TY - JOUR PB - Canadian Science Publishing SP - 717 TI - Additive manufacturing design of globe valve for optimized flow SN - 03158977 VL - 41 N1 - cited By 1 A1 - Azam, F.I. A1 - Rani, A.M.A. A1 - Altaf, K. A1 - Zaharin, H.A. AV - none Y1 - 2017/// KW - 3D printers; Computational fluid dynamics; Design for manufacturability; Efficiency; Flow measurement KW - Casting and forging; Design for Manufacturing; Design optimization; Flow coefficients; Flow loss; Manufacturing constraint; Manufacturing process; Petrochemical industry KW - Computer aided design EP - 723 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055151049&doi=10.1139%2ftcsme-2017-506&partnerID=40&md5=6bd16c9c8c90e7209d4c3ff367b9e55c IS - 5 JF - Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering ID - scholars9031 N2 - Valves have wide usage in industries ranging from food industries to petrochemical industries. Existing manufacturing processes, such as casting and forging, limit the design of globe valve to design for manufacturing. The purpose of this study is to optimize the design of current globe valve for optimized flow path. Current design of valve was modelled in CAD software and CFD analysis was performed on its geometry to identify the optimization points. Results obtained from simulations show significant increase in valve's performance, flow efficiency and decreases in pressure drop. Comparison of flow coefficient between original design and new design show approx. 35 increase in efficiency. Proposed design can be manufactured using additive manufacturing to overcome the manufacturing constraints. © 2017 Canadian Science Publishing. All rights reserved. ER -