Rothalpy (or trothalpy) , a short name of rotational stagnation enthalpy, is a fluid mechanical property of importance in the study of flow within rotating systems. [1]
Rothalpy (or trothalpy) , a short name of rotational stagnation enthalpy, is a fluid mechanical property of importance in the study of flow within rotating systems. [1]
Consider we have an inertial frame of reference and a rotating frame of reference which both are sharing common origin . Assume that frame is rotating around a fixed axis with angular velocity . Now assuming fluid velocity to be and fluid velocity relative to rotating frame of reference to be :
Rothalpy of a fluid point can be defined as
where and and is the stagnation enthalpy of fluid point relative to the rotating frame of reference , which is given by
and is known as relative stagnation enthalpy.
Rothalpy can also be defined in terms of absolute stagnation enthalpy:
where is tangential component of fluid velocity . [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rothalpy has applications in turbomachinery and study of relative flows in rotating systems.
One such application is that for steady, adiabatic and irreversible flow in a turbomachine, the value of rothalpy across a blade remains constant along a flow streamline:
so Euler equation of turbomachinery can be written in terms of rothalpy.
This form of the Euler work equation shows that, for rotating blade rows, the relative stagnation enthalpy is constant through the blades provided the blade speed is constant. In other words, , if the radius of a streamline passing through the blades stays the same. This result is important for analyzing turbomachinery flows in the relative frame of reference. [2]
The function was first introduced by Wu (1952) and has acquired the widely used name rothalpy. [2]
This quantity is commonly called rothalpy, a compound word combining the terms rotation and enthalpy. However, its construction does not conform to the established rules for formation of new words in the English language, namely, that the roots of the new word originate from the same language. The word trothalpy satisfies this requirement as trohos is the Greek root for wheel and enthalpy is to put heat in, whereas rotation is derived from Latin rotare. [3]
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