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Hydrodynamic calculation butterfly valve

double disc

Q
air

α
Qmax
D

+M H
+F x
Φ
+F y
+F

0.2D 0.5D
sD

+F +F bx
by

0.4D

Butterfly valve (double disc)

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sD
c

D
L

Double disc

Values for calculation

Valve diameter

D 2000 mm

Length from the axis of rotation to the outer edge of the disc

LD 240 mm

Dimension c

c 315 mm

Max diameter of the disc seal

Ds 1950 mm

Flow

10
3
Qmax m /s
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Rated net head

H 50 m

Gravitational acceleration

9.81
2
g m/s

The water temperature

T 20 °C

Density

998.4
3
ρ kg/m

Saturated vapor pressure

PT 2339.2 Pa

Water hammer

ΔP 10 m

Valve axis position to sea level

h 0 m

Air density

1.225
ρ 3
air kg/m

Atmospheric pressure

pa 101325 Pa

Aeration

n yes

Closing time

t 40 s

Pipe length behind valve

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L 20 m

Loss coefficient

ζ 0.2156

Calculation
Velocity in valve
6 6
4 ⋅ 10 ⋅ Qmax 4 ⋅ 10 ⋅ 10
vmax = = = 3.183m/s
2 2
π ⋅ D π ⋅ 2000

Theoretical pressure in the valve at full opening

2 2
vmax 3.183
Δh = ⋅ (ζ + 1) = ⋅ (0.2156 + 1) = 0.628m
2 ⋅ g 2 ⋅ 9.81

Pressure parameter
Δh 0.628
p = = = 0.01255
H 50

Effective closing time factor

cef = 0.2238

Under-pressure behind the valve

L ⋅ vmax 20 ⋅ 3.183
Pu = min ( , 10.35) = min ( , 10.35) = 0.725m
g ⋅ t ⋅ cef 9.81 ⋅ 40 ⋅ 0.2238

Requirements
0 < p ≤ 1 → 0 < 0.01255 ≤ 1

Does suit.
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Coefficient Coefficient Coefficient Coefficient
of of of of
Angle hydraulic hydraulic hydraulic hydraulic
from force on a force on a force on force on Hydraulic
open Flow disc in the disc in the body in body in torque
position coefficient axis x axis y the axis x the axis y coefficient

α KQ Kx Ky Kbx Kby Km

0 0.907 0.095 -0.001 0.131 0.001 6.8E-5

5 0.872 0.131 0.333 0.168 0.251 0.042

10 0.782 0.221 0.631 0.248 0.426 0.071

15 0.627 0.342 0.886 0.363 0.562 0.1

20 0.546 0.441 0.979 0.449 0.552 0.104

25 0.458 0.552 0.99 0.55 0.53 0.085

30 0.4 0.622 0.923 0.612 0.487 0.073

35 0.362 0.706 0.878 0.687 0.443 0.065

40 0.315 0.782 0.857 0.753 0.398 0.054

45 0.251 0.832 0.821 0.802 0.321 0.046

50 0.207 0.878 0.754 0.842 0.262 0.042

55 0.178 0.913 0.656 0.872 0.198 0.032

60 0.153 0.938 0.51 0.896 0.146 0.03

65 0.125 0.962 0.435 0.924 0.111 0.027

70 0.11 0.987 0.362 0.953 0.071 0.024

75 0.085 1.002 0.28 0.967 0.032 0.018

80 0.058 1.01 0.172 0.982 0.008 0.012

85 0.03 1.01 0.068 0.993 0.00012 0.005

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-●-K x [−]

-●-K y [−]

-●-K bx [−]

-●-K by [−]

α[°]

Coefficient of force
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-●-K Q [−]

α[°]

Flow coefficient
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-●-K m [−]

α[°]

Hydraulic torque coefficient

Angle
Angle between pipe Reduced free Flow of Water
from axis and flow area in the water velocity
open Loss hydraulic throttle control Relative in the in
position coefficient force system flow pipeline pipeline

α ζ ϕ fr Qp Q v

3
° ° m /s m/s

0 0.2156 -0.603 1 1 10 3.183

5 0.3151 68.5 0.961 0.999 9.99 3.181

10 0.635 70.7 0.862 0.998 9.98 3.176

15 1.544 68.9 0.691 0.993 9.93 3.161

20 2.354 65.8 0.602 0.989 9.89 3.149

25 3.767 60.9 0.505 0.982 9.82 3.126

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Angle
Angle between pipe Reduced free Flow of Water
from axis and flow area in the water velocity
open Loss hydraulic throttle control Relative in the in
position coefficient force system flow pipeline pipeline

α ζ ϕ fr Qp Q v

3
° ° m /s m/s

30 5.25 56 0.441 0.975 9.75 3.103

35 6.63 51.2 0.3991 0.968 9.68 3.083

40 9.08 47.62 0.3473 0.957 9.57 3.047

45 14.87 44.62 0.2767 0.932 9.32 2.966

50 22.34 40.65 0.2282 0.902 9.02 2.872

55 30.56 35.7 0.1963 0.873 8.73 2.777

60 41.72 28.53 0.1687 0.837 8.37 2.663

65 63 24.33 0.1378 0.779 7.79 2.479

70 81.6 20.14 0.1213 0.737 7.37 2.346

75 137.4 15.61 0.0937 0.643 6.43 2.047

80 296.3 9.66 0.0639 0.4964 4.964 1.58

85 1110.1 3.852 0.03308 0.2833 2.833 0.902

90 1.0E+200 0 0 0 0 0
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-●-ζ[−]

α[°]

Loss coefficient

2
1 − K
Q
ζ =
2
K
Q
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-●-ϕ[°]

α[°]

Angle between pipe axis and hydraulic force

Ky
−1
ϕ = tan ( )
Kx
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-●-f r [−]

-●-Q p [−]

α[°]

Coefficients

KQ
fr =
KQmax

fr
Qp =
2
√p + fr ⋅ (1 − p)
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-●-Q[m 3
/s]

-●-v[m/s]

α[°]

Flow and speed of water in the pipeline

Q = Qp ⋅ Qmax

v = Qp ⋅ vmax

Angle from open Loss of pressure on the Pressure on the Cavitation

position valve valve number

α HL Hv σ

° m m

0 0.1113 0.628 95.6

5 0.1626 0.684 87.6

10 0.3266 0.864 69.2

15 0.786 1.369 43.34

20 1.19 1.811 32.53

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Angle from open Loss of pressure on the Pressure on the Cavitation
position valve valve number

α HL Hv σ

° m m

25 1.877 2.566 22.69

30 2.577 3.336 17.24

35 3.212 4.034 14.1

40 4.295 5.23 10.68

45 6.67 7.85 6.81

50 9.39 10.86 4.67

55 12.02 13.78 3.491

60 15.08 17.19 2.619

65 19.74 22.42 1.801

70 22.9 26 1.431

75 29.36 33.4 0.921

80 37.71 43.23 0.518

85 46 53.7 0.2626

90 50 60.7 0.1664
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-●-H L [m]

-●-H v [m]

α[°]

Loss of height on valve and pressure height on Butterfly valve

2
v
HL = ⋅ ζ
2 ⋅ g

2
v
Hv = HL + + (1 − Qp ) ⋅ (ΔP + Pu )
2 ⋅ g
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-●-σ[−]

α[°]

Cavitation number

pa − P T
+ H − HL
ρ ⋅ g
σ =
Hv

Forces on Forces on The force at

Angle from disc in axis disc in axis Forces the valve axis The force at
open position x y on disc x the valve axis y

α Fx Fy F Fbx Fby

° kN kN kN kN kN

0 1.744 -0.01836 1.744 2.53 0.01932

5 2.621 6.66 7.16 3.536 5.28

10 5.59 15.95 16.9 6.59 11.33

15 13.69 35.47 38.02 15.29 23.67

20 23.37 51.9 56.9 25.02 30.77

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Forces on Forces on The force at
Angle from disc in axis disc in axis Forces the valve axis The force at
open position x y on disc x the valve axis y

α Fx Fy F Fbx Fby

° kN kN kN kN kN

25 41.43 74.3 85.1 43.43 41.85

30 60.7 90.1 108.6 62.8 50

35 83.3 103.6 133 85.3 55

40 119.6 131 177.4 121.1 64

45 191 188.5 268.4 193.7 77.5

50 278.9 239.5 367.6 281.3 87.5

55 367.9 264.3 453 369.6 83.9

60 471.7 256.5 537 474 77.2

65 630.9 285.3 692.4 637.4 76.6

70 750.7 275.3 799.6 762.5 56.8

75 978.9 273.5 1016.4 993.7 32.89

80 1277.2 217.5 1295.6 1306.3 10.64

85 1587.2 106.9 1590.8 1641.5 0.1984

90 1776.2 0 1776.2 1868.5 0

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-●-F x [kN]

-●-F y [kN]

-●-F [kN]

α[°]

Forces on the disc

2
π ⋅ Ds
Fx = ⋅ ρ ⋅ g ⋅ Hv ⋅ K x
9
4 ⋅ 10

2
π ⋅ Ds
Fy = ⋅ ρ ⋅ g ⋅ Hv ⋅ K y
9
4 ⋅ 10

2 2
F = √Fx + Fy
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-●-F bx [kN]

α[°]

Forces on the body x

2
π ⋅ Ds
Fbx = ⋅ ρ ⋅ g ⋅ Hv ⋅ Kbx
9
4 ⋅ 10
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-●-F by [kN]

α[°]

Forces on the body y

2
π ⋅ Ds
Fby = ⋅ ρ ⋅ g ⋅ Hv ⋅ Kby
9
4 ⋅ 10

Angle Hydraulic Force Force Moment from the

from torque parallel to perpendicular axis of the
open without the axis of to the axis of trunnion to the Hydraulic
position eccentricity the disc the disc axis of the disc torque

α M Fe1 Fe2 MLD MH

° kNm kN kN kNm kNm

0 0.0031 1.744 -0.01836 0 0.0031

5 2.086 2.03 6.87 0 2.086

10 4.455 2.731 16.67 0 4.455

15 9.94 4.045 37.8 0 9.94

20 13.68 4.216 56.7 0 13.68

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Angle Hydraulic Force Force Moment from the
from torque parallel to perpendicular axis of the
open without the axis of to the axis of trunnion to the Hydraulic
position eccentricity the disc the disc axis of the disc torque

α M Fe1 Fe2 MLD MH

° kNm kN kN kNm kNm

25 15.84 6.15 84.9 0 15.84

30 17.69 7.53 108.4 0 17.69

35 19.04 8.82 132.7 0 19.04

40 20.5 7.37 177.2 0 20.5

45 26.22 1.786 268.4 0 26.22

50 33.12 -4.202 367.6 0 33.12

55 32.01 -5.52 453 0 32.01

60 37.46 13.74 536.8 0 37.46

65 43.96 8.08 692.4 0 43.96

70 45.32 -1.974 799.6 0 45.32

75 43.66 -10.87 1016.3 0 43.66

80 37.68 7.58 1295.6 0 37.68

85 19.51 31.88 1590.5 0 19.51

90 0 0 1776.2 0 0
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-●-M [kNm]

-●-M LD [kNm]

α[°]

Torque of the disc

3
D s ⋅ ρ ⋅ g ⋅ Hv ⋅ K m
M =
12
10

−Fe1 ⋅ 0.12 ⋅ D + Fe1 ⋅ LD

MLD =
3
10
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-●-F e1 [kN]

α[°]

Force on the disc F e1

π
Fe1 = F ⋅ sin((90 − α − ϕ) ⋅ )
180
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-●-F e2 [kN]

α[°]

Force on the disc F e2

π
Fe2 = F ⋅ cos((90 − α − ϕ) ⋅ )
180
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-●-M H [kNm]

α[°]

Hydraulic torque

MH = M + MLD

Angle from open Coefficient of under-pressure Under-pressure in the Air

position of aerated hole aerated pipeline flow

α fair pair Qair

3
° Pa m /s

0 0 0 0

5 1.568 811.3 0.00514

10 3.136 1625.2 0.0216

15 4.704 2440.7 0.0679

20 6.93 3571.4 0.1087

25 9.15 4676.9 0.1785

30 16.67 8348.1 0.2503

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Angle from open Coefficient of under-pressure Under-pressure in the Air
position of aerated hole aerated pipeline flow

α fair pair Qair

3
° Pa m /s

35 24.19 11923 0.3157

40 31.72 15285.1 0.4285

45 44.12 20240.3 0.681

50 56.5 24418 0.978

55 68.9 27963.9 1.274

60 81.3 30513.2 1.634

65 93.7 30889.3 1.558

70 106.1 31593.8 1.474

75 118.6 27822.1 1.286

80 131 20214.8 0.993

85 143.4 11019 0.567

90 155.8 7099.4 0
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-●-f air [−]

α[°]

Coefficient of under-pressure of aerated hole

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-●-p air [Pa]

α[°]

Under-pressure in the aerated pipeline

2
vmax L ⋅ vmax ⋅ ρ
pair = min (pa , fair ⋅ ⋅ ρ + (1 − Qp ) ⋅ min ( , pa ))
2 ⋅ g t ⋅ cef
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-●-Q air [m
3
/s]

α[°]

Air flow

pa
- if P u <
2

Qair = min (Qmax − Q, 0.2 ⋅ Q)

pa
- if P u ≥
2

Qair = max (Qmax − Q, 0.2 ⋅ Q)

Angle from open Air The flow area of the The flow area of the
position velocity aerated hole aerated pipeline

α vair Aair Aair−pipe

2 2
° m/s m m

0 0 0 0

5 25.48 0.0002016 0.0002016

10 36.06 0.000599 0.000599

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Angle from open Air The flow area of the The flow area of the
position velocity aerated hole aerated pipeline

α vair Aair Aair−pipe

2 2
° m/s m m

15 44.19 0.001536 0.001536

20 53.5 0.002033 0.002173

25 61.2 0.002918 0.00357

30 81.7 0.003062 0.00501

35 97.7 0.003232 0.00631

40 110.6 0.003875 0.00857

45 127.2 0.00535 0.01361

50 139.8 0.007 0.01955

55 149.6 0.00852 0.02549

60 156.2 0.01046 0.03267

65 157.2 0.00991 0.03115

70 159 0.00927 0.02948

75 149.2 0.00862 0.02573

80 127.2 0.00781 0.01986

85 93.9 0.00603 0.01133

90 75.4 0 0
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-●-v air [m/s]

α[°]

Air velocity

2 ⋅ pair
vair = min (0.7 ⋅ √ , 250)
ρ
air
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-●-A air [m
2
]

α[°]

The flow area of the aerated hole

Qair
Aair =
vair
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-●-A air−pipe [m
2
]

α[°]

The flow area of the aerated pipeline

- if v air > 50

Qair
Aair−pipe =
50

- if v air ≤ 50

Aair−pipe = Aair