International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN:2313-626X

Volume 3, Issue 9  (September 2016), Pages:  25-30

Title: Computational study of the performance of the Etoile flow conditioner

Author(s):  Mohamed Aichouni ¹, Lioua Kolsi ^{1, 2,} *, Noureddine Ait-Messaoudenne ¹, Walid Aich ^{1, 3}

Affiliation(s):

¹The Engineering College, University of Hail, PO Box 2440, Hail, Saudi Arabia
²Unité de recherche de Métrologie et des Systèmes Energétiques, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs, 5000 Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia
³Unité de Recherche Matériaux, Energie et Energies Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences de Gafsa, Tunisie

https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.09.005

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Abstract:

Flow conditioners serve to reduce the developing length between pipe fittings and flow meters and to create the fully developed standard flow condition within short developing distances. This has been used in industrial settings as means for metering errors reduction and elimination. The authors undertook a research project to predict the flow development downstream different flow conditioners to optimize their performance in reducing flow distortion and the attainment of the standard fully developed condition within shorter distances. The tested flow conditioners were the Etoile and the tube bundle, described by the standards ISO 5167, and other plate-type flow conditioners. The present paper will discuss only the results obtained for the Etoile flow conditioner, with its standard geometry and other proposed design settings. Powerful Computational Flow Dynamics techniques have been used to predict the flow development downstream the flow conditioners. 

© 2016 The Authors. Published by IASE.

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

Keywords: Computational fluid dynamics, Flow conditioners, Pipe flow, Fully developed flow, ISO 5167, Flow rate measurements

Article History: Received 10 June 2016, Received in revised form 11 August 2016, Accepted 17 September 2016

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.09.005

Citation:

Aichouni M, Kolsi L, Ait-Messaoudenne N, and Aich W (2016). Computational study of the performance of the Etoile flow conditioner. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(9): 25-30

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