5.3 Fanno and Rayleigh Lines
4.1 k can be calculated from Eq. (5.2.32) to give
528.0
0
pp
c
, and
the maximum flow rate at the chocking condition will be given as
0
0
max
6850
U
pAm
*
.
(5.2.36)
Therefore, further reduction of
r
p in a receiver below
c
p results in no ef-
fect on the upstream, since any disturbances caused in the receiver do not
travel upstream in the nozzle throat where the Mach number is kept 1. In
order to increase the Mach number above its unity through the channel, a
diverging section is needed to the converging nozzle section, forming the
Laval tube previously discussed.
5.3 Fanno and Rayleigh Lines
There are some flows through a pipe that have friction, whereas the ther-
modynamic state is kept as isothermal. The situation is often encountered
in a gas form, for example natural gas, in a long pipeline. We will treat this
problem for an ideal gas in constant cross section channels, where the flow
is assumed to be one dimensional and steady. The thermodynamic behav-
ior of such a flow can be obtained by considering a diagram of enthalpy
h
(or temperature
) versus entropy
. In analyzing a chocked flow and
shock wave characteristics, the Fanno and Rayleigh lines (curves) plotted
on the enthalpy
h – entropy
diagram are useful in consideration of a
graphical interpretation of the process.
The equations of the Fanno line are derived from the mass continuity,
the energy equation and the thermodynamic relations between the stagna-
tion condition and a point in the channel, as long as the channel section is
kept adiabatic regardless of the friction.
In Eq. (5.2.18) where
.const A , the continuity equation is written as
const.
uG
(5.3.1)
where G is the mass flux. The energy equation of Eq. (5.2.13) is written
for an ideal gas, i.e.
Tch
p
, as
0
2
2
1
hhu
(5.3.2)
The thermodynamic relations, Eq. (2.5.6) and Eqs. (2.5.15–2.5.17),
with the adiabatic process, i.e.
.const1
k
p
U
, are given in terms of the
entropy change as follows
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