Print Email Facebook Twitter A pipe flow network model with incorporation of a junction pressure loss model Title A pipe flow network model with incorporation of a junction pressure loss model Author Meulman, E.A. Contributor Romate, J.E. (mentor) Mudde, R.F. (mentor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Date 2016-07-05 Abstract This paper introduces two models. First, it introduces a model for geometric pressure loss in horizontal pipe junctions with arbitrary amounts of in-/outlets, under assumption of steady-state, incompressible, single phase flow and no wall friction. The model is shown to be in agreement with experimental data via another model. Second, the junction model is incorporated in a pipe flow network model under the same assumptions as the junction model. The resulting pipe flow network model is compared to a pipe flow network model in which pressure loss due to junctions is neglected. The results show that for long pipes L 600 m the addition of junction pressure has negligible influence on the total static pressure drop in the network. However, for L < 600 m the influence is bigger than 10%. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0df917bf-6c31-4ab9-a159-1ae41aaf30d4 Part of collection Student theses Document type bachelor thesis Rights (c) 2016 Meulman, E.A. Files PDF base.pdf 930.33 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0df917bf-6c31-4ab9-a159-1ae41aaf30d4/datastream/OBJ/view