Pipe Purging Calculation

The initial oxidant concentration under atmospheric condition (yo) is the same as the initial concentration,
and the number of moles at the high pressure (PH)
and initial low pressure or atmospheric (PL) are computed using an equation of state.

PH V PLV
n H and nL
R gT R gT
Where, nH and nL are the total moles in the pressurized and atmospheric states, respectively.
Number of moles for oxidants are calculated using Daltons law:
The new oxidant (lower) oxidant concentration is:

2
(n oxy )1L n n
y1 yo L ; y 2 y o L
nH nH nH
Where y1 is the oxygen concentration after the first purge with nitrogen
For ith cycle

i i
n P
y i y o L y o L
nH PH
The total moles added to each cycle is constant. For i cycles the total nitrogen moles is given by:

V
n N 2 i(PH PL )
R gT