With the same mass flow rate of saturated steam, can the pipe diameter be the same if the steam pressure differs?
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With the same mass flow rate of saturated steam, can the pipe diameter remain the same if the steam pressure is different (such as 0.3 MPa, 0.6 MPa, and 2 MPa)? Can the flow rate be higher as the steam pressure increases? ? Why? ?
The mass flow rate is the same, but the pressure differs; hence the volume flow rate is different. The pipe diameter is calculated based on the volume flow rate and flow velocity. Therefore, for saturated steam with different pressures, even though the mass flow rate is equal, the pipe diameters are different