Influence of Inertial Particles on Turbulence Characteristics in Outer and Near Wall Flow as Revealed With High Resolution Particle Image Velocimetry

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Saber ◽  
T. Staffan Lundström ◽  
J. Gunnar I. Hellström
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Normal Velocity ◽  
Inertial Particles ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Turbulent Characteristics ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Near Wall

A fully developed turbulent particle-gas flow in a rectangular horizontal channel 100 × 10 × 4000 mm3 is disclosed with high spatial resolution two-dimensional (2D) particle image velocimetry (PIV). The objective is to increase the knowledge of the mechanisms behind alterations in turbulent characteristics when adding two sets of relatively large solid spherical particles with mean diameters of 525 and 755 μm and particle size distributions of 450–600 and 710–800 μm, respectively. Reynolds numbers are 4000 and 5600 and relatively high volume fraction of 5.4 × 10−4 and 8.0 × 10−4 are tested. Both the near wall turbulent boundary layer flow and outer core flow are considered. Results show that the carrier phase turbulent intensities increase with the volume fraction of the inertial particles. The overall mean flow velocity is affected when adding the particles but only to a minor extent. Near the wall, averaged velocity decreases while fluctuating velocity components increase when particles are added to the flow. Quadrant analysis shows the importance of sweep near the wall and ejection events in the region defined by y+ > 20. In conclusion, high inertia particles can enhance turbulence even at relatively low particle Reynolds number <90. In the near bottom wall region, particles tend to be a source of instability reflected as enhancement in rms values of the normal velocity component.

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Turbulent Jets Issuing From Twin Elliptic Nozzles With Various Orientations

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella Marie Morris ◽  
Neelakash Biswas ◽  
Seyed Sobhan Aleyasin ◽  
Mark Francis Tachie
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Equivalent Diameter ◽  
Linear Contraction ◽  
Turbulent Characteristics ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Nozzle Orientation ◽  
Minor Plane

Abstract The effects of nozzle orientation on the mixing and turbulent characteristics of elliptical free twin jets were studied experimentally. The experiments were conducted using modified contoured nozzles with a sharp linear contraction. The centers of the nozzle pair had a separation ratio of 5.5. Two nozzle configurations were tested, twin nozzles oriented along the minor plane (Twin_Minor) and twin nozzles oriented along the major plane (Twin_Major) and the results were compared with a single jet. In each case, the Reynolds number based on the maximum jet velocity and the equivalent diameter was 10,000. A planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was used to measure the velocity field in the jet symmetry plane. It was observed that the velocity decay rate is not sensitive to nozzle orientation. However, close to the jet exit, the spread rate was highest in the minor plane. In addition, contour plots of swirling strength, Reynolds shear stress and turbulent intensities revealed significant differences between the minor and major planes. Velocity profiles showed little variation close to the jet exit, while further downstream the variations between the velocity profiles were more pronounced between the major and minor planes.

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of the Mean Flow Characteristics in a Bubble Plume

2007 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Guan Seol ◽  
Tirtharaj Bhaumik ◽  
Christian Bergmann ◽  
Scott A. Socolofsky
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Bubble Plume ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean

An Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Drag Reduction in Concentric Annulus Using Particle Image Velocimetry Technique

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Ernesto Rodriguez Corredor ◽  
Majid Bizhani ◽  
Ergun Kuru
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Polymer Concentration ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Flow Loop ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Image Velocimetry

Polymer drag reduction is investigated using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique in fully developed turbulent flow through a horizontal flow loop with concentric annular geometry (inner to outer pipe radius ratio = 0.4). The polymer used was a commercially available partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA). The polymer concentration was varied from 0.07 to 0.12% V/V. The drag reduction is enhanced by increasing polymer concentration until the concentration reaches an optimum value. After that, the drag reduction is decreased with the increasing polymer concentration. Optimum concentration value of PHPA was found to be around 0.1% V/V. Experiments were conducted at solvent Reynolds numbers of 38700, 46700 and 56400. The percent drag reduction was found to be increasing with the increasing Reynolds number. The study was also focused on analyzing the mean flow and turbulence statistics for fully-turbulent flow using the velocity measurements acquired by PIV. Axial mean velocity profile was found to be following the universal wall law close to the wall (i.e., y+ <10), but it deviated from log law results with an increased slope in the logarithmic zone (i.e., y+ >30). In all cases of polymer application, the viscous sublayer (i.e., y+ <10) thickness was found to be higher than that of the water flow. Reynolds shear stress in the core flow region was found to be decreasing with the increase in polymer concentration.

Particle image velocimetry investigation of a turbulent boundary layer manipulated by spanwise wall oscillations

2002 ◽  
Vol 467 ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
GAETANO MARIA DI CICCA ◽  
GAETANO IUSO ◽  
PIER GIORGIO SPAZZINI ◽  
MICHELE ONORATO
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Oscillation Amplitude ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Oscillation Period ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Near Wall

Particle image velocimetry has been applied to the study of a canonical turbulent boundary layer and to a turbulent boundary layer forced by transversal wall oscillations. This work is part of the research programme at the Politecnico di Torino aerodynamic laboratory with the objective of investigating the response of near-wall turbulence to external perturbations. Results are presented for the optimum oscillation period of 100 viscous time units and for an oscillation amplitude of 320 viscous units. As expected, turbulent velocity fluctuations are considerably reduced by the wall oscillations. Particle image velocimetry has allowed comparisons between the canonical and forced flows in an attempt to find the physical mechanisms by which the wall oscillation influences the near-wall organized motions.

Some Experience on Particle Image Velocimetry of Near-Wall Shear Layers at Subsonic Velocities

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Andrey V. Boiko Boiko ◽  
Vasily N. Gorev ◽  
Aleksandr V. Dovgal ◽  
Aleksandr M. Sorokin ◽  
Hein Stefan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Shear Layers ◽  
Linear Instability ◽  
Wind Tunnel Testing ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Separating Flow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Near Wall

Experimental data on linear instability of the laminar separating flow and mean velocity characteristics of the turbulent boundary layer are reported. The results are obtained through wind-tunnel testing of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) performed at DLR, Goettingen. Details of the method, as applied to the above problems of fluid mechanics, are considered. The present findings seem helpful during experimental work on subsonic near-wall layers, when focusing on their instantaneous and time-mean velocity characteristics.

Key Issues in Measuring the Velocities of Nanoparticles in Nanofluids

2007 ◽  
Vol 364-366 ◽  
pp. 1111-1116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Qian ◽  
Xiao Wu Ni ◽  
Jian Lu ◽  
Zhong Hua Shen
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Particle Volume Fraction ◽  
Laser Speckle ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Particle Volume ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Speckle Patterns ◽  
Key Issues

Our recent work [1] theoretically revealed that speckles can be formed when nanofluids containing a modest volume fraction of nanoparticles are illuminated by a monochromatic laser beam. This paper focuses on the key issues, including the experimental setup, the particle volume fraction of the nanofluid, the flow velocity of the nanofluid and the diameter of the pipe, in measuring the velocities of nanoparticles in nanofluids with laser speckle velocimetry (LSV). First an experimental setup is established according to the optical characteristics of nanoparticle and the measuring principles of particle image velocimetry (PIV) and LSV. Then a conclusion is made from the experimental results that clear speckle patterns can be formed when the particle volume fraction is between 0.0005% and 0.002% is able to form. Finally, in order to make it applicable to utilize LSV to measure the velocities of nanoparticles in nanofluids that flow in pipe, nanofluids can not flow too fast and the diameter of the pipe should not be too small.

Near-surface particle image velocimetry measurements in a transitionally rough-wall atmospheric boundary layer

2007 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
pp. 319-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT C. MORRIS ◽  
SCOTT R. STOLPA ◽  
PAUL E. SLABOCH ◽  
JOSEPH C. KLEWICKI
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Shear Velocity ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean

The Reynolds number dependence of the structure and statistics of wall-layer turbulence remains an open topic of research. This issue is considered in the present work using two-component planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements acquired at the Surface Layer Turbulence and Environmental Science Test (SLTEST) facility in western Utah. The Reynolds number (δuτ/ν) was of the order 106. The surface was flat with an equivalent sand grain roughness k+ = 18. The domain of the measurements was 500 < yuτ/ν < 3000 in viscous units, 0.00081 < y/δ < 0.005 in outer units, with a streamwise extent of 6000ν/uτ. The mean velocity was fitted by a logarithmic equation with a von Kármán constant of 0.41. The profile of u′v′ indicated that the entire measurement domain was within a region of essentially constant stress, from which the wall shear velocity was estimated. The stochastic measurements discussed include mean and RMS profiles as well as two-point velocity correlations. Examination of the instantaneous vector maps indicated that approximately 60% of the realizations could be characterized as having a nearly uniform velocity. The remaining 40% of the images indicated two regions of nearly uniform momentum separated by a thin region of high shear. This shear layer was typically found to be inclined to the mean flow, with an average positive angle of 14.9°.

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