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Noise generation during decompressing hydrogen in fuel cell vehicles is an issue requiring technological solution. This paper studies noise reducing effect and the flow characteristic of radial slits installed in a pressure reducing valve. Simulation is carried out to estimate the pressure–flow characteristic of the radial slit as a noise reducing mean. The simulation indicates a decrease of Reynolds number in the downstream-side of the radial slits structure, which causes noise reduction. Moreover, we proposed installing radial slits to the downstream of a conventional valve. Noise reduction by this new design was verified with a series of experiments. As a result, the valve with radial slits has a noise reduction effect of about 12.1 dB (A) compared with the conventional valve.
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Mizuno, T., Youn, C., Nakamura, Y., Kagawa, T. (2013). A Simulation Study of Radial Slits Pressure Regulator for Hydrogen Gas. In: Tan, G., Yeo, G.K., Turner, S.J., Teo, Y.M. (eds) AsiaSim 2013. AsiaSim 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 402. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45037-2_27
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