The present study is aimed at modeling a high-pressure water-mist spray employing two classic numerical codes. To this end, an experimental campaign has been performed both to obtain the input data for the numerical approach and to serve as a validating tool to quantify the predictive capability of the proposed models. In particular, experi-ments have been conducted to determine volume-flux distribution, drop-size distribution, initial velocity and spray-cone angle. Advanced laser-based diagnostics (Malvern Spraytec and Particle Image Velocimetry) has been em-ployed together with simple ad hoc built instruments to measure these parameters over a prescribed range of high operative pressures (50-90 bar). Specific measurement methodologies have been developed to gain a proper exper-imental evaluation of any subject of investigation. Then, a computational simulation of the water-mist spray has been implemented in Fluent and FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) codes. Characteristic drop size, velocity and cone angle have been introduced as input parameters, while volume-flux distribution has been employed to compare numerical results to experimental data as a final validating task. A good qualitative agreement has been gained: the spray physics appears to be properly expressed by the proposed models. However, intrinsic limitations characterize both the experimental tools and the computational codes and may explain some still-to-be-solved discrepancies from a quantitative point of view.
Discharge and dispersion in water-mist sprays: Experimental and numerical analysis / Santangelo, Paolo Emilio; Tartarini, Paolo; Pulvirenti, Beatrice; Valdiserri, Paolo. - (2009). (Intervento presentato al convegno 11th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems - ICLASS 2009 tenutosi a Vail, CO, USA nel 26-30 luglio 2009).
Discharge and dispersion in water-mist sprays: Experimental and numerical analysis
Santangelo, Paolo Emilio;Tartarini, Paolo;
2009
Abstract
The present study is aimed at modeling a high-pressure water-mist spray employing two classic numerical codes. To this end, an experimental campaign has been performed both to obtain the input data for the numerical approach and to serve as a validating tool to quantify the predictive capability of the proposed models. In particular, experi-ments have been conducted to determine volume-flux distribution, drop-size distribution, initial velocity and spray-cone angle. Advanced laser-based diagnostics (Malvern Spraytec and Particle Image Velocimetry) has been em-ployed together with simple ad hoc built instruments to measure these parameters over a prescribed range of high operative pressures (50-90 bar). Specific measurement methodologies have been developed to gain a proper exper-imental evaluation of any subject of investigation. Then, a computational simulation of the water-mist spray has been implemented in Fluent and FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) codes. Characteristic drop size, velocity and cone angle have been introduced as input parameters, while volume-flux distribution has been employed to compare numerical results to experimental data as a final validating task. A good qualitative agreement has been gained: the spray physics appears to be properly expressed by the proposed models. However, intrinsic limitations characterize both the experimental tools and the computational codes and may explain some still-to-be-solved discrepancies from a quantitative point of view.
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