Temperature Profile of Thermal Impinging Flow Induced by Horizontally Oriented Rectangular Jet Flame Upon an Opposite Plate

Author(s):  
Bingyan Dong ◽  
Youbo Huang ◽  
Jinxiang Wu

The horizontally oriented jet flame induced by rectangular source impinging upon the opposite wall is actually common in the chemical industry, but the related studies are limited. In this paper, the computational fluid dynamics codes are carried out to investigate the temperature profile in thermal impinging flow of the horizontally oriented methane jet flame with rectangular source, which the rectangular orifice is 400 mm2 with three different aspect ratios (L/W = 1, 2, 4); besides, the jet velocities vary from 27.5 m/s to 125 m/s. As the horizontally oriented methane jet flame impinges on the vertical plate in front of the fuel orifice directly, the vertical temperature along the opposite plate is focused on. Results show that the temperature near the impingement point is the same for different jet velocities, but the temperature along the vertical direction is larger with increasing fuel jet velocity. Moreover, the orifice aspect ratio has a significant effect on the temperature, which increases with the aspect ratio at a given position for the momentum-controlled flame. The effective heat release rate on the basis of unburned fuel and ellipse flame shape hypothesis is put forward to correlate the temperature profile. Finally, a new correlation to illustrate the vertical temperature rising along the opposite plate is proposed in light of the orifice aspect ratio and fuel jet velocity, and the predictions obtained by the proposed model agree well with the numerical results, which is applicable for the horizontally oriented flame with rectangular source impinging upon the opposite wall.

Author(s):  
Ahsan R. Choudhuri ◽  
Sayela P. Luna ◽  
S. R. Gollahalli

The aspect ratio effects of elliptic co-flow on the structure of a turbulent propane diffusion flame from a circular tube have been presented. Pollutant emission, flame radiation, flame structure, and soot concentration have been measured. The fuel jet exit Reynolds number is 2700, and the exit Reynolds number for the co-flow is 4010 and 8025 based on the minor and major axis respectively. The results are compared with the measurements from the experiments in a circular co-flow, which is the baseline condition for the present study. The pollution characteristics and the structure of the flame in the elliptic co-flow are significantly different from those in the circular co-flow. The NO emission is higher and the CO emission is lower in the elliptic co-flow. Elliptic co-flow flame produces less soot than circular co-flow flame. The study shows that the elliptic co-flow aspect ratio has a controlling influence on various combustion characteristics. In general, it is seen that as the aspect ratio of the elliptic co-flow is increased from 2:1 to 4:1, the entrainment of air increases and thus the combustion characteristics are enhanced. Compared to 2:1 AR co-flow flames, the flames with 4:1 AR co-flow are more stable, have a lower flame height, produce more NO and less CO, the flame peak temperature is higher, are less sooty, and radiate less. Flame spectral measurements show that the 4:1 aspect ratio flames produce more OH, CH, C2 and H2O radicals in the near-burner region than the 2:1 co-flow flames as a result of higher fuel oxidation.


Author(s):  
Jinkwan Song ◽  
Jong Guen Lee

This paper presents experimental results on a gaseous jet into an air crossflow. A plain-orifice type injectors are employed for this research. It is mounted flush with a bottom wall of a test rig with a rectangular cross-section. The main emphasis is to investigate the effect of aspect ratio of the injector on fuel/air mixing. Injector diameter is fixed at 1.59 mm and two injectors with the orifice aspect ratio (1/d) of 1 and 5 are chosen for the purpose. Velocity ratios of a fuel jet to an air crossflow, Vj/Va, are chosen as 3, 5 and 7, and the mean crossflow velocity ranges 2 to 40 m/sec, which results in a wide range of Reynolds numbers for the gaseous jet encompassing laminar to turbulent flow. Acetone planar laser-induced fluorescence measurement is used for the representation of fuel concentration. The decay rate of scalar concentration, fuel jet penetration and cross-sectional distributions of the fuel plume are determined for the two injectors. First, the effect of the aspect ratio of the injector in quiescent surroundings is considerable at low jet velocities, i.e. laminar jet flow, but not at jet velocities corresponding to turbulent jet flow. Second, the influence of the aspect ratio of the injector in the air crossflow is similar to that observed in the free jet. At the laminar jet condition, the difference in the turbulent intensity produced by the aspect ratio of the injector changes the jet core characteristics of each injector and causes a difference in jet penetration. However, in the turbulent jet flow, it is found that the effect of the aspect ratio on the jet penetration is insignificant. Third, for the concentration decay, the concentration decreases with the slope of −7/9 in the laminar jet flow and the concentration decreases with the slope of −5/9 in the turbulent jet flow.


2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo C. San ◽  
Hung J. Hsu ◽  
Shun C. Yen

The target of this study is to promote combustion capability using a novel rifled nozzle which was set at the outlet of a conventional (unrifled) combustor. The rifled nozzle was utilized to adjust the flow swirling intensity behind the traditional combustor by changing the number of rifles. The rifle mechanism enhances the turbulence intensity and increases the mixing efficiency between the central-fuel jet and the annular swirled air-jet by modifying the momentum transmission. Specifically, direct photography, Schlieren photography, thermocouples, and a gas analyzer were utilized to document the flame behavior, peak temperature, temperature distribution, combustion capability, and gas-concentration distribution. The experimental results confirm that increasing the number of rifles and the annular swirling air-jet velocity (ua) improves the combustion capability. Five characteristic flame modes—jet-flame, flickering-flame, recirculated-flame, ring-flame and lifted-flame—were obtained using various annular air-jet and central fuel-jet velocities. The total combustion capability (Qtot) increases with the number of rifles and with increasing ua. The Qtot of a 12-rifled nozzle (swirling number (S) = 0.5119) is about 33% higher than that of an unrifled nozzle. In addition, the high swirling intensity induces the low nitric oxide (NO) concentration, and the maximum concentration of NO behind the 12-rifled nozzle (S = 0.5119) is 49% lower than that behind the unrifled nozzle.


Fuel ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 408-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochun Zhang ◽  
Haowen Tao ◽  
Zijian Zhang ◽  
Fei Tang ◽  
Guokai Su ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-515
Author(s):  
Rajib Kumar Biswas ◽  
Farabi Bin Ahmed ◽  
Md. Ehsanul Haque ◽  
Afra Anam Provasha ◽  
Zahid Hasan ◽  
...  

Steel fibers and their aspect ratios are important parameters that have significant influence on the mechanical properties of ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC). Steel fiber dosage also significantly contributes to the initial manufacturing cost of UHPFRC. This study presents a comprehensive literature review of the effects of steel fiber percentages and aspect ratios on the setting time, workability, and mechanical properties of UHPFRC. It was evident that (1) an increase in steel fiber dosage and aspect ratio negatively impacted workability, owing to the interlocking between fibers; (2) compressive strength was positively influenced by the steel fiber dosage and aspect ratio; and (3) a faster loading rate significantly improved the mechanical properties. There were also some shortcomings in the measurement method for setting time. Lastly, this research highlights current issues for future research. The findings of the study are useful for practicing engineers to understand the distinctive characteristics of UHPFRC.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Jun-Hyun Kim ◽  
Sanghyun You ◽  
Chang-Koo Kim

Si surfaces were texturized with periodically arrayed oblique nanopillars using slanted plasma etching, and their optical reflectance was measured. The weighted mean reflectance (Rw) of the nanopillar-arrayed Si substrate decreased monotonically with increasing angles of the nanopillars. This may have resulted from the increase in the aspect ratio of the trenches between the nanopillars at oblique angles due to the shadowing effect. When the aspect ratios of the trenches between the nanopillars at 0° (vertical) and 40° (oblique) were equal, the Rw of the Si substrates arrayed with nanopillars at 40° was lower than that at 0°. This study suggests that surface texturing of Si with oblique nanopillars reduces light reflection compared to using a conventional array of vertical nanopillars.


Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Vedernikov ◽  
Alexander N. Shanygin ◽  
Yury S. Mirgorodsky ◽  
Mikhail D. Levchenkov

This publication presents the results of complex parametrical strength investigations of typical wings for regional aircrafts obtained by means of the new version of the four-level algorithm (FLA) with the modified module responsible for the analysis of aerodynamic loading. This version of FLA, as well as a base one, is focused on significant decreasing time and labor input of a complex strength analysis of airframes by using simultaneously different principles of decomposition. The base version includes four-level decomposition of airframe and decomposition of strength tasks. The new one realizes additional decomposition of alternative variants of load cases during the process of determination of critical load cases. Such an algorithm is very suitable for strength analysis and designing airframes of regional aircrafts having a wide range of aerodynamic concepts. Results of validation of the new version of FLA for a high-aspect-ratio wing obtained in this work confirmed high performance of the algorithm in decreasing time and labor input of strength analysis of airframes at the preliminary stages of designing. During parametrical design investigation, some interesting results for strut-braced wings having high aspect ratios were obtained.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanta Kumar Mohanta ◽  
B. T. N. Sridhar ◽  
R. K. Mishra

Abstract Experiments and simulations were carried on C-D nozzles with four different exit geometry aspect ratios to investigate the impact of supersonic decay characteristics. Rectangular and elliptical exit geometries were considered for the study with various aspect ratios. Numerical simulations and Schlieren image study were studied and found the agreeable logical physics of decay and spread characteristics. The supersonic core decay was found to be of different length for different exit geometry aspect ratio, though the throat to exit area ratio was kept constant to maintain the same exit Mach number. The impact of nozzle exit aspect ratio geometry was responsible to enhance the mixing of primary flow with ambient air, without requiring a secondary method to increase the mixing characteristics. The higher aspect ratio resulted in better mixing when compared to lower aspect ratio exit geometry, which led to reduction in supersonic core length. The behavior of core length reduction gives the identical signature for both under-expanded and over-expanded cases. The results revealed that higher aspect ratio of the exit geometry produced smaller supersonic core length. The aspect ratio of cross section in divergent section of the nozzle was maintained constant from throat to exit to reduce flow losses.


Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Kalyani Bhide ◽  
Kiran Siddappaji ◽  
Shaaban Abdallah

This work attempts to connect internal flow to the exit flow and supersonic jet mixing in rectangular nozzles with low to high aspect ratios (AR). A series of low and high aspect ratio rectangular nozzles (design Mach number = 1.5) with sharp throats are numerically investigated using steady state Reynolds-averaged Navier−Stokes (RANS) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with k-omega shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model. The numerical shadowgraph reveals stronger shocks at low ARs which become weaker with increasing AR due to less flow turning at the throat. Stronger shocks cause more aggressive gradients in the boundary layer resulting in higher wall shear stresses at the throat for low ARs. The boundary layer becomes thick at low ARs creating more aerodynamic blockage. The boundary layer exiting the nozzle transforms into a shear layer and grows thicker in the high AR nozzle with a smaller potential core length. The variation in the boundary layer growth on the minor and major axis is explained and its growth downstream the throat has a significant role in nozzle exit flow characteristics. The loss mechanism throughout the flow is shown as the entropy generated due to viscous dissipation and accounts for supersonic jet mixing. Axis switching phenomenon is also addressed by analyzing the streamwise vorticity fields at various locations downstream from the nozzle exit.


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