Effects of structural parameters on hydraulic performance of flow regulator

In order to evaluate the hydraulic performance of a regulator, the pressure loss and the stabilization performance of the regulator installed in the fire water monitor were introduced. The effects of structures on a regulator were investigated by the structural model made in UG and the flow simulation conducted in ANSYS. The hydraulic performance of a star-shaped regulator was analyzed with different structure parameters, such as the blade number, axial length and rounded-corner. The effects of structure parameters on the regulator were revealed, based on which the hydraulic performance of the improved regulator with different blade numbers was analyzed. The results show that the improved regulator with two cross-sections in dislocation and six even-distributed blades has the better hydraulic performance. The preliminary experimental results show that the improved regulator can improve the jet range of a fire water monitor.