Effects of Temperature on the Flow and Heat Transfer in Gel Fuels: A Numerical Study

被引:9
作者
Cao, Qin-Liu [1 ]
Wu, Wei-Tao [1 ]
Liao, Wen-He [1 ]
Feng, Feng [1 ]
Massoudi, Mehrdad [2 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Mech Engn, Nanjing 210094, Peoples R China
[2] US DOE, Natl Energy Technol Lab, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 USA
关键词
gel; non-Newtonian fluid; constitutive model; temperature; temperature-dependent viscosity; pressure drop; GRANULAR-MATERIALS; POLYMERIC LIQUIDS; TURBULENT-FLOW; FLUX VECTOR; POWER-LAW; PROPELLANTS; VISCOSITY; EXPLANATION; LAMINAR; SPRAY;
D O I
10.3390/en13040821
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
In general, rheological properties of gelled fuels change dramatically when temperature changes. In this work, we investigate flow and heat transfer of water-gel in a straight pipe and a tapered injector for non-isothermal conditions, which mimic the situations when gelled fuels are used in propulsion systems. The gel-fluid is modeled as a non-Newtonian fluid, where the viscosity depends on the shear rate and the temperature; a correlation fitted with experimental data is used. For the fully developed flow in a straight pipe with heating, the mean apparent viscosity at the cross section when the temperature is high is only 44% of the case with low temperature; this indicates that it is feasible to control the viscosity of gel fuel by proper thermal design of pipes. For the flow in the typical tapered injector, larger temperature gradients along the radial direction results in a more obvious plug flow; that is, when the fuel is heated the viscosity near the wall is significantly reduced, but the effect is not obvious in the area far away from the wall. Therefore, for the case of the tapered injector, as the temperature of the heating wall increases, the mean apparent viscosity at the outlet decreases first and increases then due to the high viscosity plug formed near the channel center, which encourages further proper design of the injector in future. Furthermore, the layer of low viscosity near the walls plays a role similar to lubrication, thus the supply pressure of the transport system is significantly reduced; the pressure drop for high temperature is only 62% of that of low temperature. It should be noticed that for a propellent system the heating source is almost free; therefore, by introducing a proper thermal design of the transport system, the viscosity of the gelled fuel can be greatly reduced, thus reducing the power input to the supply pressure at a lower cost.
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