Date of Publication :7th October 2024

Abstract:Many processing industries involves handling of very high pressure and after processing very high pressure drop is required before releasing it into environment. However, this pressure drop should be gradual in nature, so that it does not cause any atmospheric and mechanical disturbance. In this regard, restriction plate plays an important role for achieving gradual pressure drop by adopting various arrangements within the pipe. However, limited literature does not give idea about what should be the best arrangement of restriction orifice within pipe in terms of spacing and number of stages. The objective of this study is to perform flow analysis using Ansys software using CFD technique in terms of pressure drop by arranging restriction orifice at fixed and then varying spacing of 1D, 1.5D, 2D, 2.5D, 3D for 5, 6 and 7 number of stages.

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