Numerical Investigation of the Droplet Behavior in Cascades Using a Finite Volume Method

This paper describes an Eulerian/Lagrangian two-phase model for wet steam. Two-dimensional inviscid transonic cascade flow is simulated using a cell- vertex finite volume space discretization method on structured triangular mesh. A pseudo time scheme is used to march the solution to steady state. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Aldo Rueda, Miguel Toledo, Fernando Rueda, Rene Rangel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:Universidad Veracruzana
Repositorio:Redalyc-UV
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:61552758008
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=61552758008
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Computación
two
wet steam
phase flow
Cascade flow
steam turbines
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Sumario:This paper describes an Eulerian/Lagrangian two-phase model for wet steam. Two-dimensional inviscid transonic cascade flow is simulated using a cell- vertex finite volume space discretization method on structured triangular mesh. A pseudo time scheme is used to march the solution to steady state. The mod el provides an approach for including the interaction between the liquid and gas phases for a pure fluid. The analysis consists in the application of the discret e phase model, for modeling the liquid particle flow, and t he Eulerian conservation equations to the continuous phase. The investigation permits us to know the influence of parameters such as: particle diameter, flow angle and particle velocity on deposition of drops onto stator blade surfaces. These parameters are analyze d to different inlet flow angles and drop sizes in the t urbine. Deposition rate was found to be strongly dependent on increasing inlet flow angle and drop size in the ex ample computed. The purpose of this paper is to present t he results of some calculations of deposition which ar e based on more recent theories or less simplified fl ow models than previously published work.