Chen Fang^*, Milnes David, Anita Rogacs, Kenneth Goodson

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2010, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v1.1.3002

Abstract Vapor-venting microchannel heat exchangers are promising because they address the problems of high pressure drop, flow instability, and local dryout that are common in conventional two-phase microchannel heat sinks. We present a 3D numerical simulation of the vapor-venting process in a rectangular microchannel bounded on one side by a hydrophobic porous membrane for phase-separation. The simulation is based on the volume of fluid (VOF) method together with models for interphase mass transfer and capillary force. Simulation shows the vapor-venting mechanism can effectively mitigate the vapor accumulation issue, reduce the pressure drop, and suppress the local dry-out in the microchannel. Pressure… More >

Zhong Chen^1,2,*, Yalin Wang^1,2, Yue Li²

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.6, pp. 1349-1367, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.024513

Abstract In order to improve the efficiency as well the adaptability and operability of traditional devices used to dredge drainage pipelines a new design is presented here, obtained by matching the structural specifications of a drainage pipeline with the working principle of a high-pressure water jet (HPWJ). To effectively improve the water jet nozzle performances, the nozzle’s structural parameters of the proposed device have been analyzed through Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The corresponding behavior of the fluids inside and outside the self-rotational nozzle has been numerically simulated. The final design for the nozzle has been optimized taking into account such… More > Graphic Abstract

Thanh Tien Bui^1,*, Yoshihisa Fujita², Susumu Nakata²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.2, pp. 425-442, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016766

Abstract In this paper, we propose a simplified approach of open boundary conditions for particle-based fluid simulations using the weakly compressible smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. In this scheme, the values of the inflow/outflow particles are calculated as fluid particles or imposed desired values to ensure the appropriate evolution of the flow field instead of using a renormalization process involving the fluid particles. We concentrate on handling the generation of new inflow particles using several simple approaches that contribute to the flow field stability. The advantages of the . -SPH scheme, specifically the particle shifting technique, were successfully applied to correct the… More >