Methods for measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits, using tracers. Measurement of water flow

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Water Flow

Using computational fluid dynamics for different alternatives water flow path in a thermal photovoltaic (PVT) system

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hoseinzadeh ◽  
Ali Sohani ◽  
Saman Samiezadeh ◽  
H. Kariman ◽  
M.H. Ghasemi
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Flow Path ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aim to use the finite volume method to solve differential equations related to three-dimensional simulation of a solar collector. Modeling is done using ANSYS-fluent software program. The investigation is done for a photovoltaic (PV) solar cell, with the dimension of 394 × 84 mm2, which is the aluminum type and receives the constant heat flux of 800 W.m−2. Water is also used as the working fluid, and the Reynolds number is 500. Design/methodology/approach In the present study, the effect of fluid flow path on the thermal, electrical and fluid flow characteristics of a PV thermal (PVT) collector is investigated. Three alternatives for flow paths, namely, direct, curved and spiral for coolant flow, are considered, and a numerical model to simulate the system performance is developed. Findings The results show that the highest efficiency is achieved by the solar cell with a curved fluid flow path. Additionally, it is found that the curved path’s efficiency is 0.8% and 0.5% higher than that of direct and spiral paths, respectively. Moreover, the highest pressure drop occurs in the curved microchannel route, with around 260 kPa, which is 2% and 5% more than the pressure drop of spiral and direct. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there has been no study that investigates numerically heat transfer, fluid flow and electrical performance of a PV solar thermal cell, simultaneously. Moreover, the effect of the microchannel routes which are considered for water flow has not been considered by researchers so far. Taking all the mentioned points into account, in this study, numerical analysis on the effect of different microchannel paths on the performance of a PVT solar collector is carried. The investigation is conducted for the Reynolds number of 500.

Fluid Flow Through a Class of Highly-Deformable Porous Media. Part II: Experiments With Water

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Beavers ◽  
K. Wittenberg ◽  
E. M. Sparrow
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
Static Compression ◽  
Deformable Porous Media ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Water Saturated ◽  
Aging Phenomena

Experiments were performed to explore the relationships between liquid-saturated and gas-saturated deformable porous media. Water and air served as the participating fluids. From quasi-static compression experiments (no fluid flow), it was found that the force required to compress a given deformable porous material is substantially less when the material is water-saturated than when it is in air. Water flow measurements yielded flow rate-pressure drop results which are compared with analytical predictions. The predictions were based on input values of certain material flow parameters which had been determined in previous air flow experiments. The observed level of agreement between the predictions and the water flow measurements lends support to the notion that the flow parameters are independent of the participating fluid. In the course of establishing the effects of the participating fluid, the stress relaxation and aging phenomena were quantified. The former is a relaxation of the internal stress in a deformable material which occurs after a compression is imposed and maintained. The latter is a process whereby the deformation characteristics change when the material is subjected to a succession of compressions.

scholarly journals Improve of Water Flow Acceleration in Darrieus Turbine Using Diffuser NACA 11414 2,5R

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Setyo Nugroho ◽  
Arrad Ghani Safitra ◽  
Teguh Hady Aribowo ◽  
Mochammad Arief Julianto
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Water Velocity ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
Turbine Efficiency ◽  
Cross Section Area ◽  
Section Area

Indonesia has potential hydro energy around 70000 MW which has been used around 6% (3529 MW). One of the development constraint is the stream velocity in Indonesian rivers is relative low. It causes bigger turbine dimension needed to achieve power which is desired.  An alternative is to utilize adiffuser, which is a device that could accelerate the fluid flow in order to give more energy to the turbine. Based on contiunity equation, diffuser can increase velocity by ratio of cross-section area. It can be  used to achieve expected power as long as it is not too much reduce the pressure. This research is conducted in 0.566 m/s of water velocity with Darrieus turbine with hydrofoil NACA 0018, height 0.74 m, radius 0.17 m, chord 0.11 m and 3 number of blades. The performance (Cp) was determined by numerical and experimental without and with diffuser NACA 11414 2.5R for variation of angle 8o, 16o, and 20o. Both of those result showed that the best performance of NACA 11414 2,5R is on angle 16o which numerically has stream velocity 0,91 m/s of water and 7 times of Cp, while experimentally has 0,891 m/s of water velocity and 3,16 times of Cp. This diffuser could improve the power generated by the turbine and increase the turbine efficiency.

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