Nozzle convergent part

Equation (1.54) indicates that A/A becomes minimal at M = 1. The flow Mach number increases as A/A decreases when M < 1, and also increases as A/A increases when M > 1. When M = 1, the relationship A = A is obtained and is independent of Y- It is evident that A is the minimum cross-sectional area of the nozzle flow, the so-called nozzle throat", in which the flow velocity becomes the sonic velocity, furthermore, it is evident that the velocity increases in the subsonic flow of a convergent part and also increases in the supersonic flow of a divergent part. 

A nozzle used for a rocket is composed of a convergent section and a divergent section. The connected part of these two nozzle sections is the minimum cross-sectional area termed the throat The convergent part is used to increase the flow velocity from subsonic to sonic velocity by reducing the pressure and temperature along the flow direction. The flow velocity reaches the sonic level at the throat and continues to increase to supersonic levels in the divergent part. Both the pressure and temperature of the combustion gas flow decrease along the flow direction. This nozzle flow occurs as an isentropic process. 

It is shown in specialized texts on fluid dynamics that a convergent-diveigent nozzle is needed to accelerate a gas from subsonic to supersonic conditions, since gas acceleration in the subsonic regime requires the flow area to diminish with speed, while gas acceleration from sonic to supersonic speeds requires the flow area to expand with speed. The subsonic, convergent part of the nozzle is linked to the supersonic, divergent part of the nozzle by a duct of constant flow area, known as the throat, which is kept very short in practice in order to avoid frictional losses. The throat is the only section of the nozzle in which sonic flow can occur, and it is impossible for the throat to support any speed greater than sonic. The above remarks apply to all polytropic... 

Very little energy is lost to friction in the convergent part of any nozzle, and so we may write down the velocity at station 2 by using equation (5.22), setting n = y for frictionless, adiabatic flow ... 

Oc over convergent part of nozzle in critical conditions... 

Equations (7.14), (7.15), and (7.20), combined with the relations between the thermodynamic properties at constant entropy, determine how the velocity varies with cross-sectional area of the nozzle. The variety of results for compressible fluids (e.g., gases), depends in part on whether the velocity is below or above the speed of sound in the fluid. For subsonic flow in a converging nozzle, the velocity increases and pressure decreases as the cross-sectional area diminishes. In a diverging nozzle with supersonic flow, the area increases, but still the velocity increases and the pressure decreases. The various cases are summarized elsewhere.t We limit the rest of this treatment of nozzles to application of the equations to a few specific cases. 

For example, T /T0 = 0.833, p /po = 0.528, and p /po = 0.634 are obtained when y = 1.4. The temperature T0 at the stagnation condition decreases 17 % and the pressure p0 decreases 50% at the nozzle throat. The pressure decrease is more rapid than the temperature decrease when the flow expands through a convergent nozzle. The maximum flow velocity is obtained at the exit of the divergent part of the nozzle. When the pressure at the nozzle exit is vacuum, the maximum velocity is obtained by the use of Eqs. (1.48) and (1.6) as... 

Nozzles are placed in series along tubular reactor and have on the outside surface the flutes forming with inside surface of box wall screw canal (Fig. 6.6), and inside surface of nozzles has on flanks conical lugs with diameter in 1,3-3 times lower than in cylindrical part of inside cavity of nozzles and forming tubular turbulent reactor of divergent-convergent design (Fig. 6.5). Screw canal and inside cavity of nozzle are connected by holes and/or cuts, and beyond last nozzle in the course of gas-iiquid flow one or more static mixers are placed. 

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