CFD SIMULATION ON DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES OF VENTURIMETER

P. Hari Vijay, V. Subrahmanyam

Abstract: This paper describe an analytical approach for comparison of four different models to describe the velocity, pressure, turbulence and mass flow rate taken place in the venturimeter and graph are plotted. Venturimeter are most commonly used for flow meters for measuring volumetric or mass flow rate and velocity of fluid flowing through the venturimeter. Hence are also know as variable head meters. Variable head meters work on the principle that a variation of the flow rate through a constriction with a constant cross-sectional area causes a pressure drop suffered by the fluid as it flows through the constriction. The pressure drop is related to the flow rate, and hence variations of the pressure drop can be used to measure variations in the flow rate. Fluent soft ware was used to plot the characteristics of the flow of fluid through the flow meter and gambit software was used to design the 2D model. Two phase computational fluid dynamic calculation, using K-Epsilon model were employed. The numerical results were validated against experimental data from the literature and were found to be in good agreement. The pressure recovery is better in the venturi meter.

Keywords: Gambit, Fluent, K-Epsilon model..

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0307078