Test and Improvement of Flow Distribution in a Sudden Changed Structure

DOI

10.2991/amsee-16.2016.32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

internal flow; velocity measurement; straightener design

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the work on measuring flow distribution down-stream of a 90 elbow, and on improving the flow to satisfy installation of a flow meter. In the sudden changed flow channel, flow velocity distribution is very irregular. Both asymmetry and swirl exist, which cause severe error in flow rate measurement. To improve the flow, a honeycomb with distributed blocks was used. The result showed that this design is able to largely improve the flow distribution.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaozhang Zhang
AU  - Bin Chen
PY  - 2016/04
DA  - 2016/04
TI  - Test and Improvement of Flow Distribution in a Sudden Changed Structure
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Advanced Materials Science and Environmental Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 116
EP  - 118
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/amsee-16.2016.32
DO  - 10.2991/amsee-16.2016.32
ID  - Zhang2016/04
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