Compressed fluid
p-v diagram
for liquid water. The compressed fluid region is located to the left of the blue line (the liquid-vapor phase boundary).international pictogram
for compressed gases.A compressed fluid (also called a compressed or unsaturated liquid,[1] subcooled fluid or liquid) is a fluid under mechanical or thermodynamic conditions that force it to be a liquid.[2]
At a given
p-v diagram
), compressed fluid is the state to the left of the saturation curve.
Conditions that cause a fluid to be compressed include:
- Specific volume and saturated liquid;
- Temperature below the saturation temperature;
- Pressure above the saturation pressure.
The term compressed liquid emphasizes that the pressure is greater than the saturation pressure for the given temperature. Compressed liquid properties are relatively independent of pressure.
References
- ISBN 0582045665.
- ISBN 978-0071216883.
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