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Title: X-ray phase contrast and absorption imaging for the quantification of transient cavitation in high-speed nozzle flows

Abstract

In this work, high-flux synchrotron radiation has been employed in a time-resolved manner to characterise the distinct topology features and dynamics of different cavitation regimes arising in a throttle orifice with an abrupt flow-entry contraction. Radiographs obtained though both X-ray phase- contrast and absorption imaging have been captured at 67,890 frames per second. The flow lied in the turbulent regime (Re=35,500), while moderate (CN=2.0) to well-established (CN=6.0) cavitation conditions were examined encompassing the cloud and vortical cavitation regimes with pertinent transient features, such as cloud-cavity shedding. X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging (XPCI), exploiting the shift in the X-ray wave phase during interactions with matter, offers sharp-refractive index gradients in the interface region. Hence, it is suitable for capturing fine morphological fluctuations of transient cavitation structures. Nevertheless, the technique cannot provide information on the quantity of vapour within the orifice. Such data have been obtained utilising absorption imaging, where beam attenuation is not associated with scattering and refraction events, and hence can be explicitly correlated with the projected vapour thickness in line-of-sight measurements. A combination of the two methods is proposed, as it has been found is capable of quantifying the vapour content arising in the complex nozzle flow, while also faithfully illustratingmore » the dynamics of the highly-transient cavitation features.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. of London (United Kingdom); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of London (United Kingdom)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  4. Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); EU Horizon-2020; UNIFIED; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1781682
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; 794831; 748784; NA0003525; EP/K020846/1
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Fluids
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-6631
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; compressible flow; fuel injectors; synchrotron radiation; time-resolved measurements; vapour quantification

Citation Formats

Karathanassis, I. K., Heidari-Koochi, M., Zhang, Q., Hwang, J., Koukouvinis, P., Wang, J., and Gavaises, M. X-ray phase contrast and absorption imaging for the quantification of transient cavitation in high-speed nozzle flows. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0038475.
Karathanassis, I. K., Heidari-Koochi, M., Zhang, Q., Hwang, J., Koukouvinis, P., Wang, J., & Gavaises, M. X-ray phase contrast and absorption imaging for the quantification of transient cavitation in high-speed nozzle flows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038475
Karathanassis, I. K., Heidari-Koochi, M., Zhang, Q., Hwang, J., Koukouvinis, P., Wang, J., and Gavaises, M. Tue . "X-ray phase contrast and absorption imaging for the quantification of transient cavitation in high-speed nozzle flows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038475. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1781682.
@article{osti_1781682,
title = {X-ray phase contrast and absorption imaging for the quantification of transient cavitation in high-speed nozzle flows},
author = {Karathanassis, I. K. and Heidari-Koochi, M. and Zhang, Q. and Hwang, J. and Koukouvinis, P. and Wang, J. and Gavaises, M.},
abstractNote = {In this work, high-flux synchrotron radiation has been employed in a time-resolved manner to characterise the distinct topology features and dynamics of different cavitation regimes arising in a throttle orifice with an abrupt flow-entry contraction. Radiographs obtained though both X-ray phase- contrast and absorption imaging have been captured at 67,890 frames per second. The flow lied in the turbulent regime (Re=35,500), while moderate (CN=2.0) to well-established (CN=6.0) cavitation conditions were examined encompassing the cloud and vortical cavitation regimes with pertinent transient features, such as cloud-cavity shedding. X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging (XPCI), exploiting the shift in the X-ray wave phase during interactions with matter, offers sharp-refractive index gradients in the interface region. Hence, it is suitable for capturing fine morphological fluctuations of transient cavitation structures. Nevertheless, the technique cannot provide information on the quantity of vapour within the orifice. Such data have been obtained utilising absorption imaging, where beam attenuation is not associated with scattering and refraction events, and hence can be explicitly correlated with the projected vapour thickness in line-of-sight measurements. A combination of the two methods is proposed, as it has been found is capable of quantifying the vapour content arising in the complex nozzle flow, while also faithfully illustrating the dynamics of the highly-transient cavitation features.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0038475},
journal = {Physics of Fluids},
number = 3,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Tue Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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