Simulation of critical nozzle flow considering real gas effects

FLOMEKO 2000 - 10th Conference on Flow Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Schley, P ^a   Von Lavante, E ^b   Zeitz, D ^b   Jaeschke, M ^a   Dietrich, H ^c   Nath, B ^c  

^a Elster Produktion GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RUHRGAS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical flow factor; Critical nozzle; Discharge coefficient; Natural gas; Numerical simulation; Real gas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GASES; NATURAL GAS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CRITICAL FLOW; CRITICAL NOZZLES; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; EQUATION OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE NATURAL GAS; HIGH-PRESSURE TEST-RIG; MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT; REAL GAS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84925372974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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