The efficiency of adiabatic expansion

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dc.creator Morley, A. W.
dc.date 2012-05-14T09:42:04Z
dc.date 2012-05-14T09:42:04Z
dc.date 1948-09
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-09T10:17:17Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-09T10:17:17Z
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7145
dc.identifier.uri https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/4700
dc.description The efficiency of a process of compression or expansion of a gas is commonly defined in terms of the change in energy which occurs as compared with the change required in isentropic flow. In another method the efficiency may be defined in terms of the fraction of the mechanical work lost in friction and converted in to heat. Alternatively, if the process is adiabatic, the efficiency may be defined in terms of the fraction of the enthalpy increment which is re-converted into heat by the frictional effects. This latter method is applied here to adiabatic subsonic expansion of a gas in steady flow and some simple relationships of a general nature are established. The application to simplified flow through a turbine nozzle is them considered with particular reference to the choking mass flow.
dc.language en
dc.publisher College of Aeronautics, Cranfield
dc.relation College Report
dc.relation 21
dc.title The efficiency of adiabatic expansion
dc.type Report


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