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Most significant pressure drop often comes from frictional component which depends on the length, L and diameter, D of the system along with surface roughness factor, ftp.
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Total pressure drop ∆ptot of the system can be expressed as the sum of these three components, i.e.: Ptot Pstatic Pmom Pfric (1) where ∆pstatic is static pressure drop (elevation head), ∆pmom is momentum pressure drop (acceleration), and ∆pfric is frictional pressure drop.
Remix totalD m mix
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For the purpose of calculating Reynolds number, mixture viscosity can be determined in terms of either flow quality or gas volume (void) fraction:
Pfric 2 Lm total 2ftp D mix
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The friction factor can be calculated from well-known Blasius correlation: