V. V. Lukashov

Investigation of the flow in the vortex chamber with centrifugal fluidizing bed with and without combustion

The flow in the vortex chamber with centrifugal fluidized bed of solid particles was studied experimentally and simulated numerically. The chambers of different configurations were considered, and this allowed us to change the ratio of centrifugal and gravity forces. To estimate the hydraulic losses in the vortex chamber, a simple model was suggested.

The LDA study of flow gas-dynamics in a vortex chamber

Abstract The experimental data on the turbulent structure of swirling flow in vortex chamber with diaphragm are presented. The data were made with the help of LDA method. The evolution of turbulence intensity in the vortex chamber is shown. The influence of initial conditions of the swirling flow forming on the turbulent properties are considered.

Regimes of Unstable Expansion and Diffusion Combustion of a Hydrocarbon Fuel Jet

Results of an experimental study of hydrodynamics and diffusion combustion of hydrocarbon jets are presented. Various regimes of instability development both in the jet flame proper and inside the source of the fuel jet are considered. The experiments are performed for the case of subsonic gas jet expansion into the air from a long tube 3.2 mm in diameter in the range of Reynolds numbers from 200 to 13 500. The fuel is the propane–butane mixture in experiments with a cold jet (without combustion) and pure propane or propane mixed with an inert dilutant (CO2 or He) for the jet flame. The mean velocity and velocity fluctuations in the near field of the jet without combustion are measured. Among four possible regimes of cold jet expansion (dissipative, laminar, transitional, and turbulent), three last regimes are investigated. The Hilbert visualization of the reacting flow is performed. The temperature profiles in the near field of the jet are measured by a Pt/Pt–Rh thermocouple. An attached laminar flame is observed in the transitional regime of propane jet expansion from the tube. In the case of combustion of C3H8 mixtures with CO2 or with He in the range of Reynolds numbers from 1900 to 3500, the transitional regime is detected in the lifted flame. Turbulent spots formed in the tube in the transitional regime exert a significant effect on the flame front position: they can either initiate a transition to a turbulent flame or lead to its laminarization.

Dynamics of two-phase swirling flow in a vortex chamber with a lower end swirler

The Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique and laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) were used to measure the components of tangential and axial velocities of gas and particles in a vortex chamber with a fluidized bed, particle layer dynamics was estimated qualitatively, and the flow in the vortex chamber with a centrifugal fluidized bed of solid particles was simulated numerically. It is shown that with the growth of gas velocity in the swirler slots, the rotation velocity of bed grows almost linearly, and with an increasing bed mass, the rotation velocity decreases. Data on distributions of the volume fraction of particles and gas flow velocity inside the bed were obtained by numerical calculation.