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School of Mechanical & Automobile Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350118
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Application of Fibonacci Sequence and Lucas Sequence on the Design of the Toilet Siphon Pipe Shape Xiaole Ge; Hongfeng Wang; Shengrong Liu; Zhanfu Li; Xin Tong; Jiafei Pu
Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences Vol. 51 No. 4 (2019)
Publisher : Institute for Research and Community Services, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2019.51.4.2

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The purpose of this study was to explore the method for designing the toilet siphon pipe shape to improve flushing performance. The Fibonacci sequence and the Lucas sequence were used to design the structural parameters of the siphon pipe. The flushing processes of the toilet were simulated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to analyze the flushing performance under different siphon pipe shapes. Experimental studies were conducted to verify the reliability of the simulation results. The results indicated that when the Lucas numbers and the Fibonacci numbers were utilized to regulate the curvature of the siphon pipe in the Xi direction and the Yj direction respectively, the flushing performance of the toilet was optimal. In order to obtain better flushing performance, the curvature of the siphon pipe should be smooth and have obvious transitions at the connections of different sections. When the overall size of the siphon pipe is kept constant, a short siphon pipe length is helpful for the improvement of toilet flushing performance.
Study on the Influence of Toilet Siphon Pipe Shape on Flushing Performance Xiaole Ge; Hongfeng Wang; Zhanfu Li; Shengrong Liu; Xin Tong; Jiafei Pu; Qi Dong
Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences Vol. 52 No. 6 (2020)
Publisher : Institute for Research and Community Services, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2020.52.6.1

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The goal of this work was to explore the influence of toilet siphon pipe shape on flushing performance. The flushing processes of a toilet under different shape parameters were simulated by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with a volume of fluid (VOF) multiphase model. The effects of siphon pipe shape on flushing performance were analyzed in detail. The interpretation of the simulation results was experimentally validated. The results reveal that a toilet may obtain good flushing performance under one single shape parameter when the climbing angle, the arc width, the arc height, the pipe diameter, the climbing width, and the climbing height are about 48°, 45 mm, 210 mm, 50 mm, 90 mm and 30 mm, respectively. With the increase of the siphon pipe diameter, the toilet flushing performance peaks in the range between 50 and 53 mm rather than continuing to improve. In order to reasonably evaluate the flushing effect of the toilet, all flow parameters on a characteristic cross section of the siphon pipe, including the average velocity, the average pressure and the average mass flow rate, should be comprehensively considered instead of one single parameter. The findings of this study provide a reference for the pipe shape design of toilets.
Co-Authors Hongfeng Wang Hongfeng Wang Jiafei Pu Jiafei Pu Qi Dong Shengrong Liu Shengrong Liu Xiaole Ge Xiaole Ge Zhanfu Li