What I am trying to do is use a physical actual flow measurement to calculate the efficiency. The compressor is for educational purposes and for the student to basically use what biginch stated in comparison to the actual flow to get volumetric efficiency. So I need some physical way to measure...
I have a two stage air compressor and need to know the inlet airflow. The problem is any standard air flow meter will oscillate too much to be able to get a valid reading since the airflow is not constant. Is there any easy way to get an inlet air flow reading?
After reviewing the replies I ran another test. I have set up the test again putting 10 Watts into the heater. I am covering the heater in a tunnel like lexan square so there is no forced convection from air movement. I let the cylinder heat up for 30 min to ensure that it has reached steady...
I am running a free Convection heat transfer experiment in which I am trying to determine the heat transfer coefficient of a long horizontal cylinder. The experiment requires that I find this coefficient by means of measuring the surface temperature and using that along with the ambient...
