CFD simulations and experiments of flow fluctuations around a steam control valve

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-54

  Morita, Ryo ^a   Inada, Fumio ^a   Mori, Michitsugu ^b   Tezuka, Kenichi ^b   Tsujimoto, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b TEPCO ^*  (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Control valve; Middle opening; Supersonic flow; Valve attached flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW FLUCTUATIONS; STEAM CONTROL VALVES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PIPING SYSTEMS; SUPERSONIC FLOW; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34248166463     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2375123     Document Type: Article

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