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Simulation of turbulent flow of turbine passage with uniform rotating velocity of guide vane

  • Wang, Wen-Quan;Yan, Yan
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.421-440
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    • 2018
  • In this study, a computational method for wall shear stress combined with an implicit direct-forcing immersed boundary method is presented. Near the immersed boundaries, the sub-grid stress is determined by a wall model in which the wall shear stress is directly calculated from the Lagrangian force on the immersed boundary. A coupling mathematical model of the transition process for a model Francis turbine comprising turbulent flow and rotating rigid guide vanes is established. The spatiotemporal distributions of pressure, velocity, vorticity and turbulent quantity are gained with the transient process; the drag and lift coefficients as well as other forces (moments) are also obtained as functions of the attack angle. At the same time, analysis is conducted of the characteristics of pressure pulsation, velocity stripes and vortex structure at some key parts of flowing passage. The coupling relations among the turbulent flow, the dynamical force (moment) response of blade and the rotating of guide vane are also obtained.

A Study on the Release Rate of Hazardous Materials from Liquid Pipeline (액체배관으로부터 위험물질 누출속도 산정에 관한 연구)

  • Tak Song-Su;Jo Young-Do
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.6 no.1 s.17
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the calculation methods of liquid release rate in the transition region when hazardous materials leak from the pipeline due to an unwanted accident. For the laminar and turbulent flow region, liquid release rate from a pipeline can be calculated by using a commercial software or by using calculator based on the models(equations) suggested by Crowl and Louvar et al. However, there has been no corresponding model for the transition flow region. In this paper. we showed that the turbulent model may be used as an equation generally used in the transition region for conservative hazard analysis if safety factor $30\%$ is added to the value calculated by the turbulent model. In this regard, we first calculated the release rate from liquid pipeline in the transition region by using experimental data on Fanning friction factor depending on Reynolds number which Lap-Mou Tam et al. had introduced, then compared it with that of the laminar and turbulent models in transition region.

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An Experimental Study on Turbulent Diffusion Flame in Double Coaxial Air Jets(II) (동축이중 공기분류중의 난류확산화염에 관한 실험적 연구 II)

  • 조용대;최병윤
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1234-1243
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    • 1990
  • Double coaxial are jets(annular and coaxial air jets) between which propane gas is fed was selected to study the structure of diffusion flames in turbulent shear flow. Schlieren and direct photographs are taken to visualize the flame structure. Mean and fluctuating temperatures and ion currents were measured to investigate the macroscopic and the instantaneous flame structure. The objective of this study is to understand the interaction between combustion and mixing process especially in the transition region of turbulent shear flow. The investigation reported in this paper focuses on the macroscopic and the instantaneous structures of three flames obtained. The increased mixing effect resulting from increase of Reynolds number of central air jet makes the flame bluish and short. When the velocity of surrounding air stream is higher than that of central air jet, the instantaneous flame structure is composed of coherent structure. It is considered that the flame structure of transitional region of mixing layer depends on the structure of mixing layer of non-reacting conditions.

Flame Length and EINOx Scaling of Syngas $H_2$/CO Turbulent Non-premixed Jet Flames ($H_2$/CO 합성가스의 비예혼합 난류 제트화염에서 화염 길이와 EINOx 스케일링)

  • Hwang, Jeongjae;Sohn, Kitae;Bouvet, Nicolas;Yoon, Youngbin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2012
  • The flame lengths and NOx emission characteristics of syngas $H_2$/CO turbulent non-premixed jet flames were investigated. The flame length which is the main parameter governs NOx emission was studied for various syngas compositions. The flame length was compared with previous correlation between Froude number and flame height and it shows that they have good agreements. It was confirmed that the turbulent jet flames herein investigated are in the region of buoyancy-momentum transition. NOx emission was reduced with increased Reynolds number and CO contents in syngas fuel and with decreased fuel nozzle diameter which is attributed by decreased flame residence time. Previous EINOx scaling based on flame residence time of $L_f^3/(d_f^2U_f)$ satisfies only the jet flame in momentum-dominated region, not buoyancy-momentum transition region. The simplified flame residence time ($L_f/U_f$) was adopted in modified EINOx scaling. The modified scaling satisfies the jet flames not only in momentum-dominated region but in buoyancy-momentum transition region. The scaling is also satisfied with $H_2$/CO syngas jet flames.

A Study on Degradation Characteristic and Flow Behavior in De-NOx Catalyst (탈질촉매 내 열화특성과 유동상태에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Seung-Min
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.1093-1101
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    • 2010
  • In this study, the indirect correlation of degradation characteristic and flow behavior in the de-NOx catalyst is investigated experimentally. The inner flow behavior in the de-NOx catalyst is varied from turbulent flow to laminar flow and the degradation of the de-NOx catalyst is remarkably affected by the inner flow. The degradation of the catalyst is increased in the upstream region near the inlet because injected turbulent flow enhances the adhesion of ash particle on the catalyst surface. The degradation of the catalyst near the inlet also governs the overall efficiency of the catalyst. The amount of adhered ash particles on the catalyst surface decreases as they progress downstream. This is due to the inner flow transition from turbulent flow to laminar flow.

Performance Analysis of the NREL Phase IV Wind Turbine by CFD (CFD에 의한 NREL Phase IV 풍력터빈 성능해석)

  • Kim, Bum-Suk;Kim, Mann-Eung;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.652-655
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    • 2008
  • Despite of the laminar-turbulent transition region co-exist with fully turbulence region around the leading edge of an airfoil, still lots of researchers apply to fully turbulence models to predict aerodynamic characteristics. It is well known that fully turbulent model such as standard k-${\varepsilon}$ model couldn't predict the complex stall and the separation behavior on an airfoil accurately, it usually leads to over prediction of the aerodynamic characteristics such as lift and drag forces. So, we apply correlation based transition model to predict aerodynamic performance of the NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Phase IV wind turbine. And also, compare the computed results from transition model with experimental measurement and fully turbulence results. Results are presented for a range of wind speed, for a NREL Phase IV wind turbine rotor. Low speed shaft torque, power, root bending moment, aerodynamic coefficients of 2D airfoil and several flow field figures results included in this study. As a result, the low speed shaft torque predicted by transitional turbulence model is very good agree with the experimental measurement in whole operating conditions but fully turbulent model(k-${\varepsilon}$) over predict the shaft torque after 7m/s. Root bending moment is also good agreement between the prediction and experiments for most of the operating conditions, especially with the transition model.

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Computational Investigation of Turbulent Swirling Flows in Gas Turbine Combustors

  • Benim, A.C.;Escudier, M.P.;Stopford, P.J.;Buchanan, E.;Syed, K.J.
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2008
  • In the first part of the paper, Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis of the combusting flow within a high-swirl lean premixed gas turbine combustor and over the $1^{st}$ row nozzle guide vanes is presented. In this analysis, the focus of the investigation is the fluid dynamics at the combustor/turbine interface and its impact on the turbine. The predictions show the existence of a highly-rotating vortex core in the combustor, which is in strong interaction with the turbine nozzle guide vanes. This has been observed to be in agreement with the temperature indicated by thermal paint observations. The results suggest that swirling flow vortex core transition phenomena play a very important role in gas turbine combustors with modern lean-premixed dry low emissions technology. As the predictability of vortex core transition phenomena has not yet been investigated sufficiently, a fundamental validation study has been initiated, with the aim of validating the predictive capability of currently-available modelling procedures for turbulent swirling flows near the sub/supercritical vortex core transition. In the second part of the paper, results are presented which analyse such transitional turbulent swirling flows in two different laboratory water test rigs. It has been observed that turbulent swirling flows of interest are dominated by low-frequency transient motion of coherent structures, which cannot be adequately simulated within the framework of steady-state RANS turbulence modelling approaches. It has been found that useful results can be obtained only by modelling strategies which resolve the three-dimensional, transient motion of coherent structures, and do not assume a scalar turbulent viscosity at all scales. These models include RSM based URANS procedures as well as LES and DES approaches.

Experimental Study of Wall Pressure Fluctuations in the Regions of Flow Transition (천이 경계층 유동의 벽면 변동 압력에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 홍진숙;전재진;김상윤;신구균
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 2002
  • It has been long suspected that the transition region may give rise to local pressure fluctuations and radiated sound that are different from those created by the fully-developed turbulent boundary layer at equivalent Reynolds number. Experimental investigation described in this paper concerns the characteristics of pressure fluctuations at the transition. Flush-mounted microphones and hot wires are used to measure the pressure fluctuations and local flow velocities within the boundary layer in the low noise wind tunnel. From this experiment we could observe the spatial and temporal development process of T-S wave using Wigner-Ville method and find the relations between the characteristic frequency of T-S wave and free stream velocity and the boundary layer thickness based on nondimensional pressure spectra scaled on outer variables.

Pipe Friction in Transition Flow (천이류에서의 관마찰)

  • Yoo, Dong Hoon
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 1993
  • On the basis of Nikuradse laboratory experiments. two transition flow regimes are defined with respect to the characteristics of boundary layer. One is the transitional turbulent flow which has a transitional characteristics between smooth turbulent flow and rough turbulent flow, and the other may be called as transitional laminar flow which has transitional features between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The laboratory results of Nikuradse are carefully re-examined, and the flow regions are clearly defined. The velocity profile of the transitional turbulent flow is described by newly formulated equation, and the Darcy-Weisbach friction coefficient for the transitional turbulent flow is determined based on the theoretical form of profile equation, which is far better accurate than Colebrook-White equation. Difficulties still arise for the description of velocity profile when the flow undergoes from laminar to turbulent. In this case a linear interpolation procedure is proposed for the estimation of friction coefficient.

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