2D CFD Modeling of Rapid Water Filling with Air Valves Using OpenFOAM

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 21; p. 3104
• Main Authors: Aguirre-Mendoza, Andres M., Oyuela, Sebastián, Espinoza-Román, Héctor G., Coronado-Hernández, Oscar E., Fuertes-Miquel, Vicente S., Paternina-Verona, Duban A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Air pockets; air valve; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer applications; Expulsion; Finite volume method; Fluid dynamics; Friction; Hydraulics; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical models; OpenFOAM; pipeline filling; Pipes; Polyvinyl chloride; Pressure transducers; Spacetime; transient flow; Two dimensional models; Velocity

The rapid filling process in pressurized pipelines has been extensively studied using mathematical models. On the other hand, the application of computational fluid dynamics models has emerged during the last decade, which considers the development of CFD models that simulate the filling of pipes wi...