Table 5
Effect of port bottom diameter for optimized seat design with smaller ball.
Case # | PBD (meter) | PTD (meter) | Ball diameter (meter) | Frustum area (meter2) | % Increase in frustum area from previous case | % Fully open | Gas throughput (SCM/s) | % Increase in gas throughput |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 0.0064 | 0.0127 | 0.0111 | 3.5024E-05 | 111 | 0.2465 | ||
12 | 0.0079 | 0.0111 | 3.3218E-05 | 94 | 67 | 0.3549 | 44 | |
14 | 0.0095 | 0.0111 | 3.3605E-05 | 100 | 47 | 0.4428 | 25 |