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| Assume steady-state, incompressible, inviscid, laminar flow in a horizontal pipe (no change in elevation) with negligible frictional losses with incharge fluid velocity and discharge velocity at the orifice exit. The mass conservation (equivalent to continuity equation): LaTeX Math Block |
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| \rho \, q = \rho \, v_{in} \, A_{in} = \rho \, v_{out} \, A_{out} \Leftrightarrow v_{in} = \frac{q}{A_{in}}, \, v_{in} = \frac{q}{A_{out}} |
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| A_{in} = \frac{\pi \, D^2}{4} \, A_{out} = \frac{\pi \, d^2}{4} |
Bernoulli's equation reduces to an equation relating the conservation of energy between two points on the same streamline: LaTeX Math Block |
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| p_{in} + \frac{1}{2} \rho v^2_{in} = p_{out} + \frac{1}{2} \rho v^2_{out} |
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| \Delta p = p_{in} - p_{out} = \frac{1}{2} \rho v^2_{out} - \frac{1}{2} \rho \, v^2_{in} = \frac{1}{2} \rho \, v^2_{out} \cdot \left[ 1 - \frac{v^2_{in}}{v^2_{out}} \right] |
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| \Delta p = \frac{1}{2} \rho \, \left( \frac{q}{A_{in}} \right)^2 \cdot \left[ 1 - \frac{A^2_{out}}{A^2_{in}} \right] = \frac{\rho \, q^2}{2 \, A^2_{in}} \cdot \left[ 1 - \frac{d^4}{D^4} \right] = \frac{\rho \, q^2}{2 \, A^2_{in}} \cdot \left[ 1 - \beta^4 \right] |
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| \Delta p = \frac{\rho \, q^2}{2 \, \left( \frac{\pi}{4} d^2 \right)^2} \cdot \left[ 1 - \beta^4 \right] = \frac{8 \, \rho \, q^2}{\pi^2 \, d^4 } \cdot \left[ 1 - \beta^4 \right] |
The above can rewritten as flowrate estimation with a given pressure drop : LaTeX Math Block |
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| q = \frac{\pi \, d^2}{4} \, \sqrt{\frac{2 \, \Delta p}{\rho \, (1 - \beta^4)}}\\ |
The actual rate through the orifice with account for the choke/orifice geometry, friction and viscous forces is corrected by introducing the discharge coefficient : LaTeX Math Block |
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| q = C_d \frac{\pi \, d^2}{4} \, \sqrt{\frac{2 \, \Delta p}{\rho \, (1 - \beta^4)}}\\ |
and correction for fluid compressibility is given by expansion factor : LaTeX Math Block |
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| q = \epsilon \, C_d \frac{\pi \, d^2}{4} \, \sqrt{\frac{2 \, \Delta p}{\rho \, (1 - \beta^4)}}\\ |
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See also
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Physics / Fluid Dynamics / Pipe Flow Dynamics / Pipe Flow Simulation (PFS)
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