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Flow Regulators - Design, Tests and Applications

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The chapter presents the theoretical fundamentals of liquid flow regulation. The description of the operation of vortex regulators is reduced to the Toricelli formula, in which the flow factor is determined experimentally. Flow regulators are devices that reduce fluid flow. They consist of inlet and outlet ports and a vortex chamber, which can have different shapes and geometric dimensions. Designed regulators differ in the shape of the vortex chamber and the presence of a core-hole. Their prototypes were made of reinforced ABS copolymer using the 3D printing technique, which is resistant to high temperature and mechanical damage. The paper presents experimental results of the modified vortex flow regulators, characteristics of liquid flow and discharge coefficients.

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This research was supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education through grant PUT 03/32/SBAD/0902.

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    Marek Ochowiak, Sylwia Włodarczak, Magdalena Matuszak, Andżelika Krupińska & Małgorzata Markowska

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Ochowiak, M., Włodarczak, S., Matuszak, M., Krupińska, A., Markowska, M. (2020). Flow Regulators - Design, Tests and Applications. In: Ochowiak, M., Woziwodzki, S., Mitkowski, P., Doligalski, M. (eds) Practical Aspects of Chemical Engineering. PAIC 2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39867-5_28

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