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A comprehensive review of cavitation in valves: mechanical heart valves and control valves

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Valves are widely used in various working conditions for their flow control functions, and the cavitation inside valves has been investigated owing to its harm to the valve itself and the connecting downstream parts. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the progress that has been achieved in the past years about cavitation in valves including both mechanical heart valves and control valves. The review is divided in the following parts, namely the location where there is a high possibility of the occurrence of cavitation, the parameters that affect cavitation intensity, and the methods to minimize cavitation intensity. It should be noticed that although simulation has been widely used, advanced experiments are still needed in order to obtain accurate analysis of cavitation in valves and the cavitation model still needs to be improved.

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Abbreviations

MMHVs:

Monoleaflet mechanical heart valves

BMHVs:

Bileaflet mechanical heart valves

BS valve:

Björk–Shiley valve

CFD:

Computational fluid dynamics

CM valve:

CarboMedies valve

FSI:

Fluid–structure interaction

LES:

Large eddy simulation

MS:

Minisac

VCO:

Valve-covered orifice

CT:

Computed tomography

RANS:

Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations

SJM valve:

St. Jude Medical valve

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant No. 51805470, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities through Grant No. 2018QNA4013, and the Youth Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems (Zhejiang University) through Grant No. SKLoFP-QN-1801.

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Qian, Jy., Gao, Zx., Hou, Cw. et al. A comprehensive review of cavitation in valves: mechanical heart valves and control valves. Bio-des. Manuf. 2, 119–136 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-019-00040-z

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