The turbulence kinetic energy and heat transfer performance of air in spirally fluted tube were numerically studied at a constant wall temperature with Reynolds number(Re)between 5000 and 45000.Furthermore,the flow dy...The turbulence kinetic energy and heat transfer performance of air in spirally fluted tube were numerically studied at a constant wall temperature with Reynolds number(Re)between 5000 and 45000.Furthermore,the flow dynamics and heat transfer performance of spirally fluted tubes with five different geometric parameters as well as the effects of separation vortex and swirling wake flow on heat transfer and flow resistance were analyzed.According to the results,heat transfer is enhanced mainly because the fluid hit the windward side of the flute,thus generating a strong turbulence kinetic energy to further reconstruct the boundary layer.The second reason is that the formation of the recirculation zone between the flutes disturbs the boundary layer caused by the flow separation.With the increase of flute depth ratio(L_(d)/D),the separation vortex will become stronger and larger on the leeward side of flute.The separation vortex will break the boundary layer and improve the heat transfer capacity which is accompanied with the increase of fluid resistance.As the flute pitch length ratio(L_(p)/D)decreases,the spiral flow is strengthened,and meanwhile more wake flow is generated.The spiral flow causes little impact on enhancing heat transfer but inhibits the development of the separation vortex and fluid pulsation;in addition,the fluid resistance is reduced at the same time.The maximum value of the average Nusselt number appears when Re=5000,L_(d)/D=0.25 and L_(p)/D=1.00,which is 2.53 times the value of smooth tube.In view of the whole range of Reynolds number,the thermal performance enhancement factor indicates that L_(d)/D=0.15 and L_(p)/D=1.00 are the optimal geometric design parameters.展开更多
Experimental and computational fluid dynamics was used in this study to predict the escape particles and evaluate the performance of PSC type cyclone tube with slotted vortex finder.The simulation results showed that ...Experimental and computational fluid dynamics was used in this study to predict the escape particles and evaluate the performance of PSC type cyclone tube with slotted vortex finder.The simulation results showed that the PSC type cyclone tube could remove the particles with a diameter greater than 5 μm.The PSC type cyclone tube increased the grade efficiency of particles with a diameter greater than 2 μm as compared with the Shell type cyclone tube.Short circuit flow occurred around the vortex finder slots and there was almost no short circuit flow under the vortex finder inlet.Most small particles escaped from vortex finder slots of the PSC type cyclone tube.The slotted vortex finder could develop "upwards flow" near the vortex finder inlet outside wall and control the escape particles under the vortex finder inlet.The force analysis of particles near the slotted vortex finder slots showed that gas flow carried the particles with a diameter smaller than 3 μm out the separator.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFE0196000)IWHR Basic Scientific Research Projects(No.MK2018J09,No.MK2020J06).
文摘The turbulence kinetic energy and heat transfer performance of air in spirally fluted tube were numerically studied at a constant wall temperature with Reynolds number(Re)between 5000 and 45000.Furthermore,the flow dynamics and heat transfer performance of spirally fluted tubes with five different geometric parameters as well as the effects of separation vortex and swirling wake flow on heat transfer and flow resistance were analyzed.According to the results,heat transfer is enhanced mainly because the fluid hit the windward side of the flute,thus generating a strong turbulence kinetic energy to further reconstruct the boundary layer.The second reason is that the formation of the recirculation zone between the flutes disturbs the boundary layer caused by the flow separation.With the increase of flute depth ratio(L_(d)/D),the separation vortex will become stronger and larger on the leeward side of flute.The separation vortex will break the boundary layer and improve the heat transfer capacity which is accompanied with the increase of fluid resistance.As the flute pitch length ratio(L_(p)/D)decreases,the spiral flow is strengthened,and meanwhile more wake flow is generated.The spiral flow causes little impact on enhancing heat transfer but inhibits the development of the separation vortex and fluid pulsation;in addition,the fluid resistance is reduced at the same time.The maximum value of the average Nusselt number appears when Re=5000,L_(d)/D=0.25 and L_(p)/D=1.00,which is 2.53 times the value of smooth tube.In view of the whole range of Reynolds number,the thermal performance enhancement factor indicates that L_(d)/D=0.15 and L_(p)/D=1.00 are the optimal geometric design parameters.
文摘Experimental and computational fluid dynamics was used in this study to predict the escape particles and evaluate the performance of PSC type cyclone tube with slotted vortex finder.The simulation results showed that the PSC type cyclone tube could remove the particles with a diameter greater than 5 μm.The PSC type cyclone tube increased the grade efficiency of particles with a diameter greater than 2 μm as compared with the Shell type cyclone tube.Short circuit flow occurred around the vortex finder slots and there was almost no short circuit flow under the vortex finder inlet.Most small particles escaped from vortex finder slots of the PSC type cyclone tube.The slotted vortex finder could develop "upwards flow" near the vortex finder inlet outside wall and control the escape particles under the vortex finder inlet.The force analysis of particles near the slotted vortex finder slots showed that gas flow carried the particles with a diameter smaller than 3 μm out the separator.
