Vortex Flow and Cavitation in Liquid Injection: A Comparison between High-Fidelity CFD Simulations and Experimental Visualizations on Transparent Nozzle Replicas
Abstract
Experimental instantaneous shadowgraph visualizations on transparent glass nozzle replicas of high-pressure fuel injectors have been used to validate a novel in-house high-fidelity LES-VOF multiphase solver, to study the evolution of vortex flow and fuel cavitation. Both experiments and simulations capture the formation of an unsteady vapor structure inside the nozzle volume, which is referred to as 'string-cavitation'; strings are found at the core of the recirculation zones. Furthermore, high-fidelity simulations provide a very detailed insight into the vortex generation in the injector nozzle; strings appear within the time scales that are relevant for fast injection events (on the order of 0.1 milliseconds) and, for the problem under consideration, their generation seems mostly related to the flow pattern in the sac. It is also shown that vortexes interact, merge till they disrupt and favor the temporary inception of shear cavitation.
- Authors:
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- Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Vitesco Technologies (Continental AG Group) (France)
- Vitesco Technologies (Continental AG Group) (France)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1826089
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1815238
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Multiphase Flow
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 138; Journal ID: ISSN 0301-9322
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 3-phase LES-VOF solver; CFD of internal nozzle flows; cavitation; liquid injection; primary atomization; OpenFOAM; LibPoliMi; DAER
Citation Formats
Piscaglia, F., Giussani, F., Hèlie, J., Lamarque, N., and Aithal, S. M. Vortex Flow and Cavitation in Liquid Injection: A Comparison between High-Fidelity CFD Simulations and Experimental Visualizations on Transparent Nozzle Replicas. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103605.
Piscaglia, F., Giussani, F., Hèlie, J., Lamarque, N., & Aithal, S. M. Vortex Flow and Cavitation in Liquid Injection: A Comparison between High-Fidelity CFD Simulations and Experimental Visualizations on Transparent Nozzle Replicas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103605
Piscaglia, F., Giussani, F., Hèlie, J., Lamarque, N., and Aithal, S. M. Wed .
"Vortex Flow and Cavitation in Liquid Injection: A Comparison between High-Fidelity CFD Simulations and Experimental Visualizations on Transparent Nozzle Replicas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103605. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1826089.
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title = {Vortex Flow and Cavitation in Liquid Injection: A Comparison between High-Fidelity CFD Simulations and Experimental Visualizations on Transparent Nozzle Replicas},
author = {Piscaglia, F. and Giussani, F. and Hèlie, J. and Lamarque, N. and Aithal, S. M.},
abstractNote = {Experimental instantaneous shadowgraph visualizations on transparent glass nozzle replicas of high-pressure fuel injectors have been used to validate a novel in-house high-fidelity LES-VOF multiphase solver, to study the evolution of vortex flow and fuel cavitation. Both experiments and simulations capture the formation of an unsteady vapor structure inside the nozzle volume, which is referred to as 'string-cavitation'; strings are found at the core of the recirculation zones. Furthermore, high-fidelity simulations provide a very detailed insight into the vortex generation in the injector nozzle; strings appear within the time scales that are relevant for fast injection events (on the order of 0.1 milliseconds) and, for the problem under consideration, their generation seems mostly related to the flow pattern in the sac. It is also shown that vortexes interact, merge till they disrupt and favor the temporary inception of shear cavitation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103605},
journal = {International Journal of Multiphase Flow},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2021}
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