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    CFD Use in Venturi Meter

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    This document discusses using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate and optimize the design of a venturi meter. It describes calibrating a physical venturi meter in the lab and validating the results with ANSYS Fluent simulations. Various parameters of the venturi meter geometry were altered in Fluent, including the ratio of throat to inlet diameters and inlet diameter. An optimal ratio of 0.62 was identified. Further simulations varied the throat diameter according to this ratio. The results showed good agreement between theoretical and simulated discharge values.

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    This document discusses using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate and optimize the design of a venturi meter. It describes calibrating a physical venturi meter in the lab and validating the results with ANSYS Fluent simulations. Various parameters of the venturi meter geometry were altered in Fluent, including the ratio of throat to inlet diameters and inlet diameter. An optimal ratio of 0.62 was identified. Further simulations varied the throat diameter according to this ratio. The results showed good agreement between theoretical and simulated discharge values.

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    This document discusses using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate and optimize the design of a venturi meter. It describes calibrating a physical venturi meter in the lab and validating the results with ANSYS Fluent simulations. Various parameters of the venturi meter geometry were altered in Fluent, including the ratio of throat to inlet diameters and inlet diameter. An optimal ratio of 0.62 was identified. Further simulations varied the throat diameter according to this ratio. The results showed good agreement between theoretical and simulated discharge values.

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    CFD Use in Venturi Meter

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    This document discusses using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate and optimize the design of a venturi meter. It describes calibrating a physical venturi meter in the lab and validating the results with ANSYS Fluent simulations. Various parameters of the venturi meter geometry were altered in Fluent, including the ratio of throat to inlet diameters and inlet diameter. An optimal ratio of 0.62 was identified. Further simulations varied the throat diameter according to this ratio. The results showed good agreement between theoretical and simulated discharge values.

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    The document discusses calibration experiments performed on a venturi meter and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations done using ANSYS Fluent to validate and optimize the design of the venturi meter.

    Practical calibration of a venturi meter was performed and simulated using ANSYS Fluent. The results from both methods were compared and found to match closely, validating the use of CFD for further studies.

    The ratio of the throat diameter to inlet diameter, inlet diameter, and length of the convergent section were parameters varied to optimize the venturi meter design. The optimal ratio found was 0.62.

    APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN HYDRAULICS

    ADITYA KARAN ABHIJEET SAVANT NINAD PRABHUNE


    Guided By : Dr. G.A. Hinge

    WORK DONE TILL FIRST SEMESTER


    SELECTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO BE USED FOR THE VARIOUS FLUID DYNAMICS PROBLEMS.(ANSYS FLUENT) ACCESING THE RESULTS ACQUIRED FROM VARIOUS COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE OF CALIBRATION OF VENTURIMETER SIMULATION OF THE SAME EXPERIMENT IN FLUENT VALIDATION OF THE RESULTS SO AQUIRED WITH THE PRACTICAL RESULTS. THUS REACHING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT FLUENT CAN BE USED TO CARRY FUTHER STUDY OF INSTRUMENTS

    CALIBRATION OF VENTURIMETER

    DETAILS OF VENTURIMETER ( F M Lab, SCOE)


    Inlet Diameter= 25mm Throat diameter= 16mm Inlet diameter= outlet diameter Length of inlet pipe=500mm Length of convergent section=35mm Length of divergent section=65mm

    ABOUT VENTURI METER


    The Venturi meter was invented by the Italian Giovanni Venturi in 1797. To measure the volumetric flow rate of fluids. GEOMETRY-Venturi meter there is first a converging section. Then there is a short section at the reduced diameter, known as the throat of the meter. Then there is a diverging section in which the cross sectional area for flow is gradually increased to the original diameter.

    Formulae For Calculating Discharge


    C = a1a2(2g) / (a1-a2) a1 = Area at inlet pipe. a2 = Area at throat section. C= Coefficient of venturi meter. Qth = CH Qth = Theoretical Discharge. H= Difference in venturi head.

    Qact = C.CdH Qact=Cd Qth Cd= Coefficient of discharge. * Cd is introduced in the equation because to take loss of energy into account.

    Comparison between lab and fluent results: Validation Of CFD


    H Lab (cm) 30 22.1 9.6 5.0 4.0 1.80 H Fluent (cm) 29.1 20.90 13.63 5.8 3.59 1.96 Klab 0.93 0.92 0.93 0.92 0.89 0.90 K Fluent 0.923 0.9243 0.9250 0.9420 0.8980 0.8790

    AFTER VALIDATION OF THE RESULTS


    Varied the ratio of (throat diameter : inlet diameter ) Changed the inlet diameter and kept the inlet diameter constant Found the appropriate ratio of throat diameter : inlet diameter. Then Changed the throat diameter according to the ratio found earlier hence optimizing the design of Venturi meter

    VARIATION OF RATIOS OF THE DIAMETER OF THE THROAT AND THE INLET SECTION
    PARAMET ER RATIO OF DIAMETER INLET DIAMETER (m) THROAT DIAMETER (m)
    INLET AREA 10-4
    (m2)

    CASE 1 0.4 0.4:1

    CASE 2 0.5 0.5:1

    CASE 3 0.6 0.6:1

    ORI. CASE 0.64:1

    CASE 4 0.7 0.7:1

    CASE 5 0.8 0.8:1

    CASE 6 0.9 0.9:1

    0.04

    0.032

    0.027

    0.025

    0.023

    0.02

    0.018

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    1.257

    8.05

    5.31

    4.90

    3.8

    3.14

    2.43

    THROAT AREA10-4 (m2)

    2.01

    2.01

    2.01

    2.01

    2.01

    2.01

    2.01

    RESULTS FOR DIFFERENT CASES USING CFD.


    CASE 1 CASE 2 0.4 0.5
    DISCHARGE (m3/s) CONSTANT OF VENTURIMETER 10-04 Qth 10-04 Qact

    CASE 3 0.6

    CASE 4 0.7

    CASE 5 0.8

    CASE 6 0.9

    4.9510-04 9.02 9.2 9.63 10.5 11.59 15.82

    ---

    5.26 0.4856

    4.96 0.4575

    5.47 0.4835

    5.21 0.4777

    6.43 0.4836

    COEFFICIENT OF VENTURMETER

    --

    0.922

    0.9234

    0.88

    0.916

    0.75

    CASE 2
    CASE 1 CASE 2
    DISCHARGE (m3/s) CONSTANT OF VENTURIMETER 10-04

    CASE 3

    CASE 4

    CASE 5

    CASE 6

    4.5910-04 9.02 9.2 9.63 10.5 11.59 15.82

    Qth 10-04
    Qact

    ---

    8.65
    0.4896

    4.82
    0.4441

    0.549
    0.4851

    4.89
    0.4426

    5.48
    0.4366

    COEFFICIENT OF VENTURMETER

    --

    0.9133

    0.9210

    0.88

    0.9048

    0.7965

    CASE 3:
    CASE 1 CASE 2
    DISCHARGE (m3/s) CONSTANT OF VENTURIMETER 10-04 Qth 10-04 Qact

    CASE 3 4.2510-04

    CASE 4

    CASE 5

    CASE 6

    9.02

    9.2

    9.63

    10.5

    11.59

    15.82

    ---

    4.69 0.4169

    4.66 0.4131

    5.14 0.4450

    4.73 0.4092

    6.49 0.4050

    COEFFICIENT OF VENTURMETER

    --

    0.8887

    0.8873

    0.8659

    0.8648

    0.6248

    GRAPH SHOWING RESULTS


    Results
    1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5

    0.4
    0.3 0.2 0.1 0 1 2 Case 1 3 Case 2 Case 3 4 5

    Towards optimization Analyzing around case 3


    PARAMETER RATIO OF DIAMETER INLET DIAMETER (m) THROAT DIAMETER (m)
    INLET AREA 10-4 (m2)

    CASE 1 0.525 0.525:1 0.0304

    CASE 2 0.55 0.55:1 0.029

    CASE 3 0.575 0.575:1 0.0278

    CASE 4 0.62 0.62:1 0.0258

    CASE 5 0.64 0.624:1 0.025

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    0.016

    7.3 2.01

    6.6 2.01

    6.1 2.01

    5.2 2.01

    4.9 2.01

    THROAT AREA10-4 (m2)

    RESULTS
    CASE 1 CASE 2 0.4 0.5
    DISCHARGE (m3/s) CONSTANT OF VENTURIMETER 10-04 Qth 10-04 Qact

    CASE 3 0.6

    CASE 4 0.7

    CASE 5 0.8

    4.9510-04 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.7 9.8

    5.5

    5.2

    5.3 0.46138

    5.2 0.4885

    5.4 0.4813

    0.4831 0.4812

    COEFFICIENT OF VENTURMETER

    0.8809 0.9257

    0.8679

    0.9336

    0.8924

    RESULTS
    OPTIMIZED RESULTS
    0.94

    0.92

    0.9

    0.88

    OPTIMIZED RESULTS

    0.86

    0.84

    0.82 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

    From these results we found the value of the ratio is 0.62

    VARIATION OF DIAMETER OF THROAT ACCORDING TO OUR OPTIMISED RATIO OF 0.62


    PARAMETERS
    Peizometeric Head inlet radius throat radius inlet area throat area Constant of venturi

    CASE 1
    0.387 0.0125 0.008 0.00049107 0.00020114 0.00097654

    CASE 2
    0.407 0.02 0.0124 0.001257143 0.000483246 0.002318428

    CASE 3
    0.333 0.025 0.0155 0.001964286 0.000755071 0.003622544

    q th
    q act coefficient of discharge

    0.0006075
    0.47793 0.78671899

    0.001479077
    1.2422 0.839848072

    0.002090431
    1.947391 0.931574142

    RESULTS USING CFD


    PARAMETER
    DISCHARGE (m3/s) CONSTANT OF VENTURIMETER

    CASE 1 4.9010-04 9.7510-04

    CASE 2 4.9010-04 9.7510-04

    CASE 3 4.9010-04 9.7510-04

    CASE 4 4.9010-04 9.7510-04

    PRESSURE HEAD (cm) QTH CD

    29.8 5.32510-04 0.919

    27.9 5.1510-04 0.949

    29.1 5.3510-04 0.93

    27.9 5.1510-04 0.95

    GRAPH SHOWING THE RESULTS


    0.95 0.9

    0.85

    0.8

    0.75

    0.7
    1 2 3

    CONCLUSIONS:
    The Avg. Cd found was 0.923 but the value of the Cd is usually taken as 0.98. We found by changing the ratio of inlet to throat diameter the efficient value of the ratio is 1.6 that we got from FLUENT. We found by changing the length of convergent section that efficient value is 0.016m and we are still working on that parameter.

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