Three-Dimensional Calculations of Evaporative Flow in Compressor Blade Rows

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Payne ◽  
A. J. White
Keyword(s):  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Compressor Blade ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Water Mixture ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Physical Behavior ◽  
Eulerian Method

The present paper describes a three-dimensional computational method developed to solve the flow of a two-phase air-water mixture, including the effects of evaporation for a monodispersion of liquid droplets. The calculations employ a fully Eulerian method for the conservation of droplet number and liquid mass and are applicable to multiple blade rows, both stationary and rotating. The method is first tested to ensure that it computes the correct droplet evaporation rate and the correct physical behavior for evaporation within a 1D duct. Results are then presented for flow within a single compressor stage, i.e., a rotor-stator combination.

Three-Dimensional Calculations of Evaporative Flow in Compressor Blade Rows

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Payne ◽  
A. J. White
Keyword(s):  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Compressor Blade ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Compressor Stage ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Physical Behaviour ◽  
Eulerian Method

The present paper describes a three-dimensional computational method developed to solve the flow of a two-phase airwater mixture, including the effects of evaporation for a monodispersion of liquid droplets. The calculations employ a fully Eulerian method for the conservation of droplet number and liquid mass and are applicable to multiple blade rows, both stationary and rotating. The method is first tested to ensure that it computes the correct droplet evaporation rate and the correct physical behaviour for evaporation within a 1-D duct. Results are then presented for flow within a single compressor stage — i.e., a rotor-stator combination.

A Combined Eulerian and Lagrangian Method for Prediction of Evaporating Sprays

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Burger ◽  
G. Klose ◽  
G. Rottenkolber ◽  
R. Schmehl ◽  
D. Giebert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Lagrangian Method ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flows ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Lagrangian Methods ◽  
Eulerian Method ◽  
Lagrangian Modeling

Polydisperse sprays in complex three-dimensional flow systems are important in many technical applications. Numerical descriptions of sprays are used to achieve a fast and accurate prediction of complex two-phase flows. The Eulerian and Lagrangian methods are two essentially different approaches for the modeling of disperse two-phase flows. Both methods have been implemented into the same computational fluid dynamics package which is based on a three-dimensional body-fitted finite volume method. Considering sprays represented by a small number of droplet starting conditions, the Eulerian method is clearly superior in terms of computational efficiency. However, with respect to complex polydisperse sprays, the Lagrangian technique gives a higher accuracy. In addition, Lagrangian modeling of secondary effects such as spray-wall interaction enhances the physical description of the two-phase flow. Therefore, in the present approach the Eulerian and the Lagrangian methods have been combined in a hybrid method. The Eulerian method is used to determine a preliminary solution of the two-phase flow field. Subsequently, the Lagrangian method is employed to improve the accuracy of the first solution using detailed sets of initial conditions. Consequently, this combined approach improves the overall convergence behavior of the simulation. In the final section, the advantages of each method are discussed when predicting an evaporating spray in an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine.

scholarly journals Surface Densities Prewet a Near-Critical Membrane

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mason Rouches ◽  
Sarah Veatch ◽  
Benjamin Machta
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Solid Surface ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Phase Coexistence ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cytoplasmic Proteins

Recent work has highlighted roles for thermodynamic phase behavior in diverse cellular processes. Proteins and nucleic acids can phase separate into three-dimensional liquid droplets in the cytoplasm and nucleus and the plasma membrane of animal cells appears tuned close to a two-dimensional liquid-liquid critical point. In some examples, cytoplasmic proteins aggregate at plasma membrane domains, forming structures such as the post-synaptic density and diverse signaling clusters. Here we examine the physics of these surface densities, employing minimal simulations of co-acervating polymers coupled to an Ising membrane surface in conjunction with a complementary Landau theory. We argue that these surface densities are a novel phase reminiscent of pre-wetting, in which a molecularly thin three-dimensional liquid forms on a usually solid surface. However, in surface densities the solid surface is replaced by a membrane with an independent propensity to phase separate. We show that proximity to criticality in the membrane dramatically increases the parameter regime in which a pre-wetting-like transition occurs, leading to a broad region where coexisting surface phases can form even when a bulk phase is unstable. Our simulations naturally exhibit three surface phase coexistence even though both the membrane and the polymer bulk can only display two phase coexistence on their own. We argue that the physics of these surface densities enables diverse functions seen in Eukaryotic cells.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Centrifugal Pump Designs and Two-Phase Flow Characteristic under Inlet Gas Entrainment Conditions

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaorui Si ◽  
Gérard Bois ◽  
Minquan Liao ◽  
Haoyang Zhang ◽  
Qianglei Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Pulsation ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Water Mixture ◽  
Centrifugal Pumps ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Void Fractions

Capability for handling entrained gas is an important design consideration for centrifugal pumps used in petroleum, chemistry, nuclear applications. An experimental evaluation on their two phase performance is presented for two centrifugal pumps working under air-water mixture fluid conditions. The geometries of the two pumps are designed for the same flow rate and shut off head coefficient with the same impeller rotational speed. Overal pump performance and unsteady pressure pulsation information are obtained at different rotational speeds combined with various inlet air void fractions (α0) up to pump stop condition. As seen from the test results, pump 2 is able to deliver up to 10% two-phase mixtures before pump shut-off, whereas pump 1 is limited to 8%. In order to understand the physics of this flow phenomenon, a full three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (3D-URANS) calculation using the Euler–Euler inhomogeneous method are carried out to study the two phase flow characteristics of the model pump after corresponding experimental verification. The internal flow characteristics inside the impeller and volute are physically described using the obtained air distribution, velocity streamline, vortex pattern and pressure pulsation results under different flow rates and inlet void fractions. Pump performances would deteriorate during pumping two-phase mixture fluid compared with single flow conditions due to the phase separating effect. Some physical explanation about performance improvements on handing maximum acceptable inlet two phase void fractions capability of centrifugal pumps are given.

Numerical Investigation of Shape Effect on Microdroplet Evaporation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Shuai ◽  
Zichen Du ◽  
Binjian Ma ◽  
Li Shan ◽  
Baris Dogruoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transport ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
Electronics Cooling ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Two Phase Cooling ◽  
Liquid Vapor

As electronic devices continue to shrink in size and increase in functionality, effective thermal management has become a critical bottleneck that hinders continued advancement. Two-phase cooling technologies are of growing interest for electronics cooling due to their high heat removal capacity and small thermal resistance (< 0.3 K-cm2/W) [1]. One typical example of a two-phase cooling method is droplet evaporation, which can provide a high heat transfer coefficient with low superheat. While droplet evaporation has been studied extensively and used in many practical cooling applications (e.g., spray cooling), the relevant work has been confined to spherical droplets with axisymmetric geometries. A rationally designed evaporation platform that yields asymmetric meniscus droplets can potentially achieve larger meniscus curvatures, which give rise to higher vapor concentration gradients along the contact line region and therefore yield higher evaporation rates. In this study, we develop a numerical model to investigate the evaporation behavior of asymmetrical microdroplets suspended on a porous micropillar structure. The equilibrium profiles and mass transport characteristics of droplets with circular, triangular, and square contact shapes are explored using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method. The evaporative mass transport at the liquid-vapor interface is modeled using a simplified Schrage model [2]. The results show highly non-uniform mass transport characteristics for asymmetrical microdroplets, where a higher local evaporation rate is observed near the locations where the meniscus has high curvature. This phenomenon is attributed to a higher local vapor concentration gradient that drives faster vapor diffusion at more curved regions, similar to a lightning rod exhibiting a strong electric field along a highly curved surface. By using contact line confinement to artificially tune the droplet into a more curved geometry, we find the total evaporation rate from a triangular-based droplet is enhanced by 13% compared to a spherical droplet with the same perimeter and liquid-vapor interfacial area. Such a finding can guide the design and optimization of geometric features to improve evaporation in high performance electronics cooling systems.

scholarly journals Surface densities prewet a near-critical membrane

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (40) ◽  
pp. e2103401118
Author(s):  
Mason Rouches ◽  
Sarah L. Veatch ◽  
Benjamin B. Machta
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Solid Surface ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Phase Coexistence ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cytoplasmic Proteins

Recent work has highlighted roles for thermodynamic phase behavior in diverse cellular processes. Proteins and nucleic acids can phase separate into three-dimensional liquid droplets in the cytoplasm and nucleus and the plasma membrane of animal cells appears tuned close to a two-dimensional liquid–liquid critical point. In some examples, cytoplasmic proteins aggregate at plasma membrane domains, forming structures such as the postsynaptic density and diverse signaling clusters. Here we examine the physics of these surface densities, employing minimal simulations of polymers prone to phase separation coupled to an Ising membrane surface in conjunction with a complementary Landau theory. We argue that these surface densities are a phase reminiscent of prewetting, in which a molecularly thin three-dimensional liquid forms on a usually solid surface. However, in surface densities the solid surface is replaced by a membrane with an independent propensity to phase separate. We show that proximity to criticality in the membrane dramatically increases the parameter regime in which a prewetting-like transition occurs, leading to a broad region where coexisting surface phases can form even when a bulk phase is unstable. Our simulations naturally exhibit three-surface phase coexistence even though both the membrane and the polymer bulk only display two-phase coexistence on their own. We argue that the physics of these surface densities may be shared with diverse functional structures seen in eukaryotic cells.

Numerical Investigation of Shape Effect on Microdroplet Evaporation

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Shan ◽  
Shuai Shuai ◽  
Binjian Ma ◽  
Zichen Du ◽  
Baris Dogruoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transport ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Spherical Droplet ◽  
Two Phase Cooling ◽  
Liquid Vapor

Abstract As electronic devices continue to shrink in size and increase in functionality, effective thermal management has become a critical bottleneck that hinders continued advancement. Two-phase cooling technologies are of growing interest for electronics cooling due to their high heat removal capacity and small thermal resistance (<0.1 k cm2/W). One typical example of a two-phase cooling method is droplet evaporation, which can provide a high heat transfer coefficient with low superheat. While droplet evaporation has been studied extensively and used in many practical cooling applications (e.g.,, spray cooling), the relevant work has been confined to spherical droplets with axisymmetric geometries. A rationally designed evaporation platform that yields asymmetric meniscus droplets can potentially achieve larger meniscus curvatures, which gives rise to higher vapor concentration gradients along the contact line region, and therefore, yields higher evaporation rates. In this study, we develop a numerical model to investigate the evaporation behavior of asymmetrical microdroplets suspended on a porous micropillar structure. The equilibrium profiles and mass transport characteristics of droplets with circular, triangular, and square contact shapes are explored using the volume of fluid (VOF) method. The evaporative mass transport at the liquid–vapor interface is modeled using a simplified Schrage model. The results show highly nonuniform mass transport characteristics for asymmetrical microdroplets, where a higher local evaporation rate is observed near the locations where the meniscus has high curvature. This phenomenon is attributed to a higher local vapor concentration gradient that drives faster vapor diffusion at more curved regions, similar to a lightning rod exhibiting a strong electric field along a highly curved surface. By using contact line confinement to artificially tune the droplet into a more curved geometry, we find that the total evaporation rate from a triangular-based droplet is enhanced by 13% compared to a spherical droplet with the same perimeter and liquid–vapor interfacial area. Such a finding can guide the design and optimization of geometric features to improve evaporation in advanced microcooling devices.

Features of spatial shock-wave flows in vapor-gas-liquid mixtures

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
R.Kh. Bolotnova ◽  
U.O. Agisheva ◽  
V.A. Buzina
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Liquid Mixture ◽  
Liquid Mixtures ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Water Mixture ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Nonstationary Processes ◽  
Two Phase

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.

WATER DROPLET EVAPORATION IN A CHAMBER ISOLATED FROM THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-22
Author(s):  
KSENIA A. Batishcheva ◽  
ATLANT E. Nurpeiis
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Droplet Evaporation ◽  
Droplet Volume ◽  
Evaporation Time ◽  
Aluminum Alloy Amg6 ◽  
Evaporation Of Droplets ◽  
Contact Diameter

With an increase in the productivity of power equipment and the miniaturization of its components, the use of traditional thermal management systems becomes insufficient. There is a need to develop drip heat removal systems, based on phase transition effects. Cooling with small volumes of liquids is a promising technology for microfluidic devices or evaporation chambers, which are self-regulating systems isolated from the external environment. However, the heat removal during evaporation of droplets into a limited volume is a difficult task due to the temperature difference in the cooling device and the concentration of water vapor that is unsteady in time depending on the mass of the evaporated liquid. This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the distilled water microdrops’ (5-25 μl) evaporation on an aluminum alloy AMg6 with the temperatures of 298-353 K in an isolated chamber (70 × 70 × 30 mm3) in the presence of heat supply to its lower part. Based on the analysis of shadow images, the changes in the geometric dimensions of evaporating drops were established. They included the increase in the contact diameter, engagement of the contact line due to nano roughening and chemical composition inhomogeneous on the surface (90-95% of the total evaporation time) of the alloy and a decrease in the contact diameter. The surface temperature and droplet volume did not affect the sequence of changes in the geometric dimensions of the droplets. It was found that the droplet volume has a significant effect on the evaporation time at relatively low substrate temperatures. The results of the analysis of droplet evaporation rates and hygrometer readings have shown that reservoirs with salt solutions can be used in isolated chambers to control the concentration of water vapor. The water droplets evaporation time was determined. The analysis of the time dependences of the evaporation rate has revealed that upon the evaporation of droplets in an isolated chamber under the conditions of the present experiment, the air was not saturated with water vapor. The latter did not affect the evaporation rate.

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