Oldroyd-B黏弹性液滴碰撞过程的数值模拟

复杂的流变特性使凝胶推进剂的雾化过程存在一定困难,这制约了它的发展.聚合物胶凝剂的加入使凝胶推进剂具有黏弹性,从而在雾化时会产生黏弹性液滴,因此为了进一步认识凝胶推进剂的雾化机理、提高凝胶推进剂的雾化性能,对黏弹性液滴的碰撞行为进行数值模拟研究.针对凝胶推进剂雾化过程中出现的液滴撞击现象,考虑流体具有的黏弹性效应,采用...     

Simulation of liquid solvent atomization in compressed CO2

The work investigates numerically the atomization regime of a liquid injected into compressed CO₂ under subcritical conditions, i.e. below the CO₂-solvent critical pressure. To vary the conditions within the atomization regime whilst keeping up with realistic experimental background, ethanol and methylene chloride were selected as injected fluid and pressure was modified as well. Results first show that the jet indeed breaks up by atomization, which confirms the validity at high pressure of the breakup classification diagram. Aiming at evaluating the size distribution of the droplets formed by the jet atomization, two methods of interface tracking were investigated. Compared to the VOF-PLIC classical method, the novel sub mesh (VOF-SM) approach allows for determining smaller sized droplets without digital broadcasting.     

On the instability in gas atomization

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多毛细管稳定喷洒电雾化特征研究(一)——实验设备设计及粒径测量方法

主要对多毛细管电雾化装置开展了数值模拟和实验研究.根据线性排列单排管道电雾化现象及相应静电场的数值分析结果,初步分析了多管道条件下电场强度分布对稳定雾化的影响.进一步根据以上结果,对单排管道进行优化设计,并推广到双排电雾化毛细管.通过采用这些设计,获得了稳定的多管道电雾化射流,且雾化模式稳定可靠,可重复性较高.在此基础...     

Multiscale simulations and experiments on water jet atomization

Numerical simulation of primary atomization at high Reynolds number is still a challenging problem. In this work a multiscale approach for the numerical simulation of liquid jet primary atomization is applied, using an Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling. In this approach, an Eulerian volume of fluid (VOF) method, where the Reynolds stresses are closed by a Reynolds stress model is applied to model the global spreading of the liquid jet. The formation of the micro-scale droplets, which are usually smaller than the grid spacing in the computational domain, is modelled by an energy-based sub-grid model. Where the disruptive forces (turbulence and surface pressure) of turbulent eddies near the surface of the jet overcome the capillary forces, droplets are released with the local properties of the corresponding eddies. The dynamics of the generated droplets are modelled using Lagrangian particle tracking (LPT). A numerical coupling between the Eulerian and Lagrangian frames is then established via source terms in conservation equations. As a follow-up study to our investigation in Saeedipour et al. (2016a), the present paper aims at modelling drop formation from liquid jets at high Reynolds numbers in the atomization regime and validating the simulation results against in-house experiments. For this purpose, phase-Doppler anemometry (PDA) was used to measure the droplet size and velocity distributions in sprays produced by water jet breakup at different Reynolds numbers in the atomization regime. The spray properties, such as droplet size spectra, local and global Sauter-mean drop sizes and velocity distributions obtained from the simulations are compared with experiment at various locations with very good agreement.     

Atomized non-equilibrium two-phase flow in mesochannels: Momentum analysis

Two-phase pressure drop measurements are very difficult to make while the fluid is in non-equilibrium condition, i.e. while phase change is taking place. This is further complicated when an atomized liquid is introduced in the system at much higher velocity than other components such as liquid layer, vapor core, and entrained droplets. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to predict the two-phase pressure characteristics in a mesochannel under various heat flux and liquid atomization conditions. This model includes the momentum effects of liquid droplets from entrainment and atomization. To verify the model, an in-house experimental setup consisting of a series of converging mesochannels, an atomization facility and a heat source was developed. The two-phase pressure of boiling PF5050 was measured along the wall of a mesochannel. The one-dimensional model shows good agreement with the experimental data. The effects of channel wall angle, droplet velocity and spray mass fraction on two-phase pressure characteristics are predicted. Numerical results show that an optimal spray cooling unit can be designed by optimizing channel wall angle and droplet velocity.     

Interpretation of atomization rates of the liquid film in gas-liquid annular flow

For vertical gas-liquid annular flow the fraction of the liquid in the gas is controlled by the rate of atomization of the liquid film flowing along the wall and the rate of deposition of droplets entrained in the gas. Measurements of the rate of atomization are interpreted by a Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism. Small wavelets on the liquid film are visualized to be entrained when wave-induced variations in the gas pressure cannot be counterbalanced by surface tension effects.     

The Motion Behavior of a Group of Charged Droplets in Liquid-Liquid Electrostatic Spray

The droplet sizes and electrical charges under different applied electrical voltages are experimentally measured for a liquid-liquid electrostatic spray system. Considering droplet size and charge distributions, the two-dimensional motion for a group of charged droplets in a liquid-liquid electrostatic atomization system is simulated. From measured droplet size and charge distributions, the simulation can obtain the velocities and positions in a two-dimensional domain for all simulated droplets at different times. The various forces acting on droplet as well as their effects on droplet velocity and trajectory are analyzed and the liquid-liquid electrostatic atomization characteristics are revealed. In addition, for one-dimensional motion trajectory of larger droplet, the comparison between simulation and experiment is also conducted and a general agreement can be obtained.     

液体环二次破碎所形成云雾颗粒尺寸测量和测试系统的标定

介绍了激光散射法测量颗粒尺寸系统的工作原理和标定结果,并对液体环轴对称抛撒进行了光学测量。实验结果表明,液体环二次破碎产生云雾区的液滴Ｓａｕｔｅｒ平均直径在固定点随时间的增加呈减小的趋势,而云雾区的宽度和云雾区前缘的液滴颗粒的Ｓａｕｔｅｒ平均直径则随测量的距离增加均有所增加。     

The atomization of water–oil emulsions

The paper presents the results of experimental studies on atomization of the emulsions flowing through twin-fluid atomizers obtained by the use of the digital microphotography method. The main elements of the test installation were: nozzle, reservoir, pump and measurement units of liquid flow. The photographs were taken by a digital camera with automatic flash at exposure time of 1/8000 s and subsequently analyzed using Image Pro-Plus. The oils used were mineral oils 20–90, 20–70, 20–50 and 20–30. The studies were performed at flow rates of liquid phase changed from 0.0014 to 0.011 (dm³/s) and gas phase changed from 0.28 to 1.4 (dm³/s), respectively. The analysis of photos shows that the droplets being formed during the liquid atomization have very different sizes. The smallest droplets have diameters of the order of 10 μm. The experimental results showed that the changes in physical properties of a liquid phase lead to the significant changes in the spray characteristics. The analysis of the photos of water and emulsions atomization process showed that the droplet sizes are dependent on gas and liquid flow rates, construction of nozzle and properties of liquid. The differences between characteristics of atomization for water and emulsions have been observed. Analysis of photos on forming the droplets in air–water and air-emulsions systems showed that droplets are bigger in air-emulsion system (at the same value of gas to liquid mass ratio). The values of Sauter mean diameter (SMD) increased with increase of volume fraction of oil in emulsion. The droplet size increased with emulsion viscosity.     

Scaling the effects of surface topography in the secondary atomization resulting from droplet/wall interactions

The impact of droplets onto micro-structured surfaces has been the focus of numerous recent studies, under the perspective of many different applications. However, much is still to be known about the effects of surface patterning in order to devise realistic physical models to accurately predict interfacial transfer rates. In this context, the present paper addresses the question of how to scale the effects of the surface topography to find adequate parameters, which can be easily obtained a priori. The approach is based on the characterization of the hydrodynamic and thermal behaviors of individual droplets impacting onto smooth and micro-structured heated surfaces, with the objective of quantifying the effects of the modified wettability associated with the topography of the surface. The focus is put on the thermal-induced mechanisms of secondary atomization as these are of particular interest for spray-cooling applications. The analysis suggests that different wetting properties lead to particular characteristics of the thermal-induced atomization, which can be related with the ratio between the roughness amplitude and the fundamental wavelength of the surface topography R _a/λ_R. This hypothesis is consistent with the theoretical prediction of the wetting behavior of the surfaces. The results also show a good correlation between the mean sizes of the secondary droplets generated by thermal-induced atomization and the ratio R _a/λ_R.     

Entrainment for horizontal annular gas-liquid flow

Measurements of entrainment are presented for air and water flowing in horizontal 2.54 and 5.08 cm pipelines. After the initiation of atomization, entrainment increases with the third power of the gas velocity. At very high gas velocities a fully entrained oendition in reached for which further increases in the gas velocity do not cause a decrease in the flow rate of the wall film. Gas density bas a small effect provided comparisons are made at the same gas velocity rather than at the same mass flowrate. The results are interpreted by asauming that the rate of deposition of droplets on the wall film varies linearly with the concentration of droplets and that the rate of atomization of the wall film varies linearly with its flow rate.     

激波诱导气流与液幕、液柱相互作用的实验研究

利用激波管对激波诱导气流与液幕、液柱的相互作用进行了实验研究。通过比较发现,这种相互作用下的液体块变形破碎过程与以往对于液滴进行的研究结果很不相同。当激波与液幕相互作用时,阴影照片和直接照相都表明,液幕的变形破碎行为有很强的三维性,较之液滴的变形破坏机理更为复杂,并且在局部区域,初始时刻液幕破碎抛撒的速度相较激波诱导气流速度为快,本文应用一维变截面激波管理论对这一现象进行了理论分析。     

Atomization of liquid droplets on surfaces exposed to moving shock waves

Many engineering applications involve the stripping of liquid droplets from surfaces, one example being the entrainment of surface fuel from the inlet valves, ports, cylinder walls and piston crowns of internal combustion engines during the induction process. This configuration is likely to exhibit differences from the more commonly studied case of suspended droplets. In order to study the atomization of liquids from surfaces, shock waves at low Mach numbers (M = 1.05 and 1.12) have been used in the present work to initiate the flow over water droplets with visualization obtained from shadowgraph photographs, high-intensity flash photography and a CCD camera. Visualization paths both normal and angled at ±45° to the flow were used in order to obtain improved examination of the atomization details. Surface wave formation and a specific pattern of droplet distortion followed by stripping, was observed. There are similarities in the processes to those of suspended droplets that are modified by the boundary layer effects. At the Weber numbers considered, a cave-like formation occurs near the wall due to surface flow around the droplet with a major liquid flow directed tangentially across the air flow towards the cave peak where bag or chaotic type break-up and stripping takes place.     

On the role of the liquid flow characteristics on low-Weber-number atomization processes

At low Weber numbers, the aerodynamic forces due to the interaction between gas and liquid do not influence liquid atomization processes. In these situations, atomization processes depend on issuing liquid flow characteristics only. According to the literature, the atomization efficiency is best when the issuing liquid flow shows a high turbulence level. Some injectors are based on this concept and promote the production of turbulence by imposing deflection of the flow inside the nozzle. However, many studies indicate that the level of turbulence does not solely control the atomization efficiency. By conducting a numerical and experimental study on the behavior of cavity nozzles, it is found that internal flow deflection to produce turbulence also produces a non-axial flow component at the nozzle exit whose effect on the atomization process is of paramount importance. Indeed, the results show that the surface energy produced during the atomization process is linearly dependent on the sum of the turbulent kinetic energy and the non-axial kinetic energy at the nozzle exit. This sum represents the energy available for the atomization process, and the influence of the injection pressure as well as of the nozzle geometry on this energy is investigated.     

An Eulerian–Lagrangian hybrid model for the coarse-grid simulation of turbulent liquid jet breakup

In this paper we present a numerical model for the coarse-grid simulation of turbulent liquid jet breakup using an Eulerian–Lagrangian coupling. To picture the unresolved droplet formation near the liquid jet interface in the case of coarse grids we considered a theoretical model to describe the unresolved flow instabilities leading to turbulent breakup. These entrained droplets are then represented by an Eulerian–Lagrangian hybrid concept. On the one hand, we used a volume of fluid method (VOF) to characterize the global spreading and the initiation of droplet formation; one the other hand, Lagrangian droplets are released at the liquid–gas interface according to the theoretical model balancing consolidating and disruptive energies. Here, a numerical coupling was required between Eulerian liquid core and Lagrangian droplets using mass and momentum source terms. The presented methodology was tested for different liquid jets in Rayleigh, wind-induced and atomization regimes and validated against literature data. This comparison reveals fairly good qualitative agreement in the cases of jet spreading, jet instability and jet breakup as well as relatively accurate size distribution and Sauter mean diameter (SMD) of the droplets. Furthermore, the model was able to capture the regime transitions from Rayleigh instability to atomization appropriately. Finally, the presented sub-grid model predicts the effect of the gas-phase pressure on the droplet sizes very well.     

Advanced statistics to improve the physical interpretation of atomization processes

This paper reports an analysis of the physics of atomization processes using advanced statistical tools. Namely, finite mixtures of probability density functions, which best fitting is found using a Bayesian approach based on a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. This approach takes into account eventual multimodality and heterogeneities in drop size distributions. Therefore, it provides information about the complete probability density function of multimodal drop size distributions and allows the identification of subgroups in the heterogeneous data. This allows improving the physical interpretation of atomization processes. Moreover, it also overcomes the limitations induced by analyzing the spray droplets characteristics through moments alone, particularly, the hindering of different natures of droplet formation. Finally, the method is applied to physically interpret a case-study based on multijet atomization processes.     

Unsteadiness of the internal flow in an effervescent atomizer nozzle

Liquid atomization system has been extensively applied as the most significant process in many industrial fields. In the internal combustion engine, the combustion phenomenon is strongly influenced by the spray characteristics of the fuel given by the atomization process. In order to completely understand the whole atomization process, a detail investigation of relations between the liquid jet characteristics and the breakup phenomenon is required. In this study, a non-intrusive method called as laser tagging method by photochromic dye has been developed with aim to study the breakup process of liquid sheet in detail, covering from the behavior in film until disintegrated into ligament and droplets. The laser tagging method by photochromic dye is based on a shift in the absorption spectrum of photochromic dye molecules tagged by ultraviolet laser. The shift results a color change at the tagged region of liquid containing the dye. In this study, the motions of the dye traces were analyzed as the liquid surface velocity. As a result, liquid sheet was found to keep its velocity constantly in film before suddenly increase around broken point. However, it then decreased after broken into droplets. By forming a set of four points of dye traces on the liquid sheet, the change of relative position of the set enabled the measurement of deformation and rotational motion of the liquid sheet. As a result, the normal strain of the liquid sheet parallel to the flow direction depended on the flow behavior of ligament formation.     

气相中双液滴正碰过程数值模拟研究

液滴碰撞现象普遍存在于动力装置燃烧室喷嘴的下游区域,影响燃料的雾化性能。为了揭示相同直径的双液滴中心碰撞机理,求解了轴对称坐标系下的N-S方程,采用VOF(Volume of Fluid)方法捕捉液滴碰撞过程中气液自由表面的演化规律。利用Qian等提供的实验结果对计算模型进行数值校验,验证了模型的准确性。在此基础上,研究了环境压强对液滴碰撞反弹后不同结果(分离和融合)的影响,分析了环境压强和Weber数对液滴碰撞分离的影响。结果表明,液滴在碰撞反弹后的状态(分离或融合)是由液滴间气膜压强与环境气动阻力共同作用的结果,环境压强对液滴碰撞分离过程基本没有影响;Weber数越大,碰撞过程中变形的幅度越大。