Experimental Validation of the Addition Principle for Pulsating Flow in Close-Coupled Catalyst Manifolds

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 656-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Persoons ◽  
Ad Hoefnagels ◽  
Eric Van den Bulck
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Pulsating Flow ◽  
Exhaust Manifold ◽  
Flow Uniformity ◽  
Blow Down ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Good Agreement

Designing an exhaust manifold with close-coupled catalyst (CCC) relies heavily on time-consuming transient computional fluid dynamics. The current paper provides experimental validation of the addition principle for pulsating flow in CCC manifolds. The addition principle states that the time-averaged catalyst velocity distribution in pulsating flow equals a linear combination of velocity distributions obtained for steady flow through each of the exhaust runners. A charged motored engine flow rig provides cold pulsating flow in the exhaust manifold featuring blow down and displacement phases, typical of fired engine conditions. Oscillating hot-wire anemometry is used to measure the bidirectional velocity, with a maximum measurable negative velocity of −1m∕s. In part load and zero load conditions, instantaneous reverse flow occurs following the blow-down phase. The two-stage nature of the exhaust stroke combined with strong Helmholtz resonances results in strong fluctuations of the time-resolved mean catalyst velocity. The validity of the addition principle is quantified based on the shape and magnitude similarity between steady and pulsating flow distributions. Appropriate nondimensional groups are used to characterize the flow and quantify the similarity. Statistical significances are provided for the addition principle’s validity. The addition principle is valid when the nondimensional scavenging number S exceeds a critical value Scrit, corresponding to cases of low engine speed and/or high flow rate. This study suggests that the CCC manifold efficiency with respect to catalyst flow uniformity could be quantified using a single scalar parameter, i.e., Scrit. The results from the current study are discussed with respect to previously reported results. The combined results are in good agreement and provide a thorough statistically founded experimental validation of the addition principle, based on a broad applicability range.

THE EFFECT OF BLOCKAGE RATIO ON HEAT TRANSFER AND ENTROPY GENERATION IN PULSATING FLOW THROUGH PARALLEL BLUFF PLATES

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 1123-1145
Author(s):  
M. Rahimi ◽  
Ali Akbar Ranjbar ◽  
M. J. Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Pulsating Flow ◽  
Blockage Ratio ◽  
Flow Through

Upward Vertical Two-Phase Flow Through an Annulus—Part II: Modeling Bubble, Slug, and Annular Flow

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Caetano ◽  
O. Shoham ◽  
J. P. Brill
Keyword(s):  
Flow Pattern ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Bubble Flow ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
Good Agreement

Mechanistic models have been developed for each of the existing two-phase flow patterns in an annulus, namely bubble flow, dispersed bubble flow, slug flow, and annular flow. These models are based on two-phase flow physical phenomena and incorporate annulus characteristics such as casing and tubing diameters and degree of eccentricity. The models also apply the new predictive means for friction factor and Taylor bubble rise velocity presented in Part I. Given a set of flow conditions, the existing flow pattern in the system can be predicted. The developed models are applied next for predicting the flow behavior, including the average volumetric liquid holdup and the average total pressure gradient for the existing flow pattern. In general, good agreement was observed between the experimental data and model predictions.

scholarly journals Pulsating Flow through a Pipe Orifice : 1st Report, Flow Patterns of Constant-Volume Flow and Oscillatory

1982 ◽  
Vol 48 (430) ◽  
pp. 1032-1038
Author(s):  
Takayoshi MUTO ◽  
Koji KUBOTA ◽  
Shozo TATEMATSU
Keyword(s):  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Volume Flow ◽  
Constant Volume ◽  
Pulsating Flow ◽  
Flow Through

Capillary water absorption by a porous cylinder

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Hall
Keyword(s):  
Radial Flow ◽  
Effective Porosity ◽  
Capillary Absorption ◽  
Porous Cylinder ◽  
Capillary Water ◽  
Cylinder Axis ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Front Model ◽  
Sharp Front ◽  
Good Agreement

Capillary absorption (imbibition) of water by a porous cylinder is described by means of a Sharp-Front model. The cumulative absorption increases as (time)1/2 at early times, but more slowly as the wet front approaches the cylinder axis. Results are given in terms of dimensionless variables. Experimental data on plaster cylinders are in good agreement with theory. Estimates of the sorptivity and effective porosity of the material can be obtained. The model may be useful in testing drilled cores and may also be applied to radial flow through the wall of a porous tube (hence to conduits and arches).

Fluid Particle Motion and Lagrangian Velocities for Pulsatile Flow Through a Femoral Artery Branch Model

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Back ◽  
Y. I. Cho ◽  
D. W. Crawford ◽  
L. H. Back
Keyword(s):  
Femoral Artery ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Pulsatile Flow ◽  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Branch Model ◽  
Flow Features ◽  
Flow Phase ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Artery Flow ◽  
Artery Branch

A flow visualization study using selective dye injection and frame by frame analysis of a movie provided qualitative and quantitative data on the motion of marked fluid particles in a 60 degree artery branch model for simulation of physiological femoral artery flow. Physical flow features observed included jetting of the branch flow into the main lumen during the brief reverse flow period, flow separation along the main lumen wall during the near zero flow phase of diastole when the core flow was in the downstream direction, and inference of flow separation conditions along the wall opposite the branch later in systole at higher branch flow ratios. There were many similarities between dye particle motions in pulsatile flow and the comparative steady flow observations.

scholarly journals Homotopy Analysis Solution for Magnetohydrodynamic Squeezing Flow in Porous Medium

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inayat Ullah ◽  
M. T. Rahim ◽  
Hamid Khan ◽  
Mubashir Qayyum
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Control Parameter ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Squeezing Flow ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Homotopy Analysis ◽  
Convergence Control ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Convergence Control Parameter ◽  
Good Agreement

The aim of the present work is to analyze the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) squeezing flow through porous medium using homotopy analysis method (HAM). Fourth-order boundary value problem is modeled through stream functionψ(r,z)and transformationψ(r,z)=r2f(z). Absolute residuals are used to check the efficiency and consistency of HAM. Other analytical techniques are compared with the present work. It is shown that results of good agreement can be obtained by choosing a suitable value of convergence control parameterhin the valid regionRh. The influence of different parameters on the flow is argued theoretically as well as graphically.

Low-Reynolds-number flow around an oscillating circular cylinder at low Keulegan–Carpenter numbers

1998 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
pp. 249-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. DÜTSCH ◽  
F. DURST ◽  
S. BECKER ◽  
H. LIENHART
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Reynolds Number Flow ◽  
Line Force ◽  
Number Flow ◽  
Weakly Stable ◽  
Fluid Behaviour ◽  
Good Agreement

Time-averaged LDA measurements and time-resolved numerical flow predictions were performed to investigate the laminar flow induced by the harmonic in-line oscillation of a circular cylinder in water at rest. The key parameters, Reynolds number Re and Keulegan–Carpenter number KC, were varied to study three parameter combinations in detail. Good agreement was observed for Re=100 and KC=5 between measurements and predictions comparing phase-averaged velocity vectors. For Re=200 and KC=10 weakly stable and non-periodic flow patterns occurred, which made repeatable time-averaged measurements impossible. Nevertheless, the experimentally visualized vortex dynamics was reproduced by the two-dimensional computations. For the third combination, Re=210 and KC=6, which refers to a totally different flow regime, the computations again resulted in the correct fluid behaviour. Applying the widely used model of Morison et al. (1950) to the computed in-line force history, the drag and the added-mass coefficients were calculated and compared for different grid levels and time steps. Using these to reproduce the force functions revealed deviations from those originally computed as already noted in previous studies. They were found to be much higher than the deviations for the coarsest computational grid or the largest time step. The comparison of several in-line force coefficients with results obtained experimentally by Kühtz (1996) for β=35 confirmed that force predictions could also be reliably obtained by the computations.

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