Stream Tube Theory
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density and temperature with the aid
of
the above equations. Another important
consideration can be stated through rearrangement
of
the above-derived
relations such that it holds:
d~
=~(1-M(X2)
dV
I
VI
This relation expresses that the condition for achieving the sound velocity
is given by
dF
= 0, i.e.
~
= 1 As for the second derivation holds:
d
2
F
=~M2(M2
-2)
dUt
ut
(X
(X
for M (X = 1 holds a minimum
of
the flow cross-section.
Pressure-driven
Compensating
Flows
through
Converging
Nozzles
In many technical plants flows
of
gases occur which are to be classified
into the large group
of
compensating flows that can take place between
reservoirs with differing pressure levels. Thus gases e.g. are often stored under
high pressure in large storage reservoirs,
in
order to be led via correspondingly
dimensioned/designed openings with connecting aggregates and discharge
conduits to the intended purpose when need arises.
This discharge can idealized
be
understood as a compensating flow
between two reservoirs
or
two chambers
of
which one represents the storage
reservoir under pressure, while the environment represents the second reservoir.
In the following considerations it is assumed that both reservoirs are very large
so that constant reservoir conditions exist during the entire compensating flow
under investigation. These are assumed to be known and are given by the
pressure
PH'
the temperature T H etc. in the high-pressure reservoir, as well as
through the pressure
P
N
or.
TN
for the low-pressure reservoir. The compensating flow shall
take place via a continually converging nozzle, whose largest cross-section
represents thus the discharge opening
of
the large reservoir, whereas the
smallest nozzle cross-section represents the entrance/inlet opening into the
low-pressure reservoir.
When one wants to investigate the fluid flows taking place in the above
compensating flow more in detail, the final equations for flows through
channels, pipes etc.
pUIF
=const
- 1
-2
P
h +
-V
I = const; - = const
2
pK