Numerical simulations of a transient flow of helium injected into an established background flow of nitrogen were carried out to identify the dominant features of the transient mixing process between these two dissimilar gases. The geometry of interest is composed of two helium slots on either side of a central nitrogen channel feeding into a ‘two-dimensional’ mixing chamber. Simulations were accomplished on both two- and three-dimensional grids using an unsteady DES approach. Results are compared with experimental measurements of species distributions. Unsteady 2-D solutions give a reasonable qualitative picture of the transient mixing process in the middle of the chamber and enable cost-effective parametric analyses and grid refinement studies. The 2-D solutions also provide quantitative estimates of representative characteristic times to guide the 3-D calculations. The 3-D solutions give a reasonable approximation to span-wise events.
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ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
August 1–5, 2010
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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978-0-7918-4948-4
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Numerical Simulation of Start-Up Jets in a Mixing Chamber
Chenzhou Lian,
Chenzhou Lian
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Dmytro M. Voytovych,
Dmytro M. Voytovych
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Guoping Xia,
Guoping Xia
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Charles L. Merkle
Charles L. Merkle
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Chenzhou Lian
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dmytro M. Voytovych
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Guoping Xia
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Charles L. Merkle
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Paper No:
FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30521, pp. 881-891; 11 pages
Published Online:
March 1, 2011
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Lian, C, Voytovych, DM, Xia, G, & Merkle, CL. "Numerical Simulation of Start-Up Jets in a Mixing Chamber." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting: Volume 1, Symposia – Parts A, B, and C. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 1–5, 2010. pp. 881-891. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30521
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