scholarly journals Modeling of weak shock waves propagation in aqueous foam layer

2021 ◽  
Vol 2103 (1) ◽  
pp. 012217
Author(s):  
R Kh Bolotnova ◽  
E F Gainullina

Abstract Dynamics of low-intensity air shock waves in the shock tube containing an aqueous foam layer is theoretically investigated. Modeling of studied process is carried out using two-phase model of aqueous foam developed by the authors in single-pressure, single-speed and two-temperature approximations. The model takes into account the Ranz-Marshall interphase contact heat transfer, effective Herschel-Bulkley viscosity, which describes foam behavior as a non-Newtonian fluid, and elastic properties of aqueous foam under a weak shock impaction without destruction of foam structure. Properties of air and water as the foam components are described by realistic equations of state. Computer implementation of the aqueous foam model is carried out in the solver, developed by the authors in OpenFOAM software. The influence of aqueous foam viscoelastic properties on the intensity and structure of a shock wave has been investigated. When analyzing the obtained solutions, reliability of the proposed model and method of numerical modeling is estimated by comparative analysis of the found solutions and literature experimental data.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 159-166
Author(s):  
E.F. Gainullina

Numerical simulation of the spherical shock pulse propagation in aqueous foam with volumetric liquid fraction of 0.0083 has been carried out in accordance with the published experimental data on the explosion of HE in aqueous foam. The assumption is used that the foam structure is destroyed by the shock wave, which leads to the transformation of the foam into a monodisperse gas-droplet mixture. The system of equations for the two-phase gas-droplet model of aqueous foam includes the laws of conservation of mass, momentum, energy for each phase and the equation for the dynamics of the volumetric liquid fraction in a single-pressure, two-velocity, two-temperature approximations in a three-dimensional formulation and takes into account the forces of the Schiller-Naumann interfacial drag, the Ranz-Marshall interphase contact heat exchange and the effect of foam syneresis on the initial distribution of its volumetric liquid fraction. Realistic equations of state in the form of Peng-Robinson and Mie-Gruneisen are used to describe the thermodynamic properties of air and water that make up a gas-droplet mixture. Numerical modeling of the processes under consideration was carried out in the open software of computational fluid dynamics OpenFOAM using the finite volume method based on the iterative two-step PIMPLE algorithm. The analysis of the effect of foam syneresis on the dynamics of shock pulse in aqueous foam is given. It was found that the uneven distribution of the liquid fraction in the foam, caused by its sedimentation under the gravity, leads to the increase in the shock pulse velocity in upper layers of the foam. In comparative analysis of numerical solutions and experimental data at sensor locations, the importance of taking into account syneresis phenomena in modeling the dynamics of shock wave in aqueous foam is shown. The reliability of calculations obtained by the proposed model is confirmed by their agreement with experimental data.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Bolotnova ◽  
E.F. Gainullina

The problem of spherical explosion in the gas region with a protective foam layer is solved in a two-dimensional axisymmetric formulation using a two-phase model of a gas-liquid mixture that includes the laws of conservation of mass, momentum and energy of the mixture and the equation for the dynamics of the volume content of phases. The numerical implementation of the model was carried out by modifying the standard solver of the compressibleMultiphaseInterFoam of the open package OpenFOAM. The results of computer modeling are visualized using the ParaView graphical platform.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Bolotnova ◽  
E.F. Gainullina

The spherical explosion propagation process in aqueous foam with the initial water volume content α10=0.0083 corresponding to the experimental conditions is analyzed numerically. The solution method is based on the one-dimensional two-temperature spherically symmetric model for two-phase gas-liquid mixture. The numerical simulation is built by the shock capturing method and movable Lagrangian grids. The amplitude and the width of the initial pressure pulse are found from the amount of experimental explosive energy. The numerical modeling results are compared to the real experiment. It’s shown, that the foam compression in the shock wave leads to the significant decrease in velocity and in amplitude of the shock wave.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Bolotnova ◽  
U.O. Agisheva ◽  
V.A. Buzina

The two-phase model of vapor-gas-liquid medium in axisymmetric two-dimensional formulation, taking into account vaporization is constructed. The nonstationary processes of boiling vapor-water mixture outflow from high-pressure vessels as a result of depressurization are studied. The problems of shock waves action on filled by gas-liquid mixture volumes are solved.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Kocharin ◽  
A. A. Yatskikh ◽  
D. S. Prishchepova ◽  
A. V. Panina ◽  
Yu. G. Yermolaev ◽  
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1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 213-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra K. Kaiser ◽  
Richard R. Dague

The “temperature-phased anaerobic biofilter” or TPAB process (U.S. Patent pending), is a new high-rate anaerobic treatment system that includes a thermophilic (56°C) biofilter connected in series with a mesophilic (35°C) biofilter providing for two-temperature, two-phase treatment. Three TPAB systems of different thermophilic:mesophilic reactor size ratios were operated at system HRTs of 24 hrs, 36 hrs, and 48 hrs to characterize performance and to determine if an optimum size ratio exists between the thermophilic and mesophilic phases. The three TPAB systems achieved SCOD reductions in excess of 97% and TCOD reductions in excess of 90% for a synthetic milk substrate over a range of system COD loadings from 2 g COD/L/day to 16 g COD/L/day. There was little difference in performance between the three TPAB systems based on COD reduction and methane production. The 1:7 ratio of thermophilic:mesophilic phase TPAB system performed as well as the 1:3 and 1:1 size ratio TPAB systems. In applications of the process, a relatively small thermophilic first-phase can be used without sacrificing overall two-phase system performance. The TPAB process is a promising new anaerobic treatment technology with the ability to achieve higher efficiencies of organic removals than is generally possible for single-stage anaerobic filter systems operated at equivalent HRTs and organic loadings.


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