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    ASHRAE 15 Chiller PRV Capacity

    Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. It's always confused me, as a young engineer, that codes typically say "x is required"...and then leave the determination of x up to the user. With regards to relief valves, I understand what you've said. At the same, the API 520/521 methodology for sizing a...
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    ASHRAE 15 Chiller PRV Capacity

    I'm working on a chiller installation project. Our client has detailed pressure relief valve records, so we've asked the chiller vendor for their relief valve calculations. They gave some very basic info and deferred to the ASHRAE 15, Section 9.7.5 Equation: C = f*D*L Where: C = Capacity (#/min...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    SNORGY, Thanks for the article. I've actually come across that one before and it's very helpful.
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    zdas, Wow. I knew compressible flow was infinitely uglier than incompressible flow but I didn't know we couldn't analyze so much of it in a pipe. This came about from not fully understanding the compressible flow software we have and trying to educate myself to hopefully explain what it was...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    One last question I think. 27 psia is the pressure upstream the last shock wave, just inside the pipe. How do you determine where the other shock waves are? In other words, how do you know it doesn't just go from 14.7-> 27-> 50-> 92-> 169-> 310 psia, etc, up to 5,457, in consecutive shock...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    Very interesting. How do pipe fittings factor into the pressure drop? Do you calculate their losses via traditional equivalent length methods, at the given velocity "between" shock waves? Attached is a quick sketch of the tailpipe of the scenario you described, with some fittings added. I'm...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    So you start at atmospheric pressure if it's discharging to atmosphere. With k = 1.3 and Pcritical= 14.7 psia, P = 27 psia. Therefore if the pressure in your tailpipe is equal to or above 27 psia, you have a shock wave at this point? Then, in your scenario, you'd have another shock wave where...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    Oh! That makes a lot of sense and I think that's what I was missing. One more question, if you don't mind. With regards to pressure drop in a pipe after it becomes choked flow, what would be the best approach to calculate it in your opinion? I've come across some things saying the pressure in...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    Pupstream remains constant. As you lower Pdownstream, for a given area A, mass flow (G) increases until it's choked. I'm having a hard time visualizing/understanding: [ol 1] Why A cannot be less than the defined A*. In the sketch I attached, what happens? Does it just mean flow isn't isentropic...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    Attached is a sketch of a pipe line showing my question, I hope. If A can never be less than A*, can you explain why that is in a physical or practical sense? I'm having trouble understanding choked flow in general, so any guides or references you could point me to would be appreciated...
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    Choked Flow Critical Area Question

    Hi All, I'm a pretty new engineer a couple years out of college. The topic of choked flow keeps coming up at my job so I've bought a couple compressible flow books and am attempting to educate myself. Currently browsing through Compressible Fluid Flow by Saad (if you have any other...
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    Shell & Tube HE - Tubes under External Pressure

    Hi, I'm working on a project where the shell side is rated 350/-15 psig while the tube side is rated 200/-15 psig. In my mind, the tubes could theoretically experience 350 psig external pressure, which is not what it's rated for. I can't seem to find very much literature on a HE where the shell...
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    Latent Heat of Vaporization Equation

    Hi All, I'm trying to calculate the latent heat of vaporization of a chemical using the equation found in Perry's Chemical Handbook, Table 2-150. It gives the latent heat equation and chemical specific constants. My issue is I can't get that equation, which outputs J/kmol, to convert correctly...
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    Amount of Vacuum Created from Condensing Vapor

    Hi, I'm attempting to calculate the amount of vacuum generated on a distillation column to determine if a vacuum relief device is required. Currently I'm examining two cases - 1) the condenser operating at full load while the reboiler is shut off & 2) a cold top feed collapsing the rising...
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    Help Finding an Article

    If there was a way to just purchase that article, I'd be fine with that. I don't really want to subscribe though..
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