Abstract

Fluidic valve can be applied as a level control device in pressurized vessels. In this study, flow characteristics in the vortex chamber having different numbers of control and supply ports were numerically investigated to find the optimal configurations using a commercial code ANSYS CFX. Results showed that a common pressure supplied to the control and supply ports gave a maximum through-flow with no swirling vortex, whilst a minimum through-flow with strong vortex was achieved if the flow only entered through one of the inlet ports.

Details

Title
A Study on the flow characteristics of the fluidic vortex damper
Author
Cho, S W 1 ; Seo, H S 1 ; Kim, Y J 2 

 Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University 300 Cheoncheon-dong, Suwon 440-746, Korea 
 School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University 300 Cheoncheon-dong, Suwon 440-746, Korea 
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Dec 2013
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2564193415
Copyright
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