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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2013.37.4.378

A numerical study on the aerodynamic characteristics of a variable geometry throttle valve(VGTV) system controlling air-flow rate  

Cho, Hyun-Sung (서울과학기술대학교 NID융합기술대학원)
Kim, Chul-Ho (서울과학기술대학교 기계자동차공학과)
Abstract
A butterfly throttle valve has been used to control the brake power of an SI engine by controlling the mass flow-rate of intake air in the induction system. However, the valve has a serious effect on the volumetric efficiency of the engine due to the pressure resistance in the induction system. In this study, a new intake air controlling valve named "Variable Geometry Throttle Valve(VGTV)" is proposed to minimize the pressure resistance in the intake system of an SI engine. The design concept of VGTV is on the application of a venturi nozzle in the air flow path. Instead of change of the butterfly valve angle in the airflow field, the throat width of the VGTV valve is varied with the operating condition of an SI engine. In this numerical study, CFD(computational fluid dynamics) simulation technique was incorporated to have an aerodynamics performance analysis of the two air flow controlling systems; butterfly valve and VGTV and compared the results to know which system has lower pressure resistance in the air intake system. From the result, it was found that VGTV has lower pressure resistance than the butterfly valve. Especially VGTV is effective on the low and medium load operating condition of an SI engine. The averaged pressure resistance of VGTV is about 49.0% lower than the value of the conventional butterfly throttle valve.
Keywords
Variable Geometry Throttle Valve(VGTV); Induction resistance; CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics); Volumetric efficiency;
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