Three-Dimensional Simulation of Liquid-Solid Two-Phase Flow Inside the Abrasive Water Jet Nozzle

Three dimensional simulation of the velocity field of solid-liquid two-phase flow inside the abrasive water jet nozzle was studied by the computational fluid dynamics software (CFD). The complicated velocity field and vectorgraph of the flow in the abrasive water jet nozzle was obtained. In the course of the simulation, the Syamlal-O’Brien model was used to decide the inter-phase drag exchange coefficient. The velocity vectorgraph simulation results indicate that the highest flow speed is occurred at the inlet of the mixing chamber and the flow speed is gradually decreased along the direction of the nozzle axis and got to the lowest speed at the outlet of the nozzle. And also the flow speed in the cross section of the mixing chamber is gradually reduced along the radial direction of the cross section and got to the lowest speed in the verge of the chamber. The comparison of simulation result for the velocity field of water and abrasive exhibits that the velocity of water in the mixing chamber is three or four times higher than that of abrasive.

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Simulation of Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Inside and Outside the Abrasive Water Jet Nozzle

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.339.453 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 339 ◽

pp. 453-457 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rong Guo Hou ◽

Chuan Zhen Huang ◽

Jun Wang ◽

X.Y. Lu ◽

Yan Xia Feng

Keyword(s):

Velocity Field ◽

Two Phase Flow ◽

Cone Angle ◽

Water Jet ◽

Phase Flow ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Two Phase ◽

Inner Surface ◽

Jet Nozzle ◽

Solid Liquid

Simulation of the velocity field of solid-liquid flow inside and outside the abrasive water jet nozzle was studied by the computational fluid dynamics software(CFD). The velocity field of the flow in the abrasive water jet (AWJ) nozzle was obtained. The results indicate that the swirl is produced in the nozzle and the abrasives are all distributed along the inner surface of the nozzle. The velocity at the center of the outlet face is the highest, while it is smallest at the both edge. The dispersion of the flow is happened when it flows out of the nozzle, but the flow velocity away from the outlet at a distance of about 4 times of the outlet diameter changes little. The fillet diameter, the inner cone angle, the length of mixing tube of the nozzle greatly affect the field of two-phase flow. The velocity of outlet increases with an increase in the fillet diameter, the flow becomes ease when the cone angle decreases, the mixing tube hampers the two-phase flowing.

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Three-Dimensional Simulation of Two-Phase Flow in Pipes

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ’02 ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-59354-3_29 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 354-366

Author(s):

Tobias Giese ◽

Eckart Laurien

Keyword(s):

Two Phase Flow ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Phase Flow ◽

Two Phase ◽

Dimensional Simulation

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Simulation of Velocity Field of Two-Phase Flow for Gas and Liquid in the Abrasive Water Jet Nozzle

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.315-316.150 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 315-316 ◽

pp. 150-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rong Guo Hou ◽

Chuan Zhen Huang ◽

Jun Wang ◽

Yan Xia Feng ◽

Hong Tao Zhu

Keyword(s):

Velocity Field ◽

Cone Angle ◽

Water Jet ◽

Phase Flow ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Complex Velocity ◽

Two Phase ◽

Jet Nozzle ◽

Cone Surface ◽

Gas Liquid Flow

Simulation on velocity field of gas-liquid flow in the abrasive water jet nozzle was studied by the computed fluid dynamics (CFD) software, The complex velocity field of the flow in the abrasive water jet nozzle can be obtained by means of simulation. The study on the effect of the nozzle inner cone angle on the velocity field shows that the cone angle affects the whirlpool’s intension and position of the whirlpool in the nozzle of abrasive water jet (AWJ), and it also affects velocity ‘s magnitude and distribution of the velocity on the cone surface.

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