A computational and experimental study of thermal energy separation by swirl
| Autor: | Bassam A. Younis, B. Kobiela, Bernhard Weigand, O. Neumann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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020209 energy
Compressed air Flow (psychology) 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences Mathematical Sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Ranque-Hilsch effect Engineering 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Mechanical Engineering & Transports Energy separation by swirl Tube (container) Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes Physics geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics Inlet Vortex Core (optical fiber) Physical Sciences Heat transfer Turbulent heat fluxes business Thermal energy |
| Zdroj: | Kobiela, B; Younis, BA; Weigand, B; & Neumann, O. (2018). A computational and experimental study of thermal energy separation by swirl. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 124, 11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.058. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7q07f163 |
| ISSN: | 0017-9310 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.058 |
| Popis: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd When compressed air is introduced into a tube in such a way as to generate a strong axial vortex, an interesting phenomenon is observed wherein the fluid temperature at the vortex core drops below the inlet value, while in the outer part of the vortex, the temperature is higher than at inlet. The most familiar manifestation of this phenomenon is known as the Ranque-Hilsch effect, and several alternative explanations for it have been proposed. In this study, we present an analysis of the heat transfer mechanism underlying this phenomenon, based on consideration of the exact equation governing the conservation of the turbulent heat fluxes. The outcome is a model that explicitly accounts for the dependence of the heat fluxes on the mean rates of strain, and on the gradients of mean pressure. These dependencies, which are absent from conventional closures, are required by the exact equation. To verify the model, an experimental investigation of flow in a swirl chamber was conducted, and the measurements were used to check the model's performance as obtained by three-dimensional numerical simulations. Comparisons between predictions and measurements demonstrate that the new model yields predictions that are distinctly better than those obtained using conventional closures. |
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