The planar jet-plate oscillator

The aeroacoustic noise generated by a high speed, planar gas jet impinging on a flat plate is investigated experimentally. The jet used in this study is typical of those commonly found in industrial applications such as in various coating control and heat transfer processes. Normal jet impingement on the plate is found to generate strong acoustic tones over a wide range of impingement distances and jet velocities. The characteristics of these tones, as a function of the jet velocity and impingement distance, are quantified. Phase and amplitude measurements of the pressure fluctuations on the impingement plate indicate that the acoustic tones are generated by an antisymmetric instability mode of the jet oscillation. The effect of plate inclination in both the transverse and span-wise directions, with respect to the incident jet, is also studied. The jet-plate tone is found to be much more sensitive to changes in the span-wise plate inclination than to changes in the transverse inclination, but in both cases, a complete suppression of the tone is found to be possible.     

Influence of a combustion-driven oscillation on global mixing in the flame from a refinery flare

An assessment of the influence of strong combustion-driven oscillations on mixing rates and visible radiation in the flame from a full-scale refinery flare is reported. Importantly, the oscillations were generated naturally, with no external forcing, and at a high Reynolds number of 4 × 10⁶. These conditions differentiate this study from those of previous investigations, which all involved some external forcing and were at a Re too low to ensure fully turbulent flow within the flame. A frame-by-frame analysis of video footage, providing good resolution of the instantaneous edge of each flame, was used to assess flame dimensions, and so to determine a global residence time. Since the flames are in the fast-chemistry regime, the visual imagers can be used to determine a global mixing rate. The analysis reveals a consistent picture that the combustion-driven oscillations do not result in a significant change to the global mixing rate, but do increase the visible radiation. This is in contrast to previous investigations, using externally forced jets, where forcing at the preferred mode has been found to increase mixing rates and reduce radiation.     

Experimental studies of a steam jet refrigeration cycle: Effect of the primary nozzle geometries to system performance

This paper describes an experimental investigation of a steam jet refrigeration. A 1 kW cooling capacity experimental refrigerator was constructed and tested. The system was tested with various operating temperatures and various primary nozzles. The boiler saturation temperature ranked from 110 to 150 °C. The evaporator temperature was fixed at 7.5 °C. Eight primary nozzles with difference geometries were used. Six nozzles have throat diameters ranked from 1.4 to 2.6 mm with exit Mach number of 4.0. Two remained nozzles have equal throat diameter of 1.4 mm but difference exit Mach number, 3.0 and 5.5. The experimental results show that the geometry of the primary nozzle has strong effects to the ejector performance and therefore the system COP.     

Confined impinging twin air jets at high Reynolds numbers

An experimental study is carried out to investigate flow characteristics of confined twin jets issuing from the lower surface and impinging normally on the upper surface. Pressure distributions on the impingement and confinement plates were obtained for Reynolds numbers ranging from 30,000 to 50,000, nozzle-to-plate spacing (H/D) in the range of 0.5-4 and jet-to-jet spacing (L/D) in the range of 0.5-2. Smoke-wire technique was used to visualize the flow behavior. The effects of Reynolds number, nozzle-to-plate spacing and jet-to-jet spacing on the flow structure are examined. The subatmospheric regions occur on both impingement and confinement plates at the nozzle-to-plate spacing up to 1 for all studied Reynolds numbers and jet-to-jet spacings in consideration. They lie nearly up to the same radial location at both surfaces and move radially outward from the stagnation points with increasing nozzle-to-plate spacing and jet-to-jet spacing. It is concluded that there exists a relation between the subatmospheric regions and peaks in heat transfer coefficients for low spacings in the impinging jets.     

Experimental investigation of circular free-surface jet impingement quenching: Transient hydrodynamics and heat transfer

An experimental study of heat transfer during quenching of a cylindrical stainless steel test specimen has been performed. A subcooled water jet is directed onto the upward facing flat face of the cylinder. The test specimen is heated to an initial temperature slightly above 900 °C and then quenched. The resulting boiling curves and heat transfer distributions are presented for impingement velocities of 2.85 and 6.4 m/s (Re = 7900 and 18,900). High-speed imaging shows that three distinct regions on the quenched surface can be identified: an expanding circular wetted region surrounding the impinging point, annular transition zone just outside the wetting front, and a unwetted region outside this zone. The free-surface of the liquid in the wetted region is smooth in the nucleate and transition boiling regimes. The annular transition zone or the wetting front region outside the wetted region is characterized by a highly disturbed liquid-gas interface, which can be attributed to intense vapor generation. At the outer edge of the transition zone, the liquid is deflected away from the surface. The velocity of the wetting front significantly increases with the jet impact velocity, which indicates that the wetting front position is governed by the ability of the flowing liquid to transport the bubbles radially outwards from the wetted region.     

柱形装药自由场水中爆炸气泡的射流特性

为研究柱形装药水中爆炸气泡射流特性,采用高速摄影方法在实验水箱中对PETN药柱进行水中爆炸实验,初步获得了有关柱形装药自由场水中爆炸气泡运动的数据资料.研究结果表明:柱形装药自由场水中爆炸形成气泡的运动与球形装药的存在差别,药柱放置方式的变化也会导致水中爆炸气泡产生性质迥异的运动.当药柱水平放置时,气泡表面的运动呈非对...     

基于移动粒子半隐式法的表面张力模拟

采用移动粒子半隐式法(MPS)模拟了受表面张力影响的自由面流动。表面张力的计算采取了一种较适合于MPS方法的表面自由能模型。方形液滴振荡和射流断裂的模拟结果分别与理论分析和试验结果一致,同时进行了三维射流注水模拟,从而验证了MPS方法结合该表面张力模型可以有效、方便地进行自由面流动中表面张力现象的模拟。     

不同沙粒底面下气泡脉动特性实验研究

通过高速摄影系统对电火花气泡与不同沙粒底面间的相互作用进行了实验研究,并改变气泡与沙粒底面之间的距离.实验结果表明:气泡在与沙粒底面的相互作用中会产生两种明显不同的现象,即形成与近刚性壁面类似的气泡射流以及“蘑菇状”气泡,“蘑菇状”气泡撕裂形成两个气泡,随后产生两个反方向的沿轴线方向的射流.沙粒底面边界具有刚性与弹性两种特征.另外,随着气泡与沙粒底面之间的距离d的增大,气泡脉动周期先增大然后减小,存在气泡脉动周期峰值.对于不同的沙粒底面边界,出现气泡脉动周期峰值的距离d随着沙底粒径的增大而越小.     

等离子体合成射流能量效率及工作特性研究

基于等离子体激励器工作过程中气体放电的焦耳加热作用, 并结合局部热力学平衡等离子体物理假设, 开展了等离子体合成射流三维唯象数值研究, 获得了完整工作周期内等离子体合成射流流场发展演变过程. 研究结果表明, 单次能量沉积建立的自维持周期性射流中存在有实现激励器腔体"充分" 回填的最大脉冲工作频率––饱和频率. 大的能量沉积、小的激励器出口直径和相同腔体体积下大的径高比都可以产生速度更高的射流, 而射流速度的提高会伴随有饱和频率的降低. 一个饱和周期内, 最多约有16%的初始腔内气体喷出, 吸气复原仅能实现初始腔体质量90%左右的回填.一个大气压条件下, 容性电源供能的等离子体合成射流激励器电能向气体热能和射流动能的转化效率分别约为5%和1.6%. 关键词： 等离子体激励器 合成射流 能量效率 饱和频率     

激波冲击R22重气柱所导致的射流与混合研究

基于大涡模拟, 结合五阶加权基本无振荡格式与沉浸边界法对激波自左向右与R22重气柱作用过程进行了数值模拟. 数值结果清晰地显示了激波诱导Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性所导致的重气柱变形过程, 并与Haas 和 Sturtevant 的实验结果符合. 另外, 结果还揭示了入射激波在气柱内右侧边界发生聚焦并诱导射流的过程, 以及在Kelvin-Helmhotz 次不稳定性作用下两个主涡滑移层形成次级涡的过程, 并分析了气柱变形过程中与周围空气的混合机理. 最后, 通过改变反射距离对反射激波与不同变形阶段的气柱的再次作用过程进行了研究. 结果表明: 当激波反射距离较长时, 反射激波与充分变形后的气柱作用, 使其在流向方向上进一步被压缩; 而当激波反射距离较短时, 反射激波会在气柱内发生马赫反射, 两个三波点附近产生两个高压区, 当其传播至气柱左侧边界时对气柱边界造成冲击加速, 诱导两道向左传播的反向射流. 关键词： Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性 R22重气柱 反射激波 射流