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http://dx.doi.org/10.5293/KFMA.2004.7.1.009

Numerical Analysis of Flows in Butterfly Valves to Prevent Cavitation  

Yoon, Joon-yong (한양대학교 기계공학과)
Lee, Seng-jun (한양대학교 기계공학과 대학원)
Kim, Eun-suk (신진 정공)
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The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery / v.7, no.1, 2004 , pp. 9-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
A three-dimensional numerical analysis was carried out on incompressible flows in butterfly valves by using commercial FLUENT/UNS code. Characteristics of complex flows including cavitation effect were investigated for different valve disk angles. The butterfly-valves that had different disk angles and different disk shapes were compared with each other in detail. This study focused on the flow analysis in the conventional butterfly valve and the newly designed butterfly valve in order to prevent cavitation. The newly designed valve shows great improvement on performance and endurance.
Keywords
Butterfly valve; Cavitation; CFD;
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