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Analysis of Energy Loss on a Tunable Check Valve through the Numerical Simulation

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  • Edward Lisowski

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Grzegorz Filo

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Janusz Rajda

    (PONAR Wadowice S.A., 34-100 Wadowice, Poland)

Abstract

The article presents a study of the flow through a tunable check valve used as a hydraulic lock in a system with an actuator. Special attention is given to energy losses of the liquid stream in the poppet gap. In the first stage of the research, CFD methods were used to determine the speed and pressure distributions for the fixed values of the input flow rate and the poppet position. The values of the jet angle and pressures determined based on the CFD results were used to build a simulation model of the entire hydraulic system in Matlab/Simulink environment. The influence of the spring parameters pressing the poppet against the valve seat on the pressure drop and thus on the amount of energy lost was investigated. In particular, the spring stiffness and initial tension were studied. The obtained results were used to develop guidelines for constructing a valve prototype. Finally, the results of simulation tests were verified based on the actual valve characteristic obtained on a test bench.

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  • Edward Lisowski & Grzegorz Filo & Janusz Rajda, 2022. "Analysis of Energy Loss on a Tunable Check Valve through the Numerical Simulation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:15:p:5740-:d:882709
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