Gas Pipeline and Compressor Station Blowdown

[denniskb]

Where would I find a comprehensive method for calculating the pressures and temperatures vs time resulting from blowdown and pressurising of pipelines and compressor stations?


Dennis Kirk Engineering

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~denniskb

 

[katmar]

Dennis,

I think you are more likely to get good answers to this question if you post in the "Piping and fluid mechanics engineering" forum. There are a few NG people who hang out there. They may see your post here, but I think that you would more luck over there.

Its quite a coincidence to see you here - I surfed into your web site purely by chance yesterday. Very nice!

Katmar

 

[denniskb]

Thanks Katmar,

I have posted the same query on the Piping ... site.

It is the combination of thermodynamics, fluid flow and heat transfer that makes this case both complicated and interesting. Hence my posting here.

Dennis Kirk Engineering

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~denniskb

 

[sailoday28]

MOC, the method of characteristics is probably the best technique to analyze flow problems in which pressure and temp are fuctions of location and time, ie x and t.