摘要 |
<p>A high energy flow control device comprises a valve 10 and a stack of plates. The plates define a series of fluid paths between an inner and outer circumference of the plates. The plates are provided as pairs comprising a first and a second plate. Each of the first and second plates of a pair comprises one or more linear arrays of circumferentially spaced apart apertures, which apertures define sections of a fluid path leading through the first and second plates of the pair. The sections are radially spaced apart by flat portions. Within a stack, the pairs are radially offset such that the sections of the first pair are covered by the flats of the second pair and vice versa. The flats keep the fluid path of the first pair separate from the fluid path of the second pair.</p> |