Investigation of Steady-State Flow Forces in Spool Valves of Different Geometries and at Different Oil Temperatures With the Help of Measurements and CFD Simulations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrik Bordovsky ◽  
Hubertus Murrenhoff
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Control Valve ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Axial Forces ◽  
Spool Valves ◽  
Force Characteristics

When designing an actuator for a spool type directional control valve, axial forces acting on the spool have to be estimated. The steady-state flow force is the dominant axial force, which usually acts in the closing direction of the valve. However, many factors such as the valve geometry and the oil properties influence the flow force characteristics. Investigations regarding their effects on steady-state flow forces are described within this paper. Different spool geometries of a test 2/2-way spool valve are used for steady-state flow force measurements at different oil temperatures. The measurement data are used for validation of CFD simulations, which are carried out to scrutinise the flow inside the valve. Besides the steady-state flow forces, the fluid flow angles at the inlet and the outlet of the spool chamber are analysed. The results show that the spool geometry has a significant influence both on the flow rate and the steady-state flow force characteristics. Especially, the shape of the control edge has an impact on the flow patterns and on the magnitudes of steady-state flow forces. Moreover, the inlet and outlet fluid flow angles do not correlate with the expected values, which are commonly used for an analytical estimation of the flow forces. Furthermore, the oil temperature leads to quantitative deviations of the steady-state flow forces.

Piping Fluid Transients Made Simple: Part I — Theory of the SSFFC Methodology

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaria N. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Piping System ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Pipe Segment

Piping systems transporting fluid between plant components are subjected to a variety of anticipated and/or postulated flow changes that disturb their steady state operations. These changes cause the fluid flow to accelerate and/or decelerate. However, consideration of fluid elasticity transforms these disturbances into weak and/or strong propagating sound waves, depending upon the abruptness level of the fluid state change. This generates dynamic forces on the pipe segments of the piping system. A simple concept for understanding the piping fluid transient phenomenon from its physical perspective is presented. The piping system consists of several pipe segments, each segment having a constant cross-sectional flow area. The pipe segment is further divided into a consecutive series of zones. Each zone comprises two or three sub-zones of quasi steady state flow. The sub-zones are separated by interface fronts at which the jump in fluid pressure and velocity occurs across them. These fronts propagate and clash with each other to create the next temporal set of sub-zones quasi steady state flow. This method is denoted in this paper as steady state flow fronts clashing ‘SSFFC’. Clashing between the incident, transmitted and/or reflected wave fronts within the zone is introduced. As a precursor to the second part of a two-part publication, the SSFFC is physically illustrated and mathematically formulated to establish the temporal fluid steady state contained within each sub-zone constituting the pipe segment. The developed formulations are comparable to those instituted by the conventional method of characteristics. The pipe segment generalized fluid flow transient forces based on SSFFC methodology are also formulated. In the concurrent publication that forms part two of this presentation [8], sample applications of SSFFC methodology are illustrated.

Impact of Flow Force to the Constant Flow Characteristic of Load Sensing Pump

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Ma ◽  
Xiaowu Kong
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Control Valve ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Load Pressure ◽  
Load Sensing ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Throttle Valve ◽  
Output Flow ◽  
The Impact

Aiming at studying the impact of steady-state flow force to YL-56 load sensing pump and how to reduce the effects of flow force on control valve spool, the factors of steady-state flow force were analyzed using CFD software FLUENT, and virtual prototype of load sensing pump was developed to study its characteristics. Compared with the effect of using position-controlled proportional solenoid to drive the throttle valve in simulation, the use of force-controlled proportional solenoid could suppress the impact of steady-state flow force much better, and the problem that the output flow increased when load pressure rose was solved. The experiment test results indicate that using force-controlled proportional solenoid in throttle valve can decrease the impact of steady-state flow force quite well.

scholarly journals Research on Influence of Different types of Orifice on Axial Steady-state Flow Force in Cartridge Proportional Valve

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Tan ◽  
Haibo Xie ◽  
Jianbin Liu ◽  
Hanben Chen ◽  
Huayong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Test Bench ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Proportional Valve ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Simulation Results

This article mainly investigates how orifice structure influences the characteristics of steady-state flow force. The research model of this paper is originated from a cartridge proportional valve. Firstly, predicting characteristics of the flow force working on poppet in different types of orifice through CFD simulations; secondly, several parameters of poppet and seat, which may affect the characteristics of flow force, are defined, a series of CFD calculations were conducted to find a rule how each parameter influences flow force; thirdly, according to the analysis, optimization of orifice structure parameters has been successfully realized. Finally, a test bench was established to validate the simulation results. The results show that the orifice type has a significant influence on flow force, which indicates that choosing certain type of orifice can effectively decrease the influence of flow force, and the negative effect of flow force can be reduced within an acceptable extent. Besides, the influence of orifice on pressure difference has been also taken into account. The experimental results agree well with the simulative one.

Numerical Study of the Characteristics of Rotary Spool Orifice in Water Hydraulics

2014 ◽  
Vol 716-717 ◽  
pp. 662-669
Author(s):  
Jin Jun Wu ◽  
You Sheng Yang ◽  
Jing Yuan Li ◽  
Ge Gang Yu ◽  
Zong Xia Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Control Valve ◽  
Control Element ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Depth Study

The rotary control orifice, in which the relative angular openings are adjusted by the rotary motion of the spool, thus controlling the flow area and the flow passing through, is a basic control element of hydraulic control valve. It has several advantages, such as little minimal steady flow rate, good anti-contamination, small driving power, small opening and shutting shock, and etc., over the translational control orifice. The working medium is tap water. A model is developed and numerical studies are carried out to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the rotary control orifice, including flow and pressure field, flow characteristics, flow torque. The relationships between the flow and the pressure drops, the efflux angle and the angular openings, the steady-state flow torque and the pressure drops as well as the angular openings are obtained. The results show that a) the orifice geometries have great effects on the efflux angle and the steady-state flow torque; b) Under the same openings and flow direction, the efflux angle is almost constant under different pressure drops. It is larger for meter-in flow than for meter-out flow and decreases with the increase of openings; c) The steady-state flow torque (including meter-in flowTsfinand meter-out flowTsfout) is proportional to the pressure drops and first increases and then decreases with the increase of openings, finally reaches zero at the fully opened position; d) The friction moment is proportional to the rotary speed so as the transient flow induced moment to the rotary acceleration. The in-depth study of the drag moment of rotary control orifice helps to design high performance rotary servo valve for robots. The in-depth study of the rotary control orifice provides a basis for developing high performance rotary control valve.

scholarly journals Energy separation in transient and steady-state flow across the cylinder

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Jela Burazer
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Energy Equation ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Energy Separation ◽  
Cylinder Wake ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Transient And Steady State

Energy separation is a spontaneous energy redistribution within a fluid flow. As a consequence, there are places with higher and lower values of total temperature in the fluid flow. It is characteristic for many flow geometries. This paper deals with the energy separation in a cylinder wake. Two flow conditions are being considered-transient and steady-state flow in the wake. Two different solvers from the open source package OpenFOAM are used in order to capture the phenomenon of energy separation. One of these solvers is modified for the purpose of calculation in a particular case of the vortex street flow. The energy equation based on the internal energy present in this solver is replaced by the energy equation written in the form of a total enthalpy. The other solver has been previously tested in the vortex tube flow, and can also capture the energy separation in the steady-state wake flow of the cylinder. In both cylinder wake flow conditions, a two-dimensional computational domain is used. Standard ?? ? ?? model is used for computations. It is proved that OpenFOAM is capable of capturing the energy separation phenomenon in a proper way in both of the wake flow cases. Good agreement between the experimental results and the ones from computations is obtained in the case of steady-state flow in the wake. Previous research findings are also confirmed in the case of vortex street flow.

Calibration 7" – Cutthroat Flume as New Size for Discharge Measurement at Free Flow Condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (12A) ◽  
pp. 1783-1789
Author(s):  
Jaafar S. Matooq ◽  
Muna J. Ibraheem
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Flow Condition ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Free Flow ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Empirical Formulas ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Operation Conditions ◽  
Throat Width

 This paper aims to conduct a series of laboratory experiments in case of steady-state flow for the new size 7 ̋ throat width (not presented before) of the cutthroat flume. For this size, five different lengths were adopted 0.535, 0.46, 0.40, 0.325 and 0.27m these lengths were adopted based on the limitations of the available flume. The experimental program has been followed to investigate the hydraulic characteristic and introducing the calibrated formula for free flow application within the discharge ranged between 0.006 and 0.025 m3/s. The calibration result showed that, under suitable operation conditions, the suggested empirical formulas can accurately predict the values of discharge within an error ± 3%.

A Graphical Method for Storage Coefficient Determination from Quasi-Steady State Flow Data

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekâi Şen
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Graphical Method ◽  
Pumping Test ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Steady State Flow ◽  
Storage Coefficient ◽  
State Flow ◽  
Aquifer Test

A simple, approximate but practical graphical method is proposed for estimating the storage coefficient independently from the transmissivity value, provided that quasi-steady state flow data are available from a pumping test. In the past, quasi-steady state flow distance-drawdown data have been used for the determination of transmissivity only. The method is applicable to confined and leaky aquifers. The application of the method has been performed for various aquifer test data available in the groundwater literature. The results are within the practical limits of approximation compared with the unsteady state flow solutions.

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