Investigation of Changes in Natural Gas Parameters along a Damaged Gas Pipeline
The paper presents a mathematical model of the stationary flow of natural gas in an inclined gas pipeline, which makes it possible to calculate the gas parameters (pressure, temperature, compressibility factor) in every cross-section of gas pipeline. An improved mathematical model is also proposed by the authors, which considers the change in the gas flowrate along the gas pipeline. Complex 1 characterizing the effect of frictional forces and pressure losses and Complex 2 determining the effect of flow velocity were proposed to confirm the need to use an improved mathematical model.