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Time required to exhaust air though an oriface 6

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cbuck

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Sep 10, 2002
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Does anybody have the equation(s) to solve for time? I have a container (206 cubic inches) pressurized with air at 600 psi. I need to calculate the time required to vent to atmosphere through an oriface (dia = 0.228 in).
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jparks,

The paper I referenced above by J.C. Dutton goes into the differential equations and solutions, if available. There's a link to the paper in one of my above replies.

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