NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR FLOW CHARACTERISTICS WITH GEOMETRIC SHAPE AND CONTROL CONDITIONS IN SUBSEA BY-PASS VALVE

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR FLOW CHARACTERISTICS WITH GEOMETRIC SHAPE AND CONTROL CONDITIONS IN SUBSEA BY-PASS VALVE
Lee, J.H.; Min, C.H.; Oh, J.W.; Cho, S.; Kim, H.W.;

Abstract
The present study has been carried out to analyze the flow characteristics with geometric shape and control conditions in subsea by-pass valve. The function of by-pass valve is to prevent reverse flow. In this study, the static analysis has been perform for analyzing fluid flow in open state. In order to consider the turbulent effect, the standard $\small{{\kappa}-{\varepsilon}}$ model was used. A variety of parametric studies, such as by-pass valve type or size, volume flow rate, leakage hole size, leakage hole position, block type, block shape, were performed. The pressure difference across the valve in the model broadened the flow channel cross-sectional area was greater than the base model for the same operating conditions. As the pipe diameter in the block decreases the pressure difference is greatly increased. The pressure difference according to block shape such as edge type and round was almost negligible. For the same Reynolds number the pressure difference was little changed according to the size of the valve.
Keywords
CFD;By-pass Valve;Lift Pump;Subsea;
Language
Korean
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