An Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Flow in Concentric Annulus Using Particle Image Velocimetry Technique

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Ernesto Rodriguez Corredor ◽  
Majid Bizhani ◽  
Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman ◽  
Ergun Kuru
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Concentric Annulus ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Fully Developed Turbulent Flow

Fully developed turbulent flow in a concentric annulus is encountered in many engineering problems including food, chemical as well as oil industry applications. Because of nonlinear radial variation of total shear stress with the distance from the pipe wall, the analysis for the flow in annulus is more complex than in a round tube or parallel plate channel. In this study, fully developed turbulent flow of water through a horizontal flow loop with concentric annular geometry (inner to outer pipe radius ratio = 0.4) was investigated. Reynolds number range varied from 17,700 to 66,900. Velocity near the wall region was measured using high resolution particle image velocimetry (PIV) system. Axial mean velocity profile was found to be following the universal wall law (i.e., u+ = y+) close to the wall (for y+ < 10) and log law away from the wall (y+>10). For all the cases investigated, radial positions of the maximum velocity and zero shear stress were very close to each other (± 0.5 mm). The difference between the both locations were found to be varying from 1.3 to 3.3% ( 2% on the average).

Turbulent flow in smooth concentric annuli with small radius ratios

1974 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Rehme
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Small Radius ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Fully Developed Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Through

Fully developed turbulent flow through three concentric annuli was investigated experimentally for a Reynolds-number rangeRe= 2 × 104−2 × 105. Measurements were made of the pressure drop, the positions of zero shear stress and maximum velocity, and the velocity distribution in annuli of radius ratios α = 0.02, 0.04 and 0.1, respectively. The results for the key problem in the flow through annuli, the position of zero shear stress, showed that this position is not coincident with the position of maximum velocity. Furthermore, the investigation showed the strong influence of spacers on the velocity and shear-stress distributions. The numerous theoretical and experimental results in the literature which are based on the coincidence of the positions of zero shear stress and maximum velocity are not in agreement with reality.

An Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Water Flow in Concentric Annulus Using Particle Image Velocimetry Technique

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Rodriguez-Corredor ◽  
Majid Bizhani ◽  
Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman ◽  
Ergun Kuru
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Viscous Sublayer ◽  
Reynolds Stresses ◽  
Flow Loop ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Technique ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Image Velocimetry

Fully developed turbulent flow of water through a horizontal flow loop with concentric annular geometry was investigated using high resolution particle image velocimetry (PIV). Reynolds number range varied from 17,700 to 66,900. Axial mean velocity profile was found to be following the universal wall law (u+ = y+) in the viscous sublayer (y+ < 10) and log law away from the wall (y+> 30). Radial position of zero shear stress and maximum velocity were found to be slightly different (2%). Root mean square values of velocity fluctuations velocity, Reynolds stresses, vorticity, and turbulent kinetic energy budget were also analyzed.

scholarly journals Experimental Validation of Falling Liquid Film Models: Velocity Assumption and Velocity Field Comparison

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1205
Author(s):  
Ruiqi Wang ◽  
Riqiang Duan ◽  
Haijun Jia
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Velocity Field ◽  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Experimental Particle

This publication focuses on the experimental validation of film models by comparing constructed and experimental velocity fields based on model and elementary experimental data. The film experiment covers Kapitza numbers Ka = 278.8 and Ka = 4538.6, a Reynolds number range of 1.6–52, and disturbance frequencies of 0, 2, 5, and 7 Hz. Compared to previous publications, the applied methodology has boundary identification procedures that are more refined and provide additional adaptive particle image velocimetry (PIV) method access to synthetic particle images. The experimental method was validated with a comparison with experimental particle image velocimetry and planar laser induced fluorescence (PIV/PLIF) results, Nusselt’s theoretical prediction, and experimental particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) results of flat steady cases, and a good continuity equation reproduction of transient cases proves the method’s fidelity. The velocity fields are reconstructed based on different film flow model velocity profile assumptions such as experimental film thickness, flow rates, and their derivatives, providing a validation method of film model by comparison between reconstructed velocity experimental data and experimental velocity data. The comparison results show that the first-order weighted residual model (WRM) and regularized model (RM) are very similar, although they may fail to predict the velocity field in rapidly changing zones such as the front of the main hump and the first capillary wave troughs.

scholarly journals Measurement of Air Flow Outside a Burning Cigarette during a Puff using Particle Image Velocimetry

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
A Nagao ◽  
K Miura ◽  
S Kitao ◽  
M Horio
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Combustion Mechanism ◽  
Air Flow Rate ◽  
Tracer Particles ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Cigarette Paper

AbstractIn order to clarify the mechanism for the generation of cigarette smoke, the combustion mechanism of a burning cigarette during a puff was investigated by focusing on air transfer. In particular, the air flow distribution outside a burning cigarette was observed and related to the aerodynamic effects of the cigarette paper and the puffing rate. The air flow rate was measured by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), using olive oil droplets as the tracer particles. It was found that air does not flow into the tip of the burning cigarette and that the air flow was concentrated at the region -2 to 2 mm around the cigarette paper char-line. This behavior was independent of the cigarette paper basis weight. When the puffing rate was changed from 2.5 to 35 mL/s, the air flow was concentrated at a region close to the cigarette paper char-line and the maximum velocity around the cigarette paper char-line increased with the puffing rate.

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