Air recovery assessment on high-pressure pneumatic systems
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Abstract
A computational simulation and experimental work of the fluid flow through the pneumatic circuit used in a stretch blow moulding machine is presented in this paper. The computer code is built around a zero-dimensional thermodynamic model for the air blowing and recycling containers together with a non-linear time-variant deterministic model for the pneumatic three stations single acting valve manifold, which, in turn, is linked to a quasi-one-dimensional unsteady flow model for the interconnecting pipes. The flow through the pipes accounts for viscous friction, heat transfer, cross-sectional area variation, and entropy variation. Two different solving methods are applied: the method of characteristics and the Harten-Lax-Van Leer (HLL) Riemann first-order scheme. The numerical model allows prediction of the air blowing process and, more significantly, permits determination of the recycling rate at each operating cycle. A simplified experimental set-up of the industrial process was designed, and the pressure and temperature were adequately monitored. Predictions of the blowing process for various configurations proved to be in good agreement with the measured results. In addition, a novel design of a valve manifold intended for the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle manufacturing industry is also presented.
CitacióTrujillo, J., Gamez-Montero, P.J., Codina-Macia, Esteban. Air recovery assessment on high-pressure pneumatic systems. "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part C, journal of mechanical engineering science", 23 Maig 2016, vol. 231, num. 18, p. 3370-3381.
ISSN0954-4062
Versió de l'editorhttp://pic.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/05/23/0954406216645823
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