Understanding of the Risks of High Pressures Following Rapid Pressurization in Pipelines Containing Entrapped Air Pockets: A Novel Energy Auditing Approach

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Malekpour ◽  
Bryan Karney
Keyword(s):  
High Pressures ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Pipe System ◽  
Energy Auditing ◽  
Entrapped Air ◽  
Air Pockets

Rapid pressurization of liquid pipelines containing entrapped air may result in extreme overpressures. Both experimental and numerical studies have shown that the magnitude of the induced pressure has important sensitivities to many physical parameters even though the complex nature of the system’s transient responses has tended to obscure the physical mechanisms themselves. To provide insight and guidance to key design issues, this paper proposes an energy auditing approach to elucidate the physics of the transient events leading to the extreme pressure rise during pipe rapid pressurization events. The proposed approach is then utilized to provide physical understanding of the features of the flow and the system parameters affecting the maximum pressure rise during rapid pressurization of pipe system. Both rigid column and elastic numerical models are then employed to verify the results obtained from the proposed approach.

scholarly journals IMPACT PRESSURES PRODUCED BY BREAKING WAVES

1974 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert L. Ackerman ◽  
Ping-Ho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Water Surface ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Absolute Pressure ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
The Media ◽  
Entrapped Air ◽  
Entrained Air

Experiments were conducted in a vacuum tank in order to investigate the effect which entrained air has on impact loads which are produced when waves break upon a structure. In these experiments a flat plate was dropped onto a still water surface in an environment where the ambient pressure of the surrounding air could be controlled. Rings of varying height were fixed to the surface of the falling plate in order to trap different volumes of air between the falling plate and the water, Experimentally determined values were obtained of the maximum pressure pmax when the plate struck the water surface for various ring heights 6 and ambient pressures p0 in the vacuum tank. Experimental results indicate that the pressure rise or shock pressure Ps ~ (Pmax~Po) decreased with reductions in the ambient pressure and volume of entrapped air. Even when air was removed such that the absolute pressure in the tank was equal to the vapor pressure of the water, water hammer conditions, where the peak pressures depend upon the celerity of sound waves in the media, were never found to occur.

Experimental Validation of Existing Numerical Models for the Interaction of Fluid Transients With In-Line Air Pockets

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Alexander ◽  
Pedro J. Lee ◽  
Mark Davidson ◽  
Huan-Feng Duan ◽  
Zhao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Wave Speed ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Air Pocket ◽  
Fluid Transients ◽  
Entrapped Air ◽  
Air Pockets ◽  
The Given ◽  
Potential Tool

Entrapped air in pipeline systems can compromise the operation of the system by blocking flow and raising pumping costs. Fluid transients are a potential tool for characterizing entrapped air pockets, and a numerical model which is able to accurately predict transient pressures for a given air volume represents an asset to the diagnostic process. This paper presents a detailed study on our current capability for modeling and predicting the dynamics of an inline air pocket, and is one of a series of articles within a broader context on air pocket dynamics. This paper presents an assessment of the accuracy of the variable wave speed and accumulator models for modeling air pockets. The variable wave speed model was found to be unstable for the given conditions, while the accumulator model is affected by amplitude and time-delay errors. The time-delay error could be partially overcome by combining the two models.

Peristaltic flow of a Jeffery fluid over a porous conduit in the presence of variable liquid properties and convective boundary conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Manjunatha ◽  
C. Rajashekhar ◽  
K. V. Prasad ◽  
Hanumesh Vaidya ◽  
Saraswati
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Frictional Force ◽  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Velocity Slip ◽  
Peristaltic Flow ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Convective Boundary Conditions ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Closed Form Solutions

The present article addresses the peristaltic flow of a Jeffery fluid over an inclined axisymmetric porous tube with varying viscosity and thermal conductivity. Velocity slip and convective boundary conditions are considered. Resulting governing equations are solved using long wavelength and small Reynolds number approximations. The closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity, streamline, pressure gradient, temperature, pressure rise, and frictional force. The MATLAB numerical simulations are utilized to compute pressure rise and frictional force. The impacts of various physical parameters in the interims for time-averaged flow rate with pressure rise and is examined. The consequences of sinusoidal, multi-sinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal, and square waveforms on physiological parameters are analyzed and discussed through graphs. The analysis reveals that the presence of variable viscosity helps in controlling the pumping performance of the fluid.

scholarly journals Significance of Slippage and Electric Field in Mucociliary Transport of Biomagnetic Fluid

Lubricants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Sufian Munawar
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Slippage Effect ◽  
Channel Surface ◽  
Electro Osmosis ◽  
Biomagnetic Fluid ◽  
Velocity Pressure ◽  
Metachronal Waves

Shear stress at the cilia wall is considered as an imperative factor that affects the efficiency of cilia beatings as it describes the momentum transfer between the fluid and the cilia. We consider a visco-inelastic Prandtl fluid in a ciliated channel under electro-osmotic pumping and the slippage effect at cilia surface. Cilia beating is responsible for the stimulation of the flow in the channel. Evenly distributed cilia tend to move in a coordinated rhythm to mobilize propulsive metachronal waves along the channel surface by achieving elliptic trajectory movements in the flow direction. After using lubrication approximations, the governing equations are solved by the perturbation method. The pressure rise per metachronal wavelength is obtained by numerically integrating the expression. The effects of the physical parameters of interest on various flow quantities, such as velocity, pressure gradient, pressure rise, stream function, and shear stress at the ciliated wall, are discussed through graphs. The analysis reveals that the axial velocity is enhanced by escalating the Helmholtz–Smoluchowski velocity and the electro-osmosis effects near the elastic wall. The shear stress at the ciliated boundary elevates with an increase in the cilia length and the eccentricity of the cilia structure.

Vibration analysis and combustion parameter evaluation of CI engine based on Fourier Decomposition Method

2021 ◽  
pp. 146808742098819
Author(s):  
Wang Yang ◽  
Cheng Yong
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Decomposition Method ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Loop Control ◽  
Fourier Decomposition ◽  
Surface Vibration ◽  
Rise Rate

As a non-intrusive method for engine working condition detection, the engine surface vibration contains rich information about the combustion process and has great potential for the closed-loop control of engines. However, the measured engine surface vibration signals are usually induced by combustion as well as non-combustion excitations and are difficult to be utilized directly. To evaluate some combustion parameters from engine surface vibration, the tests were carried out on a single-cylinder diesel engine and a new method called Fourier Decomposition Method (FDM) was used to extract combustion induced vibration. Simulated and test results verified the ability of the FDM for engine vibration analysis. Based on the extracted vibration signals, the methods for identifying start of combustion, location of maximum pressure rise rate, and location of peak pressure were proposed. The cycle-by-cycle analysis of the results show that the parameters identified based on vibration and in-cylinder pressure have the similar trends, and it suggests that the proposed FDM-based methods can be used for extracting combustion induced vibrations and identifying the combustion parameters.

Characterization of Partially Premixed Combustion With Ethanol: EGR Sweeps, Low and Maximum Loads

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Manente ◽  
Bengt Johansson ◽  
Pert Tunestal
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Premixed Combustion ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Pressure Rise Rate ◽  
Start Of Injection ◽  
Partially Premixed Combustion ◽  
Rise Rate ◽  
Partially Premixed ◽  
Gas Recirculation

Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) sweeps were performed on ethanol partially premixed combustion (PPC) to show different emission and efficiency trends as compared with diesel PPC. The sweeps showed that when the EGR rate is increased, the efficiency does not diminish, HC trace is flat, and CO is low even with 45% of EGR. NOx exponentially decreases by increasing EGR while soot levels are nearly zero throughout the sweep. The EGR sweeps underlined that at high EGR levels, the pressure rise rate is a concern. To overcome this problem and keep high efficiency and low emissions, a sweep in the timing of the pilot injection and pilot-main ratio was done at ∼16.5 bars gross IMEP. It was found that with a pilot-main ratio of 50:50, and by placing the pilot at −60 with 42% of EGR, NOx and soot are below EURO VI levels; the indicated efficiency is 47% and the maximum pressure rise rate is below 10 bar/CAD. Low load conditions were examined as well. It was found that by placing the start of injection at −35 top dead center, the efficiency is maximized, on the other hand, when the injection is at −25, the emissions are minimized, and the efficiency is only 1.64% lower than its optimum value. The idle test also showed that a certain amount of EGR is needed in order to minimize the pressure rise rate.

Performance of Dual Fuel Engine Running on Jojoba Oil as Pilot Fuel and CNG or LPG

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Y. E. Selim ◽  
M. S. Radwan ◽  
H. E. Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Combustion Noise ◽  
Dual Fuel ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Injection Timing ◽  
Pressure Rise Rate ◽  
Rise Rate ◽  
Pilot Fuel

The use of Jojoba Methyl Ester as a pilot fuel was investigated for almost the first time as a way to improve the performance of dual fuel engine running on natural gas or LPG at part load. The dual fuel engine used was Ricardo E6 variable compression diesel engine and it used either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the main fuel and Jojoba Methyl Ester as a pilot fuel. Diesel fuel was used as a reference fuel for the dual fuel engine results. During the experimental tests, the following have been measured: engine efficiency in terms of specific fuel consumption, brake power output, combustion noise in terms of maximum pressure rise rate and maximum pressure, exhaust emissions in terms of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, knocking limits in terms of maximum torque at onset of knocking, and cyclic data of 100 engine cycle in terms of maximum pressure and its pressure rise rate. The tests examined the following engine parameters: gaseous fuel type, engine speed and load, pilot fuel injection timing, pilot fuel mass and compression ratio. Results showed that using the Jojoba fuel with its improved properties has improved the dual fuel engine performance, reduced the combustion noise, extended knocking limits and reduced the cyclic variability of the combustion.

A comparative numerical study of the combustion performance of the syngas-fueled HCCI engine using a toroidal piston, square bowl piston, and flat piston shape at different loads

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Kabbir Ali ◽  
Changup Kim ◽  
Yonggyu Lee ◽  
Seungmook Oh ◽  
Ki-Seong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Combustion Efficiency ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Combustion Performance ◽  
Hcci Engine ◽  
Heat Loss Rate ◽  
Piston Bowl

Abstract This study analyzes the combustion performance of a syngas-fueled homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine using a toroidal piston, square bowl, and flat piston shape, at low, medium, and high loads, with a constant compression ratio of 17.1. In this study, the square bowl shape is optimized by reducing the piston bowl depth and squish area ratio (squish area/cylinder cross-sectional area) from (34 to 20, 10, and 2.5) %, and compared with the flat piston shape and toroidal piston shape. This HCCI engine operates under an overly lean air–fuel mixture condition for power plant usage. ANSYS Forte CFD with GRI Mech3.0 chemical kinetics is used for combustion analysis, and the calculated results are validated by the experimental results. All simulations are accomplished at maximum brake torque (MBT) by altering the air–fuel mixture temperature at IVC with a constant equivalence ratio of 0.27. This study reveals that the main factors that affect the start of combustion , maximum pressure rise rate (MPRR), combustion efficiency, and thermal efficiency by changing the piston shape are the squish flow and reverse squish flow effects. Therefore, the square bowl piston D is the optimized piston shape that offers low MPRR and high combustion performance for the syngas-fueled HCCI engine, due to the weak squish flow and low heat loss rate through the combustion chamber wall, respectively, compared to the other piston shapes of square bowl piston A, B, and C, flat piston, and toroidal (baseline) piston shape.

Characterization of Partially Premixed Combustion With Ethanol: EGR Sweeps, Low and Maximum Loads

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Manente ◽  
Bengt Johansson ◽  
Pert Tunestal
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Premixed Combustion ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Pressure Rise Rate ◽  
Partially Premixed Combustion ◽  
Rise Rate ◽  
Low Load ◽  
Partially Premixed

EGR sweeps were performed on Ethanol Partially Premixed Combustion, PPC, to show different emission and efficiency trends as compared to Diesel PPC. The sweeps showed that increasing the EGR rate the efficiency does not diminish, HC trace is flat and CO is low even with 45% of EGR. NOx exponentially decreases by increasing EGR while soot levels are nearly zero throughout the sweep. The EGR sweeps underlined that at high EGR levels, the pressure rise rate is a concern. To overcome this problem and keep high efficiency and low emissions a sweep in timing of the pilot injection and pilot-main ratio was done at ∼16.5 bar gross IMEP. It was found that with a pilot-main ratio of 50–50 and by placing the pilot at −60 with 42% of EGR, NOx and soot are below EURO VI levels, the indicated efficiency is 47% and the maximum pressure rise rate is below 10 bar/CAD. Low load conditions were examined as well. It was found that by placing the SOI at −35 TDC the efficiency is maximized on the other hand when the injection is at −25 the emissions are minimized and the efficiency is only 1.64% lower than its optimum value. The idle test also showed that a certain amount of EGR is needed in order to minimize the pressure rise rate.

Performance of Strongly Bowed Stators in a Four-Stage High-Speed Compressor

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Fischer ◽  
Walter Riess ◽  
Joerg R. Seume
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Controlled Diffusion ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
The University

The FVV sponsored project “Bow Blading” (cf. acknowledgments) at the Turbomachinery Laboratory of the University of Hannover addresses the effect of strongly bowed stator vanes on the flow field in a four-stage high-speed axial compressor with controlled diffusion airfoil (CDA) blading. The compressor is equipped with more strongly bowed vanes than have previously been reported in the literature. The performance map of the present compressor is being investigated experimentally and numerically. The results show that the pressure ratio and the efficiency at the design point and at the choke limit are reduced by the increase in friction losses on the surface of the bowed vanes, whose surface area is greater than that of the reference (CDA) vanes. The mass flow at the choke limit decreases for the same reason. Because of the change in the radial distribution of axial velocity, pressure rise shifts from stage 3 to stage 4 between the choke limit and maximum pressure ratio. Beyond the point of maximum pressure ratio, this effect is not distinguishable from the reduction of separation by the bow of the vanes. Experimental results show that in cases of high aerodynamic loading, i.e., between maximum pressure ratio and the stall limit, separation is reduced in the bowed stator vanes so that the stagnation pressure ratio and efficiency are increased by the change to bowed stators. It is shown that the reduction of separation with bowed vanes leads to a increase of static pressure rise towards lower mass flow so that the present bow bladed compressor achieves higher static pressure ratios at the stall limit.

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