Simulation of Spray Cooling in a Desublimer

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm J. Andrews ◽  
David Zwick

Abstract Three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are presented for water spray cooling of a Phthalic Anhydride desublimer. The multiphase CFD modeling includes a fully coupled Eulerian/Lagrangian formulation for the carrier gas and water spray, and a quasi-steady model for the desublimation process. The use of a Lagrangian description for the spray enables a drop size distribution, but also necessitates running the simulation through the transient to obtain a steady operation result. The simulation has been used to study effect of drop size, spray dispersion and spray location/orientation.

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1518-1530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Tien Yee

Abstract Flow near pump intakes is three-dimensional in nature, and is affected by many factors such as the geometry of the intake bay, uniformity of approach flow, critical submergence, placements and operation combinations of pumps and so on. In the last three decades, advancement of numerical techniques coupled with the increase in computational resources made it possible to conduct computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations on pump intakes. This article reviews different aspects involved in CFD modeling of pump station intakes, outlines the challenges faced by current CFD modelers, and provides an attempt to forecast future direction of CFD modeling of pump intakes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 895-904
Author(s):  
Mohamed Elguerri ◽  
Farid Belfodil ◽  
Yassine El Guerri ◽  
Abdelilah Bouragba

Water spray cooling is widely used in many industrial processes to control the surface dissipation of a material ported at high temperatures. To predict heat transfer and obtain the rate of required temperature distributions of the surface, it is necessary to understand the basic spray cooling dynamics and a more precise estimation of the heat transfer rate. This paper is about a three-dimensional simulation to estimate the transient heat transfer obtained locally by water spray to reduce the temperature of heated metal. The use of water spraying is a practical and flexible process. It is possible to vary, in space, time, and in large proportions the flux of extracted heat and controls the density of the flow of water which is a key element and very simple to achieve. Globally, the aim of this study is to simulate the spray cooling of different metal slabs for various alloys (steel, cast iron, titanium, nickel) by mainly comparing cooling in maps of iso-surfaces and in curves (at starts and globally) obtained after estimation of the heat flux.


1998 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vigdis Olden ◽  
Miroslav Raudenský ◽  
Kristin Onsrud ◽  
Wolfgang Hummel

1980 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 900-905
Author(s):  
L. I. Urbanovich ◽  
V. A. Goryainov ◽  
V. V. Sevost'yanov ◽  
Yu. G. Boev ◽  
V. M. Niskovskikh ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ward ◽  
M. de Oliveira ◽  
D. R. Garwood ◽  
R. A. Wallis

Abstract The desired mechanical properties of the nickel-based or titanium forgings used in gas turbines for aircraft and power generation applications can be controlled by varying the rate of cooling from the so-called solution temperature during an initial heat treatment process. The use of dilute air-water spray cooling of these forgings is a technique which can provide heat transfer rates lying between those associated with conventional oil quenching or convective air-cooling. Air assisted atomisation can result in fine sprays over a wide range of water flow rates and it has a further advantage in that the air “sweeps” the surface and hence helps to prevent the build up of deleterious vapour films at high surface temperatures. The paper presents experimental data for the heat transfer rates associated with the use of these sprays to cool surfaces from temperatures of approximately 800°C. Many forgings contain surface recesses, which can lead to build up or “pooling” of the water so that the effect of variations in surface geometry is also reported. Periodic interruption of the water flow is a technique which can be employed to provide additional control of the heat transfer rate, particularly at temperatures below 500°C so that data is also presented for pulsed sprays.


Author(s):  
Brian Dotson ◽  
Kent Eshenberg ◽  
Chris Guenther ◽  
Thomas O’Brien

The design of high-efficiency lower-emission coal-fed power plants is facilitated by the extensive use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. This paper describes work conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) to provide an environment for the immersive three-dimensional visualization of CFD simulation results. A low-cost high-resolution projection system has been developed in the visualization lab at NETL. This multi-wall system consists of four projection screens, three of which are tiled into four quadrants. The graphics for the multi-wall system are rendered using a cluster of eight personal computers. A high-level visualization interface named Mavis has also been developed to combine the powerful 3D modules of OpenDX with methods developed at NETL for studying multiphase CFD data. With Python, a completely new OpenDX user interface was built that extends and simplifies the features of a basic graphics library.


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