Experimental investigation on turbulence modification in a horizontal channel flow at relatively low mass loading

Particle-laden flows in a horizontal channel were investigated by means of a two-phase particle image velocimetry （PIV） technique. Experiments were performed at a Reynolds number of 6826 and the flow is seeded with polythene beads of two sizes, 60μm and 110μm. One was slightly smaller than and the other was larger than the Kolmogorov length scale. The particle loadings were relatively low, with mass loading ratio ranging from 5 ×10^-4 to 4 × 10^-2 and volume fractions from 6×10×-7 to 4.8×10^-5, respectively. The results show that the presence of particles can dramatically modify the turbulence even under the lowest mass loading ratio of 5 × 10^-4. The mean flow is attenuated and de- creased with increasing particle size and mass loading. The turbulence intensities are enhanced in all the cases concerned. With the increase of the mass loading, the intensities vary in a complicated manner in the case of small particles, indicating complicated particle-turbulence interactions; whereas they increase monotonously in the case of large particles. The particle velocities and concentrations are also given. The particles lag behind the fluid in the center region but lead in the wall region, and this trend is more prominent for the large particles. The streamwise particle fluctuations are larger than the gas fluctuations for both sizes of particles, however their varying trend with the mass loadings is not so clear. The wallnormal fluctuations increase with increasing mass loadings. They are smaller in the 60μm particle case but larger in the 110μm particle case than those of the gas phase. It seems that the small particles follow the fluid motion to certain extent while the larger particles are more likely dominated by their own inertia. Finally, remarkable non-uniform distributions of particle concentration are observed, especially for the large particles. The inertia of particles is proved to be very important for the turbulence modification and particles behaviors and thus should be considered in horizontal channels.

Modeling of Fluid Turbulence Modification Using Two-time-scale Dissipation Models and Accounting for the Particle Wake Effect

Presently developed two-phase turbulence models under-predict the gas turbulent fluctuation, because their turbulence modification models cannot fully reflect the effect of particles. In this paper, a two-time-scale dissipation model of turbulence modification, developed for the two-phase velocity correlation and for the dissipation rate of gas turbulent kinetic energy, is proposed and used to simulate sudden-expansion and swirling gas-particle flows. The proposed two-time scale model gives better results than the single-time scale model. Besides, a gas turbulence augmentation model accounting for the f＇mite-size particle wake effect in the gas Reynolds stress equation is proposed. The proposed turbulence modification models are used to simulate two-phase pipe flows. It can properly predict both turbulence reduction and turbulence enhancement for a certain size of particles observed in experiments.

A TWO-FLUID MODEL OF TURBULENCE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS

The two-fluid model of turbulence proposed in 1982 describes various states of fluids at the same position of space. The present paper gives a brief introduction to the basic principle of this model and lays emphasis on the new idea about the interaction betweeu the two fluids and corresponding mathematic models, including the transformation of the turbulent fluid into the non-turbuhnt fluid by decay and dissipation of turbulence in a turbulent free jet, the existence of heat transfer between combustion products and unburnt combustible mixture in a zone of premixed combustion, and the intensification of chemical reaction by the rising temperature of combustible mixture. Predictions of the intermittency of turbulence in a turbulent free jet and of a turbulent premixed combustion are likely to be improved with this model.

A NEW TURBULENCE MODULATION IN SECOND-ORDER MOMENT TWO-PHASE MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION TO HORIZONTAL CHANNEL

A new second-order moment two- phase turbulence model accounting for particle wake effect was established and used to simulate gas-particle flow in a horizontal channel for different values of wall roughness. The results show that compared with the model without considering the particle wake effect, the present model gives simulation results agreeing much better with the experimental results for the gas turbulence modulation, but the predicted results for particle motion with the two kinds of models are quite close.