Measurements of 3D velocity and scalar field for a film-cooled airfoil trailing edge

We present an experimental study of a supersonic nozzle with supersonic iodine injection. This nozzle simulates Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) flow conditions with non-reacting, cold flows. During the experiments, we used a laser sheet near 565 nm to excite fluorescence in iodine, which we imaged with an intensified and gated CCD camera. We captured streamwise and semi-spanwise (oblique-view) images, with fluorescence revealing the material injected into the flow. We identified the flow structures in the images, and produced quantitative characterizations of the flow morphology and of the mixing between the primary and injected flow. We considered four injection scenarios. The first scenario includes a single injector positioned downstream of the nozzle throat. To enhance the mixing between the flows, trip jets are placed in the wake of the single jet. The sonic trip jets, significantly smaller than the primary supersonic iodine jet, are intended to destabilize the counter-rotating vortex pair (CRVP) of the primary jet. We compare three different trip jet configurations for their ability to enhance mixing between the oxygen and iodine flows.     

Structure and mixing of a transient flow of helium injected into an established flow of nitrogen: two dimensional measurement and simulation

The transient injection and mixing between nitrogen and helium in a confined chamber at atmospheric pressure is studied experimentally. The 2D injector and mixing chamber contained a middle injection slot for nitrogen flanked by a pair of outer slots for helium. Experiments were conducted by introducing the helium streams into a previously established quasi-steady flow of nitrogen. The nitrogen stream was seeded with nitric oxide (NO) that served as a source for quantitative, planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging of the transient mixing process. PLIF images were acquired by triggering an Nd:YAG laser system at selected times following helium valve actuation. The observed flow structures and extent of mixing between the two streams proved to be highly unsteady and irregular with the helium/nitrogen jets frequently deviating from the centerline toward the confining walls. Representative unsteady CFD solutions also show this same absence of symmetry and the same general flow structures as the measurements, however, they predict somewhat higher helium concentration in recirculation regions than were observed in the measurements.     

Evaporation of polydispersed droplets in a highly turbulent channel flow

A model experiment for the study of evaporating turbulent two-phase flows is presented here. The study focuses on a situation where pre-atomized and dispersed droplets vaporize and mix in a heated turbulent flow. The test bench consists in a channel flow with characteristics of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence where fluctuations levels reach very high values (25% in the established zone). An ultrasonic atomizer allows the injection of a mist of small droplets of acetone in the carrier flow. The large range diameters ensure that every kind of droplet behavior with regards to turbulence is possible. Instantaneous concentration fields of the vaporized phase are extracted from fluorescent images (PLIF) of the two phase flow. The evolution of the mixing of the acetone vapor is analyzed for two different liquid mass loadings. Despite the high turbulence levels, concentration fluctuations remain significant, indicating that air and acetone vapor are not fully mixed far from the injector.     

Effect of Fuel Stratification on OH and $${\mathrm {CH}}_{2}\hbox {O}$$ CH 2 O PLIF Multiplication of Turbulent Hydrogen-Enriched Flames

Multiplication of hydroxyl and formaldehyde planar laser-induced fluorescence signals for turbulent hydrogen-enriched methane–air flames with compositionally inhomogeneous mixtures is investigated experimentally. Hydrogen-enriched methane–air flames with a global fuel–air equivalence ratio of 0.8 and hydrogen-enrichment percentage of 60% are examined. Two nozzles, each containing 4 fuel/air injection lobes are used in the experiments. The lobes of the first nozzle are straight, while those of the second nozzle are not, generating a swirling motion. The fuel is injected through several small diameter holes into the lobes. The amount of injected fuel flow rate varies between the lobes, generating stratified conditions. For each nozzle, two mean bulk flow velocities of 5 and 25 m/s are tested. Simultaneous hydroxyl and formaldehyde planar laser-induced fluorescence as well as separate stereoscopic particle image velocimetry are performed for the tested reacting conditions. For non-reacting flow tests, separate particle image velocimetry and acetone planar laser-induced fluorescence experiments are conducted to study the background turbulent flow characteristics and fuel/air mixing, respectively. The results show that stratification can lead to fragmentation of the flames and generation of islands with noticeable multiplication of hydroxyl and formaldehyde planar laser-induced fluorescence signals. Due to their significantly large number of occurrences, such flame structure can generate relatively large integral of the PLIF signals multiplication.

     

PIV study of large-scale flow organisation in slot jets

The paper reports on particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements in turbulent slot jets bounded by two solid walls with the separation distance smaller than the jet width (5–40%). In the far-field such jets are known to manifest features of quasi-two dimensional, two component turbulence. Stereoscopic and tomographic PIV systems were used to analyse local flows. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) was applied to extract coherent modes of the velocity fluctuations. The measurements were performed both in the initial region close to the nozzle exit and in the far fields of the developed turbulent slot jets for Re ⩾ 10,000. A POD analysis in the initial region indicates a correlation between quasi-2D vortices rolled-up in the shear layer and local flows in cross-stream planes. While the near-field turbulence shows full 3D features, the wall-normal velocity fluctuations day out gradually due to strong wall-damping resulting in an almost two-component turbulence. On the other hand, the longitudinal vortex rolls take over to act as the main agents in wall-normal and spanwise mixing and momentum transfer. The quantitative analysis indicates that the jet meandering amplitude was aperiodically modulated when arrangement of the large-scale quasi-2D vortices changed between asymmetric and symmetric pattern relatively to the jet axis. The paper shows that the dynamics of turbulent slot jets are more complex than those of 2D, plane and rectangular 3D jets. In particular, the detected secondary longitudinal vortex filaments and meandering modulation is expected to be important for turbulent transport and mixing in slot jets. This issue requires further investigations.     

Three-dimensional flow visualization in the wake of a miniature axial-flow hydrokinetic turbine

This paper examines the velocity profile of fuel issuing from a high-pressure single-orifice diesel injector. Velocities of liquid structures were determined from time-resolved ultrafast shadow images, formed by an amplified two-pulse laser source coupled to a double-frame camera. A statistical analysis of the data over many injection events was undertaken to map velocities related to spray formation near the nozzle outlet as a function of time after start of injection. These results reveal a strong asymmetry in the liquid profile of the test injector, with distinct fast and slow regions on opposite sides of the orifice. Differences of ～100 m/s can be observed between the ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ sides of the jet, resulting in different atomization conditions across the spray. On average, droplets are dispersed at a greater distance from the nozzle on the ‘fast’ side of the flow, and distinct macrostructure can be observed under the asymmetric velocity conditions. The changes in structural velocity and atomization behavior resemble flow structures which are often observed in the presence of string cavitation produced under controlled conditions in scaled, transparent test nozzles. These observations suggest that widely used common-rail supply configurations and modern injectors can potentially generate asymmetric interior flows which strongly influence diesel spray morphology. The velocimetry measurements presented in this work represent an effective and relatively straightforward approach to identify deviant flow behavior in real diesel sprays, providing new spatially resolved information on fluid structure and flow characteristics within the shear layers on the jet periphery.     

Experimental study of stratified jet by simultaneous measurements of velocity and density fields

Stratified flows with small density difference commonly exist in geophysical and engineering applications, which often involve interaction of turbulence and buoyancy effect. A combined particle image velocimetry (PIV) and planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) system is developed to measure the velocity and density fields in a dense jet discharged horizontally into a tank filled with light fluid. The illumination of PIV particles and excitation of PLIF dye are achieved by a dual-head pulsed Nd:YAG laser and two CCD cameras with a set of optical filters. The procedure for matching refractive indexes of two fluids and calibration of the combined system are presented, as well as a quantitative analysis of the measurement uncertainties. The flow structures and mixing dynamics within the central vertical plane are studied by examining the averaged parameters, turbulent kinetic energy budget, and modeling of momentum flux and buoyancy flux. At downstream, profiles of velocity and density display strong asymmetry with respect to its center. This is attributed to the fact that stable stratification reduces mixing and unstable stratification enhances mixing. In stable stratification region, most of turbulence production is consumed by mean-flow convection, whereas in unstable stratification region, turbulence production is nearly balanced by viscous dissipation. Experimental data also indicate that at downstream locations, mixing length model performs better in mixing zone of stable stratification regions, whereas in other regions, eddy viscosity/diffusivity models with static model coefficients represent effectively momentum and buoyancy flux terms. The measured turbulent Prandtl number displays strong spatial variation in the stratified jet.     

Impaktströmung und die zusammengesetzte Schlitzdüse

The paper is an experimental study of a special kind of slot nozzle. The flow field with recirculation area results from a structure built in the nozzle (the so called combined slot nozzle). As the nozzle to wall distance changes, quantitative changes of the flow field occur. They can be seen in the development of the wall pressure as well as in the development of the mass transfer coefficient. Two different sorts of this development have been observed, corresponding to two different states of the flow field. The change of one into the other is very rapid and hysteretic in character.     

Residence time measurement of an isothermal combustor flow field

Residence times of combustors have commonly been used to help understand NO_x emissions and flame blowout. Both the time mean velocity and turbulence fields are important to the residence time, but determining the residence time via analysis of a measured velocity field is difficult due to the inherent unsteadiness and the three-dimensional nature of a high-Re swirling flow. A more direct approach to measure residence time is reported here that examines the dynamic response of fuel concentration to a sudden cutoff in the fuel injection. Residence time measurement was mainly taken using a time-resolved planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique, but a second camera for particle image velocimetry (PIV) was added to check that the step change does not alter the velocity field and the spectral content of the coherent structures. Characteristic timescales evaluated from the measurements are referred to as convection and half-life times: The former describes the time delay from a fuel injector exit reference point to a downstream point of interest, and the latter describes the rate of decay once the effect of the reduced scalar concentration at the injection source has been transported to the point of interest. Residence time is often defined as the time taken for a conserved scalar to reduce to half its initial value after injection is stopped: this equivalent to the sum of the convection time and the half-life values. The technique was applied to a high-swirl fuel injector typical of that found in combustor applications. Two test cases have been studied: with central jet (with-jet) and without central jet (no-jet). It was found that the relatively unstable central recirculation zone of the no-jet case resulted in increased transport of fuel into the central region that is dominated by a precessing vortex core, where long half-life times are also found. Based on this, it was inferred that the no-jet case may be more prone to NO_x production. The technique is described here for a single-phase isothermal flow field, but with consideration, it could be extended to studying reacting flows to provide more insight into important mixing phenomena and relevant timescales.     

扩散型气柱界面R-M失稳中混合率的实验研究

Richtmyer-Meshkov(R-M)不稳定性普遍存在于众多工程问题中,激波管实验是研究R-M失稳问题的主要手段.高精度的平面激光诱导荧光(planar laser-induced fluorescence,PLIF)技术具有分子量级的示踪能力,可获得界面气体浓度(摩尔分数)分布,为研究界面失稳混合问题提供了有力工具.在弱激波(Ma=1.25)冲击扩散型气柱界面实验中,采用PLIF技术对R-M失稳引起的SF6-Air界面混合问题进行了研究.通过改变椭圆形初始界面的长短轴比,得到了3种扩散型初始界面失稳演化过程中气体摩尔分数,观察到了斜压机制下界面的简单拉伸、二次不稳定性、挤压射流等现象.利用浓度分布进一步得到了界面的瞬时混合率,通过瞬时混合率、界面整体平均混合率以及混合率的概率密度分布,分析了界面在不同演化阶段的界面混合特征,初步讨论了界面失稳混合的机制.演化初期,界面在斜压涡的作用下发生拉伸卷曲,通过增大浓度梯度来促进界面的混合.当演化进一步发展,二次不稳定性出现后,界面通过小尺度对流的方式达到湍流混合状态,而浓度梯度驱使的分子间混合逐渐减弱.由浓度梯度引起的扩散与由二次不稳定性引起的对流存在着"竞争"关系,二者共同主导了界面的混合.     

Optimization of two-phase flows using the solution of an inverse problem

The results of optimizing two- phase flows on the basis of the solution of an inverse problem with the pressure distribution given by a two-parameter function are presented. The efficiency of the developed approach is illustrated with reference to nozzle and ejector flows with large liquid phase flow rates (the liquid droplet flow rate being greater than that of the gas by a factor of several tens).     

Shock and wave dynamics in cavitating compressible liquid flows in injection nozzles

Due to the exceptional high inlet pressures up to 2,000 bar flow dynamics and efficiency of modern injection systems are controlled by high frequency wave dynamics of the compressible liquid flow. Corresponding to alternating shock and expansion waves the liquid fluid evaporates and recondenses instantaneously. Here we present CFD simulations of the time accurate evolution of cavitating flows in 2-D plane and in six-hole injection nozzles with focus on the wave dynamics just after initialisation of the flow and within the time scale Δt ≤ 10^?4 s of pilot and multi-point injection. Due to shock reflections at the bottom of the sack hole the instantaneous maximum pressure increases more than three times higher as compared with the prescribed pressure at the nozzle inlet. For instance, in case of an inlet pressure of 600 bar the maximum pressure in the sack and therefore ahead of the nozzle bore holes reaches about 2,100 bar. It is quite reasonable that this amplification of the pressure affects the evolution of the convective flow and therefore the mass flow through the nozzle bore holes.     

Planar laser induced fluorescence in aqueous flows

Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) is a non-intrusive technique for measuring scalar concentrations in fluid flows. A fluorescent dye is used as a scalar proxy, and local fluorescence caused by excitation from a thin laser sheet can be related to dye concentration. This review covers quantitative PLIF in aqueous flows, with discussions of fluorescence theory, experimental methods and equipment, image processing and calibration, and applications of the technique.     

NUMERICAL STUDIES ON THE MIXING OF CH_4 AND KEROSENE INJECTED INTO A SUPERSONIC FLOW WITH H_2 PILOT INJECTION

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Visualization and two-color DPIV measurements of flows in circular and square coaxial nozzles

 High-resolution, reactive Mie scattering laser-sheet visualizations, two-color digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) and thermal anemometry measurements in flows generated by equivalent coaxial circular and square jets are presented. Visualization results were obtained for three square, coaxial configurations, and a reference circular coaxial nozzle, at two Reynolds numbers of the outer jet (19,000 and 29,000) and for inner-to-outer jet velocity ratios of 0.15, 0.22, and 0.3. These indicated that the internal unmixed region diminished with decreasing velocity ratio. Strong evidence of unsteady recirculation and back-flow was observed at the end of the core of the inner jet, for the low velocity ratios. Comparisons between circular and square jet configurations indicated considerable mixing enhancement when square nozzles were used. Low-coherence, organized large-scale structure was evident from the visualizations and DPIV measurements near the origin of the inner mixing-region shear layers, and more so in the core region of the near field. These observations were confirmed by velocity spectra, which displayed peaks corresponding to a free shear-layer instability mode in the inner mixing-region shear layers, and a wake-type mode in the core region where the mean flow has a wake-like character. Although some large-scale structure was observed in the outer mixing layer during the visualizations, this was found to be incoherent on the basis of the DPIV measurements and the velocity spectra. It is noted that no axis-switching phenomena were observed in the square nozzle flows examined here. This is attributed to the absence of an organized structure in the outer shear layer, which was initially highly turbulent, and the weakly coherent nature of the organized structure observed in the inner mixing-region near field. Received: 2 November 1998/Accepted: 8 September 2000     

Simultaneous imaging of temperature and mole fraction using acetone planar laser-induced fluorescence

Imaging of concentration with acetone PLIF has become popular in mixing investigations. More recently, studies of the temperature dependences of acetone fluorescence have enabled quantitative imaging of temperature using single- or dual-wavelength excitation strategies. We present here the first demonstration of simultaneous imaging of temperature and mole fraction with acetone PLIF. Laser excitation is at 248 and 308 nm; the resulting fluorescence images are captured by an interline transfer CCD camera capable of acquiring two frames with a separation in time of as little as 500 ns. In addition to adding temperature imaging capability, this dual-wavelength approach enables mole fraction to be accurately measured in non-isothermal flows. Tests in a heated turbulent jet demonstrate the ability to record instantaneous mole fraction and temperature structure. The expected correspondence of the temperature and concentration fields is observed, and mean values of these quantities derived from image averaging show the expected radial and centerline profiles as the jet becomes fully developed. Received: 13 January 1999/Accepted 10 February 2000     

Influence of the mixing of two flows with different total parameters in a laval nozzle on its integral characteristics

A calculation is made of the turbulent zone of mixing of two flows of viscous and heat conducting gas in a Laval nozzle. For such a nozzle of given geometry, a comparison is made of calculations of the integrated characteristics of flows that are nonuniform with respect to the total parameters in the framework of various models: laminar hydraulics, viscous laminar hydraulics, and total mixing without hydraulic losses. The calculations are made for a stationary, nonswlrling flow of a viscous heat conducting gas with nearly discontinuous step distribution of the total parameters at the entrance to an axisymmetric Laval nozzle of given geometry. In this situation, the gas flows with different total parameters at the entrance to the nozzle are separated by a surface near which the profiles of the flow parameters are specified on the basis of boundary-layer theory. In the blocked regime investigated here, the flow in the part where the nozzle becomes narrower and at least at the beginning of the expanding part does not depend on the pressure of the surrounding medium. The integrated characteristics of the nozzle (gas flow rate G, impulse I, specific impulse i = I/G, etc.) depend on the parameter distributions at the entrance to the nozzle, and also on the turbulent mixing of the flows in the mixing zone. To analyze the dependence of the integrated characteristics on the turbulent mixing, the values of these characteristics calculated in the framework of the three models are compared. The model of mixing without hydraulic losses presupposes complete equalization of the parameters of the original inhomogeneous flow in the constant-area chamber in front of the nozzle with conservation of the mass, energy, and momentum fluxes. The model of laminar hydraulics is described in detail in [1, 2]. The model of viscous laminar hydraulics will be described in Sec. 1.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 114–119, July–August, 1979.I thank A. N. Kraiko for supervising the work, A. N. Sekundov for helpful discussions, and I. P. Smirnova and A. B. Lebedev for making available the computer program.     

String flash-boiling in gasoline direct injection simulations with transient needle motion

A computational study was performed to investigate the influence of transient needle motion on gasoline direct injection (GDI) internal nozzle flow and near-field sprays. Simulations were conducted with a compressible Eulerian flow solver modeling liquid, vapor, and non-condensable gas phases with a diffuse interface. Variable rate generation and condensation of fuel vapor were captured using the homogeneous relaxation model (HRM). The non-flashing (spray G) and flashing (spray G2) conditions specified by the Engine Combustion Network were modeled using the nominal spray G nozzle geometry. Transient needle lift and wobble were based upon ensemble averaged X-ray imaging preformed at Argonne National Lab. The minimum needle lift simulated was 5 µm and dynamic mesh motion was achieved with Laplacian smoothing. The results were qualitatively validated against experimental imaging and the experimental rate of injection profile was captured accurately using pressure boundary conditions and needle motion to actuate the injection. Low needle lift is shown to result in vapor generation near the injector seat. Finally, the internal injector flow is shown to be highly complex, containing many transient and interacting vortices which result in perturbations in the spray angle and fluctuations in the mass flux. This complex internal flow also results in intermittent string flash-boiling when a strong vortex is injected and the resulting swirling spray contains a thermal non-equilibrium vapor core.     

Mechanism of energy separation in a gas ejector

A new phenomenon is revealed — the rotation of an ejecting jet, discharging from a nozzle and adhering to the wall of the mixing chamber, in an axisymmetric gas ejector in modes with zero and negative ejection coefficients — and a possible mechanism for its origin is discussed. It is suggested that the rotation of an adhering jet, which induces axisymmetric vortex motion of the gas in the injector, is responsible for the inverse separation of the initially energetically homogeneous stream into heated and cooled sections.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 145–151, November–December, 1977.