Analysis of a Control Valve's Inner Flow Field Characteristics Based on CFD

Abstract:

In this paper, the inner flow field characteristics of a control valve were analysed through dynamics simulation and showed by using the three-dimensional visualization. Through the analysis of simulation results, reasons were found for the energy loss, which was, then, reduced by the optimized flow path. Calculations about the optimized positions were carried out, the results of which showed an improvement of flow and a significant decrease in energy loss.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 756-759)
• Pages: 4652-4655
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.756-759.4652
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Liang Wang
• Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Control Valve, Inner Flow Field

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