CHE323 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW IN NOZZLE AND ORIFICE

QUESTIONS
60 m/ s

1 At a given cross section of a nozzle the air velocity is

the

pressure

and

temperature

are

800 kPa

and

while
450 K

respectively. Calculate the reservoirs pressure, temperature and

density.
2 At a point in an isentropic fluid stream, the Mach number is 2 . If
the reservoir conditions are

7 atmospheres

and

400 K , calculate a)

the conditions at the given point and b) the mass flow rate per unit
cross sectional area.
3 Gas flows through a converging nozzle of throat diameter 0.15 m
from a reservoir at a pressure of

5 kPa

and a temperature of

300 K . Determine the maximum flow rate and the conditions at

the throat if the flow is just sonic there.

4 The ratio of mass flow rate per unit cross sectional area for a given
air flow to that at sonic velocity is 0.5 . Determine the value of
Mach number.
5 A converging nozzle with straight sides has diameters
0.15 m

at the inlet and exit respectively and it is

0.3 m
0.6 m

Determine the velocity of flow midway between the ends if

0.3

long.
Ma

is

at the exit.

6 Air flowing from a reservoir at

6.5 kPa

and

400 K

converging nozzle is required at a Mach number of

the exit conditions.
7

and

Air flows out of a converging nozzle at a Mach number of

diameter of the nozzle is

through a

0.7 . Calculate

0.8 . The exit

180 mm . What is the flow velocity in terms of

Mach number at a point upstream of the exit where the flow area is twice
that of the exit.
8

The throat diameter of a converging nozzle is

100 mm . The flowing fluid

is air and the nozzle is just choked. What is the Mach number at the base
of the nozzle where the diameter is
9

250 mm .

Air flows from a reservoir at 10 atmospheres pressure and 500 K

temperature to another reservoir at 8 atmospheres pressure through a

converging nozzle of 50 mm throat diameter. If the two reservoir pressures

remain constant, determine the mass flow rate. If the back pressure is
decreased in order to increase the flow rate, what is the limiting back
pressure?