Effects of the Interaction Point of Multi-Passage Swirlers on the Swirling Flow Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Foad Vashahi ◽  
Jeekeun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Geometrical Parameter ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Interaction Point ◽  
Stagnation Points ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

An experimental study is conducted to understand the mean and instantaneous behavior of the swirling flow issued from a triple swirler influenced by a single critical geometrical parameter, termed as the passage length. The investigated geometrical parameter defines the interaction point of the inner axial swirlers with the outer radial swirler, which consequently defines the primary air–fuel mixture characteristics and the resultant combustion state. Experiments were performed under cold flow conditions, and planar particle image velocimetry was employed to measure the velocity field. The mean flow pattern exhibited significant differences in terms of the swirl-jet width and angle and altered the number of stagnation points on the swirler axis. When the passage length was reduced to half, two stagnation points appeared on the swirler axis due to an initially developed smaller recirculation zone at the swirler mouth. Also, the turbulent activity at the vicinity of the swirler increased with as the passage length reduced. Investigations on the relocation of the second stagnation point on the axis through an arbitrary window revealed identical standard deviation in x and y directions. The energetic coherent structures extracted from the proper orthogonal decomposition also identified major differences in terms of the spatial distribution of the modes and their corresponding energy levels. The experimental results indicated that if the passage length is altered, the number of stagnation points on the swirler axis increases, and a breakdown of both the bubble and cone vortex may appear at the same time as different energy levels.

Planar Investigation of Outlet Boundary Conditions Effect on Isothermal Flow Fields of a Swirl-Stabilized Burner

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Emara ◽  
Arnaud Lacarelle ◽  
Christian Oliver Paschereit
Keyword(s):  
Coherent Structures ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Streamwise Velocity ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Cold Flow ◽  
Contraction Ratio ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Pod Analysis ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

The swirling flow velocity profiles can be strongly influenced by the outlet conditions of the combustion chamber especially at subcritical flow conditions. The effect of such changes on the mean flow or coherent structures is still unclear. It is investigated in the present work in an industrial swirl inducing burner in cold flow conditions with help of PIV. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) as well as acoustic measurements were used to characterize the coherent structures shed from the burner mouth. The combustor length (670, and 2020mm) and the outlet area contraction ratio (1, 0.56, 0.27, and 0.09) are varied. Major changes in the flow field are achieved when using a short combustor and the smallest contraction ratio. For this case, a central jet with streamwise velocity is added to the typical central recirculation zone. The POD analysis of the contraction ratios 1 and 0.09 for the long combustor shows that the first helical mode as well as Kelvin Helmholtz vortices are present with minor changes for both cases. At a contraction ratio of 0.09, some new structures at the jet location and near the combustor wall appear.

The wave modes in ducted swirling flows

1998 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER K. W. TAM ◽  
LAURENT AURIAULT
Keyword(s):  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Initial Boundary ◽  
Initial Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Inviscid Flow ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Compressibility Effect ◽  
Propagating Waves ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Initial Boundary Value ◽  
Wave Modes

The small-amplitude wave modes inside a ducted inviscid compressible swirling flow are investigated. In order to avoid possible mathematical ambiguities arising from the use of an inviscid flow model, the wave modes are cast as the solution of an initial boundary value problem. Two families of propagating waves are found. The acoustic modes are supported by the compressibility effect of the flow. The rotational modes are sustained by the centrifugal force field associated with the mean flow rotation. Two cases, one with a free-vortex swirl and the other with a rigid-body swirl, are investigated in some depth. Numerical results are provided.

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

Characteristics of 3D Turbulent Wall Jets and Offset Jets With Small Offset Ratios

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Agelinchaab ◽  
M. F. Tachie
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Wall Jets ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Technique ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Turbulent Wall Jets ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Turbulent Wall ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

This paper reports an experimental study of turbulent three-dimensional generic wall jets and offset jets. The jets were created from a long circular pipe. A particle image velocimetry technique was used to conduct velocity measurements in the symmetry plane of the jet. From these measurements, the salient features of the flows are reported in terms of the mean velocities, turbulence intensities and Reynolds shear stresses. The energy spectra and profiles of reconstructed turbulence intensities and Reynolds shear stresses from low order proper orthogonal decomposition modes are also reported.

Towards Sensing and Control of Separation in Subsonic Flows

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica J. Young ◽  
Mark N. Glauser ◽  
Hiroshi Higuchi ◽  
Jeffrey Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Flow State ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Airfoil Surface ◽  
Subsonic Flows ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
And Control ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

The purpose of this study is to validate the use of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition POD and Modified Linear Stochastic Estimation mLSE based low-dimensional methods to model an external flow over a NACA 4412 airfoil. By using a combination of Particle Image Velocimetry PIV and multiple airfoil surface pressure measurements, the full velocity field (mean plus fluctuating) is estimated through implementation of a modified complementary technique. We will identify a low-dimensional mean flow just from the wall pressure, specifically observing when the profiles are at the incipient condition. This gives a reasonable estimate of the low-dimensional velocity field. The importance of this work lies in that the flow is estimated from the wall pressure only, providing a practical means for estimating the flow state. This is particularly important for flow control applications.

scholarly journals PIV of Swirling Flow in a Conical Pipe with Vibrating Wall

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Yan-Yue Zhang ◽  
Franck C. G. A. Nicolleau ◽  
Zun-Ce Wang
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Swirling Flows ◽  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Pipe Flows ◽  
Velocity Statistics ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean

Swirling flows in conical pipe can be found in a number of industrial processes, such as hydrocyclone, separator and rotating machinery. It has been found that wall oscillations can reduce the drag in water channel and pipe flows, but there is no study of a swirling flow combined with a vibrating wall in conical pipes, though there are many applications of such combination in engineering processes. A two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (PIV) is used to measure the swirling flow field in a water conical pipe subjected to a periodic vibrating wall for a Reynolds number 3800. The flow velocity statistics are studied under different vibration frequencies corresponding to Strouhal numbers from 60 to 242. The instantaneous axial and vertical velocity in one vibrating period, the mean velocities, and Reynolds stresses were obtained. The results show the existence of an intermediary recirculation cell in the middle of the pipe. They also show that the vibration improves the symmetry for the swirling flow while decreasing dramatically the velocity fluctuation.

Capability Assessment of Five Different RANS-Based Turbulence Models to Simulate the Various Regions of Slot Turbulent Impingement Jet Flow

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Charmiyan ◽  
Ahmed-Reza Azimian ◽  
Ebrahim Shirani ◽  
Fethi Aloui
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Jet Flows ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Impingement Jet ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Bottom To Top ◽  
Plate Distance

In this paper, impingement of a turbulent rectangular flow to a fixed wall is investigated. The jet flows from bottom-to-top and the output jet Reynolds is 16000. The nozzle-to-plate distance is equal to 10 (H/e = 10). Five turbulence models, including k-ε, RNG k-ε, k-ω SST, RSM and v2f model have been used for two-dimensional numerical simulation of the turbulent flow. Because of the complexities of the impingement flow, such as curved streamlines, flow separation, normal strains and sudden deceleration in different areas, different turbulence models are proposed to simulate different regions of the flow. To investigate the capability of these turbulence models in simulating different regions of the impinging jet, the mean flow velocity field and turbulent kinetic energy are extracted and compared with the experimental data of a two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (PIV). The calculated error of these five turbulence models was presented for the various flow regions, while it have not been clearly investigated earlier. Results indicate the highest conformity of the v2f model with the experimental data at the jet centerline. However, this model does not predict well the flow at the shear layer and wall-jet areas. RSM Gibson and Lander model has the highest conformity with the experimental data in these regions.

Particle Image Velocimetry and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Applied to Aerodynamic Sound Source Region Visualization in Organ Flue Pipe

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Mickiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Velocity Field ◽  
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Orthogonal Decomposition ◽  
Sound Generation ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Temporal Modes ◽  
Proper Orthogonal

AbstractThe paper presents experimental results of the visualization of the nonlinear aeroacoustic sound generation phenomena occurring in organ flue pipe. The phase-locked particle image velocimetry technique is applied to visualize the mixed velocity field in the transparent organ flue pipe model made from Plexiglas. Presented measurements were done using synchronization to the tone generated by the pipe itself sup- plied by controlled air flow with seeding particles. The time series of raw velocity field distribution images show nonlinear sound generation mechanisms: the large amplitude of deflection of the mean flue jet and vortex shedding in the region of pipe mouth. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) was then applied to the experimental data to separately visualize the mean mass flow, pulsating jet mass flow with vortices and also sound waves near the generation region as well as inside and outside of the pipe. The resulting POD spatial and temporal modes were used to approximate the acoustic velocity field behaviour at the pipe fundamental frequency. The temporal modes shapes are in a good agreement with the microphone pressure signal shape registered from a distance. Obtained decomposed spatial modes give interesting insight into sound generating region of the organ pipe and the transition area towards the pure acoustic field inside the resonance pipe. They can give qualitative and quantitative data to verify existing sound generation models used in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Aero-Acoustics (CAA).

Flow Visualization of Pebble Bed HTGR

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Young Lee ◽  
Sa-Ya Lee
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Pebble Bed ◽  
Stagnation Points ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Flow Geometry ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Face Centered

The nuclear core of High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) with pebble bed type has been investigated intensively due to its benefits in management, but its complicated flow geometry requested the reliable analytical method. Recent studies have been made using the three dimensional computational methods but they need to be evaluated with the experimental data. Due to the complicated and narrow flow channel, the intrusive methods of flow measurement are not proper in the study. In the present study, we developed a wind tunnel for the pebble bed geometry in the structure of Face Centered Cubic (FCC) and measure the flow field using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) directly. Due to the limitation of the image harnessing speed and accessibility of the light for particle identification, the system is scaled up to reduce the mean flow velocity by keeping the same Reynolds number of the HTGR. The velocity fields are successfully determined to identify the stagnation points suspected to produce hot spots on the surface of the pebble. It is expected that the present data is useful to evaluate the three dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. Furthermore, It would provide an insight of experimental method if the present results are compared by those of scaled down and liquid medium.

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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