The Effect of the Pipe Bending Angle on the Pressure Losses Vane Elbow Pipes
Author : SamanShabani, Amir Abass Abedini and Ali MohammadtabarVolume 8 No.1 January-June 2019 pp 1-8
Abstract
Pressure loss is one of the significant parameters in designing pipe bends. In this paper, the pressure distribution and pressure losses induced by turbulent flows in a circular cross-sectioned piping elbow with or without guide vane were simulated. The flow distribution in the piping elbow was simulated by the k- model using control volume method. The main objective of this study is to characterize the effect of changing the angle of pipe bend and Reynolds number on the flow separation of single-phase turbulent flow through numerical simulation. Results were validated by other experimental results and then loss coefficient was calculated in different angles from 45 to 135-degree pipe bend in various radius ratios with or without guide vane. Despite the fact that increasing pipe angle increased the pipe bend loss coefficient, using guide vane in the pipe elbow decreased this coefficient. In the radius ratio 1.5 with one guide vane, the loss coefficient of the pipe bends decreased by 50 percent in all degrees. Results revealed that the use of two vanes in pipe bend is more effective on the reduction of elbow pressure losses. Moreover, two guide vanes can decrease loss coefficient more than 50 percent. Also, the results indicated that loss coefficient decreased by increasing Reynolds number.
Keywords
Turbulence Flow, Drop Pressure, Pipe Bend, Guide Vane
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