Numerical Simulation of Vortex Engine Flow Field:One Phase and Two Phases

作     者：A.F.Najafi S.D.Saemi M.H.Saidi 

作者机构：Department of Energy Engineering Power and Water University of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Sharif University of Technology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Thermal Science》 (热科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第18卷第3期

页      面：226-234页

核心收录：

学科分类：080703[工学-动力机械及工程] 080704[工学-流体机械及工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

主　　题：Vortex Engine Swirl Flow Lagrangian Approach Fuel Droplet 

摘      要：Aiming at improving efficiency in combustion systems, the study on droplet behavior and its trajectory is of crucialimportance. Vortex engine is a kind of internal combustion engine which uses swirl flow to achieve highercombustion efficiency. One of the important advantages of designing vortex engine is to reduce the temperatureof walls by confining the combustion products in the inner vortex. The scopes of this investigation are to studyvortex engine flow field as well as effective parameters on fuel droplet behavior such as droplet diameter, dropletinitial velocity and inlet velocity of the flow field. The flow field is simulated using Reynolds Stress TransportModel (RSM). The Eulerian-Lagrangian method and the one-way coupling approach are employed to simulatetwo phase flow and dispersed phase in the chamber, respectively. A new method, based on computing pressureforce exerted on the droplet surface, is introduced to determine the distinction between using one-way andtwo-way coupling approaches. The results showed that the droplets with smaller diameter are more likely to followthe flow stream lines than bigger droplets, thus evaporate completely in the chamber. Moreover, droplets withgreater initial velocity have higher evaporation rate, yielding the existence of evaporation and combustion in theinner vortex. Additionally, the higher inlet velocity of continuous phase results in higher centrifugal force, leadsdroplets in question to deviate towards the wall faster.