Modeling and simulation of low pressure oil-hydraulic pipeline transients

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Jiang, D., Li, S., Zeng, W. and Edge, K.A., 2012. Modeling and simulation of low pressure oil-hydraulic pipeline transients. Computers and Fluids, 67, pp. 79-86.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.07.005

Abstract

In order to predict more accurately the pressure transients accompanying air release and vaporous cavitation inside oil-hydraulic low pressure pipelines, a new method using genetic algorithms (GAs) for parameter identification is described. A mathematical model for pressure and flow transients is presented in which models of vaporous cavitation and dynamic air release and re-solution are incorporated. This model enables the prediction of both the vaporous cavitation and the air bubble volumes in the pipeline during the transients following a sudden cut-off of the flow. The accurate prediction of behavior largely depends on three generally unknown parameters required by the model, namely: the initial air bubble volume in the oil, and the air release and re-solution time constants. Through the use of the GAs, these parameters can be identified. Predicted results and experimental data show close correspondence.

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