Liquid flows in a particular sequence when it is poured out from an open-top receptacle. Since the sequence is hard to catch by experiment, a numerical simulation was performed in this pouring process with the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method. A modified solid-liquid boundary condition was verified and employed with a new definition of static liquid layers. The whole system was discretized by a set of particles and the liquid particles were marked and tracked in the pouring process. The flowing sequence of the liquid can be calculated by restoring the liquid particles back to their initial positions before it is poured. The mass transfer property is found to depend on the position of the rotation axis and the rotation speed, as well as the viscosity of the liquid. The mechanism of the flowing sequence results from a temporal vortex and its motion during the process. The character vortex is generated by the rotation of the container. The results reveal a principle for a versatile pouring process and may contribute to the applications in flowing control in many fields.
In this paper three perfect gas models with constant specific heat or with variable specific heat and one real gas model based on the gas property tables are respec- tively considered to implement into the three-dimensional CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis of a centrifugal refrigeration compressor stage. The results show that the gas models applied to the CFD code have significant influences on the performance of stage and the flow structures in the stage. Although the ther- modynamics operating condition of evolving fluid in the centrifugal refrigeration compressor has a significant deviation from the perfect gas, the perfect gas model with the modified value of gas constant and the variable specific heat offers a good prediction of stage performance. To predict some basic fluid flow parameters and flow structure accurately, the real gas effects should be considered and the rea- sonably accurate thermodynamic properties based on the analytical gas equation of state or numerical interpolation of gas tables should be applied to the CFD code.
The low flow coefficient centrifugal impeller(LFCCI)gives a relatively low efficiency and a special treatment is required for the design of this kind of impeller.This paper investigates the influences of cavity leakage on the performance prediction and design of LFCCI based on Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)techniques.The results show that,the reduction in the effi-ciency of impeller due to the introduction of cavity leakage varies with the blade shape of impeller in a wide range since there is a strong and complex interaction of main flow and leakage flow in the LFCCI.To get a credible optimization result,the backside and foreside cavities should be considered in the CFD-based design of LFCCI.
