Sequence Valve
Check valve and relief valve connected in parallel
Description
Equations
Variables
Connections
Parameters
The Sequence Valve component is a check valve and a relief valve connected in parallel, which can be piloted internally or externally.
When pressure at port A is greater than the set pressure of the relief valve, the valve orifice area is assumed to be a piecewise linear function of the pressure difference between port A and port B.
When pressure at port B is greater than the pressure at port A, the check valve orifice area is assumed to be a piecewise linear function and will be affected by the pilot mode selected.
Based on the orifice area, the pressure vs. flow rate relationship is calculated using the formulation in the Orifice component.
Formulation Approaches
One of two approaches can be selected for modeling the flow in the device. When the boolean parameter Use constant Cd is true, a constant coefficient of discharge (Cd) is used, otherwise a variable coefficient of discharge with maximum value (Cd⁡max) and a critical flow number (Critno) are used.
Optional Volumes
The boolean parameters Use volume A and Use volume B, when true, add optional volumes VA and VB to ports A and B, respectively. See Port Volumes for details.
If two orifices or valves are connected, enabling a volume at the common port reduces the stiffness of the system and improves the solvability.
p=pA−pB
Orifice Fluid Equations
{p=π4⁢ρ⁢ν⁢qCd2⁢Acs⁢π⁢Acs⁢16⁢q4π2⁢Acs2⁢ν4+ReCr414Use constant Cd=trueq=Cd⁡max⁢tanh⁡4⁢Acsπ⁢2⁢pρν⁢Critno⁢Acs⁢2⁢pρ⁢sign⁡potherwise
Pilot Equations
{Acs=Ai=AtExactAcs=min⁡Aopen,max⁡Aclose,Ai,tc⁢dAidt+Ai=Atotherwise
ptot=p+{kp⁢pCdir=1−kp⁢pCotherwise
S={smoothnesssmoothTransition0otherwise
qC=0
At={{Acloseptot<pclose1Aclose+Aopen1−Aclose⁢SmoothTrans⁡S,ptot−pclose1popen1−pclose1ptot<popen1Aopen1otherwisep>0{Aclose−p≤pclose2Aclose+Aopen2−Aclose⁢SmoothTrans⁡S,−p−pclose2popen2−pclose2−p<popen2Aopen2otherwiseotherwise
Optional Volume Equations
VfA={Va⁢1+pAElUse volume A=true0otherwiseVfB={Vb⁢1+pBElUse volume B=true0otherwise
q=qA−qVA=−qB−qVB
qVA={dVfAdtUse volume A=true0otherwiseqVB={dVfBdtUse volume B=true0otherwise
Name
Units
Modelica ID
p
Pa
Pressure drop from A to B
pX
Pressure at port X
q
m3s
Flow rate from port A to port B
qX
Flow rate into port X
qVX
Flow rate into port X's optional volume
VfX
m3
Effective volume at port X
X,Y∈A,B
portA
Upstream hydraulic port
portB
Downstream hydraulic port
portC
Hydraulic port for external pilot
General
Default
Smooth Transition
false
True (checked) means enable the smoothness factor
smoothTransition
smoothness
0.5
Smoothness factor (0: sharpest, 1: smoothest); used when Smooth Transition is enabled
Orifice
Use constant Cd
true
True (checked) means a constant coefficient of discharge is implemented, otherwise a variable Cd is used in flow calculations
UseConstantCd
Cd
0.7
Flow-discharge coefficient; used when Use constant Cd is true
ReCr
12
Reynolds number at critical flow; used when Use constant Cd is true
Cd⁡max
Maximum flow-discharge coefficient; used when Use constant Cd is false
Cd_max
Critno
1000
Critical flow number; used when Use constant Cd is false
Crit_no
Check Valve Settings
pclose
1.9·104
Pressure at which valve is fully closed (A = Aclose)
pclose2
popen
2.05·104
Pressure at which valve is fully open (A = Aopen)
popen2
Aopen
1·10−5
m2
Valve area when fully open
Aopen2
Leakage
Aclose
1·10−12
Valve area when closed (leakage)
Pilot
Mode
Internal
Pilot type (Internal or External)
mode
Pressure Ratios
kpilot
3
Pilot ratio
kp1
Relief Settings
1.9·107
pclose1
2.05·107
popen1
Aopen1
Valve Dynamics
Exact
When false (not checked) first-order dynamics are used for the valve area
tc
0.1
s
Time constant
Use volume A
True (checked) means a hydraulic volume chamber is added to portA
useVolumeA
VA
1·10−6
Volume of chamber A
Va
Use volume B
True (checked) means a hydraulic volume chamber is added to portB
useVolumeB
VB
Volume of chamber B
Vb
For more information see Port Volumes.
Fluid Parameters
The following parameters, used in the equations, are properties of the Hydraulic System Properties component used in the model.
ν
m2s
Kinematic viscosity of fluid
nu
ρ
kgm3
Density of fluid
rho
El
Bulk modulus of fluid
See Also
Hydraulics Library
Valves
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