Investigation of the effects of domain representation and boundary condition selection in numerical simulations of micro scale flows with phase change

Daniel Pearce, Konstantina Vogiatzaki, Alex Taylor, Yannis Hardaloupas

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Abstract

Cavitation is a research area of high industrial interest due to the significant role it plays in the droplet formation and spray breakup in various processes such as flows in micro channels, microsensors and fuel injectors. In the current work we explore the predictive capabilities of a numerical framework within Large Eddy Simulation context when Diesel is used as working fluid and is injected at various pressures through a micro-channel. Results in terms of void fraction, velocity and pressure are compared with the experimental data of Winklhofer. Our focus is cavitation within the channel as well as in the downstream jet. Moreover, since cavitation is a phenomenon affected considerably by the underlying pressure waves that occur on similar time and length scales as the bubble dynamics, the sensitivity of the predictions to the downstream domain and boundary representation will be addressed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS) 2017
Place of PublicationValencia, Spain
PublisherILASS
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9788490485804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2017
Event28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS) 2017 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 6 Sept 20178 Sept 2017

Conference

Conference28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS) 2017
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period6/09/178/09/17

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