Title of article :
Effects of inflow pulsation on a turbulent coaxial jet
Author/Authors :
Jang، نويسنده , , Seong Jae and Sung، نويسنده , , Hyung Jin، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Abstract :
The effects of inflow pulsation on the flow characteristics and mixing properties of turbulent confined coaxial jet flows have been studied. Large eddy simulations were performed at Re = 9000 and the mean velocity ratio of the central to annular jet, Ui/Uo, was 0.6. Pulsation was generated in the inflow jet by varying the flow rates. First, inflow pulsation was applied at frequencies in the range 0.1 < St < 0.9 while other parameters were fixed. The pulsation frequency responses were scrutinized by examining the phase- and time-averaged turbulence statistics. The pulsation frequencies St = 0.180 and 0.327 were found to produce the largest enhancement in mixing and the largest reduction in the reattachment length, respectively. The effects of the phase difference between the two inflow jets at these two optimal frequencies were then investigated. The optimal phase difference conditions for mixing enhancement and the reduction in the reattachment length were obtained when the strength of the outer vortices was high. Further, we found that the strength of the inner vortices was reduced by varying the phase difference, and the reattachment length was minimized, and that if the strength of the inner vortices was increased, mixing was enhanced.
Keywords :
Coaxial jet , mixing enhancement , LES , Turbulent pulsating flow , Pulsation frequency , Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices
Journal title :
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Journal title :
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow