CONVEXITY OF THE FREE BOUNDARY FOR AN AXISYMMETRIC INCOMPRESSIBLE IMPINGING JET

This paper is devoted to the study of the shape of the free boundary for a threedimensional axisymmetric incompressible impinging jet.To be more precise,we will show that the free boundary is convex to the fluid,provided that the uneven ground is concave to the fluid.

Experimental and numerical investigations on the vortical structures of an impinging jet in crossflow

The objective of this dissertation is to investigate the impinging jet under the influence of crossflow. It has been known that there exist jet shear layer, impingement on the bottom wall, interactions between the induced wall jet and the ambient crossflow in near field. There are few intensive studies of the impinging jet in crossflow at home and abroad due to the complexities of flow, such as the formation and evolution of the vortical structures, interactions among vortices, while researches on the temporal and spatial evolution of these vortical structures can promote the practical applications in environment engineering, hydroelectricity engineering, etc., and provide the basis for flow control and improvement through revealing the inherent mechanism and development of the vortical structures.

Design and Characterization of a Horizontal Double Impinging Jet Cell: Determination of Flow Modes at the Surface of a Flat Electrode

An electrochemical cell consisting of a double horizontal Impinging Jet Cell (IJC) has been conceived and characterized. The purpose of this system is the simultaneous electrodeposition of a composite metal/particle coating on both surfaces of a metal sheet. The silica particles imprint in the nickel matrix has allowed to distinguish four different flow areas onto the electrode namely the stagnation area, the radial flow area characterized by a higher flow speed, the return flow area that involves gravity effect, and the drainage area with a constant draining speed. Based on the limiting current evolution as a function of the Reynolds number, three flow modes were extracted: the Laminar Low Flow (LLF), the Laminar High Flow (LHF) and the Disturbance. The IJC investigated ensures a laminar flow for a large range of flow rate from a nozzle-to-sample distance of 19 mm and creates an laminar flow ovoid plan merged with the sample for the high flows.

Study on the breakup length of circular impinging jet

Circular impinging jet, which is widely used in accelerated control cooling （ACC） equipment to accelerate the cooling of hot rolled plates, is subject to breakup, and may result in undesirable cooling effect. Therefore, the jet breakup should be avoided as possible in industrial production. The objective of this study is to find the relation of the processing parameters of the ACC equipment versus the breakup length of jet with weaker turbulence. To obtain quantitative findings, not only relative experimental study but also numerical simulation was carded out. For a weaker turbulent water jet, the breakup length increases with the increase of jet diameter, as well as with the jet velocity; jet diameter has a significant effect on the breakup length for a certain flow rate when compared with jet velocity; finally a suggested correlation of the jet breakup length versus jet Weber number is presented in this study.

Prediction Analysis on the Transport Distance of Supply Air in Warm Air Heating Room with Impinging Jet Ventilation Systems

To overcome the disadvantages of displacement ventilation( DV) and traditional mixing ventilation( MV) system,a new ventilation system known as impinging jet ventilation system( IJVS)has been developing. The warm air can be supplied with impinging jet ventilation( IJV), while the DV is only used for cooling.However,the flow and temperature field of IJV under heating scenario has had few references. The paper is mainly focused on computational fluid dynamics( CFD) and developing an adequate correlation between the distance L that warm air can reach and different parameters in the warm IJVS by using response surface methodology( RSM). The results indicate that L decreases as the supply velocity υ decreases but increases as the supply temperature difference ΔT or the discharge height h decreases. In the variable air volume( VAV) system, it is necessary to determine supply parameters both under the maximum-heat-load condition and the small-heat-load condition. Unlike the VAV system,the constant air volume( CAV) system has no need to study the small-heat-load condition. Draught discomfort near the nozzle becomes the issue of concern in IJVS, thus the suitable discharge height is of great importance in design and can be calculated based on the predictive model.

Application of Optical Flow Analysis to Shadowgraph Images of Impinging Jet

In this study, we apply the optical flow method to the time-series shadowgraph images of impinging jets using a high-speed video camera with high spatial and temporal resolution. This image analysis provides quantitative velocity vector fields in the object space without tracer particles. The analysis results clearly capture the details of the coherent vortex structure and its advection from the shear layer of the free jet. Although the results still leave challenges for the quantitative validation, the results show that this analysis method is effective for understanding the details of the physical phenomenon based on the quantitative values extracted from the shadowgraph images.

An experimental study on heat transfer process of multiple mist impinging jets

Mist jet impingement cooling is an enhanced heat transfer method widely used after the continuous galvanizing process. The key of a successful design and operation of the mist jet impingement cooling system lies in mastering heat transfer coefficients. The heat transfer coefficients of high temperature steel plates cooled with multiple mist impinging jets were experimentally investigated, and the effects of gas and water flow rates on heat transfer coefficients were studied. The test results illustrate that the gas flow rate has little effect on the mist heat transfer rate. It is also found that the water flow rate has a great impact on the heat transfer coefficient. When the water flow rate ranges from 0.96m3/h to 1.59 m3/h, an increase in the rate will produce a higher heat transfer coefficient with a maximum of 5650 W/（m2 · K）. Compared with the conventional gas jet cooling, the heat transfer coefficient of the mist jet cooling will be much higher, which can effectively strengthen the after-pot cooling.

Numerical investigation of impinging jet ventilation in ICUs:Is thermal stratification a problem?

Intensive care units(ICUs)are the high incidence sites of hospital-acquired infections,where impinging jet ventilation(IJV)shows great potential.Thermal stratification of IJV and its effect on contaminants distribution were systematically investigated in this study.By changing the setting of heat source or the air change rates,the main driving force of supply airflow can be transformed between thermal buoyancy and inertial force,which can be quantitatively described by the dimensionless buoyant jet length scale(l_(m)^(-)).For the investigated air change rates,namely 2 ACH to 12 ACH,l_(m)^(-)varies between 0.20 and 2.80.The thermal buoyancy plays a dominant role in the movement of the horizontally exhaled airflow by the infector under low air change rate,where the temperature gradient is up to 2.45℃/m.The flow center remains close to the breathing zone of the susceptible ahead,resulting into the highest exposure risk(6.6‰for 10-μm particles).With higher heat flux of four PC monitors(from 0 W to 125.85 W for each monitor),the temperature gradient in ICU rises from 0.22℃/m to 1.02℃/m;however,the average normalized concentration of gaseous contaminants in the occupied zone is reduced from 0.81 to 0.37,because their thermal plumes are also able to carry containments around them to the ceiling-level readily.As the air change rate was increased to 8 ACH(l_(m)^(-)=1.56),high momentum weakened the thermal stratification by reducing the temperature gradient to 0.37℃/m and exhaled flow readily rose above the breathing zone;the intake fraction of susceptible patient located in front of the infector for 10-μm particles reduces to 0.8‰.This study proved the potential application of IJV in ICUs and provides theoretical guidance for its appropriate design.

A Confined Laminar Slot Impinging Jet at Low Reynolds Numbers:Unsteady Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics

In this study,the unsteady flow and heat transfer characteristics of a laminar slot jet at low Reynolds numbers impinging on an isothermal plate surface in a two-dimensional confined space are numerically investigated.The investigations are performed at Reynolds numbers of 120,150 and 200 based on the nozzle width and mean inlet velocity of the jet.Results show that the Reynolds numbers of 120,150 and 200 correspond to different flow features,namely,a steady flow,an intermittent flapping motion of jet column and a continuous sinusoidal flapping state,respectively.Based on some time snapshots of the flow field,the dynamic characteristics and driving mechanism of the intermittent flapping motion of the jet column and the continuous sinusoidal flapping state are explained.When the jet flaps at the Reynolds number 150 and 200,there are other Nusselt number peaks outside the stagnation zone,which are related to the interference between the vortices shedding on both sides of the jet and the boundary layers of the plate surface.Furthermore,the dynamic mode decomposition is implemented to accurately extract flow modes with characteristic frequencies.For a Reynolds number of 150,there is a flapping mode,which describes the lateral flapping motion of the jet column.When the Reynolds number is 200,there are multiple modes related to the flapping motion of the jet,as well as a low-frequency mode,which reflects the periodic changes of the boundary contour and position of the recirculation zone.

Investigation of erosion behavior of 304 stainless steel under solid–liquid jet flow impinging at 30°

This work carried out liquid-solid two-phase jet experiments and simulations to study the erosion behavior of 304 stainless steel at 30° impingement.The single-phase impinging jet was simulated using dense grid by one-way coupling of solid phase due to its dilute distribution.The simulation results agreed well with experiments.It was found that after impinging particle attrition occurred and particles became round with decreasing length-ratio and particle breakage occurred along the "long" direction.Both experiment and simulations found that the erosion generated on the sample could be divided into three regions that were nominated as stagnant region,cutting transition region and wall jet region.Most particle-wall impacts were found to occur in the cutting transition region and the wall jet region.In the cutting transition region,holes and lip-shaped hogbacks were generated in the same direction as the flow imping.In the wall jet region,furrows and grooves were generated.The averaged grooves depth tended to become constant with the progress of impinging and reach the steady state of erosion in the end.In addition,it was found that impinging effect increased erosion and anti-wear rate.

APPLICATION OF TWO VERSIONS OF A RNG BASED k-ε MODEL TO NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF TURBULENT IMPINGING JET FLOW

Two independent versions of the RNG based k ε turbulence model in conjunction with the law of the wall have been applied to the numerical simulation of an axisymmetric turbulent impinging jet flow field. The two model predictions are compared with those of the standard k ε model and with the experimental data measured by LDV (Laser Doppler Velocimetry). It shows that the original version of the RNG k ε model with the choice of C ε1 =1.063 can not yield good results, among them the predicted turbulent kinetic energy profiles in the vicinity of the stagnation region are even worse than those predicted by the standard k ε model. However, the new version of RNG k ε model behaves well. This is mainly due to the corrections to the constants C ε1 and C ε2 along with a modification of the production term to account for non equilibrium strain rates in the flow.

Periodic atomization characteristics of an impinging jet injector element modulated by Klystron effect

An experimental study on the Klystron effect of periodic injection modulated by pressure drop fluctuations on subsequent atomization is conducted. Time-resolved atomization backlit images and atomization Mie scatter images are captured by using the high speed camera. It is found that periodicity of forced atomization relies on pressure drop fluctuation amplitude and phase differences between atomization and pressure drop fluctuations relate to fluctuation frequencies. This feature of periodic atomization induced by Klystron effect corresponds to periodicities and high amplitudes of pressure fluctuations in unstable combustion chambers and chaos and low amplitudes of pressure fluctuations in stable combustions chambers. Drastically periodic varying of gross surface area of droplets with time was shown in Mie scatter images. The importance of periodic impinging jet atomization modulated by pressure drop fluctuations for acoustic liquid propellant combustion instabilities is illustrated.

Analysis of the factors influencing the airflow behavior in an impinging jet ventilation room

A validated CFD model is employed to predict the airflow behavior in an impinging jet ventilation(IJV)room with cool,isothermal or warm jets.By using the numerical results,the influences of jet discharge height,supply grille shape and room height on the jet flow behavior as well as the draught discomfort are analyzed for IJV operating in heating scenarios.The results indicate that the warm supply jet of IJV rises upward to the ceiling after spreading along the floor for a certain distance due to thermal buoyancy,resulting in a limited dispersion area,while the cool and isothermal jets of IJV always spread along the whole floor.When IJV is used for space heating,the lower the jet discharge height,the farther the supply air spreads along the floor,and the supply grille shape and room height almost have no effect on the air dispersion area.The results also show that the energy-efficient advantage of IJV in its heating mode compared to the mixing ventilation(MV)system is more remarkable in higher rooms.Moreover,there is a risk of draught discomfort in IJV heating rooms and it is recommended to wear socks to avoid this discomfort.

COMPUTATIONS FOR PLANE TURBULENT IMPINGING JET IN CROSS FLOW

The flow patterns of the plane turbulent impinging jet in cross flow, are studied in this paper. Intake pond of the water delivery system is a requisite component of thermal or nuclear power plant in which sediment frequently deposits due to the reduction of the flow kinetic energy. Impinging jet was equipped in a nuclear power plant in China and an effective function of dredging was evident. However, little attention has been paid to the mechanism of this application case. In response to the demands of the engineering design, this paper presents the results of computation and laboratory study on the normal impinging jet in cross open channel flow. The computations are performed for the jet to corssflow Reynolds number ratio R varying from 0.1 to 0.74. The flow pattern and turbulent structure are obtained for necessity of practical applications to the further study of the impinging jet effects on the sediment transportation.

Heat Transfer Characteristics outside the Condenser of a Rotating Heat Pipe Grinding Wheel with a Lateral Air Impinging Jet

This study numerically analyzed the heat transfer characteristics outside the condenser of a rotating heat pipe grinding wheel(RHP-GW).The goal of this investigation is to determine the optimal structure and parameters for the condenser section of RHP-GW.Different fin height(f=0-7 mm),rotational Reynolds number(Rer=1602-6408)and jet Reynolds number(Rej=42379-108302)were analyzed under input heat flux of 4000 W/m2.A fully developed flow was imposed at the outlet of the nozzles.Results showed that the optimal heat transfer rate was obtained for fin height of 5 mm,which improved the average Nusselt number by 84%compared to the structure without fins.A critical Rej for each Rer that the impinging jet can reach the condenser section was found.The critical Rej value increases with Rer,which is in the range from 42379 to 61215 and 61215 to 80050 for Rer=6408 and Rer=9610,respectively.

Numerical simulation of circular jet impinging on hot steel plate

Flow structure and heat transfer characteristics of an axisymmetric circularjet impinging on a hot 1Cr18Ni9Ti medium plate have been simulated numerically using computationalfluid dynamic (CFD) code. The relation between flow field of jet impingement and its heat transfercapability is analyzed, and the phenomenon that heat transfer at stagnation point is smaller thanthat of points directly around is discussed. The simulation result provides boundary conditions forthermal analysis of medium plate quenching.

The impacts of evaluation indices and normalization methods on E-TOPSIS optimization of return vent height for an impinging jet ventilation system

Stratified air distribution(STRAD)systems have been intensively investigated in recent decades for their energy-saving potential and good indoor air quality performance.However,the evaluation indices used to optimize STRAD systems and the normalization methods for weight calculation vary from one research to another.This study aims to investigate the impacts of evaluation indices on the optimal return vent height of a room cooled by an impinging jet ventilation system(one type of STRAD system).The effects of several widely used normalization methods(i.e.,vector normalization,sum normalization,min-max normalization,and no normalization)on indices weights are investigated.The evaluation indices are cooling coil load(Q_(coil)),energy-saving potential(ΔQ_(coil)),mean age of air(MAA),CO_(2) mass fraction,temperature difference between the head and ankles(ΔT_(0.1-1.1)),predicted mean vote(PMV),predicted percentage of dissatisfied(PPD),and draft rate(DR).The multi-criteria optimization method is the entropy-based technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution(E-TOPSIS).As a result,the min-max normalization method evens the weight of each index and results in unreasonable relative weights.Consequently,the raw matrix(i.e.,the normalization is omitted)is suggested for weight calculation.Among these indices,ΔT_(0.1-1.1) and PPD play critical roles.WithoutΔT_(0.1-1.1),the optimal return vent height changes from mid-level to near-floor,while without PPD,it changes to near-ceiling.Another important result is that the Q_(coil) plays the most trivial role,followed by MAA and DR.Therefore,the optimal return vent height is not determined by energy-saving performance but by performances of thermal comfort.

LARGE-SCALE VORTICAL STRUCTURES PRODUCED BY AN IMPINGING DENSITY JET IN SHALLOW CROSSFLOW

The large-scale vortical structures produced by an impinging density jet in shallow crossflow were numerically investigated in detail using RNG turbulence model. The scales, formation mechanism and evolution feature of the upstream wall vortex in relation to stagnation point and the Scarf vortex in near field were analyzed. The computed characteristic scales of the upstream vortex show distinguished three-dimensionality and vary with the velocity ratio and the water depth. The Scarf vortex in the near field plays an important role in the lateral concentration distributions of the impinging jet in crossflow. When the velocity ratio is relatively small, there exists a distinct lateral high concentration aggregation zone at the lateral edge between the bottom layer wall jet and the ambient crossflow, which is dominated by the Scarf vortex in the near field.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LAMINAR SQUARE IMPINGING JET FLOWS

A theoretical study has been undertaken to determine the flow characteristics associated with a three-dimensional laminar impinging jet issuing from a square pipe nozzle. Interesting flow structures around the jet are detected. The numerical result reveals the existence of four streamwise velocity off-center peaks near the impingement plate, which is different from the rectangular jet impingement. The mechanism of the formation of the off-center velocity peaks and the parameters affecting the flow-field characteristics are discussed by comparison of the computed results with different nozzle-to-plate spacings and Reynolds numbers.

Heat Flux Characterization of DC Laminar-plasma Jets Impinging on a Flat Plate at Atmospheric Pressure

By using steady and transient methods, the total heat fluxes and the distributions of the heat flux were measured experimentally for an argon DC laminar plasma jet impinging normally on a flat plate at atmospheric pressure. Results show that the total heat fluxes measured with a steady method are a little bit higher than those with a transient method. Numerical simulation work was executed to compare with the experimental results.