LDA Measurements and Numerical Prediction of Pulsatile Laminar Flow in a Plane 90-Degree Bifurcation

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Khodadadi ◽  
N. S. Vlachos ◽  
D. Liepsch ◽  
S. Moravec
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Stokes Number ◽  
Flow Rate Ratio ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Separation Zones ◽  
Good Agreement

An experimental and numerical study of pulsatile laminar flow in a plane 90-degree bifurcation is presented. Detailed LDA velocity measurements of the oscillatory flow field have been carried out. The numerical predictions, which are based on an iterative, finite-difference numerical procedure using primitive dependent variables, are in good agreement with the measurements. The results show that one separation zone is established near the bottom wall of the main duct and another near the upstream wall of the branch. The location and size of the separation zones vary within the cycle and are influenced by the Reynolds number, the flow rate ratio, and the Stokes number.

Computation of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Flows in a Pipe Junction with Reference to Engine Inlet Manifolds

1992 ◽  
Vol 206 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Fu ◽  
M J Tindal ◽  
A P Watkins ◽  
M Yianneskis
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometry ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulence Energy ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Split Ratio ◽  
Inlet Manifold ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper presents a numerical study of the flows in an internal combustion engine inlet manifold. The three-dimensional turbulent flows through a single branched manifold were simulated using the κ-ɛ model of turbulence. The flow structure was characterized in detail and the effects of the flow split ratio and inlet flowrate were investigated. Detailed measurements were performed to validate the numerical predictions, using laser Doppler anemometry. Good agreement was obtained between the predicted and the measured mean velocities. The predicted levels of turbulence energy are in qualitative agreement with the measurements.

Numerical Simulation of Different Types of Steam Surface Condensers

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Zhang ◽  
A. C. M. Sousa ◽  
J. E. S. Venart
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Transfer Processes ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Surface Condenser ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Good Agreement

A numerical procedure is developed to simulate the fluid flow and heat transfer processes in the shell-side of steam surface condensers. The governing equations are solved in primitive variable form using a semi-implicit consistent control-volume formulation in which a segregated pressure correction linked algorithm is employed. The procedure is applied to three different types of surface condenser. The numerical predictions are critically assessed by comparison to available experimental data for condensers, and in general, the solutions are in good agreement with the experimental data.

CFD Analysis of Natural Convection in a Cubic Enclosure Heated From a Side Wall With Experimental Verification Using PIV

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuri Alpay Ku¨rekci
Keyword(s):  
Natural Convection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Side Wall ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Dimensional Solution ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Vertical Walls ◽  
Good Agreement

Natural convection of air in a cubical volume is investigated experimentally and numerically. A cubical volume of 20×20×20 cm dimensions was built for the experimental study. One of the vertical walls covering the volume is hot, the other one is cold and the rest are adiabatic. Three walls are made of aluminum and the others are made of heat-resistant glass. The hot wall temperature is kept constant during the experiments by means of an electrical heater. The cold wall is at the ambient temperature. Other adiabatic surfaces are insulated with polyurethane foam. Experiments are performed in an air-conditioned room at 21°C. PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) is used for velocity measurements. The FLUENT CFD software package is used for the numerical study. A three-dimensional solution is obtained for the laminar flow case for a 61×61×61 grid. The numerical and experimental results are compared with each other for the validation of the numerical solution under the testing conditions of TH = 69°C, TC = 41°C and Ra = 1.3×107. Results obtained from the numerical and experimental studies are in a reasonably good agreement with each other.

Particle collision efficiencies for a sphere

1969 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Michael ◽  
P. W. Norey
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Potential Flow ◽  
Analytic Solution ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Stokes Number ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Particle Collision ◽  
Small Particles ◽  
Axis Of Symmetry ◽  
Good Agreement

Trajectories are calculated for small particles introduced upstream into a fluid flowing past a fixed sphere. Unseparated potential flow is taken as the velocity profile for the fluid, and the effect of gravity is included in the formulation when it acts along the axis of symmetry. Using a numerical procedure, particle trajectories which graze the sphere, and the corresponding collision efficiencies, are calculated for values of the Stokes number σ. When gravity is neglected, an analytic solution is obtained for large values of σ which is in good agreement with the numerical results for σ as low as 5. These results are compared with those of Sell (1931) and Langmuir & Blodgett (1946). When gravity is included, a critical value of the Stokes number σc is calculated for which no collisions occur until σ > σc.

scholarly journals A Numerical Study of the Effect of Particle Size on Particle Deposition on Turbine Vanes and Blades

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781402110178
Author(s):  
Zhengang Liu ◽  
Weinan Diao ◽  
Zhenxia Liu ◽  
Fei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Particle Deposition ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Stokes Number ◽  
Capture Efficiency ◽  
Particle Capture ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Pressure Surface ◽  
Deposition Area ◽  
Turbine Vanes

Particle deposition could decrease the aerodynamic performance and cooling efficiency of turbine vanes and blades. The particle motion in the flow and its temperature are two important factors affecting its deposition. The size of the particle influences both its motion and temperature. In this study, the motion of particles with the sizes from 1 to 20 μm in the first stage of a turbine are firstly numerically simulated with the steady method, then the particle deposition on the vanes and blades are numerically simulated with the unsteady method based on the critical viscosity model. It is discovered that the particle deposition on vanes mainly formed near the leading and trailing edge on the pressure surface, and the deposition area expands slowly to the whole pressure surface with the particle size increasing. For the particle deposition on blades, the deposition area moves from the entire pressure surface toward the tip with the particle size increasing due to the effect of rotation. For vanes, the particle capture efficiency increases with the particle size increasing since Stokes number and temperature of the particle both increase with its size. For blades, the particle capture efficiency increases firstly and then decreases with the particle size increasing.

scholarly journals Optimization of the flow conditions in the spawning ground of the Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) through Gezhouba Dam generating units

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anyang Huang ◽  
Jinzhong Yao ◽  
Jiazhi Zhu ◽  
Xingchen Gao ◽  
Wei Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Spawning Ground ◽  
Chinese Sturgeon ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Acipenser Sinensis ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Gezhouba Dam ◽  
Opening Mode ◽  
Suitable Area ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractChinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) is a critically endangered species, and waters downstream from Gezhouba Dam are the only known spawning ground. To optimize the velocity conditions in the spawning ground by controlling the opening mode of Gezhouba Dam generator units, a mathematical model of Chinese sturgeon spawning ground was established in FLOW-3D. The model was evaluated with velocity measurements, and the results were determined to be in good agreement. By inverting the 2016–2019 field monitoring results, the model shows that the preferred velocity range for Chinese sturgeon spawning is 0.6–1.5 m/s. Velocity fields of different opening modes of the generator units were simulated with identical discharge. The suitable-velocity area was maximal when all units of Dajiang Plant of Gezhouba Dam were open. For discharges below 12,000 m3/s, most of the area was suitable; for discharges above 12,000 m3/s, the suitable area rapidly decreased with increasing discharge. A comparison of suitable areas under high-flow showed that at discharges of 12,000–15,000 m3/s, opening 11–13 units on the left side was optimal. For discharges above 15,000 m3/s, all units should be open. We used these results to recommend a new operation scheme to support the conservation of Chinese sturgeon.

Heat Transfer in a Surfactant Drag-Reducing Solution—A Comparison With Predictions for Laminar Flow

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. Sears ◽  
Libing Yang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
High Heat ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Drag Reducing Additive ◽  
Good Agreement

Heat transfer coefficients were measured for a solution of surfactant drag-reducing additive in the entrance region of a uniformly heated horizontal cylindrical pipe with Reynolds numbers from 25,000 to 140,000 and temperatures from 30to70°C. In the absence of circumferential buoyancy effects, the measured Nusselt numbers were found to be in good agreement with theoretical results for laminar flow. Buoyancy effects, manifested as substantially higher Nusselt numbers, were seen in experiments carried out at high heat flux.

Experimental and Numerical Study of Methanol-Water Mixture Single-Phase Heat Transfer in a Micro-Channel Heat Sink

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun K. Kwok ◽  
Matthew M. Asada ◽  
Jonathan R. Mita ◽  
Weilin Qu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Molar Fraction ◽  
Water Mixture ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Numerical Predictions

This paper presents an experimental study of single-phase heat transfer characteristics of binary methanol-water mixtures in a micro-channel heat sink containing an array of 22 microchannels with 240μm × 630μm cross-section. Pure water, pure methanol, and five methanol-water mixtures with methanol molar fraction of 16%, 36%, 50%, 63% and 82% were tested. Key parametric trends were identified and discussed. The experimental study was complemented by a three-dimensional numerical simulation. Numerical predictions and experimental data are in good agreement with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.87%.

Numerical Characterization of Hot Gas Ingestion Through Turbine Rim Seals

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Da Soghe ◽  
Cosimo Bianchini ◽  
Carl M. Sangan ◽  
James A. Scobie ◽  
Gary D. Lock
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Radial Clearance ◽  
Buffering Effect ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Thermal Buffering

This paper deals with a numerical study aimed at the characterization of hot gas ingestion through turbine rim seals. The numerical campaign focused on an experimental facility which models ingress through the rim seal into the upstream wheel-space of an axial-turbine stage. Single-clearance arrangements were considered in the form of axial- and radial-seal gap configurations. With the radial-seal clearance configuration, CFD steady-state solutions were able to predict the system sealing effectiveness over a wide range of coolant mass flow rates reasonably well. The greater insight of flow field provided by the computations illustrates the thermal buffering effect when ingress occurs: for a given sealing flow rate, the effectiveness on the rotor was significantly higher than that on the stator due to the axial flow of hot gases from stator to rotor caused by pumping effects. The predicted effectiveness on the rotor was compared with a theoretical model for the thermal buffering effect showing good agreement. When the axial-seal clearance arrangement is considered, the agreement between CFD and experiments worsens; the variation of sealing effectiveness with coolant flow rate calculated by means of the simulations display a distinct kink. It was found that the “kink phenomenon” can be ascribed to an over-estimation of the egress spoiling effects due to turbulence modelling limitations. Despite some weaknesses in the numerical predictions, the paper shows that CFD can be used to characterize the sealing performance of axial- and radial-clearance turbine rim seals.

Experimental and numerical study of the laminar flow in helically coiled pipes

2014 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 206-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo De Amicis ◽  
Antonio Cammi ◽  
Luigi P.M. Colombo ◽  
Marco Colombo ◽  
Marco E. Ricotti
Keyword(s):  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Numerical Study
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