Droplet evaporation in a turbulent high-pressure freestream – A numerical study

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Birouk ◽  
M.M. Abou Al-Sood
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Droplet Evaporation

Numerical Study of Bicomponent Droplet Vaporization in a High Pressure Environment

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stengele ◽  
H.-J. Bauer ◽  
S. Wittig
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Diffusion Limit ◽  
Evaporation Process ◽  
Droplet Vaporization

The understanding of multicomponent droplet evaporation in a high pressure and high temperature gas is of great importance for the design of modern gas turbine combustors, since the different volatilities of the droplet components affect strongly the vapor concentration and, therefore, the ignition and combustion process in the gas phase. Plenty of experimental and numerical research is already done to understand the droplet evaporation process. Until now, most numerical studies were carried out for single component droplets, but there is still lack of knowledge concerning evaporation of multicomponent droplets under supercritical pressures. In the study presented, the Diffusion Limit Model is applied to predict bicomponent droplet vaporization. The calculations are carried out for a stagnant droplet consisting of heptane and dodecane evaporating in a stagnant high pressure and high temperature nitrogen environment. Different temperature and pressure levels are analyzed in order to characterize their influence on the vaporization behavior. The model employed is fully transient in the liquid and the gas phase. It accounts for real gas effects, ambient gas solubility in the liquid phase, high pressure phase equilibrium and variable properties in the droplet and surrounding gas. It is found that for high gas temperatures (T = 2000 K) the evaporation time of the bicomponent droplet decreases with higher pressures, whereas for moderate gas temperatures (T = 800 K) the lifetime of the droplet first increases and then decreases when elevating the pressure. This is comparable to numerical results conducted with single component droplets. Generally, the droplet temperature increases with higher pressures reaching finally the critical mixture temperature of the fuel components. The numerical study shows also that the same tendencies of vapor concentration at the droplet surface and vapor mass flow are observed for different pressures. Additionally, there is almost no influence of the ambient pressure on fuel composition inside the droplet during the evaporation process.

Numerical Simulations of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow for a Rotating High-Pressure Turbine

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Mumic ◽  
L. Ljungkruna ◽  
B. Sunden
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Commercial Code ◽  
Stator Vane

In this work, a numerical study has been performed to simulate the heat transfer and fluid flow in a transonic high-pressure turbine stator vane passage. Four turbulence models (the Spalart-Allmaras model, the low-Reynolds-number realizable k-ε model, the shear-stress transport (SST) k-ω model and the v2-f model) are used in order to assess the capability of the models to predict the heat transfer and pressure distributions. The simulations are performed using the FLUENT commercial software package, but also two other codes, the in-house code VolSol and the commercial code CFX are used for comparison with FLUENT results. The results of the three-dimensional simulations are compared with experimental heat transfer and aerodynamic results available for the so-called MT1 turbine stage. It is observed that the predictions of the vane pressure field agree well with experimental data, and that the pressure distribution along the profile is not strongly affected by choice of turbulence model. It is also shown that the v2-f model yields the best agreement with the measurements. None of the tested models are able to predict transition correctly.

Two-dimensional simulations of droplet evaporation and deformation at high pressure

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENG-TAO DENG ◽  
RON LITCHFORD ◽  
SHENGHUN JENG ◽  
SAN-MOU JENG
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Two Dimensional

scholarly journals An Experimental and Numerical Study of CO2–Brine-Synthetic Sandstone Interactions under High-Pressure (P)–Temperature (T) Reservoir Conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3354
Author(s):  
Zhichao Yu ◽  
Siyu Yang ◽  
Keyu Liu ◽  
Qingong Zhuo ◽  
Leilei Yang
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Numerical Modelling ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Mineral Dissolution ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
High Pressure And Temperature ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Stainless Steel Reactor ◽  
Geochemical Reactions ◽  
And Storage

The interaction between CO2 and rock during the process of CO2 capture and storage was investigated via reactions of CO2, formation water, and synthetic sandstone cores in a stainless-steel reactor under high pressure and temperature. Numerical modelling was also undertaken, with results consistent with experimental outcomes. Both methods indicate that carbonates such as calcite and dolomite readily dissolve, whereas silicates such as quartz, K-feldspar, and albite do not. Core porosity did not change significantly after CO2 injection. No new minerals associated with CO2 injection were observed experimentally, although some quartz and kaolinite precipitated in the numerical modelling. Mineral dissolution is the dominant reaction at the beginning of CO2 injection. Results of experiments have verified the numerical outcomes, with experimentally derived kinetic parameters making the numerical modelling more reliable. The combination of experimental simulations and numerical modelling provides new insights into CO2 dissolution mechanisms in high-pressure/temperature reservoirs and improves understanding of geochemical reactions in CO2-brine-rock systems, with particular relevance to CO2 entry of the reservoir.

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