Comparison study of the vortical structures in the wake of a rim-driven thruster and a ducted propeller in bollard conditions

B Liu, X Yan, W Ouyang, M Vanierschot - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper studies the vortical structures found in the wake of a ducted propeller (DP) and a
rim-driven thruster (RDT) in bollard conditions. Despite a good understanding of the vortical …

A solid-liquid mixing reactor based on swirling flow technology

Z Yang, T Holemans, B Lagrain, B Sels… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid-liquid mixing is often applied in the chemical industry to keep solids in suspension for,
amongst others, crystallization, adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, etc. The most widely …

Multi-scale proper orthogonal decomposition analysis of instabilities in swirled and stratified flames

A Procacci, MM Kamal, MA Mendez, S Hochgreb… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This study examines the flow field dynamics of bluff-body stabilized swirling and non-
swirling flames produced from the Cambridge/Sandia Stratified Swirl Burner. This burner …

Investigation of the fluctuating velocity in a single-cell tornado-like vortex based on coherent structure extraction

H Zhang, H Wang, Z Xu, Z Liu, BC Khoo - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Fluctuating velocity plays an essential role in tornadic winds and the induced transient
loads, while its characteristics are rarely considered in existing tornado models. Based on …

A draft tube to improve mixing in swirling flow-based solid–liquid mixing reactors

Z Yang, T Holemans, B Lagrain, B Sels… - … Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Swirl Flow Reactor (SFR) is a recently proposed specially designed reactor to
address challenges of solid–liquid mixing for high-temperature and high-pressure …

Analysis of the information overlap between the PIV and OH* chemiluminescence signals in turbulent flames using a sparse sensing framework

A Procacci, MM Kamal, S Hochgreb… - Combustion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to quantify the information overlap between the OH*
chemiluminescence signal and the three-dimensional Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) …

Algorithm optimization of cross-interfaces computed tomography into full field

C Ling, H Chen, Y Gao, Y Wu - Applied Optics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Tomographic approaches in confined space require advanced imaging algorithms that can
properly consider the refractive distortion as the imaging rays pass through the optical wall …

Numerical investigation of combustion instabilities in swirling flames with hydrogen enrichment

Y Gong, D Fredrich, AJ Marquis, WP Jones - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
This work presents a numerical study on technically premixed, swirl-stabilised flames in the
PRECCINSTA model combustor. The employed method, BOFFIN-LES, comprises a fully …

Numerical study of the coherent structures in a transitional vertical channel natural convection flow

M Thebault, S Giroux-Julien, V Timchenko, J Reizes… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations of a spatially develo** transitional flow in a vertical channel with
one side uniformly heated and subjected to random velocity fluctuations at the inlet have …

Vortical structures and passive scalar transport in starting process of annular purging jet

J Cao, P Wang, H Liu, B Wang, Y Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The evolution of vortical structures and passive scalar transport in the starting process of
annular purging jets are numerically investigated by large eddy simulation. Three flow …