CHAPTER : 001 ( SYPHONING )
"Long time no seeđ" THIS TOPIC SHALL GREATLY COMPLIMENT THE BREAK FROM BLOGGING"
Syphoning is one such topic which would be avoided even by the best of teachers, considering the versatility it provides from conventional turbomachinery it is not something to be ignored. It is quite simple if you had the following pre requisites
Hydrostatic pressure & atmospheric pressure
Vacuum
Curiosity đ
A Little about pre-requisites and a lot about Syphoning ......
Under the influence of atmospheric pressure different liquids act differently basing on their density and cohesion( For example Ethyl acetate cane rise up to 9 meters where as Mercury rises 760 mm) .....Wait, 760 mmHg seems so familiar to us, right? You might have come across this while studying barometer functioning. The technique of syphoning is 50% related / dependent on the core functioning of a barometer (//Opiniated) so explaining both together will provide better understanding .......Let us together evaluate various scenarios.
SCENARIO-1
From fig-1 where a test tube is fully filled with mercury and the tube is then inverted in the bath of similar fluid. Where you will be noticing a gap at the top which is vacuum ( note that the vacuum is not exactly 760mmHg gauge, depending on the vapor pressure of the process fluid respective changes are common .Consider taking Methylene dichloride it happily quotes "Vacuum my a**đđ").You can observe that a portion of fluid rising a certain height in the figure 1( on the left of arrow).
Will the fluid rise when a pipe with openings on both ends is used instead of a test tube ??? (refer fig-2 ) No it won't .
Why ??
That brings us to scenario -2
SCENARIO-2
The answer to WHY is very simple "atmospheric pressure alone cannot fulfill the requirements for a syphon. "
Gravity is the other half for the "technique of syphoning" to work , As we know that gravity is always there it is just about the way we make better use of it. So try setting up fig -2 as shown in fig-3 .........Trust me it works (đ€)(Did it personally at my workplace .....Will try shooting a video if they don't sue međ đ„Ž). Make sure that H2>H1 (to avoid center of mass)
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Every thing seems good when we try syphoning at small scale (i.e filling the pipe with liquid and dipping one end in water rich source and the other in T-2).But when doing it with liquids at a bigger scale it will not be feasible to fill the whole pipe and then start syphoning .
So, you can employ these methods to start syphon( which has been the most interesting part for me to write a blog about it..)
Using things like bellows to create vacuum .
Pushing it so hard that the air breaks (đ© don't get me wrong)out of the pipe allowing liquid to pass through the vacuum that you created(Still gigglingđđ).
To better understand syphoning try it yourself (Always better than this blog)............Happy that you have shown interest in reading my shittt(Hope its notđ) with CURIOSITY
REFERENCES
1.) Little from youtube
2.) Neocortex of my brain
SPECIAL MENTIONS
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