Required flow to supply the pressure control valve at junction X is above sonic flow

A Critical Warning message in AFT xStream

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Required flow to supply the pressure control valve at Junction X is above sonic flow and cannot be supplied. Please review results and change your model.

 

This critical warning message means the user has specified a pressure at a pressure control valve which requires a flow which is physically impossible because of sonic choking. The set point should be changed to allow physically realistic flows.