COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TURBULENT EMULSION FLOW THROUGH CURVED DIFFUSERS | ||
| ERJ. Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2017, Pages 87-93 PDF (945.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66338 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Kamal A. Ibrahim1; Mohamed E. Nour Eldin2; Khalid M. Saqr3; Ahmed A. Hanafy3 | ||
| 1Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt | ||
| 2MSc research student, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport | ||
| 3College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Emulsion flow is crucially important in numerous fluid mechanics and industrial applications. This paper investigates the flow structure and hydrodynamic parameters of emulsion flow in curved diffusers of rectangular cross section and different angles and curvature ratios. The work was undertaken using the general-purpose CFD package ANSYS FLUENT with proper verification and validation procedures. The CFD model utilized the turbulence model to close the RANS equation and a single phase fluid model. The emulsion flow was presented in the computational model via its physical properties assuming homogenous mixing between the primary and secondary fluid phases. The effects of Reynolds number and diffuser geometry on the hydrodynamic performance of the diffuser as well as the flow structure were investigated and discussed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Emulsions; Curved diffusers; CFD | ||
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