Analysis and Comparison of Primary Droplet Characteristics in the Near Field of a Prefilming Airblast Atomizer

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gepperth ◽  
R. Koch ◽  
H.-J. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Droplet Diameter ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Sauter Mean Diameter ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Breakup ◽  
Primary Droplet ◽  
Droplet Sizes

As the dominating parameters influencing the Sauter mean diameter of the spray produced by a prefilming airblast atomizer, the air velocity, liquid surface tension and atomizing edge thickness could be identified. Correlations for the prediction of the droplet sizes produced by prefilming airblast atomizers are compared to droplet sizes measured close to the atomizing edge. The measurements were performed using three geometrical variants of a planar atomizer over a wide range of operating conditions. The diagnostics are based on a particle and ligament tracking technique, that enables simultaneous measurement of the liquid blobs and ligaments formed at the atomizing edge and the droplets in the primary breakup region of the atomizer. The comparison between measured and calculated droplet diameter indicates, that most of the correlations are capable of reproducing the correct tendency. However, since the measurement data of most correlations were collected in a region where secondary atomization effects can obscure the initial droplet sizes in the primary breakup region, the droplet sizes are generally predicted too small.

Towards Primary Breakup Simulation of a Complete Aircraft Nozzle at Realistic Aircraft Conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Warncke ◽  
Amsini Sadiki ◽  
Max Staufer ◽  
Christian Hasse ◽  
Johannes Janicka
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Nozzle Geometry ◽  
Nozzle Flow ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Breakup ◽  
Turbulent Scales

Abstract Predicting details of aircraft engine combustion by means of numerical simulations requires reliable information about spray characteristics from liquid fuel injection. However, details of liquid fuel injection are not well documented. Indeed, standard droplet distributions are usually utilized in Euler-Lagrange simulations of combustion. Typically, airblast injectors are employed to atomize the liquid fuel by feeding a thin liquid film in the shear zone between two swirled air flows. Unfortunately, droplet data for the wide range of operating conditions during a flight is not available. Focusing on numerical simulations, Direct Numerical simulations (DNS) of full nozzle designs are nowadays out of scope. Reducing numerical costs, but still considering the full nozzle flow, the embedded DNS methodology (eDNS) has been introduced within a Volume of Fluid framework (Sauer et al., Atomization and Sprays, vol. 26, pp. 187–215, 2016). Thereby, DNS domain is kept as small as possible by reducing it to the primary breakup zone. It is then embedded in a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of the turbulent nozzle flow. This way, realistic turbulent scales of the nozzle flow are included, when simulating primary breakup. Previous studies of a generic atomizer configuration proved that turbulence in the gaseous flow has significant impact on liquid disintegration and should be included in primary breakup simulations (Warncke et al., ILASS Europe, Paris, 2019). In this contribution, an industrial airblast atomizer is numerically investigated for the first time using the eDNS approach. The complete nozzle geometry is simulated, considering all relevant features of the flow. Three steps are necessary: 1. LES of the gaseous nozzle flow until a statistically stationary flow is reached. 2. Position and refinement of the DNS domain. Due to the annular nozzle design the DNS domain is chosen as a ring. It comprises the atomizing edge, where the liquid is brought between inner and outer air flow, and the downstream primary breakup zone. 3. Start of liquid fuel injection and primary breakup simulation. Since the simulation of the two-phase DNS and the LES of the surrounding nozzle flow are conducted at the same time, turbulent scales of the gas flow are directly transferred to the DNS domain. The applicability of eDNS to full nozzle designs is demonstrated and details of primary breakup at the nozzle outlet are presented. In particular a discussion of the phenomenological breakup process and spray characteristics is provided.

scholarly journals Multibody dynamic modelling of a direct wind turbine drive train

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 519-547
Author(s):  
Saeed Asadi ◽  
Håkan Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Dynamic Modelling ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Drive Train ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Main Bearing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Turbine Drive

Wind turbines normally have a long operational lifetime and experience a wide range of operating conditions. A representative set of these conditions is considered as part of a design process, as codified in standards. However, operational experience shows that failures occur more frequently than expected, the costlier of these including failures in the main bearings and gearbox. As modern turbines are equipped with sophisticated online systems, an important task is to evaluate the drive train dynamics from online measurement data. In particular, internal forces leading to fatigue can only be determined indirectly from other locations’ sensors. In this contribution, a direct wind turbine drive train is modelled using the floating frame of reference formulation for a flexible multibody dynamics system. The purpose is to evaluate drive train response based on blade root forces and bedplate motions. The dynamic response is evaluated in terms of main shaft deformation and main bearing forces under different wind conditions. The model was found to correspond well to a commercial wind turbine system simulation software (ViDyn).

Experimental Chatter Modeling of Milling Operations

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Catania ◽  
Nicolo` Mancinelli
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Period Doubling ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Depth Of Cut ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Excited Vibration

This study refers to the investigation on the critical operating condition occurring on high productivity milling machines, known as chatter. This phenomenon is generated by a self-excited vibration, associated with a loss of stability of the system, causing reduced productivity, poor surface finish and noise. This study consists of the theoretical and experimental modeling of machining chatter conditions, in order to develop a real-time monitoring system able to diagnose the occurrence of chatter in advance and to dynamically modify the cutting parameters for process optimization. A prototype NC 3-axis milling machine was ad hoc realized to accomplish this task. The machine was instrumented by a dynamometer table, and a series of accelerometer sensors were mounted in the proximity of the tool spindle and the workpiece. An analytical model was developed, taking into account the periodic cutting force arising during interrupted cutting operation in milling. The system dynamical behavior was described by means of a set of delay differential equations with periodic coefficients. The stability of this system was analyzed by the semi discretization approach based on the Floquet theory. Lobe stability charts were evaluated and associated with frequency diagrams. Two chatter types were analytically and experimentally detected: period-doubling bifurcations and secondary Hopf bifurcations. Measurement data were acquired and analyzed in the time and frequency domain. Several tests were conducted in a wide range of operating conditions, such as radial immersion, depth of cut and spindle speeds and using different tools. Results are reported showing agreement between the numerical analysis and the related experimental tests.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Flow in a LP Industrial Steam Turbine With Part-Span Connectors

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Häfele ◽  
C. Traxinger ◽  
M. Grübel ◽  
M. Schatz ◽  
D. M. Vogt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Resonance Condition ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Wide Range

An experimental and numerical study on the flow in a three stage low pressure (LP) industrial steam turbine is presented and analyzed. The investigated LP section features conical friction bolts in the last and a lacing wire in the penultimate rotor blade row. These part-span connectors (PSC) allow safe turbine operation over an extremely wide range and even in blade resonance condition. However, additional losses are generated which affect the performance of the turbine. In order to capture their impact on the flow field, extensive measurements with pneumatic multi-hole probes in an industrial steam turbine test rig have been carried out. State-of-the-art three-dimensional CFD applying a non-equilibrium steam (NES) model is used to examine the aero-thermodynamic effects of the PSC on the wet steam flow. A detailed comparison between measurement data and CFD results is performed for several operating conditions. The investigation shows that the applied CFD model is able to capture the three-dimensional flow field in LP steam turbine blading with PSC and the total pressure reduction due to the PSC with a generally good agreement to measured values and is therefore sufficient for engineering practice.

How Bulk Modulus Errors Can Affect Leak Detection

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry H. Rachford ◽  
Andrew Wike
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Modulus ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Leak Detection ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Transient Model ◽  
Property Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
On Line

Liquid pipeline operators look to leak detection systems to provide continuous surveillance of their pipelines across a wide range of operating conditions; this is particularly the case for batch pipelines. Operators frequently anticipate that on-line transient modeling systems can satisfy this requirement, which they can, but have little exposure to the on-line measurement data requirements of such systems. There can be a mistaken focus on improving the quality of the real-time data normally available to facilitate pipeline operations, without due regard to providing the measurement data that the model needs. Pipeline operators are normally not concerned with a detailed characterization of fluid properties, other than in the most general sense regarding the susceptibility of adjacent fluids to mix at their interface. This paper illustrates how the lack of reliable fluid property data (specifically, bulk modulus data) can substantially impede the effectiveness of a transient model charged with the task of leak detection.

Semi-Empirical Correlation to Predict the Sauter Mean Diameter of the Pressure-Swirl Atomizer

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xiao ◽  
Yong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Weber Number ◽  
Droplet Diameter ◽  
Empirical Correlation ◽  
Sauter Mean Diameter ◽  
Operation Condition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Swirl Atomizer ◽  
Pressure Swirl ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
Pressure Swirl Atomizer

In this study, experiments have been performed to investigate effects of pressure-swirl atomizer geometry on SMD. Different pressure-swirl atomizers were applied to study the effect of geometry on the SMD. Based on the experimental results, an empirical correlation was obtained to relate SMD with the Weber number characterized by film thickness. Meanwhile, a semi-empirical model which was improved from the surface wave breakup theory was established to predict the SMD of pressure-swirl atomizers. The model provides the droplet diameter as a function of atomizer geometry, operation condition and liquid properties. It is proved that the model is qualified for predicting SMD of pressure-swirl atomizers among wide range.

Uncertainty in High-Pressure Stator Performance Measurement in an Annular Cascade at Engine-Representative Reynolds and Mach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshya Bhatnagar ◽  
Guillermo Paniagua ◽  
David G. Cuadrado ◽  
Papa Aye N. Aye-Addo ◽  
Antonio Castillo Sauca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Annular Cascade ◽  
Flow Blockage

Abstract The betterment of the turbine performance plays a prime role in all future transportation and energy production systems. Precise uncertainty quantification of experimental measurement of any performance differential is therefore essential for turbine development programs. In this paper, the uncertainty analysis of loss measurements in a high-pressure turbine vane are presented. Tests were performed on a stator geometry at engine representative conditions in a new annular turbine module called BRASTA (Big Rig for Annular Stationary Turbine Analysis) located within the Purdue Experimental Turbine Aerothermal Lab. The aerodynamic probes are described with emphasis on their calibration and uncertainty analysis, first considering single point measurement, followed by the spatial averaging implications. The change of operating conditions and flow blockage due to measurement probes are analyzed using CFD, and corrections are recommended on the measurement data. The test section and its characterization are presented, including calibration of the sonic valve. The sonic valve calibration is necessary to ensure a wide range of operation in Mach and Reynolds. Finally, the vane data are discussed, emphasizing their systematic and stochastic uncertainty.

Numerical and Experimental Study of Flow Phenomenon Inside Gas Ejectors With Moist Gases Entrainment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuping Wang ◽  
Mark Pellerin ◽  
Pravansu Mohanty ◽  
Subrata Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Light Attenuation ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Symmetric Model ◽  
Wide Range

Gas ejectors can be found in a wide range of applications such as refrigeration and thrust augmentation. This paper focuses on the study of an ejector used in applications where moist gases are being entrained. In the first part of this work, the gas flow characteristics inside an ejector, as well as the ejector’s performance under various operating and geometric configurations, were studied with a three-dimensional computational model, which was validated against measurement data. In the second part, focus was given to the potential condensation or de-sublimation phenomena that may occur inside an ejector when water vapor is included in the entrained stream. An experiment using light-attenuation method was performed to verify the presence of a second phase, then the onset of phase change and the phase distribution were obtained numerically. A two-dimensional axis-symmetric model was developed based on the model used in the first part. A series of simulations were performed with various amounts of water vapor added into the entrained flow. It was found that both frost particles and water condensate could form inside the mixing tube depending on the operating conditions and water vapor concentrations. When the concentration exceeds 3%, water vapor could condense throughout the mixing tube. Some preliminary results of the second phase particles formed, e.g. critical sizes and distributions, were also obtained to assist with the design and optimization of gas ejectors used in similar applications.

scholarly journals Uncertainty in High-Pressure Stator Performance Measurement in an Annular Cascade At Engine-Representative Reynolds and Mach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshya Bhatnagar ◽  
Guillermo Paniagua ◽  
David Gonzalez Cuadrado ◽  
Nyansafo Aye-Addo ◽  
Antonio Castillo Sauca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Annular Cascade ◽  
Flow Blockage

Abstract The betterment of the turbine performance plays a prime role in all future transportation and energy production systems. Precise uncertainty quantification of experimental measurement of any performance differential is therefore essential for turbine development programs. In this paper, the uncertainty analysis of loss measurements in a high-pressure turbine vane are presented. Tests were performed on a stator geometry at engine representative conditions in a new annular turbine module called BRASTA (Big Rig for Annular Stationary Turbine Analysis) located within the Purdue Experimental Turbine Aerothermal Lab. The aerodynamic probes are described with emphasis on their calibration and uncertainty analysis, first considering single point measurement, followed by the spatial averaging implications. The change of operating conditions and flow blockage due to measurement probes are analyzed using CFD, and corrections are recommended on the measurement data. The test section and its characterization are presented, including calibration of the sonic valve. The sonic valve calibration is necessary to ensure a wide range of operation in Mach and Reynolds. Finally, the vane data are discussed, emphasizing their systematic and stochastic uncertainty.

Surrogate Models for the Prediction of Damping Ratios in Coupled Acoustoelastic Rotor-Cavity Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Rocky Heinrich ◽  
Tina Unglaube ◽  
Bernd Beirow ◽  
Dieter Brillert ◽  
Klaus Steff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Surrogate Models ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Present Measurement ◽  
Damping Behavior ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University ◽  
Surrogate Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Published Paper

Abstract Centrifugal compressors are versatile machines that many industries employ for a wide range of different applications, including the production of highly compressed gases. During the last decades, comprehensive research was conducted on the impact of high-pressure operating conditions on the vibrational behavior of radial compressors. In various studies, acoustic modes building up in the side cavities were found to be a potential source of high cycle fatigue. Nowadays, it is well-known that an increase in gas pressure levels leads to a more pronounced fluid-structure interaction between the side cavities and the impeller resulting in a frequency shift of the acoustic and structural modes. In a recently published paper, the authors presented a generalized model which can predict this behavior. As it is not always possible to avoid operating close to or accelerating through a resonance, it is crucial to know the damping present within the system. Currently, only a few publications concentrate on the damping of radial impellers. Therefore, the authors present measurement data acquired from a test rig at the University of Duisburg-Essen, which reveals the damping behavior of a disk under varying operating conditions. Two surrogate models are proposed to predict the identified damping behavior. The first one is based solely on a one-dimensional piston model and the second approach uses an enhanced version of the generalized method. Finally, the measurement data is used to validate both surrogate systems.

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