Isentropic Expansion Coefficient Calculation

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

API Standard 520 Part 1 9th Edition1 Annex B §B.3.1.2 provides an expression in equation B.13 for the isentropic expansion coefficient in terms of thermodynamic state variables, to be evaluated anywhere along the isentropic path,…

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