Peculiarities of propagation of the dispersed phase in a gas-droplet flow downstream of a pipe sudden expansion

The results of numerical simulation of the propagation of the dispersed phase in a gas-droplet flow downstream of a pipe sudden expansion for small initial mass concentrations of particles (M _L1 = 0–0.1) are presented. Fine-dispersed droplets with the Stokes numbers Stk < 1 are entrained by a separated flow and are present in the whole cross section of the pipe. The near-wall region of the pipe is free of fine particles due to intense evaporation. Heavy particles (Stk > 1) do not get in the recirculation flow region and are present only in the mixing layer and in the flow core. It is shown that the addition of fine-dispersed droplets suppresses the energy of the gaseous phase turbulence in the separated flow. The results are compared with the experimental data for two-phase separated flows and are found to be in the conformity with these data.