I am really grateful for this video. I am taking a course that just said, "make a venturi". So I googled it, wiki'ed it, and was still lost. A video is worth a trillion words. Well demonstrated. Thank you.
This is a fantastic video. I learn best with examples, and when learning a new concept, displaying several examples really paints the picture. Thank you.
The principle is also used in old chemistry labs to provide vacuum for rotary evaporators. An adapter is connected to a faucet to create the vacuum. Wastes a good deal of water in the process.
It's specifically much more the venturi effect than the bernuli principle. The bernulli effect is about energy conservation, whereas this is about mixing of air streams. That's why a vernturi pump is a venturi pump, not a bernulli pump.
You sir, are an artist and genius. I thoroughly enjoy your channel. Every video is a fascinating gem. Thank you for sharing your many varied creations.
A Pelican fountain pen. Bought it in Germany Nice no nonsense fountain pens, work way better than the parker fountain pens (which are mostly for status)
Pelikan, with the regular blue Pelikan ink. Pelikan makes the best fountain pens. Plain, simple and relatively inexpensive, but they write way better than expensive Parker pens.
Have been looking around for a good explanation of the Venturi effect since I've heard sports cars use it...this has been the most intuitive explanation I've found so far. Thanks! :)
You know the bucket of water with the hose pipe experiment you demonstrated, if you swapped the hose pipe with an airline like you used for the saw dust, I'm guessing that's what you're explaining? Water's way more dense than air, so the energy will dissipate and not push the water out as quick as water to water would... makes sense.
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Thank you good sir for demonstrating the venturi effect and giving a thorough explanation. It make a lot of sense now with what I am learning in the lab :)
The explanation of what happens is accurate. This name of the effect is, however, turbulent mixing, not the Venturi effect. The Venturi effect is the decrease in pressure at a restriction according to Bernoulli's law. This can also be used to create a low pressure, but it does not require turbulence nor viscosity. Thanks for the demonstration.
As Matt Wallace pointed out, you have confounded Bernoulli's principle with the Venturi effect. Bernoulli's principle is that pressure decreases when velocity of a fluid increases. The Venturi effect is a consequence of Bernoulli's principle in the special case of a fluid flowing through a constricted pipe. It states that a fluid that does not compress will lose fluid pressure at the constriction. It results because the fluid must move faster in a narrow pipe than a wide pipe to move an equivalent volume which leads to a lower pressure by Bernoulli's principle. You provided some very neat demonstrations of Bernoulli's principle, and a couple of them may incidentally also involve the Venturi effect, but Matt Wallace is correct, this video should be titled "Bernoulli's Principle."
Excellent work; I'm going to use a clip of the first example with the paper tube for part of a presentation as an example of the venturi effect and how it relates to my research. Thank you!
Since your spray gun hose (straw) is placed in front of the compressed air nozzle, I would argue that the drop in pressure is caused by the Bernoulli Effect - fluids in an area moving faster than the the surrounding area possess less pressure. Since the air moving across the top of the straw is moving so quickly, the pressure drops and causes suction through the straw. Granted, I was a music major and my knowledge of the Bernoulli Effect is limited to its effect on vocal folds! Also granted, I had never heard of the Venturi Effect until just now. Thanks for learning me so good!
Matt Wallace Well, since all the air around me isn't moving either, I should then experience a tremendous vacuum from all the air that is not moving, according to your explanation.
Matthias Wandel Matt Wallace The Venturi effect is a subset/example of the Bernoulli Principal. Either can be explained by particle replacement or the pressure/speed-of-flow relationship. Matthias, going off of Matt's explanation, we do experience pressure (not vacumm) from the air that is not moving ~1 atm of pressure. That applied pressure is actually quite important for biological functions! Some people can actually feel pressure differences caused by storm systems because the pressure inside their body is not equalized properly and then the pressure differential is then felt as a force on their joints, for example.
Matthias Wandel Bernoulli's equation is a relation between speed and pressure along a single streamline, that is, a path taken by particles through the fluid. It's not valid in this case because Andrew is trying to compare different streamlines, and because the flow is unsteady. (In fact, the pressure in the jet is more or less atmospheric!) The suction is (as you stated) due to the deceleration of the jet due to turbulence, which causes a rising pressure gradient. Since the air at the far end of the tube is atmospheric, the air at the jet end is must be below atmospheric pressure, hence suction. Your friendly neighbourhood engineering student
+Matt Wallace Bernoulli: Fluid pressure is inverse to velocity. Venturi: Fluid pressure in a pipe reduces in a constriction. Since we are talking in very oversimplified terms (compared to actually modeling this with CFD and being realistic about what is happening here), the process would be: #1. The ID of the pipe is expanded when it exits the nozzle into the paper towel roll - most directly relevant to the Venturi principle which relates fluid pressure to pipe ID. #2. The high velocity fluid pushes out the air inside the paper towel roll, and this high velocity compared to the static atmospheric air creates a pocket of low pressure (Bernoulli- ish), which creates a pressure differential that moves air up to fill behind it. That relationship is also the result of the conservation of mass (mass flux in needs to equal mass flux out, the high velocity air going out x the cross sectional area needs to be equal to the velocity of the air entering x the same cross section). It is probably best to phrase this system in the context of the conservation of mass because applying Bernoullis has a lot of requirements, which they would not discuss in music. For example, Bernoullis only applies to inviscid flow, but all fluid is viscous so it will have viscous forces along the inner walls of the paper towel (in the boundary layer). So Bernoullis could only apply outside the boundary layer, and in a pipe this small the boundary layer is significant. Source: Fluid mechanics is a subset of mech engr, I have BSME, MSME
+CoolRiffz Not sure if i understand (english is not my native language...), but Bernoulli principle can be related with limitations in flow, derived from pressure drop (that comes from viscous limitations) and pressure gains (inputs, pumps, for example). So you can apply in every system, taking in account the real limitations on a system.
IIRC the Bernoulli equation relates the speed of a fluid to it's drop in pressure, assuming density and temperature are unchanged. The Venturi effect is when you constrict a fluid stream, causing the fluid speed to increase so the pressure drops. A jet of air is using entrainment to transfer momentum to the ambient air mass, and may be higher or lower pressure than ambient depending on the nozzle orifice. Basically, this video is showing a whole bunch of physical effects!
I think that's how carburetors work. The engine pulls in air by the vacuum created from the piston on the intake stroke, and then the flow of air causes the fuel to come up to be mixed with the air (like your spray gun example). :)
The Venturi effect is shown here. You have to have a high moving air stream for the Venturi effect to even take place hence the air compressor. Take the paper towel roll in the first part of video as the restriction or the narrow part in a closed tube system and the surrounding air around it as the larger tube that you described. The same principle is applied here.
it doesnt create a negative pressure, it creates a low pressure zone in the fast moving air.. the ambient pressure in the straw is what pushes out to meet the lower pressure zone
just trying to help you keep it real. you created a lower pressure zone. vacuum does nothing, pressure does the work. dont you remember this from school?? in physics its good to get the terminology correct.
It's not pedantry to say your video is factually inaccurate. It might not seem important once you understand the principle but for kids or beginners coming into fluid dynamics the wrong terminology can really set them back in understanding the basics. They need to realise that it isn't 'negative' pressure, it is merely a lower pressure than the surrounding fluid.
FYI, this application of the Venturi effect is known as an injector, there is a neat Wikipedia article on such devices. They used to be used to pump water into the boilers of steam locomotives using high pressure steam from the boiler.
By your reasoning, the direction that I blow the air wouldn't matter Bernoulli's principle is about conservation of energy in one flow, whereas this is about mixing of streams of fluid. Try thinking a bit more and parroting a bit less.
Sir Wandel this is my correction, Venturi effect describes drop of static pressure in fluid entering a narrower tube from a wider tube, Coanda effect describes a drop of pressure in ambient fluid around a jet of fast moving fluid I'm a big fan
Man I wish I was as smart as Matthias ... I could do fun crazy things like this without either burning myself, or burning the house down... I love watching you fun videos like this
A real venturi action is helped a lot by a narrowing passage.. like all the carburators have. The tube narrows and when it enlarges again there is a drop of air pressure and an increase of air speed.. The Homelite Shop Service Manual says: "Carburator design is based on the venturi principle which is that a gas or a liquid flowing through a neckde-down section ( venturi) in a passage undergoes an increased in speed and a decrease in pressure as compared to its speed and pressure in the full section of the passage. "
I get the venturi effect now. I've heard of it in a number of contexts all my life but, really did not know what it was exactly. What I see happening is that you're creating a relative low pressure zone in the top of the straw which creates a vacuum which draws up the liquid or gas. Very cool.
In the sawdust (injection) pump, the compressed air pushes air out of the top section of the cylinder thereby reducing the pressure in the lower section, as you describe. It operates on the principle of induced current, not the Venturi effect (there is no Venturi tube). Likewise for the hose in the bucket. The flame thrower is an atomizer nozzle. While some atomizers use a Venturi tube, this one doesn't and relies solely on the Bernoulli effect.
Scott, This is better known as Bernoulli's principle which your teacher might recognize. It's the principle that makes aircraft fly (heavier than air craft anyway) cauburetors work, and atomizers such as the "Flame Thrower" that Mr. Wandel demonstrated very well. Also deep water wells with a surface pump use the same principle. N
That is also how a steam injector works for getting water pumped into a pressurized boiler (eg on a powerplant or a steam locomotive) and how a Giesl ejector creates a draft in the boiler of a steam locomotive. Airbrushes and many paint guns uses this to propel the paint.
Ronin, the Venturi effect describes how fluid accelerates when traveling from a larger area to a smaller one via conservation of matter. The Bernoulli effect describes the pressure difference between fluids with different speeds. Therefore, it is the Bernoulli effect that is drawing in the surrounding air, not the Venturi.
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There are airplanes that have pumps with no moving parts called ejector pumps (or eductor pumps, or jet pumps) that operate on the principle shown in the video. Some fuel is diverted from the engine-driven high pressure pump, plumbed all the way to the tank where a small volume is ejected inside the tank through a narrow nozzle at high speed. A larger volume of fuel is drawn out of the tank and taken back to the engine - where it ends up going through the engine pump again. Any given parcel of fuel may actually circulate a few times around this loop before finally being pumped into the engine.
I know this is an old video, but could the exhaust port of a vacuum be hooked up to the intake port of a vacuum to increase the suction effect using the Venturi effect? Or is there diminishing returns?
The missing key is a narrowing tube. Without that it is not utilizing the Venturi Effect. However, I can see how one could consider the outside as an infinitely large tube. In any case, the Venturi tube is specialized application of Bernoulli's principle.
A darker example of this, is the dangers of working near large gas and water transmission lines. I’ve seen a few videos and stories of people getting sucked into pipelines when there is a breach. Same risk is being in the vicinity of active jet engines.
Also, bernoulli's principle. Fast moving air has less pressure than slower moving air, so the air in the straw is pushed out to replace the difference in pressure due to the difference in velocity.
Thanks for this - studying for a pilot’s license and this helped to (finally) conceptualize this. Got a video for aerodynamic lift / Bernoulli’s Principle?
hi, what a great video !! very interesting effect that a few people in the diy gas turbine forums are looking at, to use as a argumentation for there gas turbine engines. either running dry or using a afterburner.i was talking to someone in regards for using this to help the thrust on there jet powered gokarts .i really liked the way you explained it, and made it very clear. regards jon
Matthias, you are a clever man and you do and make interesting and clever things. Two things. First, in this case, though, you are incorrect in assigning your observations to the “Venturi” effect. What you are demonstrating and dealing with is described by Bernoulli’s equations and is more aptly described as the “Bernoulli effect”. A venturi is a specific application, if you will, of Bernoulli’s equations and describes a tube with a restriction that increases the velocity of the flow of a fluid in the tube resulting in lower pressure in the region of increase velocity. The “Venturi Effect” is based on Bernoulli’s equations, not the other way around. Your “mixing of streams” does not fly if you think about it. Were you to constrict the end of your paper tube that is “sucking” the saw dust up, the tube would collapse do to the reduced pressure caused by the high velocity air flow from your compressor. No Venturi tube involved, all Bernoulli. To effectively “mix” the the fluid streams you would have to accelerate the static fluid by means other than the lowered pressure described by Bernoulli, and I see no additional equipment, air jets…... There is some mixing at the boundary layer but that is not what creates the lowered pressure and “vacuuming” action in your demonstration. Anyway, do a bit of research and don’t tell people to “try thinking a bit more...” until you’ve done the same. Second, I own Pelikan, Sheaffer, Parker, Waterman, Pilot, Eversharp and other fountain pens. They are all nice writing instruments and I have as many, if not more, issues with Pelikan as I have with Parker and the rest. Parkers are not “just for show” they are nice writing instrument made by another company and the overall price point of Parker is significantly lower than Pelikan.
At what point in the video does he tell people to "try thinking a bit more"? And why are you talking about fountain pens? I don't recall these being mentioned at all
zakkyummms No need to be sarcastic, but then again you didn't say much either, I was making fun, and if you don't like it don't click that reply button.
What you would have to do is downsize the size of the suction hose going to the insulation to create more vacuum force. You could make a venturi out of PVC pipe, and try the air from reversing a large vacuum, but I think you would most likely need compressed air to do it correctly.
You refreshed a memory of a modified Preval sprayer someone showed me how to make in my 1st yrs. of work. Same premise as the airhose mod., just attach tube to a screw on replaceable glass lidded container. When your broke, they work awesome. You gave me some good ideas for paint sprayers though, with your excellent drawings. I have to see stuff happen or you might as well talk Wookie? Thanks.
If you lower the pressure on that makeshift sprayer, you could probably sustain the flame without using the torch (though it would still have to be high enough pressure to make the fluid flow through the straw, so I'm not sure if that would work.)
Hmm... from what I remember from school/uni, the Venturi Effect is the drop of pressure in a constricted part of a tube. It can be used to suck fluids, too, but I don't think what you've shown is the same. But hey any excuse to play with a flamethrower is valid!
The way I understand it, the venturi effect is a reduction in pressure due to a narrowing of a section of a tube. What you seem to be doing here is creating a siphon.
I found my old ink sprayer from my time as an art student the other day, so this fits in nicely with me thinking about that. I guess that the new Dyson fans use this principal in what they call air induction and entrainment.
A very good explanation, Matt. Thanks for sharing it. I'd heard of the Venturi effect and had a basic idea of it but your demonstrations really make it clear. Be careful with that flame thrower, though. ;-) Larry
This is the same method used in those diesel "cannon" style space heaters, there is no high pressure fuel pump - at least for the cheap ones. Just a small air pump, sucking up fuel from the tank by ventury effect and mixing it with air. Just recently found this out after servicing one...
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I am really grateful for this video. I am taking a course that just said, "make a venturi". So I googled it, wiki'ed it, and was still lost. A video is worth a trillion words. Well demonstrated. Thank you.
My dude here from explaining the venturi effect to building a flamethrower
I have never seen this topic explained like this before. The visuals you create are VERY clear and informative.
What a great video. I'm studying for the MCAT and having all these visual examples so much more effective than reading about in a text book.
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Should have used this on the wasps
or spiders...
That's what I was about to say...
what have the spiders done?
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This is a fantastic video.
I learn best with examples, and when learning a new concept, displaying several examples really paints the picture.
Thank you.
Actually, I filmed this during the drought. I hosed down the grass and the trees around before doing the flame experiments.
So basically does this Venturi effect help fan out for example fuel to help spread it out more easily if it’s either for liquid or gas fuels?
The principle is also used in old chemistry labs to provide vacuum for rotary evaporators. An adapter is connected to a faucet to create the vacuum. Wastes a good deal of water in the process.
We actually used this setup in my high school chemistry class. Never understood how it worked back then... lol
Adding fire is always good.
I never knew woodworkers could be this badass
It's specifically much more the venturi effect than the bernuli principle. The bernulli effect is about energy conservation, whereas this is about mixing of air streams. That's why a vernturi pump is a venturi pump, not a bernulli pump.
You sir, are an artist and genius. I thoroughly enjoy your channel. Every video is a fascinating gem. Thank you for sharing your many varied creations.
This video is great. I think I’ll check out more of his.
A Pelican fountain pen. Bought it in Germany Nice no nonsense fountain pens, work way better than the parker fountain pens (which are mostly for status)
Pelikan, with the regular blue Pelikan ink. Pelikan makes the best fountain pens. Plain, simple and relatively inexpensive, but they write way better than expensive Parker pens.
Have been looking around for a good explanation of the Venturi effect since I've heard sports cars use it...this has been the most intuitive explanation I've found so far. Thanks! :)
A sandblaster might have been worth mentioning.
That was the first thing that came to mind for me.
jet engin for me its how the after burner works if im not mistaken.
For me it's a carburetor
Excellent visual display of the Venturi effect. Just what I needed!
For ceramic glazing, you wouldn't want to use a real spray gun. That stuff is thick and abrasive, so the straw is an excellent idea.
The Bernoulli equation is based on conservation of energy, and energy is not conserved when fluids of different speeds mix.
You know the bucket of water with the hose pipe experiment you demonstrated, if you swapped the hose pipe with an airline like you used for the saw dust, I'm guessing that's what you're explaining?
Water's way more dense than air, so the energy will dissipate and not push the water out as quick as water to water would... makes sense.
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Thank you good sir for demonstrating the venturi effect and giving a thorough explanation. It make a lot of sense now with what I am learning in the lab :)
The best explanation out of all the videos I saw. I like how your video is simple and to the point.
Your curiosity about just about everything is refreshing.
The explanation of what happens is accurate. This name of the effect is, however, turbulent mixing, not the Venturi effect. The Venturi effect is the decrease in pressure at a restriction according to Bernoulli's law. This can also be used to create a low pressure, but it does not require turbulence nor viscosity. Thanks for the demonstration.
As Matt Wallace pointed out, you have confounded Bernoulli's principle with the Venturi effect. Bernoulli's principle is that pressure decreases when velocity of a fluid increases. The Venturi effect is a consequence of Bernoulli's principle in the special case of a fluid flowing through a constricted pipe. It states that a fluid that does not compress will lose fluid pressure at the constriction. It results because the fluid must move faster in a narrow pipe than a wide pipe to move an equivalent volume which leads to a lower pressure by Bernoulli's principle.
You provided some very neat demonstrations of Bernoulli's principle, and a couple of them may incidentally also involve the Venturi effect, but Matt Wallace is correct, this video should be titled "Bernoulli's Principle."
Sir, that last bit was also a perfect demonstration of how an 'afterburner' in a jet engine works...spray fuel into the hot gas stream, and *WOOSH*!
Great video! Mattias, you have a talent at clearly explaining concepts. I would love more physics videos.
Excellent work; I'm going to use a clip of the first example with the paper tube for part of a presentation as an example of the venturi effect and how it relates to my research. Thank you!
The fact that you explain how ik works makes it even more fun to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
People know about bernoulli, and think it applies to all flow situations. It doesn't.
Damn, I was wondering about the same. Could you please explain more
How does Bernoulli's principle not apply here?
Since your spray gun hose (straw) is placed in front of the compressed air nozzle, I would argue that the drop in pressure is caused by the Bernoulli Effect - fluids in an area moving faster than the the surrounding area possess less pressure. Since the air moving across the top of the straw is moving so quickly, the pressure drops and causes suction through the straw.
Granted, I was a music major and my knowledge of the Bernoulli Effect is limited to its effect on vocal folds! Also granted, I had never heard of the Venturi Effect until just now.
Thanks for learning me so good!
Matt Wallace Well, since all the air around me isn't moving either, I should then experience a tremendous vacuum from all the air that is not moving, according to your explanation.
Matthias Wandel Matt Wallace The Venturi effect is a subset/example of the Bernoulli Principal. Either can be explained by particle replacement or the pressure/speed-of-flow relationship.
Matthias, going off of Matt's explanation, we do experience pressure (not vacumm) from the air that is not moving ~1 atm of pressure. That applied pressure is actually quite important for biological functions!
Some people can actually feel pressure differences caused by storm systems because the pressure inside their body is not equalized properly and then the pressure differential is then felt as a force on their joints, for example.
Matthias Wandel Bernoulli's equation is a relation between speed and pressure along a single streamline, that is, a path taken by particles through the fluid.
It's not valid in this case because Andrew is trying to compare different streamlines, and because the flow is unsteady. (In fact, the pressure in the jet is more or less atmospheric!)
The suction is (as you stated) due to the deceleration of the jet due to turbulence, which causes a rising pressure gradient. Since the air at the far end of the tube is atmospheric, the air at the jet end is must be below atmospheric pressure, hence suction.
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+Matt Wallace
Bernoulli: Fluid pressure is inverse to velocity.
Venturi: Fluid pressure in a pipe reduces in a constriction.
Since we are talking in very oversimplified terms (compared to actually modeling this with CFD and being realistic about what is happening here), the process would be: #1. The ID of the pipe is expanded when it exits the nozzle into the paper towel roll - most directly relevant to the Venturi principle which relates fluid pressure to pipe ID. #2. The high velocity fluid pushes out the air inside the paper towel roll, and this high velocity compared to the static atmospheric air creates a pocket of low pressure (Bernoulli- ish), which creates a pressure differential that moves air up to fill behind it. That relationship is also the result of the conservation of mass (mass flux in needs to equal mass flux out, the high velocity air going out x the cross sectional area needs to be equal to the velocity of the air entering x the same cross section). It is probably best to phrase this system in the context of the conservation of mass because applying Bernoullis has a lot of requirements, which they would not discuss in music. For example, Bernoullis only applies to inviscid flow, but all fluid is viscous so it will have viscous forces along the inner walls of the paper towel (in the boundary layer). So Bernoullis could only apply outside the boundary layer, and in a pipe this small the boundary layer is significant.
Source: Fluid mechanics is a subset of mech engr, I have BSME, MSME
+CoolRiffz Not sure if i understand (english is not my native language...), but Bernoulli principle can be related with limitations in flow, derived from pressure drop (that comes from viscous limitations) and pressure gains (inputs, pumps, for example). So you can apply in every system, taking in account the real limitations on a system.
I found no better explanation than this example, thanks.
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This is the best video I have found on the Venturi effect
That hose-in-the-bucket thing blew my mind! Really cool effect.
IIRC the Bernoulli equation relates the speed of a fluid to it's drop in pressure, assuming density and temperature are unchanged. The Venturi effect is when you constrict a fluid stream, causing the fluid speed to increase so the pressure drops.
A jet of air is using entrainment to transfer momentum to the ambient air mass, and may be higher or lower pressure than ambient depending on the nozzle orifice.
Basically, this video is showing a whole bunch of physical effects!
I think that's how carburetors work. The engine pulls in air by the vacuum created from the piston on the intake stroke, and then the flow of air causes the fuel to come up to be mixed with the air (like your spray gun example). :)
The Venturi effect is shown here. You have to have a high moving air stream for the Venturi effect to even take place hence the air compressor. Take the paper towel roll in the first part of video as the restriction or the narrow part in a closed tube system and the surrounding air around it as the larger tube that you described. The same principle is applied here.
it doesnt create a negative pressure, it creates a low pressure zone in the fast moving air.. the ambient pressure in the straw is what pushes out to meet the lower pressure zone
sorry, couldn't be bothered to make a version for pedantic types.
just trying to help you keep it real. you created a lower pressure zone. vacuum does nothing, pressure does the work. dont you remember this from school?? in physics its good to get the terminology correct.
It's not pedantry to say your video is factually inaccurate. It might not seem important once you understand the principle but for kids or beginners coming into fluid dynamics the wrong terminology can really set them back in understanding the basics. They need to realise that it isn't 'negative' pressure, it is merely a lower pressure than the surrounding fluid.
Pedantic? No. Accurate, yes.
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"don't try this at home" has no impact on people trying it, and even if you try it and hurt yourself, it's your problem, not mine, regardless.
FYI, this application of the Venturi effect is known as an injector, there is a neat Wikipedia article on such devices. They used to be used to pump water into the boilers of steam locomotives using high pressure steam from the boiler.
I wanted to try it with sawdust, but it's really hard to ignite. I think if I had a bonfire to spray it into, it might work.
This is awesome! Love the thorough explanations, diagrams, and most of all the demonstrations. Subbed.
By your reasoning, the direction that I blow the air wouldn't matter
Bernoulli's principle is about conservation of energy in one flow, whereas this is about mixing of streams of fluid.
Try thinking a bit more and parroting a bit less.
Sir Wandel this is my correction, Venturi effect describes drop of static pressure in fluid entering a narrower tube from a wider tube, Coanda effect describes a drop of pressure in ambient fluid around a jet of fast moving fluid
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Man I wish I was as smart as Matthias ... I could do fun crazy things like this without either burning myself, or burning the house down... I love watching you fun videos like this
But the explanation is incorrect. It is NOT the "venturi effect", but *entrainment* .
A real venturi action is helped a lot by a narrowing passage.. like all the carburators have. The tube narrows and when it enlarges again there is a drop of air pressure and an increase of air speed.. The Homelite Shop Service Manual says:
"Carburator design is based on the venturi principle which is that a gas or a liquid flowing through a neckde-down section ( venturi) in a passage undergoes an increased in speed and a decrease in pressure as compared to its speed and pressure in the full section of the passage. "
I get the venturi effect now. I've heard of it in a number of contexts all my life but, really did not know what it was exactly. What I see happening is that you're creating a relative low pressure zone in the top of the straw which creates a vacuum which draws up the liquid or gas. Very cool.
Never!
But I didn't make the rest of the video until I could figure out how to make a good flame!
You did a Great job and thanks for sharing
The opening on the metal tube is about 1.5 mm in diameter. The numbers I quoted were to illustrate, I have no idea what the actual speed was.
Thanks for the great explanation. 10 years in the making
In the sawdust (injection) pump, the compressed air pushes air out of the top section of the cylinder thereby reducing the pressure in the lower section, as you describe. It operates on the principle of induced current, not the Venturi effect (there is no Venturi tube). Likewise for the hose in the bucket.
The flame thrower is an atomizer nozzle. While some atomizers use a Venturi tube, this one doesn't and relies solely on the Bernoulli effect.
Dude you are so smart I don't even know how you have made it this far... WOW. You are amazing!
Fantastically clear and precise explanation. Thanks Matthias
Crystal clear explanation 😃. It cleared all of my doubts.
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This is better known as Bernoulli's principle which your teacher might recognize. It's the principle that makes aircraft fly (heavier than air craft anyway) cauburetors work, and atomizers such as the "Flame Thrower" that Mr. Wandel demonstrated very well. Also deep water wells with a surface pump use the same principle. N
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That is also how a steam injector works for getting water pumped into a pressurized boiler (eg on a powerplant or a steam locomotive) and how a Giesl ejector creates a draft in the boiler of a steam locomotive. Airbrushes and many paint guns uses this to propel the paint.
When you thought you knew how things work! I love looking at things with great detail, you often learn it's much more interesting than you thought!
But the explanation is incorrect. It is NOT the "venturi effect", but *entrainment* .
Thanks for the fantastic quick explanations and demonstrations. I wish more more informative videos on youtube were of this quality
Ronin, the Venturi effect describes how fluid accelerates when traveling from a larger area to a smaller one via conservation of matter. The Bernoulli effect describes the pressure difference between fluids with different speeds. Therefore, it is the Bernoulli effect that is drawing in the surrounding air, not the Venturi.
Your a really smart and inspiring guy when I graduate from high school in gonna go for a degree in things like this thank you for all your knowledge and your videos are inspireing keep up the great work I hope to be like you someday p.s. your dad must have been very proud of the great work you do and all your accomplishments....take care and make a wooden fidget spinner plzzz i started a business making these things....
There are airplanes that have pumps with no moving parts called ejector pumps (or eductor pumps, or jet pumps) that operate on the principle shown in the video. Some fuel is diverted from the engine-driven high pressure pump, plumbed all the way to the tank where a small volume is ejected inside the tank through a narrow nozzle at high speed. A larger volume of fuel is drawn out of the tank and taken back to the engine - where it ends up going through the engine pump again. Any given parcel of fuel may actually circulate a few times around this loop before finally being pumped into the engine.
I know this is an old video, but could the exhaust port of a vacuum be hooked up to the intake port of a vacuum to increase the suction effect using the Venturi effect? Or is there diminishing returns?
The missing key is a narrowing tube. Without that it is not utilizing the Venturi Effect. However, I can see how one could consider the outside as an infinitely large tube. In any case, the Venturi tube is specialized application of Bernoulli's principle.
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A darker example of this, is the dangers of working near large gas and water transmission lines. I’ve seen a few videos and stories of people getting sucked into pipelines when there is a breach. Same risk is being in the vicinity of active jet engines.
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Thanks! It helped me understand how air compressor can suck. It blew my mind.
It is called entrainment. He describes the effect correctly, BUT *It has nothing to do with the venturi.* sigh. *It is ENTRAINMENT*
Also, bernoulli's principle. Fast moving air has less pressure than slower moving air, so the air in the straw is pushed out to replace the difference in pressure due to the difference in velocity.
Your neighbors must love you! Great explanation of the Venturi effect. Thank you
Thanks for this - studying for a pilot’s license and this helped to (finally) conceptualize this. Got a video for aerodynamic lift / Bernoulli’s Principle?
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hi, what a great video !! very interesting effect that a few people in the diy gas turbine forums are looking at, to use as a argumentation for there gas turbine engines. either running dry or using a afterburner.i was talking to someone in regards for using this to help the thrust on there jet powered gokarts .i really liked the way you explained it, and made it very clear. regards jon
Matthias, you are a clever man and you do and make interesting and clever things. Two things.
First, in this case, though, you are incorrect in assigning your observations to the “Venturi” effect. What you are demonstrating and dealing with is described by Bernoulli’s equations and is more aptly described as the “Bernoulli effect”. A venturi is a specific application, if you will, of Bernoulli’s equations and describes a tube with a restriction that increases the velocity of the flow of a fluid in the tube resulting in lower pressure in the region of increase velocity. The “Venturi Effect” is based on Bernoulli’s equations, not the other way around. Your “mixing of streams” does not fly if you think about it. Were you to constrict the end of your paper tube that is “sucking” the saw dust up, the tube would collapse do to the reduced pressure caused by the high velocity air flow from your compressor. No Venturi tube involved, all Bernoulli. To effectively “mix” the the fluid streams you would have to accelerate the static fluid by means other than the lowered pressure described by Bernoulli, and I see no additional equipment, air jets…... There is some mixing at the boundary layer but that is not what creates the lowered pressure and “vacuuming” action in your demonstration. Anyway, do a bit of research and don’t tell people to “try thinking a bit more...” until you’ve done the same.
Second, I own Pelikan, Sheaffer, Parker, Waterman, Pilot, Eversharp and other fountain pens. They are all nice writing instruments and I have as many, if not more, issues with Pelikan as I have with Parker and the rest. Parkers are not “just for show” they are nice writing instrument made by another company and the overall price point of Parker is significantly lower than Pelikan.
At what point in the video does he tell people to "try thinking a bit more"? And why are you talking about fountain pens? I don't recall these being mentioned at all
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That comment was so very insightful. Please, I hope you continue.
zakkyummms No need to be sarcastic, but then again you didn't say much either, I was making fun, and if you don't like it don't click that reply button.
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This is exactly what I was looking for! Now I won't need to experiment as much. TY
You made science much more interesting.
Great job explaining in such a simplistic format!
But wrong.
What you would have to do is downsize the size of the suction hose going to the insulation to create more vacuum force. You could make a venturi out of PVC pipe, and try the air from reversing a large vacuum, but I think you would most likely need compressed air to do it correctly.
You refreshed a memory of a modified Preval sprayer someone showed me how to make in my 1st yrs. of work. Same premise as the airhose mod., just attach tube to a screw on replaceable glass lidded container. When your broke, they work awesome. You gave me some good ideas for paint sprayers though, with your excellent drawings. I have to see stuff happen or you might as well talk Wookie? Thanks.
If you lower the pressure on that makeshift sprayer, you could probably sustain the flame without using the torch (though it would still have to be high enough pressure to make the fluid flow through the straw, so I'm not sure if that would work.)
Kind of new to your channel but love your work...Keep doing what your doing man!
Paint thinner. Tried gasoline first, but paint thinner was easier to ignite.
Wow actually did the flame throwing thing, not clickbait thumbnail
Hmm... from what I remember from school/uni, the Venturi Effect is the drop of pressure in a constricted part of a tube. It can be used to suck fluids, too, but I don't think what you've shown is the same.
But hey any excuse to play with a flamethrower is valid!
The way I understand it, the venturi effect is a reduction in pressure due to a narrowing of a section of a tube. What you seem to be doing here is creating a siphon.
This is great! I have a fog effect that is more effective is there is a gap between the nozzle and pipe I use for routing. Thank you for sharing.
I found my old ink sprayer from my time as an art student the other day, so this fits in nicely with me thinking about that.
I guess that the new Dyson fans use this principal in what they call air induction and entrainment.
I really liked they way you explained it. Seen so many and was hard to grasp- you put it very easy. With fire -and math too :)
Woodworker with a passion for igniting flammable liquids - that's awesome
My geography teacher sent us this to teach the venturi effect. He has inadvertently taught us how to make a flamethrower
But the explanation is incorrect. It is NOT the "venturi effect", but *entrainment* .
That pen! I used the same pen during my first year of Junior High! It made me remember older days :)
Uh, yes. That's what makes it fun.
You must be a fun neighbor to live next to. Thanks again for another great video.
"It can suck!"
Don't be so hard on yourself, I thought it was pretty good!
Actually, his explanation sucks. This demonstrates entrainment. It isn't even close to a venturi.
Great video. Thanks. I saw a comment mentioning all your videos are very informative and good like this so I will be checking out more.
I love that you use pens with nibs--calligraphy/fountain style.
I like your pen :)
Seems "LAMY-ish", but not quite any LAMY that I know. Nice pen.
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A very good explanation, Matt. Thanks for sharing it. I'd heard of the Venturi effect and had a basic idea of it but your demonstrations really make it clear. Be careful with that flame thrower, though. ;-)
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science doesnt suck! its pressure differences trying to equalize.
This is the same method used in those diesel "cannon" style space heaters, there is no high pressure fuel pump - at least for the cheap ones. Just a small air pump, sucking up fuel from the tank by ventury effect and mixing it with air. Just recently found this out after servicing one...
I run a large CNC for a living. This is how the garnet is introduced to the water nozzle.