Transient modeling of natural gas in pipeline networks by two non-iterative explicit and implicit finite volume methods

Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi, Morteza Behbahani-Nejad and Younes Shekari

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2024, vol. 478, issue C

Abstract: This paper describes two non-iterative explicit and implicit finite volume methods (FVM) to calculate the unsteady characteristics of natural gas in distribution systems. The proposed finite volume model could be used to solve the gas network as a whole for each time step. The main advantage of this approach is that it can analyze gas distribution networks with less computational cost. In addition, contrary to the conventional iterative algorithms, it does not consist of any divergence problems. To achieve this goal, the explicit FVM is derived from the governing equations. Then, the linearization process is performed, and the numerical solution of the linear equations is developed by using the implicit FVM. Three classic test cases are exemplified to check the performance of the proposed methods. The results confirm that both explicit and implicit methods, even in complicated distribution networks, can predict the elements of unsteady natural gas flows. Furthermore, when the governing equations are linearized and the implicit FVM is applied, satisfactory results with less computational cost, compared to the explicit one, are produced.

Keywords: Natural gas; Implicit and explicit finite volume methods; Non-iterative method; Pipeline system; Unsteady flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2024.128793

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