U-RANS Simulation of Single Elbow Pipe Flow Experiments Simulating JSFR Hot-Leg Piping

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidemasa Yamano ◽  
Masaaki Tanaka ◽  
Yukiharu Iwamoto
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Reynolds Stress Model ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Partition Wall ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Intermediate Heat Exchanger

This paper is intended to validate the numerical simulation tool, which is Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equation (U-RANS) approach with the Reynolds Stress Model using a commercial computational fluid dynamics code, by applying to the flow through a single short-elbow in the 1/10 and 1/3 scale water experiments simulating the Japan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR) hot-leg piping. An additional objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of outlet condition at which the coolant overflows a partition wall in the upper part of an intermediate heat exchanger in the JSFR design. The numerical results were in good agreement with the 1/10 and 1/3 scale experimental data indicating time-averaged velocity distributions, flow field visualization, and power spectral densities of pressure fluctuation. These comparisons can conclude that the U-RANS numerical simulation tool was validated with its applicability to a single short elbow flow. The numerical simulation has also shown that the unsteady flow fields in the short elbow flow, which was characterized by a cyclic secondary flow and the subsequent horseshoe vortex. In this study, the effect of the outlet condition was also examined through the numerical simulation. At the outlet of the pipe, the simulation modeled the partition wall in the upper part of the intermediate heat exchanger, which has never been simulated in the experiments. The numerical simulation results were compared between with and without the intermediate heat exchanger at the pipe outlet in terms of the time-averaged velocity distribution, pressure fluctuation power spectral density, and so on. In the result, no significant difference between them was observed, so that it can be said that the effect of the outlet condition is negligibly small.

Unsteady Flow Numerical Simulation in a Double Channel Pump and Measurements of Pressure Fluctuation at Volute Outlet

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou-lin Liu ◽  
Ming-zhen Lu ◽  
Bin-bin Lu ◽  
Ming-gao Tan ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Sliding Mesh ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Double Channel ◽  
Fft Analysis

Adopting the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equation and RNG k-ε turbulent model, the unsteady flow in the double channel pump is simulated with sliding mesh technique. Detecting points in the impeller and volute passages are to capture the pressure fluctuation law at different time. The pressure fluctuation around the outlet of the volute is measured by pressure transducer, then the frequency domain pattern under different conditions comes out. With the Fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis, the pressure changing law of time domain at the outlet of the volute is investigated under different operating conditions. It shows that the pressure fluctuation in the volute differs under different conditions. The pressure changing law obtained by the numerical simulation at the outlet of the volute accords with the measurement results. Also the pressure fluctuation at the outlet of the volute is closely related to the interaction between impeller and volute.

Numerical Model of Borehole Heat Exchanger in Ansys CFX Software / Numeryczny Model Otworowego Wymiennika Ciepła W Pakiecie Ansys Cfx

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Śliwa ◽  
Andrzej Gołaś ◽  
Jerzy Wołoszyn ◽  
Andrzej Gonet
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Energy Balance Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Borehole Heat Exchanger ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Thermal Distribution ◽  
Ansys Cfx ◽  
Volume Method

Abstract The paper presents the results of numerical simulation of thermal response test (TRT) and the results of the experiment of TRT in Johan Paul the second Centre “Have No Fear!” in Cracow. The aim of the study is to determine and compare the values of effective thermal conductivity of rocks obtained in TRT experiment with the results obtained from the numerical simulation of TRT. The results are shown as graphs of temperature variation in the time on inlet and outlet of the borehole heat exchanger (BHE) and as drawings of thermal distribution. Borehole heat exchanger is constructed of a single u-tube at a depth of 180 m. In the numerical simulation of TRT was included geological profile of the rock mass and the associated changes in thermal properties of rocks. Temperature dependence of liquid viscosity were also adopted. Groundwater flow has been neglected. Presented mathematical model based on energy balance equation, Navier-Stokes equation and flow continuity equation was solved using the finite volume method. To numerical calculation was used ANSYS CFX software.

Non-stationary process characteristics of the gas outflow into a liquid

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
M.V. Alekseev ◽  
I.S. Vozhakov ◽  
S.I. Lezhnin
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Liquid Column ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Liquid Lead ◽  
Gas Flows ◽  
Asymptotic Model ◽  
Process Characteristics ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Volume Method

A numerical simulation of the process of the outflow of gas under pressure into a closed container partially filled with liquid was carried out. For comparative theoretical analysis, an asymptotic model was used with assumptions about the adiabaticity of the gas outflow process and the ideality of the liquid during the oscillatory one-dimensional motion of the liquid column. In this case, the motion of the liquid column and the evolution of pressure in the gas are determined by the equation of dynamics and the balance of enthalpy. Numerical simulation was performed in the OpenFOAM package using the fluid volume method (VOF method) and the standard k-e turbulence model. The evolution of the fields of volumetric gas content, velocity, and pressure during the flow of gas from the high-pressure chamber into a closed channel filled with liquid in the presence of a ”gas blanket“ at the upper end of the channel is obtained. It was shown that the dynamics of pulsations in the gas cavity that occurs when the gas flows into the closed region substantially depends on the physical properties of the liquid in the volume, especially the density. Numerical modeling showed that the injection of gas into water occurs in the form of a jet outflow of gas, and for the outflow into liquid lead, a gas slug is formed at the bottom of the channel. Satisfactory agreement was obtained between the numerical calculation and the calculation according to the asymptotic model for pressure pulsations in a gas projectile in liquid lead. For water, the results of calculations using the asymptotic model give a significant difference from the results of numerical calculations. In all cases, the velocity of the medium obtained by numerical simulation and when using the asymptotic model differ by an order of magnitude or more.

Numerical Simulation of Muzzle Flow Field of Gun Based on CFD

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 1981-1984
Author(s):  
Zhang Xia Guo ◽  
Yu Tian Pan ◽  
Yong Cun Wang ◽  
Hai Yan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Stokes Equation ◽  
Wave Structure ◽  
Flow Fields ◽  
Single Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Turbulent Model ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Numerical Simulation Result

Gunpowder was released in an instant when the pill fly out of the shell during the firing, and then formed a complicated flow fields about the muzzle when the gas expanded sharply. Using the 2 d axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equation combined with single equation turbulent model to conduct the numerical simulation of the process of gunpowder gass evacuating out of the shell without muzzle regardless of the pill’s movement. The numerical simulation result was identical with the experimental. Then simulated the evacuating process of gunpowder gass of an artillery with muzzle brake. The result showed complicated wave structure of the flow fields with the muzzle brake and analysed the influence of muzzle brake to the gass flow field distribution.

Calculation and Design Method Study of the Coil-Wound Heat Exchanger

2014 ◽  
Vol 1008-1009 ◽  
pp. 850-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Wei Zhang ◽  
Jia Xing Xue ◽  
Ya Hong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Numerical Result

A calculation method for counter-current type coil-wound heat exchanger is presented for heat exchange process. The numerical simulation method is applied to determine the basic physical parameters of wound bundles. By controlling the inlet fluid velocity varying in coil-wound heat exchanger to program and calculate the iterative process. The calculation data is analyzed by comparison of numerical result and the unit three dimensional pipe bundle model was built. Studies show that the introduction of numerical simulation can simplify the pipe winding process and accelerate the calculation and design of overall configuration in coil-wound heat exchanger. This method can be applied to the physical modeling and heat transfer calculation of pipe bundles in coil wound heat exchanger, program to calculate the complex heat transfer changing with velocity and other parameters, and optimize the overall design and calculation of spiral bundles.

scholarly journals A note on time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation and multi-Laplace transform decomposition method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Eltayeb ◽  
Imed Bachar ◽  
Yahya T. Abdalla
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Approximate Solution ◽  
Decomposition Method ◽  
Adomian Decomposition Method ◽  
Approximate Solutions ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
Adomian Decomposition ◽  
Stokes Problems

Abstract In this study, the double Laplace Adomian decomposition method and the triple Laplace Adomian decomposition method are employed to solve one- and two-dimensional time-fractional Navier–Stokes problems, respectively. In order to examine the applicability of these methods some examples are provided. The presented results confirm that the proposed methods are very effective in the search of exact and approximate solutions for the problems. Numerical simulation is used to sketch the exact and approximate solution.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Plain Fin-and-Round Tube Heat Exchanger under Frost Condition

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Ali Hussein ◽  
A. R Abu Talib ◽  
N. M Adam ◽  
M. A. Wahid ◽  
S. Samion ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Round Tube ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger
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