fluid flow, fluid will be circulating behind the obstacle. What is this called? This might be a wake or recirculation region. What is the difference?
How to calculate the time to heat up a tank using recirculating liquid ...
Jan 17, 2019 · My question is about a tank filled with some liquid (properties of the liquid are known and can be considered constant. Specific heat equals 1.5 kJ/(kg.K)). The initial temperature of the liquid in...
chemical engineering - Calculation of residence time in a continuous ...
Jul 21, 2024 · Residence time tells us about the time reactants spend in a reactor. In a CSTR, spacetime is given by consumption upon consumption rate at the exit. Why do we take the rate at the exit only …
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I couldnt find a centrifugal blower to fit the 18psig as per my requirement. I was thinking of improvising, using a Garrett automotive turbocharger, driving it via a gearbox/belt through a motor. Would that be …
Mass balance of a recycle stream - Engineering Stack Exchange
I'm a chemical engineer student and I have just started to learn about mass balance without reaction. This is my problem - I want to find Out the mass composition and mass flowrate of stream Y (...
What is the meaning of vorticity and circulation?
Jul 23, 2016 · In fluid kinematics I can't understand the meaning of these terms : vorticity and circulation. Can somebody give me a description of these terms so that a lay person can understand them easily?
Question About Pumps in Series - Engineering Stack Exchange
Oct 21, 2019 · I have a circulation tank that runs a piping loop out and back in with a motor pump on it to keep fluid constantly agitated in it. I want to add an inlet to the tank, so I can fill it without pour...
structural analysis - Determining zero force members in trusses ...
Oct 28, 2025 · I encountered my problem when trying to determine the diagonal member second from the right in the bottom image. The only conclusion I can come to is that it's a zero force member …
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Dec 17, 2025 · Would an Arduino or a Raspberry PI be a better learning tool for getting experience as a beginner who would like to study Mechanical engineering who has done little to no actual …
Designing for a specific flowrate - Engineering Stack Exchange
Feb 13, 2018 · Many commercial hot water recirculation pumps will do that. Just grabbed one at random - Grundfoss Alpha1 15 40 130. I couldn't fetch the page after I ran their calculator. I used temp of …