Losses in a flow field due to single conduit components often are characterized by experimentally determined head loss coefficients K. These coefficients are defined and determined with the pressure as the critical quantity. A thermodynamic definition, given here as an alternative, is closer to the physics of flow losses, however. This definition is based upon the dissipation of mechanical energy as main quantity. With the second law of thermodynamics this dissipation can be linked to the local entropy generation in the flow field. For various conduit components K values are determined and physically interpreted by determining the entropy generation in the component as well as upstream and downstream of it. It turns out that most of the losses occur downstream of the components what carefully has to be taken into account when several components are combined in a flow network.
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Internal Flow Losses: A Fresh Look at Old Concepts
Bastian Schmandt,
e-mail: Bastian.Schmandt@tuhh.de
Bastian Schmandt
Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg University of Technology
, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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Heinz Herwig
e-mail: h.herwig@tuhh.de
Heinz Herwig
Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg University of Technology
, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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Bastian Schmandt
Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg University of Technology
, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: Bastian.Schmandt@tuhh.de
Heinz Herwig
Institute of Thermo-Fluid Dynamics, Hamburg University of Technology
, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: h.herwig@tuhh.de
J. Fluids Eng. May 2011, 133(5): 051201 (10 pages)
Published Online: May 31, 2011
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Received:
October 25, 2010
Revised:
March 23, 2011
Online:
May 31, 2011
Published:
May 31, 2011
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Schmandt, B., and Herwig, H. (May 31, 2011). "Internal Flow Losses: A Fresh Look at Old Concepts." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. May 2011; 133(5): 051201. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4003857
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