Sergey V. Alekseenko

Regular waves on vertical falling rivulets at different wetting contact angles

Results of experimental investigation of regular wave conditions for straight rivulets falling down a vertical plane are presented. Field measurements of the local thickness of rivulets were carried out with the help of laser-induced fluorescence. Data on the wave structure of rivulets is shown in a wide range of frequencies of regular waves for different Reynolds numbers of the flow and contact wetting angles. It was observed for all studied wave conditions that transverse width of rivulets and wetting angles are insensitive to the phase of propagating waves. Moreover, it was found that the wave structure of rivulets differs significantly for the cases of low and high values of the contact angle.

Steam-enhanced regime for liquid hydrocarbons combustion: velocity distribution in the burner flame

The lab-scale burner device with proprietary design was used for combustion of diesel fuel in a steam-enhanced regime. This operation mode ensures drastic intensification of liquid hydrocarbon combustion due to supply of superheated steam jet to the combustion zone. The particle image velocimetry technique was used for study of velocity field in the burner flame. The method of seeding of flow zone with new kind of tracers (micro-sized silica particles produced from silicon oil added to liquid fuel) was tested.

A swirling jet with vortex breakdown: three-dimensional coherent structures

The paper reports on shape of a three-dimensional coherent structure in a velocity field of a high-swirl turbulent jet with the bubble-type vortex breakdown. A set of the 3D instantenous velocity fields was measured by using the tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomographic PIV) technique and processed by the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method. The detected intensive coherent velocity component corresponded to a helical vortex core of the swirling jet and two secondary spiral vortices. The entire coherent structure was rotating around the jet axis in compliance with the direction of the flow swirl. From the 3D data it is concluded that the dynamics of the strsucture can be described by a traveling wave equation: Re[A(y, r)·ei(mθ + ky - ωt)] with the number of the spiral mode m = +1 for positively defined k and ω.

Study of vortex core precession in combustion chambers

The article presents the results of experimental investigation of swirling flow of lean propane/air flame in a model combustion chamber at atmospheric pressure. To study the unsteady turbulent flow, the particle image velocimetry technique was used. It was concluded that dynamics of high swirl flows with and without combustion was determined by a global helical mode, complying with a precessing double-spiral coherent vortex structure. The studied low swirl flame had similar size and stability characteristics, but amplitude of the coherent helical structure substantially oscillated in time. The oscillations were associated with intermittently appearing central recirculation zone that was absent in the nonreacting flow. It is expected that the low swirl flow without the permanent central recirculation zone should be more sensitive to an external active control. In particular, this result may be useful for suppression of thermoacoustic resonance in combustion chambers.

Coherent Structures in a Turbulent Swirling Jet Under Vortex Breakdown. 3D PIV Measurements

The current study reports on spatial structure of a global mode of self-sustaining oscillations in a turbulent swirling jet under vortex breakdown conditions. Ensembles of 2D and 3D velocity fields were measured by stereoscopic and tomographic PIV systems, respectively, and were analysed via proper orthogonal decomposition. For the 2D PIV, the spatial resolution was sufficient to resolve most of the turbulent kinetic energy of the turbulent flow. The resolution in the case of tomographic PIV was lower, but the 3D instantaneous velocity fields unambiguously revealing that the global mode corresponds to a spiralling structure, counter-winded to the direction of the jet swirl.

Application of particle image velocimetry technique for study of reacting jet flows

Present work is devoted to experimental study of reacting jet flow in a model open flame burner. The work was inspired by the problem of extension of the range for stable and effective combustion which basically determined by the turbulent flow structure in reaction zone. To approach this target spatial distributions of the mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy were measured and the role of organized vortical structures have been studied.The main technique used is a laser based stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system. The measurements were performed in a central section of the jet flame. Regular swirl parameter of the flow was varied from 0 to 1.0. Reynolds number was changed between 1000 and 8000. Equivalence ratio variation band was between 0.5 and 4. Effect of the nozzle geometry was studied by using nozzles with different exit diameters.