Worksheet 3

realized by M. Fraganza and M. Miccio
rev. 1.3 of 13.04.2021


Objectives

  • Cavitation test.
  • Calculation and representation of the flow curve.

Liquid data input

Select liquid:

atm
Pa
psi
torr

Input upstream pressure P1

Input downstream pressure P2

Input vapor pressure Pv

Valve data input

input Flow coefficient Cv

input Recovery Coefficient FL

The coefficient of the pressure ratio for liquids is:

YES / NO check for cavitation (IEC 60534 norm)

Calculation of the theoretical value that the recovery coefficient should have for the valve to enter into cavitation

(with the previous value assigned to ΔP )

Calculation and Plotting of the Flow Curve

Magnani, Ferretti e Rocco

The Incipient cavitation coefficient for a linear valve is

In the following, we use the same value above entered of the Flow coefficient Cv

Writing the salient point vectors, we give an asymptotic representation of the flow curve: