Basics
Hydrocarbons
A hydrocarbon is an organic compound composed of two elements, hydrogen and carbon. A large part of the…
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Basics
Alternatives to Petroleum
In 2008, the top 15 oil consuming nations used nearly 60 million barrels of oil per day. The…
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Kinematics of motion of singular surfaces: the speed of displacement
To determine the speed of displacement of a moving singular surface consider a surface as shown in Fig. 5.3. Let the…
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Shock surfaces
It is a rather common phenomenon that abrupt changes occur at the bounding surface of a fluid mass.…
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High velocity gas flow in pipes with friction
The following discussion deals with the case of a relative high velocity gas flow through a perfectly insulated…
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Variation in area for isentropic flow
In many engineering devices used in the natural gas industry, the flow of a gas may be either…
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Critical flow variables
For compressible flows two regions of different behavior can be recognized depending on the Mach number. If the…
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The law of conservation of energy for perfect fluid flow
It was previously shown, that the Bernoulli equation expresses the conservation of mechanical energy for the flow of…
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Kelvin’s vortex theorem
As it is known, circulation around any closed curve in the fluid is defined by the Integral An…
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