Re: CFD your Flow Bench
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:01 pm
On a related (I think) topic, I'm going to do a "budget" upgrade on my lil' SF-110 since I have it apart to repair an electrical issue. I saw a picture of the plenum of someone else's 110 posted elsewhere when they had to do a similar repair and noticed the baffle near the intake flow control valve. My first thought was "I should add one of those to the exhaust side, too", since I'd seen some odd behavior w/ inconsistent exhaust measurements depending on whether the exhaust port was tested facing the back of the bench, or facing the operator.
When I looked back in mine again, I found it didn't even have the intake baffle this other person's 110 has: both the intake and exhaust flow control valves are "wide open" to the rest of the plenum. Anyone else think adding similar baffles to both the intake & exhaust valves is a good idea? Thanks. - Brad
When I looked back in mine again, I found it didn't even have the intake baffle this other person's 110 has: both the intake and exhaust flow control valves are "wide open" to the rest of the plenum. Anyone else think adding similar baffles to both the intake & exhaust valves is a good idea? Thanks. - Brad