RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Lukáč, Peter
A1 Horbaj, Peter
A1 Sedláková, Jarmila
T1 Options to Evaluate The Effects of a Change in the Shape of the Flow Cross-Section of a Ball Valve on Its Flow Control Properties
JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca
YR 2014
VO 18
IS 1
SP 38
OP 43
DO 10.21496/ams.2014.005
UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-201401-0005.php
AB This article examines the possibility of the application of numerical methods in the determination of valve characteristics. Using a prototype ball valve with an elliptical closing element as an example, comparisons were made between the measured and numerically simulated flow rate and pressure differential values of the valve. This method can be applied in the process of designing the control characteristics of valves.