Investigation of Transient Vaporous Cavitation: Experimental and Numerical Analyses

The current paper aims at the experimental and numerical analysis of the cavitating pipe flow during the occurrence of hydraulic transients in a quasi-horizontal straight copper pipe rig. Transient events were simulated by the quasi-instantaneous closure of a pneumatically actuated ball valve locate...

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Published in:Procedia engineering 2015, Vol.119, p.235-242
Main Authors: Soares, Alexandre K., Martins, Nuno, Covas, Dídia I.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cavitating flow
Column separation
Experimental data
Fluid transients
Pipe-rig
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Summary:The current paper aims at the experimental and numerical analysis of the cavitating pipe flow during the occurrence of hydraulic transients in a quasi-horizontal straight copper pipe rig. Transient events were simulated by the quasi-instantaneous closure of a pneumatically actuated ball valve located at the downstream end of the pipe. A hydraulic transient model has been developed for describing cavitating pipe flow by means of two approaches – the discrete vapour cavity model (DVCM) and the discrete gas cavity model (DGCM). Firstly, the model has been calibrated by using transient data without cavitation. Numerical results have been compared with collected data and a good agreement has been observed as long as the unsteady friction losses are considered. Secondly, DVCM and DGCM have been used to describe cavitating flows. Results of both models have been compared, and the DGCM model has shown to better describe transient events with cavitation.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.881