CASE STUDY : THERMAL ANALYSIS OF VALVE

INTRODUCTION • Preparing mesh of Valve structure without

losing critical areas like fillets, chamfers.
Valves are used for wide range of applications. In
• Modelling the Fluid Structural Interface
some of the applications, the valves are subjected
without any loss.
to high temperatures. Such high temperature
comes as a thermal shock to the valve assembly, THE SOLUTION
results into generation of high thermal stresses. The structure of Valve was analyzed using Finite
Excessive differential expansion of the Element Method to determine the induced
equipment, sometimes may lead to its failure. stresses due to differential thermal loading. In
Hence such severe conditions needs to be order to assess structural strength of the valve,
analyzed in order to ensure safety of the guidelines from ASME Section VIII Div. 2 part 5
equipment. FEA can be done for static & was utilized. The problem involves Fluid
transient thermal analysis of various types of Dynamics as well as Structural approaches &
Valves. Also in some the cases, FSI approach is combining these two is bit challenging as the
used to solve the problems. improper linkage may leads to error in final
FEA WORKFLOW results. The induced stresses are observed to be
within the allowable limits. Hence, the structure’s
• Determining the material properties for
design was predicted to behave safe during
different MoCs of Valve components,
operation without premature failure.
design/operating conditions.
• Preparing FEA Model for two different cases –
Body temperature development & Static
Structural analysis.
• Solving the model for body temperature
development & Static Analyses with appropriate
material properties.
• For some special cases, the approach would be
CFD + FEA (FSI Problems).
• Results extractions & combining the results with
other loadings in order to get the desired
combinations.
• Report the results for client’s reference.
BENEFITS
CHALLENGES
• Better understanding about operating conditions
• Capturing the effect of insulation in FEA of the Valve on time basis
without actually modelling the same. • Design modification based on actual behavior of
• Inserting the body temperature data into the Valve is made possible
structural analysis without any loss. • Optimized Design with reduced manufacturing
time.
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