Analysis of Flow Characteristics and Effects of Turbulence Models for the Butterfly Valve
- Authors
- Choi, Sung-Woong; Seo, Hyoung-Seock; Kim, Han-Sang
- Issue Date
- Jul-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- Butterfly valve; Sensitivity coefficient; Two-equation turbulence model; Valve flow coefficient
- Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v.11, no.14
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 14
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/81819
- DOI
- 10.3390/app11146319
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
- Abstract
- In the present study, the flow characteristics of butterfly valves with different sizes DN 80 (nominal diameter: 76.2 mm), DN 262 (nominal diameter: 254 mm), DN 400 (nominal diameter: 406 mm) were numerically investigated under different valve opening percentages. Representative two-equation turbulence models of two-equation k-epsilon model of Launder and Sharma, two-equation k-omega model of Wilcox, and two-equation k-omega SST model of Menter were selected. Flow characteristics of butterfly valves were examined to determine turbulence model effects. It was determined that increasing turbulence effect could cause many discrepancies between turbulence models, especially in areas with large pressure drop and velocity increase. In addition, sensitivity analysis of flow properties was conducted to determine the effect of constants used in each turbulence model. It was observed that the most sensitive flow properties were turbulence dissipation rate (Epsilon) for the k-epsilon turbulence model and turbulence specific dissipation rate (Omega) for the k-omega turbulence model. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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