A simplified model for real gas expansion between two reservoirs connected by a thin tube

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-308

  Charton, S ^a,b   Blet, V ^b   Corriou, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWDOWN; EXPANSION; GAS; PIPES; RESERVOIRS; THIN;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DEPRESSURIZATION; GAS EXPANSION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0029657587     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00256-1     Document Type: Article

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