Three-dimensional modeling and geometrical influence on the hydraulic performance of a control valve

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0111021-0111029

  Palau Salvador, Guillermo ^a   González Altozano, Pablo ^a   Arviza Valverde, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cavitation; CFD; Control valve; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SAFETY VALVES; TURBULENCE MODELS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

3-D MODELING; BUTTERFLY VALVES; CAVITATION MODELS; CFD PACKAGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); CONTROL VALVES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW PRESSURE; HYD RAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL; POTENTIAL NOISE; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; SUB-DOMAINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3 D) MODELING; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 47049092446     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2813131     Document Type: Article

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