Abasket strainer is installed in a 15-cm diameter pipe. Pressuregauges are installed immediately upstream and downstream of thebasket strainer. When water flows at 100 m3/hr, the pressure gaugeimmediately upstream of the basket strainer measures 1 bar.
a. When the basket strainer is clean, the pressure immediatelydownstream measures 0.9 bar. Calculate the local loss coefficientof the clean basket strainer.
b. When the pressure drops across the basket strainer by half(i.e., to 0.5 bar after the strainer)at the 100 m3/hr flow rate, itis removed for cleaning. What is the local loss coefficient of thebasket strainer at this point?