Prediction of swirling confined diffusion flame with a Monte Carlo and a presumed-PDF-model

This work aims to compare numerical results obtained by using the Monte Carlo composition-PDF method and a presumed-β-PDF in order to reveal their effects on the prediction of flow and scalar fields in swirling confined methane diffusion flame. Using the intrinsic low dimensional manifolds method for modelling the chemistry and a second moment closure for the turbulence, it is shown that both PDF-methods provide a similar accuracy level of the prediction of mean quantities. While the presumed-β-PDF performs using reasonable computational efforts, the Monte Carlo-PDF allows to capture well the turbulence-chemistry interaction and strong finite-chemistry effects such as local extinction.     

野外大气扩散试验中四面体气球示踪实验的初步评价

1985年11月在瑞士北部进行了一次以探讨“冷池”条件下的扩散和湍流特征为目的的国际野外大气试验,本文介绍其中的四面体气球示踪实验的结果。一共进行了三次由雷达跟踪的四面体示踪实验,释放了10个四面体球。按多轨迹法和单轨迹法分别估算并比较了其中两次示踪实验得到的水平扩散参数σ_y,探讨了风摆效应的贡献。采用“体源模式”并结合单轨迹法估算了微弱风场不定风向条件下的扩散参数,分析了静风,弱风条件下的水平风向标准差和湍流强度。     

Measurements of turbulent mass transport of a circular wall jet

The results of a laboratory investigation on the turbulence characteristics of a circular three-dimensional turbulent wall jet are presented. Measurements were taken up to 50 nozzle diameters using combined particle image velocimetry and planar laser induced fluorescence. The results showed that the induced turbulence was still evolving in the present range and had not achieved similarity. While the turbulent intensity for both velocity and concentration increased downstream, the turbulent mass transport showed a decline over distance for both the streamwise and spanwise directions, implying weakening dispersion from the jet core.     

Influence of Coherent Flow Structures on the Dynamics of Suspended Sediment Transport in Open-Channel Flow

The influence of suspended sediments on coherent flow structures has been studied by simultaneously measuring the longitudinal and vertical components of the instantaneous velocity vector and the instantaneous suspended particle concentration with an acoustic particle flux profiler. The measurements were carried out in clear water and in particle-laden open-channel flows. In both cases, they clearly show the predominance of ejection and sweep phases that are part of a burst cycle. The analysis further demonstrates the importance of the ejection and sweep phases in sediment resuspension and transport. Ejections pick up the sediment at the bed and carry it up through the water column close to the surface. It is shown that ejections and sweeps are in near equality in the near-bottom layer, whereas ejections clearly dominate in the remaining water column. The implications of these results for sediment transport dynamics are discussed.     

Enhancement of hydrocyclone performance by controlling the inside turbulence structure

A new hydrocyclone was designed with a winged core fixed below the vortex finder in this study. With the winged core, the turbulence structure characteristics inside the hydrocyclone, including time-averaged pressure, pressure fluctuation, relative pressure fluctuation characteristics, and distribution characteristics of the probability density of the turbulence pressure, were all positively controlled. By controlling the turbulence structure, the performance of the new hydrocyclone was improved effectively. Compared with the common hydrocyclone, the new hydrocyclone was featured with lower energy loss coefficient, higher reduced separation efficiency, higher separation sharpness and larger capacity.     

SIMULATION OF MICROMIXING IN A TURBULENT TUBULAR REACTOR WITH CONCENTRIC FEED

Turbulence on the axis of a pipe is isotropic and homogeneous and the rate of turbulent energy dissipation, ε, is known as a function of the velocity, pipe diameter and viscosity. When, however, a concentric feed pipe is introduced (as in a reactor), the ε field does not seem to be known. Evidence from fast, mixing-controlled reactions indicates a disturbance near to and downstream from the feed pipe with an increase in ε. Because of the lack of experimental information, the radial and axial distribution of ε has been modeled. One parameter—ε at the outlet of the feedpipe—is undetermined in this model. It is shown how the radial dispersion and especially the micromixing and reaction of fluid emerging isokinetically from the feed pipe can then be calculated, using a one-dimensional, radially averaged formulation. An application to four coupled, mixing-controlled reactions is included. Simulated and measured product distributions compared satisfactorily at various concentration levels and two solution viscosities. Whereas the new model is plausible, more work is needed to understand how a feed pipe modifies the flow in its vicinity.     

水力旋流器内固相颗粒时均流场及脉动特性的研究

利用一种新型的激光多普勒测速仪———粒子动态分析仪（ＰＤＡ），对水力旋流器中固相颗粒的时均流速、绝对湍流度、相对湍流度等流动参数进行了实测研究，给出了更全面的关于水力旋流器内固相颗粒流速分布的信息，并探讨了湍流脉动对水力旋流器分离过程的影响。     

水力旋流器能耗机制与节能原理研究 Ⅲ.湍流压力场脉动结构

采用电阻应变式压力测定仪及在线数据自动采集与实时处理系统,在国内外首次对水力旋流器内湍流压力场的脉动结构进行了系统的实测研究。结果表明,在溢流管端以下内旋流区域中,流体的压力脉动强度以及压力相对脉动强度均很大,该区域是一个湍动能量损失严重的区域;水力旋流器中绝大部分区域内的脉动压力均服从Ｇａｕｓｓ分布;但在柱段区域的个别地方以及锥段上部内旋流区域的许多地方,脉动压力则拒绝Ｇａｕｓ假设,在这些部位湍流具有明显的间歇性特征。     

Numerical study on the turbulent reacting flow in the vicinity of the injector of an LDPE tubular reactor

Three-dimensional (3-D), transient numerical simulations of the turbulent reacting flow in the vicinity of the initiator injection point of a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) tubular reactor using a large eddy simulation (LES) approach combined with a filtered density function (FDF) technique are presented. The numerical approach allows for detailed predictions of the turbulent flow field and the associated (passive and reactive) scalar mixing. The aim is to study the influence of the injector geometry and initiator injection temperature on the LDPE process in terms of product quality (average polymer chain length, and polydispersity) and process efficiency (such as initiator consumption).     

Reynolds number scaling of flow in a Rushton turbine stirred tank. Part I—Mean flow, circular jet and tip vortex scaling

We consider scaling of flow within a stirred tank with increasing Reynolds number. Experimental results obtained from two different tanks of diameter 152.5 and 292.1 mm, with a Rushton turbine operating at a wide range of rotational speeds stirring the fluid, are considered. The Reynolds number ranges from 4000 to about 78,000. Phase-locked stereoscopic PIV measurements on three different vertical planes close to the impeller give phase-averaged mean flow on a cylindrical surface around the impeller. The scaling of θ- and plane-averaged radial, circumferential and axial mean velocity components is first explored. A theoretical model for the impeller-induced flow is used to extract the strength and size of the three dominant elements of the mean flow, namely the circumferential flow, the jet flow and the pairs of tip vortices. The scaling of these parameters with Reynolds number for the two different tanks is then obtained. The plane-averaged mean velocity scales with the blade tip velocity above a Reynolds number of about 15,000. However, parameters associated with the jet and tip vortices do not become Reynolds number independence until Re exceeds about 10⁵. The results for the two tanks exhibit similar Reynolds number dependence, however, a perfect collapse is not observed, suggesting a sensitive dependence of the mean flow to the finer details of the impeller.