The Fluid Power Control Performance Comparison Study of Two-Type ER Valve Based on FLUENT

Abstract

The current flow and pressure drop of ER valve which is a new type power control valve could be adjusted by the electric field signal directly .In this paper, the fluid power control performance of concentric cylindrical ER valve and parallel plate-type ER valve based on ER principal is comparative studied .First power control equation has been analysed, and then flow simulation of internal flow field of ER valve has been taken based on FLUENT software. The results show that with the increasing of the strength of excitation field, the flow through the two different type of ER valve decreases, the pressure drop between import and export is even greater; and the fluid power control performance of parallel plate-type ER valve is superior to concentric cylindrical ER valve under the same control volume.