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Entrance Pressure and Power for Gas Flow

Given data about the properties of natural gas flowing through a pipe, the problem is to determine the required entrance pressure and power needed to pump the gas. The calculations involve determining the exit conditions like density, velocity and pressure using the given data. Then using equations relating parameters like Mach number, pressure, temperature and friction factors, the entrance conditions and power are calculated. The required entrance pressure is 136.8 psi and the power needed is 24.9 hp.

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Entrance Pressure and Power for Gas Flow

Given data about the properties of natural gas flowing through a pipe, the problem is to determine the required entrance pressure and power needed to pump the gas. The calculations involve determining the exit conditions like density, velocity and pressure using the given data. Then using equations relating parameters like Mach number, pressure, temperature and friction factors, the entrance conditions and power are calculated. The required entrance pressure is 136.8 psi and the power needed is 24.9 hp.

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Problem 13.

145 [Difficulty: 4]

Given: Natural gas pumped through a pipe

Find: Required entrance pressure and power needed to pump gas through the pipe

Solution:

The given or available data is: R = 96.32 ft-lbf/lbm-°R


cp = 0.5231 Btu/lbm-°R
k = 1.31
D= 30 in
L= 60 mi
f= 0.025
T1 = 140 °F
T1 = 600 °R
T2 = 600 °R
m= 40 lbm/s
p2 = 150 kPa

Equations and Computations:


At the exit of the pipe we can calculate the density:
p2 = 21.756 psia
ρ2 = 0.05421 lbm/ft3
The pipe area is:
A= 4.909 ft2
Therefore, the flow velocity is:
V2 = 150.32 ft/s
The local sound speed is:
c2 = 1561.3 ft/s
So the Mach number is:
M2 = 0.09628
From the exit Mach number we can calculate:
T 02/T 2 = 1.0014
fL 2/D = 76.94219
Given the length, diameter, and friction factor, we know:
fL 1-2/D = 3168.0
Therefore: fL 1/D = 3244.9
So from this information we can calculate the entrance Mach number:
M1 = 0.01532
fL 1/D = 3244.9
(We use Solver to calculate the Mach number based on the friction length)
The entrance sound speed is the same as that at the exit:
c1 = 1561.3 ft/s
So the flow velocity is:
V1 = 23.91 ft/s
We can calculate the pressure ratio from the velocity ratio:
p1 = 136.8 psi
From the entrance Mach number we can calculate:
T 01/T 1 = 1.0000
So the entrance and exit stagnation temperatures are:
T 01 = 600.02 °R
T 02 = 600.86 °R
The work needed to pump the gas through the pipeline would be:
W = 17.5810 Btu/s
W = 24.9 hp

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