An Experimental and Numerical Study of Regulating Performance and Flow Loss in a V-Port Ball Valve

Tao, Jinhui; Lin, Zhe; Ma, Chuanjing; Ye, Jiahui; Zhu, Zuchao; Li, Yi; Mao, Wei

doi:10.1115/1.4044986

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“…The internal flow of centrifugal pumps is extremely complicated and is accompanied by a 3D transient unstable strong turbulent motion that is difficult to capture. With the rapid development of high-performance computing equipment and technology, numerical simulation methods based on computational fluid dynamics have been widely used to study the unstable flow characteristics in fluid machinery [9,10].…”

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Influence of Cutting Angle of Blade Trailing Edge on Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Pump Under Off-Design Conditions

Cui

Zhang

et al. 2020

Applied Sciences

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The parameters of blade trailing edge have an important influence on the performance of centrifugal pump and internal unstable flow. In this study, the influences of cutting angles of blade trailing edge on unstable pressure pulsation and unstable flow structure are investigated using a centrifugal pump under off-design conditions through large eddy simulation. Three typical blade trailing edges, namely, original trailing edge (OTE), 15° cutting angle of blade trailing edge (OBS15) and 30° cutting angle of blade trailing edge (OBS30), are analysed. Results show that the cutting angle of blade trailing edge has a certain effect on the performance of the centrifugal pump. Under part-load conditions, the OBS30 impeller evidently contributes to the reduction in pressure pulsation intensity. By contrast, the OBS15 impeller has opposite effect because of the increase in wake vortex intensity. The OBS30 impeller can effectively improve the unstable vortex structure caused by backflow at the centrifugal pump tongue using a new Ω method. Consequently, reduction in the unstable flow structure mainly contributes to the reduction in pressure pulsation used by the proper cutting angle of blade trailing edge.

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Influence of Cutting Angle of Blade Trailing Edge on Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Pump Under Off-Design Conditions

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Zhang

et al. 2020

Applied Sciences

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“…In process machinery, pumps, valves, pipes, absorption tower, fluid-bed and other devices which involve complex flow or heat transfer are indispensable [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Among them, the valve is an important controlling device for opening and closing pipelines, adjusting the flow direction and regulating the transmission of the medium [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Due to its various features and functions, the valve is widely used in life and in industrial fields.…”

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Numerical Analysis to the Effect of Guiding Plate on Flow Characteristics in a Ball Valve

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When internal flows go through a valve with a small opening degree, high-speed jet flows are induced, which causes the erosion of the valve core and affects the stability of the flow field. Setting guiding plates in the valve behind the valve core has the function of reducing the adverse effect of high-speed jet flows. In this work, numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the effect of the guiding plate on flow and resistance coefficient, velocity and pressure distributions and flow stability downstream of the valve. The number of guiding plates was changed from 0 to 3 and the opening degree was varied from 0 to 100% at intervals of 10%. A guiding plate with holes in it plays the role of bypassing and guiding flow. Under the action of the guiding plate, the flow coefficient obviously decreases, the gap flow between the valve core and the valve wall in the top of the valve are modified, and the gap flow even disappeared in the valve with 3 guiding plates. It was found that setting the guiding plate can improve the performance of the ball valve, reducing the internal erosion and increasing the stability of valve downstream flow efficiently.

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“…However, the fin on the bottom wall had a tiny effect on the streamline and temperature distributions. The effect of natural convection on the flow in an enclosed space has also been considered in other applications [14][15][16][17].…”

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Effect of Orientation and Aspect Ratio of an Internal Flat Plate on Natural Convection in a Circular Enclosure

Wang

Ying²,

Wang³

et al. 2019

Processes

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This work presents a numerical investigation on natural convection in a circular enclosure with an internal flat plate at Ra = 106. The cross-section area of the plate was fixed at three values, H·W/D2 = 0.01, 0.04, and 0.09, in which H and W are the height and width of the plate and D is the diameter of the enclosure while the aspect ratio changes, which makes the plate vertically placed (H > W) or horizontally placed (H < W). The objective of this work was to explore the effects of the orientation and aspect ratio of the plate on the characteristics of natural convection in various aspects. The numerical results reveal that the overall heat transfer rate is higher for the vertically placed plate and increases with the cross-section area, while the width of the plate has almost no effect for the horizontally placed plate, especially for the plate with a relatively large cross-section area. Depending on the orientation and aspect ratio, there can be one primary vortex, one primary and one secondary vortex, or one secondary and two separated vortices to each side of the plate, and the thermal plume structure may appear at the sharp top corners of the plate. Consequently, local heat transfer on the surfaces of the enclosure and plate is affected. Synergy analysis reveals that the enhancement of heat transfer from the fluid circulation is the most significant at the center of the vortices and at the boundary between them.

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An Experimental and Numerical Study of Regulating Performance and Flow Loss in a V-Port Ball Valve

Cited by 53 publications

References 34 publications

Influence of Cutting Angle of Blade Trailing Edge on Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Pump Under Off-Design Conditions

Influence of Cutting Angle of Blade Trailing Edge on Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Pump Under Off-Design Conditions

Numerical Analysis to the Effect of Guiding Plate on Flow Characteristics in a Ball Valve

Effect of Orientation and Aspect Ratio of an Internal Flat Plate on Natural Convection in a Circular Enclosure

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