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Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics
Chemical reaction equilibria
THE REACTION COORDINATE
Gibbs free energy
Thermodynamics to Flow Processes

DUCT FLOW OF COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS


Pipe Flow
Nozzles

Throttling Process
Compressor
Ejector

An ejector is based upon Bernoulli’s Principle which states: ‘When the speed of a fluid increases its pressure
decreases and vice versa’. The ejector uses a converging nozzle to increase the fluid velocity to transform
high static pressure into velocity pressure.

Problem: 7.2, 7.8

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