Numerical and Experimental Study of Ice Accretion Process and Ice Protection on Turbo-Fan Engine Splitter

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutao Zheng ◽  
Fukun Zhang ◽  
Daijun Wang ◽  
Si Li
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Test Piece ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Electrical Heating ◽  
External Boundary ◽  
Ice Accretion ◽  
Two Phase

Abstract The splitter, a steady component in the downstream of fan blades in the turbo-fan engine, will be exposed to an icing environment when the engine is working in icing conditions. An anti-icing system should be used on the splitter in order to make the engine work well and not be affected by icing. In this study, both of experiments and CFD simulations were applied to acquire icing characteristics and the electronic anti-icing system’ energy requirement for this component. Factors of icing conditions varied from attacking angle, ambient temperature and pressure, air velocity and droplet factors. Experiments were performed in the AVIC Aerodynamics Research Institute Icing Wind Tunnel (FL-61). The test component was a combination of an arc segment of splitter and seven pieces of inlet guide vanes, covered by electrical heating film. The experiment was carried out under different icing conditions in the icing wind tunnel. Ice profiles, the results of icing experiment, were collected by 3D scanner. Anti-icing surface temperature profiles were collected by thermocouples. The CFD results of icing process were compared with the experimental data for validation, and showed that the droplet collection of on the lower surface of splitter was significant. The CFD simulation was established on the two-phase flow analysis conducted by ANSYS-CFX and Fensap-ice for the prediction on ice accretion, and a coupled simulation method was introduced to replace the conjugate simulation method for thermal analysis with a higher working efficiency in engineering design. Through the icing simulation, an estimated external boundary condition was applied on the thermal model of the test piece and the temperature field on the test piece was calculated.

Aerodynamic Degradation of Iced Airfoils: Experiments and CFD Simulations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Chara ◽  
V. Horak ◽  
D. Rozehnal
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Ice Accretion ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Ansys Cfx ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Naca 0012 ◽  
Ice Shapes

The phenomenon of in-flight icing may affect all types of aircraft. Presence of ice on wings can lead to a number of aerodynamic degradation problems. Thus, it is important to understand the different ice shapes that can form on the wings and how they affect aerodynamics. When compared to wings without ice, wings with ice indicate decreased maximum lift, increased drag, changes in pressure distribution, stall occurring at much lower angles of attack, increased stall speed, and reduced controllability. The in-house ice accretion prediction code R-ICE using 2-D panel method was developed. The CFD simulation with the software ANSYS CFX 11.0 was used to simulate flow around iced airfoils NACA 0012. These airfoils were experimentally investigated in a wind tunnel. The paper presents a comparison of lift and drag coefficients experimentally observed and numerically simulated.

Heat flow analysis of an FPSO topside model with wind effect taken into account: A wind-tunnel test and CFD simulation

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1130-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Kim ◽  
J.Y. Yoon ◽  
G.C. Yu ◽  
H.S. Ryu ◽  
Y.C. Ha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Heat Flow ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Wind Effect

scholarly journals Capabilities and Limitations of 3D-CFD Simulation of Anode Flow Fields of High-Pressure PEM Water Electrolysis

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 968
Author(s):  
Christoph Haas ◽  
Marie-Gabrielle Macherhammer ◽  
Nejc Klopcic ◽  
Alexander Trattner
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Gaseous Oxygen ◽  
Geometry Model ◽  
Exact Geometry ◽  
Phase Liquid

In this work, single-phase (liquid water) and two-phase (liquid water and gaseous oxygen) 3D-CFD flow analysis of the anode of a high pressure PEM electrolysis cell was conducted. 3D-CFD simulation models of the anode side porous transport layer of a PEM electrolyzer cell were created for the flow analysis. For the geometrical modelling of the PTL, two approaches were used: (a) modelling the exact geometry and (b) modelling a simplified geometry using a porosity model. Before conducting two-phase simulations, the model was validated using a single-phase approach. The Eulerian multiphase and the volume-of-fluid approaches were used for the two-phase modelling and the results were compared. Furthermore, a small section of the PTL was isolated to focus on the gas bubble flow and behaviour in more detail. The results showed plausible tendencies regarding pressure drop, velocity distribution and gas volume fraction distribution. The simplified geometry using the porous model could adequately replicate the results of the exact geometry model with a significant reduction in simulation time. The developed simulation model can be used for further investigations and gives insight into two-phase flow phenomena in the PTL. Additionally, the information obtained from simulation can aid the design and evaluation of new PTL structures.

Adaptive Grid Refinement for Two-Phase Offshore Applications

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter van der Plas ◽  
Arthur E. P. Veldman ◽  
Henk Seubers ◽  
Joop Helder ◽  
Ka-Wing Lam
Keyword(s):  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Absorbing Boundary Conditions ◽  
Grid Refinement ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Absorbing Boundary ◽  
Irregular Wave ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Wide Range

In the past, the CFD simulation method ComFLOW has been successfully applied in a wide range of offshore applications, involving wave simulations and impact calculations. In many of these calculations the area of interest comprises a small part of the domain and remains fixed in time, which allows for efficient grid refinement by means of grid stretching or static local refinement. However, when trying to accurately resolve the surface dynamics and kinematics of irregular and breaking waves, the resolution requirements are strongly time-dependent and difficult to predict in advance. Efficient grids can only be obtained by means of time-adaptive refinement. A Cartesian block-based refinement approach is followed which allows for efficient grid adaptation, with moderate overhead. An array-based data structure is employed which exploits the semi-structured nature of the Cartesian block grid. Currently we are testing the method with the simulation of lifeboat drops in regular and irregular wave conditions. This poses several challenges such as accurately imposing the incoming waves and modifying the absorbing boundary conditions to support two-phase flow. To reduce the wall-clock time, the simulation method has been parallelized.

Simulation of Two Phase Flow Dynamics in Flexible Riser Exit Geometries for Oil and Gas Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ikpe E. Aniekan ◽  
Owunna Ikechukwu ◽  
Satope Paul
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
The Third ◽  
Riser Pipe

Four different riser pipe exit configurations were modelled and the flow across them analysed using STAR CCM+ CFD codes. The analysis was limited to exit configurations because of the length to diameter ratio of riser pipes and the limitations of CFD codes available. Two phase flow analysis of the flow through each of the exit configurations was attempted. The various parameters required for detailed study of the flow were computed. The maximum velocity within the pipe in a two phase flow were determined to 3.42 m/s for an 8 (eight) inch riser pipe. After thorough analysis of the two phase flow regime in each of the individual exit configurations, the third and the fourth exit configurations were seen to have flow properties that ensures easy flow within the production system as well as ensure lower computational cost. Convergence (Iterations), total pressure, static pressure, velocity and pressure drop were used as criteria matrix for selecting ideal riser exit geometry, and the third exit geometry was adjudged the ideal exit geometry of all the geometries. The flow in the third riser exit configuration was modelled as a two phase flow. From the results of the two phase flow analysis, it was concluded that the third riser configuration be used in industrial applications to ensure free flow of crude oil and gas from the oil well during oil production.

scholarly journals CFD Simulation of Solid Suspension for a Liquid–Solid Industrial Stirred Reactor

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5705
Author(s):  
Adrian Stuparu ◽  
Romeo Susan-Resiga ◽  
Alin Bosioc
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Chemical Reactor ◽  
Liquid Mixtures ◽  
Multiphase Model ◽  
Chemical Product ◽  
Two Phase

The present study examines the possibility of using an industrial stirred chemical reactor, originally employed for liquid–liquid mixtures, for operating with two-phase liquid–solid suspensions. It is critical when obtaining a high-quality chemical product that the solid phase remains suspended in the liquid phase long enough that the chemical reaction takes place. The impeller was designed for the preparation of a chemical product with a prescribed composition. The present study aims at finding, using a numerical simulation analysis, if the performance of the original impeller is suitable for obtaining a new chemical product with a different composition. The Eulerian multiphase model was employed along with the renormalization (RNG) k-ε turbulence model to simulate liquid–solid flow with a free surface in a stirred tank. A sliding-mesh approach was used to model the impeller rotation with the commercial CFD code, FLUENT. The results obtained underline that 25% to 40% of the solid phase is sedimented on the lower part of the reactor, depending on the initial conditions. It results that the impeller does not perform as needed; hence, the suspension time of the solid phase is not long enough for the chemical reaction to be properly completed.

scholarly journals Two-phase CFD simulation of the monodyspersed suspension hydraulic behaviour in the tank apparatus from a circulatory pipe

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roch Plewik ◽  
Piotr Synowiec ◽  
Janusz Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Fluidised Bed ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Hydraulic Behaviour ◽  
Hydraulic Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Cfd Method ◽  
Multi Phase ◽  
The Ideal

Two-phase CFD simulation of the monodyspersed suspension hydraulic behaviour in the tank apparatus from a circulatory pipe The hydrodynamics in fluidized-bed crystallizers is studied by CFD method. The simulations were performed by a commercial packet of computational fluid dynamics Fluent 6.x. For the one-phase modelling (15), a standard k-ε model was applied. In the case of the two-phase flows the Eulerian multi-phase model with a standard k-ε method, aided by the k-ε dispersed model for viscosity, has been used respectively. The collected data put a new light on the suspension flow behaviour in the annular zone of the fluidised bed crystallizer. From the presented here CFD simulations, it clearly issues that the real hydraulic conditions in the fluidised bed crystallizers are far from the ideal ones.

Numerical Prediction of Critical Cavitation Performance in Hydraulic Turbines

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadao Kurosawa ◽  
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Flow Model ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Hydraulic Turbine ◽  
Francis Turbine ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cavitation Performance ◽  
Hydraulic Turbines ◽  
Critical Cavitation ◽  
Good Agreement

In this paper, numerical method for predicting critical cavitation performance in a hydraulic turbine is presented. The prediction method is based on unsteady cavitation flow analysis to use bubble two-phase flow model. The prediction of the critical cavitation performance was carried out for the aixal hydraulic turbine and the francis turbine as a typical examples. Results compared to the experiment showed a good agreement for the volume of cavity and the performance drop off and it was recognized that this method could be used as an engineering tool of a hydraulic turbine development.

scholarly journals Study of the Effect of Centrifugal Force on Rotor Blade Icing Process

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengzhi Wang ◽  
Chunling Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Centrifugal Force ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Numerical Simulation Method ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Flow Field Characteristics

In view of the rotor icing problems, the influence of centrifugal force on rotor blade icing is investigated. A numerical simulation method of three-dimensional rotor blade icing is presented. Body-fitted grids around the rotor blade are generated using overlapping grid technology and rotor flow field characteristics are obtained by solving N-S equations. According to Eulerian two-phase flow, the droplet trajectories are calculated and droplet impingement characteristics are obtained. The mass and energy conservation equations of ice accretion model are established and a new calculation method of runback water mass based on shear stress and centrifugal force is proposed to simulate water flow and ice shape. The calculation results are compared with available experimental results in order to verify the correctness of the numerical simulation method. The influence of centrifugal force on rotor icing is calculated. The results show that the flow direction and distribution of liquid water on rotor surfaces change under the action of centrifugal force, which lead to the increasing of icing at the stagnation point and the decreasing of icing on both frozen limitations.

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