Control of transonic flow fields using local occurrence of non-equilibrium condensation

Control of supersonic flow fields with shock wave is important for some industrial fields. There are many studies for control of the supersonic flow fields using active or passive control. When non-equilibrium condensation occurs in a supersonic flow field, the flow is affected by latent heat released. Many studies for the condensation have been conducted and the characteristics have been almost clarified. Further, it was found that non-equilibrium condensation can control the flow field. In these studies, the condensation occurs across the passage of the flow field and it causes the total pressure loss in the flow field. However, local occurrence of non-equilibrium condensation in the flow field may change the characteristics of total pressure loss compared with that by the condensation across the passage of the nozzle and there are few for researches of locally occurred non-equilibrium condensation in supersonic flow field. The purpose in the present study is to clarify the effect of local occurrence of non-equilibrium condensation on the transonic flow field in a nozzle with a circular bump. As a result, local occurrence of non-equilibrium condensation reduced the shock strength and total pressure loss in the transonic flow field by flowing the moist air from trailing edge of the circular bump to the mainstream.     

Effect of Nonequilibrium Homogenous Condensation on Flow Fields in a Supersonic Nozzle

INTRODUCTIONManystudies[1-131onthecondensationshockwaveoccurringinthecaseoftheraPidexPansionofmoistairorsteaminasupersonicnozzlehavebeenper-formed,andthecharacteristicsofcondensationshock'wavehavenearlybeenclarilied.Acondensationshockwavealsooccursinthebladepassageinasteamturbinel14,15]andsuchacondensationshockwavinteractswiththeboundarylayeronthesurfaceoftheblade.Thus,thefiowinthebladepassageofthesteamturbinewiththecondensationshockwavehasnotyetbeenclariliedl16'17].InthepreseDtstudythee…     

Passive Control of Transonic Flow Fields with Shock Wave Using Non—equilibrium Condensation and Porous wall

When non-equilibrium condensation occurs in a supersonic flow field, the flow is affected by the latent heat released. In the present study, in order to control the transonic flow field with shock wave, a condensing flow was produced by an expansion of moist air on a circular bump model and shock waves were occurred in the supersonic parts of the fields. Furthermore, the additional passive technique of shock / boundary layer interaction using the porous wall with a cavity underneath was adopted in this flow field. The effects of these methods on the shock wave characteristics were investigated numerically and experimentally. The result obtained showed that the total pressure loss in the flow fields might be effectively reduced by the suitable combination between non-equilibrium condensation and the position of porous wall.     

Passive Control of Steady Condensation Shock Wave

IntroductionA rapid expansion of moist air or steam in asupersonic nozzle gives rise to nonequilibriumcondensation phenomena. Thereby, the nozzle flow isaffected by the latent heat released by condensation ofwater vapouf, and if the heat released exceeds a certainquantity, a condensation shock wave will occur[1-4].Many works for the passive contfol of shockboundary layer interaction using the porous wall with aplenum underneath have been repofted on the applicationof the technique tO tfansonic…     

Passive control of unsteady condensation shock wave

IntroductionIn the case of moist air or steam rapidly expanding ina supersonic nozzle, nollequilibrium condensation occursin the flow field and the flow will be affected by thelatent heat leleased by condensationll-4]. Thereby, if theheat exceeds a certain quantity, the flow will becomeunstable and oscillations of a periodic flow occurs[5-91. Forthe unsteady condensation shock wave, it is blown thatthere are three types of oscillationslg]. These types aredescribed below:1. Mode l: A condensat…     

Two-dimensional numerical simulations of shock waves in micro convergent–divergent nozzles

The steady two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations with the slip wall boundary conditions were used to simulate the supersonic flow in micro convergent–divergent nozzles. It is observed that shock waves can take place inside or outside of the micronozzles under the earth environment. For the over-expanded flows, there is a boundary layer separation point, downstream of which a wave interface separates the viscous boundary layer with back air flow and the inviscid core flow. The oblique shock wave is followed by the bow shock and shock diamond. The viscous boundary layer thickness relative to the whole nozzle width on the exit plane is increased but attains the maximum value around of 0.5 and oscillates against this value with the continuous increasing of the nozzle upstream pressures. The viscous effect either changes the normal shock waves outside of the nozzle for the inviscid flow to the oblique shock waves inside the nozzle, or transfers the expansion jet flow without shock waves for the inviscid flow to the oblique shock waves outside of the nozzle.     

Numerical analysis of Chevron nozzle effects on performance of the supersonic ejector-diffuser system

The supersonic nozzle is the most important device of an ejector-diffuser system.The best operation condition and optimal structure of supersonic nozzle are hardly known due to the complicated turbulent mixing,compressibility effects and even flow unsteadiness which are generated around the nozzle extent.In the present study,the primary stream nozzle was redesigned using convergent nozzle to activate the shear actions between the primary and secondary streams,by means of longitudinal vortices generated between the Chevron lobes.Exactly same geometrical model of ejector-diffuser system was created to validate the results of experimental data.The operation characteristics of the ejector system were compared between Chevron nozzle and conventional convergent nozzle for the primary stream.A CFD method has been applied to simulate the supersonic flows and shock waves inside the ejector.It is observed that the flow structure and shock system were changed and primary numerical analysis results show that the Chevron nozzle achieve a positive effect on the supersonic ejector-diffuser system performance.The ejector with Chevron nozzle can entrain more secondary stream with less primary stream mass flow rate.     

A Study of Under-expanded Moist Air Jet Impinging on a Flat Plate

When a gas expands through a convergent nozzle in which the ratio of the ambient to the stagnation pressures is higher than that of the critical one, the issuing jet from the nozzle is under-expanded. If a flat plate is placed normal to the jet at a certain distance from the nozzle, a detached shock wave is formed at a region between the nozzle exit and the plate. In general, supersonic moist air jet technologies with non-equilibrium condensation are very often applied to industrial manufacturing processes. In spite of the importance in major characteristics of the supersonic moist air jets impinging to a solid body, its qualitative characteristics are not known satisfactorily. In the present study, the effect of the non-equilibrium condensation on the under-expanded air jet impinging on a vertical flat plate is investigated numerically in the case with non-equilibrium condensation, frequency of oscillation for the flow field becomes larger than that without the non-equilibrium condensation, and amplitudes of static pressure become small compared with those of dry air. Furthermore, the numerical results are compared with experimental ones.     

Effect of Nonequilibrium Condensation of Moist Air on the Boundary Layer in a Supersonic Nozzle

INTRODUCTIONMapstudies[1-13lonthecondensationshockwaveoccurringinthecaseoftherapidexpansionofmoistairorsteaminasupersonicnozzlehavebeenper-formed,andthecharacteristicsofcondensationshockwavhavenearlybeenclarified.Acondensationshockwavalsooccursinthebladepassageinasteamturbinel14'15].Suchacondensationshockwavethatinteractswiththeboundary1ayeronthesurfaceofthettirbineblade,affectsthellowinthebladepas-sageinasteamturbine.However,thefiowinthebladepaJssagewiththecondensationshockwaveisnotyetun…     

Experimental Study on Shock Wave Structures in Constant-area Passage of Cold Spray Nozzle

Cold spray is a technique to make a coating on a wide variety of mechanical or electric parts by spraying solidparticles accelerated through a high-speed gas flow in a converging-diverging nozzle.In this study,pseudo-shockwaves in a modeled cold spray nozzle as well as high-speed gas jets are visualized by schlieren technique.Theschlieren photographs reveals the supersonic flow with shock train in the nozzle,Static pressure along the barrelwall is also measured.The location of the head of pseudo-shock wave and its pressure distribution along the noz-zle wall are analytically explained by using a formula of pseudo-shock wave.The analytical results show that thesupersonic flow accompanying shock wave in the nozzle should be treated as pseudo-shock wave instead of nor-mal shock wave.     

Supersonic Flow Structure in the Entrance Part of a Mixing Chamber of 2D Model Ejector

The paper deals with experimental and numerical results of investigation into supersonic and transonic flow past a two-dimensional model ejector. Results of optical measurements show a flow structure and flow parameter development in the entrance part of the mixing chamber of the ejector. Numerical results are obtained by means of both the straight solution of shock waves in supersonic flow field using classical relations of parameters of shock waves and the Fluent 6 program. Results of numerical solutions are compared with experimental pictures of flow fields. Flow structure development in the mixing chamber is analysed in detail.     

The Effect of Non-Equilibrium Condensation on Supersonic Air Flows over Rectangular Cavities

Numerical simulations have been carried out for a supersonic two-dimensional flow over open,rectangular cavi-ties(length-to-depth ratios are L/D=1.0 and 3.0)in order to investigate the effect of non-equilibrium condensa-tion of moist air on supersonic internal flows around the cavity for the flow Mach number 1.83 at the cavity en-trance.In the present computational investigation,a condensing flow was produced by an expansion of moist airin a Laval nozzle.The computational results showed that the upstream traveling compression waves becomeweaker than those without the condensation.Consequently,the weaker compression waves cannot excite theshear layer strongly and amplitudes of oscillation in the cavity became smaller than those without the condensa-tion.The occurrence of the non-equilibrium condensation in case of L/D=1.0 affected strongly the amplitude andfrequency of oscillation in the cavity compared with L/D=3.0.     

Annular supersonic swirling flows with heterogeneous condensation

In recent years, separating and extracting technologies of condensate gas have been developed by combining a swirl flow with non-equilibrium condensation phenomena of condensate gas generated in a supersonic flow. The technology can reduce the size of the device and does not use chemicals. However, there are many unresolved problems for performance of the separation, extraction and operating principle. Therefore it is necessary to research further in order to improve the performance of the equipment. In the present study, the numerical study was carried out to clarify the effect of the heterogeneous condensation on the characteristics of the swirling flow field in a supersonic annular nozzle, and the differences between homogeneous condensation and heterogeneous condensation in the flow field. As the results, it is found that the condensation flow with a swirl affects the position of sonic line, the generating position of condensate and the radial distribution ratio of liquid phase.     

Transonic instability in entrance part of mixing chamber of high-speed ejector

Introduction The research of flow structure in the entrance part of the mixing chamber of two-dimensional supersonic ejector[1,2] shows, how this structure depends both on stagnation pressure ratio of streams p01/p02[3] and on back pressure ratio pb/p02 [4]. It was found out that the structure of shock waves is not stable, but it oscillates less or more. For the high back pressure ratio a terminal shock wave is in the mixing chamber and due to this shock wave the mixing processes change quali…     

两相流超音速流动_激波及其应用研究

从两相流体的音速特点出发 ,研究两相超音速流动 ,分析超音速流动导致的激波状况 ,并利用两相激波加速凝结和增压的特点 ,设计了增压换热器。两相流的音速受其压缩性的影响而呈现出与单相流不同的特点 ,其较小的音速值使得两相超音速流动更易实现。两相流激波与波前马赫数密切相关 ,波后汽相凝结、压力升高 ,利用该特点设计的汽水直接接触式换热器 ,具有高效换热和增压的特点     

Study of the Unsteady Condensation of Moist Air in Shock Tube

The major flow physics of the unsteady condensation in the subsonic flows induced by the unsteady expansion waves in shock tube was studied in this paper. The unsteady condensation phenomenon was analyzed by using the two-dimensional, unsteady, Navier-Stokes equations, which were fully coupled with a droplet growth equation. The third-order TVD MUSCL scheme was applied to solve the governing equation systems. The computational results were compared with the previous experimental data. The time-dependent behavior of unsteady condensation of moist air in shock tube was investigated in details. The results show that the major characteristics of the unsteady condensation phenomenon in shock tube are very different from those in the supersonic wind tunnels.     

Liquid phase evaporation on the normal shock wave in moist air transonic flows in nozzles

This paper presents a numerical analysis of the atmospheric air transonic flow through de Laval nozzles.By nature,atmospheric air always contains a certain amount of water vapor.The calculations were made using a Laval nozzle with a high expansion rate and a convergent-divergent (CD) "half-nozzle",referred to as a transonic diffuser,with a much slower expansion rate.The calculations were performed using an in-house CFD code.The computational model made it possible to simulate the formation of the liquid phase due to spontaneous condensation of water vapor contained in moist air.The transonic flow calculations also take account of the presence of a normal shock wave in the nozzle supersonic part to analyze the effect of the liquid phase evaporation.     

Transonic moist air flow around a circular arc blade with bump

The unsteady phenomena in the transonic flow around airfoils are observed in the flow field of fan, compressor blades and butterfly valves, and this causes often serious problems such as aeroacoustic noise and the vibration. In recent years, the effect of bump wall on the flow field around an airfoil has been investigated experimentally and as a result, it was observed that the bump wall is effective for the control of shock wave on the airfoil. In the transonic or supersonic flow field, a rapid expansion of moist air or steam gives rise to non-equilibrium condensation. In the present study, the effect of non-equilibrium condensation of moist air on the self-excited shock wave oscillation around a circular arc blade with or without a bump on the blade was investigated numerically. The results showed that the non-equilibrium condensation significantly reduced the flow field unsteadiness such as root mean of pressure oscillation and frequency compared to the case without the non-equilibrium condensation.     

Numerical study on carbon dioxide removal from the hydrogen-rich stream by supersonic Laval nozzle

A hydrogen purification system with a supersonic nozzle pretreatment process is proposed to improve the performance of traditional CO₂ removal processes from hydrogen-rich streams. A mathematical model of the H₂–CO₂ double-component condensation was established to investigate the feasibility of CO₂ capture in a hydrogen-rich stream using a supersonic nozzle. Compared to the single-phase model, this model is more similar to the objective flow facts and can effectively correct the deviation of the single-phase flow model by 21.4%. Furthermore, the parameters in the H₂–CO₂ double-components spontaneous condensation process in the nozzle were analyzed, and the microscopic mechanism of CO₂ spontaneous condensation was clarified. Finally, the effects of the inlet parameters on the carbon capture efficiency were analyzed. The results indicated that the nozzle is more suitable for purifying hydrogen-rich streams with low temperatures and high carbon content, confirming the possibility of using a supersonic nozzle as a carbon capture method.