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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Parallel direct numerical simulation of an annular gas-liquid two-phase jet with swirl
AU - Siamas, George A.
AU - Jiang, Xi
AU - Wrobel, Luiz C.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The flow characteristics of an annular swirling liquid jet in a gas medium have been examined by direct solution of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. A mathematical formulation is developed that is capable of representing the two-phase flow system while the volume of fluid method has been adapted to account for the gas compressibility. The effect of surface tension is captured by a continuum surface force model. Analytical swirling inflow conditions have been derived that enable exact definition of the boundary conditions at the domain inlet. The mathematical formulation is then applied to the computational analysis to achieve a better understanding on the flow physics by providing detailed information on the flow development. Fully 3D parallel direct numerical simulation (DNS) has been performed utilizing 512 processors, and parallelization of the code was based on domain decomposition. The numerical results show the existence of a recirculation zone further down the nozzle exit. Enhanced and sudden liquid dispersion is observed in the cross-stream wise direction with vortical structures developing at downstream locations due to Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Downstream the flow becomes more energetic, and analysis of the energy spectra shows that the annular gas-liquid two-phase jet has a tendency of transition to turbulence.
AB - The flow characteristics of an annular swirling liquid jet in a gas medium have been examined by direct solution of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. A mathematical formulation is developed that is capable of representing the two-phase flow system while the volume of fluid method has been adapted to account for the gas compressibility. The effect of surface tension is captured by a continuum surface force model. Analytical swirling inflow conditions have been derived that enable exact definition of the boundary conditions at the domain inlet. The mathematical formulation is then applied to the computational analysis to achieve a better understanding on the flow physics by providing detailed information on the flow development. Fully 3D parallel direct numerical simulation (DNS) has been performed utilizing 512 processors, and parallelization of the code was based on domain decomposition. The numerical results show the existence of a recirculation zone further down the nozzle exit. Enhanced and sudden liquid dispersion is observed in the cross-stream wise direction with vortical structures developing at downstream locations due to Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Downstream the flow becomes more energetic, and analysis of the energy spectra shows that the annular gas-liquid two-phase jet has a tendency of transition to turbulence.
KW - INFLOW CONDITIONS
KW - DYNAMICS
KW - FLOW
KW - TRANSITION
KW - SHEETS
KW - VOLUME
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 978-0-387-09706-0
SP - 223
EP - 236
BT - Parallel scientific computing and optimization
A2 - Ciegis, R
A2 - Henty, D
A2 - Kagstrom, B
A2 - Zilinskas, J
PB - Springer
CY - New York
ER -