小川和彦
Proceedings of Automation, Instrumentation & Control Symposium 2018 (2018 ISA@Montreal) (14) 1-12 2018年10月16日 査読有り
In this study, the measurement of the number and size of cavitation bubbles in the biased velocity distribution were performed at nine positions on the downstream side of a butterfly valve. In practical engineering, more than two valves are installed in a series or bends are installed just ahead of a valve to save space. In such cases, the cavitation occurrence will be affected by the biased velocity distribution in front of a valve.
In the biased velocity distribution in which the velocity was larger on the nozzle side, there were very small differences in the number of the cavitation bubbles at each position. If a cavitation number was small to some extent, the number of cavitation bubbles at the orifice side also increased due to vena contracta. Moreover, the cavitation bubble occurrence on the nozzle side was more intense than in the biased velocity distribution in which the velocity was larger on the orifice side.
Therefore, the installation of a valve where the flow velocity on the nozzle side becomes large should be avoided in actual piping.