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Diseño y construcción de un banco de pruebas para válvulas purgadoras de aire
(Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Ingeniería Civil y Mecánica, Carrera de Ingeniería Mecánica, 2025-02) Villacrés Paredes, Jimmy Ismael; López Villacís, Gonzalo Eduardo
In this research, hydraulic, domestic and industrial pipes have an aeration problem, which is the presence of air in the pipe, and which can cause various problems of fluid changes from laminar to turbulence, noise, water hammer, cavitation, among others. In some sectors of our country this problem exists since we are in a mountainous area, which is why we have seen the need to carry out this research to develop a test bank. During the design process, tests were carried out with air bleed valves; Based on the research, triple-acting air purging valves were needed, then the structure and the piping system were designed with a water trap to help purge air when the pipe encounters water and air; The selection of the pump was made based on the primary and secondary losses that must be taken into account for the flow rate (GPM) and head (m), after this the selection of the 0.5 Hp pump was made, and for The measurement before and after the purge valve used flowmeters to measure the flow of water and air, allowing us to see the efficiency of the air purge valves. After the tests carried out, it was verified that there were no irregularities in the test bench, which operated satisfactorily; The flowmeter helped with the operation in a controlled manner for the collection of data from the tables and the efficiency that removes air from the piping system of the C30 triple-acting Bermad valve was verified, which has an efficiency of 30 percent, while the Ari Dg10 triple-acting valve has an efficiency of 45 percent, meeting the objectives set as this helps to achieve better compression in mechanical engineering.