Numerical modeling of combustion processes and pollutant formations in direct-injection diesel engines

The Representative Interactive Flamelet (RIF) concept has been applied to numerically simulate the combustion processes and pollutant formation in the direct injection diesel engine. Due to the ability for interactively describing the transient behaviors of local flame structures with CFD solver, the RIF concept has the capabilities to predict the auto-ignition and subsequent flame propagation in the diesel engine combustion chamber as well as to effectively account for the detailed mechanisms of soot formation, NO_X formation including thermal NO path, prompt and nitrous NO_X formation, and reburning process. Special emphasis is given to the turbulent combustion model which properly accounts for vaporization effects on the mixture fraction fluctuations and the pdf model. The results of numerical modeling using the RIF concept are compared with experimental data and with numerical results of the commonly applied procedure which the low-temperature and high-temperature oxidation processes are represented by the Shell ignition model and the eddy dissipation model, respectively. Numerical results indicate that the RIF approach including the vaporization effect on turbulent spray combustion process successfully predicts the ignition delay time and location as well as the pollutant formation.     

Drag coefficient of flow around a sphere: Matching asymptotically the wide trend

An empirical relationship of drag coefficient of flow around a sphere is developed for the entire range of Particle Reynolds numbers reported in the literature from Stokes regime to the condition when turbulent boundary layer prevails. The relationship is obtained using an approach to match asymptotically the wide trend of drag coefficient. The matching approach, which relies on dividing the wide trend into smaller segments that can be combined into an overall relationship, employs regression techniques and thus warrants the best-fit accuracy results. The relationship is calibrated with experimental data available in the literature covering the entire range for Reynolds numbers up to ~ 10⁶. For Reynolds values greater than 10⁶, the relationship renders a drag coefficient of 0.2. The performance of the relationship is tested and compared with other suitable models found in the literature. This relationship is also transformed into an explicit expression for settling velocity calculations.     

Shallow Turbulent Flows by Video Imaging Method

Shallow turbulent flows were produced in a tank of small thickness to study the friction effects on large-scale turbulent motion of small depth. The tank was constructed of two parallel walls. The space between the parallel walls (4.4, 1.57, and 0.59 cm) was small compared with the height (107 cm) and the width (212 cm) of the tank, and was varied during the experiments for different friction effects. Turbulent flows were produced by the injection of water in the form of starting jets into the tank filled with water. The large-scale turbulent flow in the small space between the walls of the tank is confined to essentially two-dimensional motion, and the motion is retarded by the force of friction. Dye was injected with the source fluid as the tracer for the highly unsteady and quasitwo-dimensional turbulent motion. From the initiation of the turbulent motion at the source to the final interaction of the jets with the tank bottom, the entire sequence of events was recorded by a pair of video cameras. The depth-averaged concentration of the dye was analyzed using the recorded video images.     

Non-contact flood discharge measurements using an X-band pulse radar (I) theory

This article describes a non-contact method for measuring surface velocity and discharge in a natural channel. The X-band pulse (9.36 GHz) radar, developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington, was used to scan instantaneously the lateral distribution of surface velocity across a river section, according to Bragg scattering from short waves produced by turbulent boils on the surface of the river. Based on the assumption that the vertical velocity distribution follows a universal power or logarithmic law, the discharges were estimated.     

燃料变化对气体燃烧器燃烧性能影响的数值模拟研究

该文以John Zink公司一种瓦斯燃烧器为几何原型,对燃烧器和稳焰旋流器附近三维复杂形状未作任何简化,生成了包括燃烧器和炉膛的结构化网格,换用甲烷、乙烷、丙烷和丁烷四种不同的气体燃料,用标准的k-ε湍流模型、k-ε-g湍流扩散燃烧模型和蒙特卡洛辐射换热模型对燃烧器内的流动及燃烧状况进行了全尺寸数值模拟,预报了燃烧器内流场和温度场,考察燃料变化对炉内温度场的影响规律及燃气射流特性参数(Re·D1)对火焰长度的影响,对进一步优化设计燃烧器、提高加热炉热效率有很好的指导意义。     

A new characteristic of liquid-liquid systems—inversion holdup of intensely agitated dispersions

As the holdup of dispersed phase in an agitated liquid-liquid dispersion is increased at fixed agitation, a point is reached (called inversion holdup) when the dispersion inverts—the dispersed phase becomes continuous and vice versa. In this work, we present experimental data which suggest that the inversion holdup for sufficiently intense turbulence is independent of all the operational parameters associated with a stirred tank, e.g., stirrer speed, vessel volume, impeller size, and impeller type; it depends only on the properties of the liquid-liquid system. The inversion holdup was verified to remain unchanged even for inversion in turbulent flow field in the annular space between two coaxial cylinders. A hypothesis involving drops in near contact with each other at high holdups is used to explain the experimental data. The new finding may also provide a qualitative basis for selecting a liquid-liquid system with desired extent of mixing in the dispersed phase for carrying out transport and reactions in multiphase systems.     

黑河综合遥感联合试验涡动相关通量数据处理及产品分析黑河综合遥感联合试验涡动相关通量数据处理及产品分析

涡动相关通量数据的处理及质量控制是保证各涡动观测台站数据质量的重要步骤。“黑河综合遥感联合试验”(Watershed Allied Telemetry Experimental Research,WATER)从2007年底到现在连续观测积累了大量涡动相关通量观测资料。使用经过改进的EdiRe软件对盈科站、阿柔站和关滩站3个站点的原始涡动数据进行预处理和质量控制。通过异常值及野值点剔除、倾斜修正、超声虚温修正、时间滞后校正、频率响应修正和空气密度效应修正（WPL修正）等基本处理生成Level\|1数据产品;再通过大气状态平稳性检验、总体湍流特征检验以及湍流通量统计特征分析等初步质量控制,生成Level\|2数据产品。以盈科绿洲站2009年7月份涡动相关数据为例,着重介绍涡动相关数据处理过程中各校正方法的重要性及不同校正方法对湍流通量计算的贡献。结果表明：超声虚温修正后感热通量比修正前减少约7.7%;时间滞后校正后潜热通量和CO²通量分别增加了3.9%、2.7%;频率响应修正后感热通量、潜热通量及CO2通量分别增加了2.7%、10.5%、11.6%;WPL修正后潜热通量增加了1.7%,CO²通量减少了9.8%。最后将Campbell实时处理结果与Level\|1产品及Level\|2产品进行对比分析,并对黑河流域各涡动站做了总体数据精度评价,阿柔站数据质量最好,盈科站次之,关滩站较差。
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Turbulent flow computations on a hybrid cartesian point distribution using meshless solver LSFD-U

This paper may be considered as a sequel to one of our earlier works pertaining to the development of an upwind algorithm for meshless solvers. While the earlier work dealt with the development of an inviscid solution procedure, the present work focuses on its extension to viscous flows. A robust viscous discretization strategy is chosen based on positivity of a discrete Laplacian. This work projects meshless solver as a viable cartesian grid methodology. The point distribution required for the meshless solver is obtained from a hybrid cartesian gridding strategy. Particularly considering the importance of an hybrid cartesian mesh for RANS computations, the difficulties encountered in a conventional least squares based discretization strategy are highlighted. In this context, importance of discretization strategies which exploit the local structure in the grid is presented, along with a suitable point sorting strategy. Of particular interest is the proposed discretization strategies (both inviscid and viscous) within the structured grid block; a rotated update for the inviscid part and a Green-Gauss procedure based positive update for the viscous part. Both these procedures conveniently avoid the ill-conditioning associated with a conventional least squares procedure in the critical region of structured grid block. The robustness and accuracy of such a strategy is demonstrated on a number of standard test cases including a case of a multi-element airfoil. The computational efficiency of the proposed meshless solver is also demonstrated.     

Turbulent premixed flame model based on a recent dispersion model

A model of turbulent premixed combustion is formulated based on a recent dispersion model and on earlier flame models. The dispersion model accounts for the effect of velocity correlation on turbulent dispersion without using parameters that are explicitly dependent on time or space. The earlier flame models are used as a basis for formulating an appropriate chemical source term. The resulting model is more general than the earlier models.The proposed model and one of the earlier models are validated against various experimental flames. It is shown that the proposed model is more accurate and requires less calibration. Furthermore, the proposed model is tested successfully against general criteria for premixed combustion modeling formulated in earlier works. It is therefore concluded that the dispersion model is a useful tool for premixed combustion modeling.     

Direct numerical simulations of transverse and spanwise magnetic field effects on turbulent flow in a 2:1 aspect ratio rectangular duct

Magnetic fields are used extensively to direct liquid metal flows in material processing. Continuous casting of steel uses different configurations of magnetic fields to optimize turbulent flows in rectangular cross-sections to minimize defects in the solidified steel product. Realizing the importance of a magnetic field on turbulent flows in rectangular cross-sections, the present work is aimed at understanding the effect of a magnetic field on the turbulent metal flow at a nominal bulk Reynolds number of ∼5300 (based upon full duct height) (Re_τ = 170, based upon half duct height) and Hartmann numbers (based upon half duct height) of 0, 6.0 and 8.25 in a 2:1 aspect ratio rectangular duct. Direct numerical simulations in a non-MHD 2:1 aspect ratio duct followed by simulations with transverse and span-wise magnetic fields have been performed with 224 × 120 × 512 cells (∼13.7 million cells). The fractional step method with second order space and time discretization schemes has been used to solve the coupled Navier-Stokes-MHD equations. Instantaneous and time-averaged natures of the flow have been examined through distribution of velocities, various turbulence parameters and budget terms. Spanwise (horizontal) magnetic field reorganizes and suppresses secondary flows more strongly. Turbulence suppression and velocity flattening effects are stronger with transverse (vertical) magnetic field.