Gas Flow Through Trapezoidal Microgaps

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
W. G. Rieder ◽  
D. R. Haworth
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Transition Regime ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Value Flow ◽  
Made In

A generalized approach based on a model of the Boltzmann equation is suggested for predicting velocity profiles and gas flow rates through trapezoidal microgaps. Sample results are given for selected trapezoidal, rectangular, square, and circular cross section passages for Knudsen numbers ranging from 0.1 to about 10. Comparison of predicted flow rates for rectangular passages with available empirical data seems to indicate that where passage size is characterized by a single dimension, a simple across-channel measurement is inappropriate. While relative velocity profiles are independent of this value, flow rates are not. Accuracy of predictions may be enhanced by matching with analytical or empirical results for similar geometries of larger size. A flow rate from the low Knudsen number end of the transition regime is matched with one from the overlapping region of the slip-flow regime and an arbitrary adjustment is made in the characterization of passage size. This adjustment can then be incorporated into the results throughout the transition regime.

Experimental investigation of rarefied gas flow in different channels

1974 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. Porodnov ◽  
P. E. Suetin ◽  
S. F. Borisov ◽  
V. D. Akinshin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Rarefied Gas ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Molecular Scattering ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Accommodation Coefficients ◽  
Tangential Momentum ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Made In

An experimental investigation of flows of a large number of inert and polyatomic gases in various channels, a non-ideal orifice, flat slits with different surface roughnesses and wall materials, capillary packets with molten walls and a capillary sieve, has been made.The unsteady flow method and a highly sensitive capacitance micromanometer were used (the sensitivity being ∼ 3 × 10−4N/m2Hz). Measurements were made in a range of Knudsen numbers 5 × 104–10−3at ∼ 293 °K, and some measurements for flow through a non-ideal orifice were carried out at 77.2°K.It was found that, both in the viscous slip-flow and free-molecule regimes for the channels with molten walls, the experimental conductivities were higher (by ∼ 15%) than theoretical ones calculated assuming diffuse molecular scattering by the walls. We have also observed that the channel conductivity essentially depends on the channel surface roughness and on the kind of gas. The larger the roughness height, the lower the conductivity. From the experimental data the tangential momentum accommodation coefficients were calculated.

scholarly journals Simulation and Modeling of Flow in a Gas Compressor

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Anna Avramenko ◽  
Alexey Frolov ◽  
Jari Hämäläinen
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Mass Flow Rates ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Flow Through

The presented research demonstrates the results of a series of numerical simulations of gas flow through a single-stage centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser. Numerical results were validated with experiments consisting of eight regimes with different mass flow rates. The steady-state and unsteady simulations were done in ANSYS FLUENT 13.0 and NUMECA FINE/TURBO 8.9.1 for one-period geometry due to periodicity of the problem. First-order discretization is insufficient due to strong dissipation effects. Results obtained with second-order discretization agree with the experiments for the steady-state case in the region of high mass flow rates. In the area of low mass flow rates, nonstationary effects significantly influence the flow leading stationary model to poor prediction. Therefore, the unsteady simulations were performed in the region of low mass flow rates. Results of calculation were compared with experimental data. The numerical simulation method in this paper can be used to predict compressor performance.

Preparation and Characterization of SiC Nanoparticles for ATF-FCM

2018 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Zhao Chen ◽  
Rong Zheng Liu ◽  
Jia Xing Chang ◽  
Ma Lin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Pure Hydrogen ◽  
Fukushima Accident ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Sic Nanoparticles ◽  
Hydrogen Flow ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Carrier Gas Flow

Accident Tolerant fuel (ATF) concept was put forward after the Fukushima accident. Among different kinds of ATF, Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuels (FCM) have been paid more and more attention in recent years. SiC matrix is one of the important constituent parts in FCM fuel system, which is sintered from kinds of SiC powders. In this study, SiC nanoparticles were prepared by Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition (FB-CVD) method using Hexamethyldisilane (HMDS) as precursor, aimed at reducing the sintering temperature and pressure of FCM-SiC matrix. Experiments of different temperatures with different argon gas ratios were carried out. It was found that good crystal SiC could be obtained from 850°C to 1250°C, under pure hydrogen or H2: Ar=15:1. Different H2 carrier gas flow rate tests were also conducted. With the increase of hydrogen flow rates, the SiC was transformed from 3C-SiC to other types, such as 6H or 15R, but no significant effect was found on particle shape. Based on the characterizations of XRD, SEM and TEM, the results showed the spherical SiC nanoparticles could be obtained as well as 20 nanometers in diameter at the condition of 1150°C, H2: Ar=15:1, under different hydrogen flow rates. Different hydrogen flow rates had little influence on the particle size of SiC nanoparticles.

Estimation of Leak Flow Rates Through Narrow Cracks

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chungpyo Hong ◽  
Yutaka Asako ◽  
Jae-Heon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Friction Factor ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equation ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Choked Flow ◽  
Runge Kutta Method ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Leak Before Break

The estimation of the gaseous leak flow rates through a narrow crack is important for a leak-before-break analysis as a method of nondestructive testing. Therefore, the methodology to estimate the gaseous leak flow rates in a narrow crack for a wide range of flow conditions, from no-slip to slip flow and from unchoked to choked flow, by using f⋅Re (the product of friction factor and Reynolds number) correlations obtained for a microchannel, was developed and presented. The correlations applied here were proposed by the previous study (Hong, et al., 2007, “Friction Factor Correlations for Gas Flow in Slip Flow Regime,” ASME J. Fluids Eng., 129, pp. 1268–1276). The detail of the calculation procedure was appropriately documented. The fourth-order Runge–Kutta method was employed to integrate the nonlinear ordinary differential equation for the pressure, and the regular-Falsi method was employed to find the inlet Mach number. An idealized crack, whose opening displacement ranges from 2 μm to 50 μm, with the crack aspect ratio of 200, 1000, and 2000, was chosen for sample estimation. The present results were compared with both numerical simulations and available experimental measurements. The results were in excellent agreement. Therefore, the gaseous leak flow rates can be correctly predicted by using the proposed methodology.

Poiseuille gas flow in the transition regime II. Application of the general theory

1967 ◽  
Vol 301 (1467) ◽  
pp. 401-409 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Capillary Tube ◽  
Collision Operator ◽  
Mean Free Path ◽  
Transition Regime ◽  
Tube Radius ◽  
Time Approximation ◽  
Relaxation Time Approximation ◽  
Flow Through

The general formulae given in the previous paper are investigated in detail using a simple relaxation-time approximation for the collision operator, and numerical results are obtained for the total gas flow through a capillary tube at various values of the ratio of tube radius to collision mean free path. For all values of this ratio, the results obtained agree with experiment to within about 2%.

Experimental Study of Entrance Effects on Laminar Gas Flow Through Silicon Orifices

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron J. Knobloch ◽  
Joell R. Hibshman ◽  
George Wu ◽  
Rich Saia
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Flow Area ◽  
Fully Developed Flow ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Entry Length ◽  
Orifice Flow ◽  
Measured Flow ◽  
Flow Through

This study summarizes a fundamental investigation of flow through an array of silicon micromachined rectangular slots. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of entrance pressure, flow area, orifice thickness, slot length, and slot width of the orifice on flow rate. These orifices were fabricated using a simple frontside through wafer DRIE process on a 385 μm thick wafer and wafer bonding to create thicker orifices. The dies were then packaged as part of a TO8 can and flow tested. To complement the results of this experimental work, two simple flow models were developed to predict the effect of geometrical and entrance conditions on the flow rate. These models were based on macroscale assumptions that were not necessarily true in the case of thin orifices. One relationship was based on Pouiselle flow which assumes fully developed flow conditions. Calculation of the entry length required for fully developed flow indicate that in the low Reynolds Number regime (32-550) evaluated, the entry flow development requires 2-8 times the thickness of the thickest orifices used for this study. Therefore, calculations of orifice flow based on a Pouiselle model are an overestimate of the actual measured flow rates. Another model examined typical orifice relationships using head loss at the entrance and exit of the slots did not accurately capture the particular flow rates since it overestimated the expansion or constriction losses. A series of experiments where the pressure was varied between 75 and 1000 Pa were performed. A comparison of the Pouiselle flow solution with experimental results was made which showed that the Pouiselle flow model overpredicts the flow rates and more specifically, the effect of width on the flow rates. The results of these tests were used to develop a transfer function which describes the dependence of flow rate on orifice width, thickness, length, and inlet pressure.

Compressible Gas Flow Through Smooth and Rough Microchannels

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Turner ◽  
Otto J. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Continuum Theory ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Silicon Wafers ◽  
Constant Area ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Compressible Gas Flow ◽  
Made In ◽  
Compressible Gas

Abstract This paper presents an experimental investigation on compressible gas flow through microchannels with a constant area, rectangular cross-section. The microchannels are etched into silicon wafers, capped with smooth glass, and have hydraulic diameters between 4 and 100 μm. All measurements were made in the laminar flow regime with Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.02 to 1000. Smooth channels were obtained by etching (100) silicon wafers with potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution. Rough channel surfaces were obtained by etching (110) silicon wafers with KOH. The investigation shows that the friction factor for both smooth and rough microchannels compares closely with continuum theory.

Morphological, microstructural, and photoluminescence characterization of heterogeneous/homogeneous TeO2 nanostructures based on effect of different N2 gas flow rates

2017 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 715-720
Author(s):  
Han Gil Na ◽  
Taek-Kyun Jung ◽  
Min Ryou ◽  
Ji-Woon Lee ◽  
Jihyun Beck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Flow Rates
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