A122 Large Eddy Simulation of Temperature Fluctuation Downstream from a Mixing Tee : Long-period Fluid Temperature Fluctuation

Author(s):  
Yoichi UTANOHARA ◽  
Akira NAKAMURA ◽  
Koji MIYOSHI ◽  
Naoto KASAHARA
Author(s):  
T. Lu ◽  
W. Y. Zhu ◽  
K. S. Wang

In the present work the temperature fluctuations in a mixing tee were simulated on FLUENT platform using the Large-eddy simulation (LES) turbulent flow model with the sub-grid scale (SGS) model of Smagorinsky-Lilly (SL). The temperature and velocity fields, the normalized mean and fluctuating temperatures and velocities were predicted and analyzed with consideration of buoyancy. The normalized mean and fluctuating temperatures were defined to describe the time-averaged temperature and the time-averaged temperature fluctuation intensity. The numerical results of the normalized mean and fluctuating temperatures were compared with those of the experimental ones published in previous literature, which shows that numerical results have good agreement with the experimental data. The temperature fluctuations and power spectrum densities (PSD) at the locations having the strongest temperature fluctuations both in tee junction and on the walls were analyzed to evaluate the potential of thermal fatigue. The LES flow simulation and power spectral analysis are helpful for the Integrity evaluation of the structures such as the tee junction, elbow, piping system to predict the temperature fluctuation and thermal stripping in a tee junction of mixing hot and cold fluids.


2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoxiang Qian ◽  
Naoto Kasahara

T-junctions are widely used for fluid mixing in power and process plants. Temperature fluctuations generated by the mixing of hot and cold fluids at a T-junction can cause high cycle thermal fatigue (HCTF) failure. The existing Japanese guideline for evaluating HCTF provides margin that varies greatly depending on the case for the evaluation result. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)/finite element analysis (FEA) coupling analysis is expected to be a useful tool for the more accurate evaluation of HCTF. Precise temperature fluctuation histories are necessary to determine the thermal loads because fatigue damage prediction requires temperature fluctuation amplitudes and their cycle numbers. The present investigation was intended to discover the accurate prediction methods of fluid temperature fluctuations, prior to performing CFD/FEA coupling analysis. Large eddy simulation (LES) turbulence models suitable for the simulation of unsteady phenomena were investigated. The LES subgrid scale (SGS) models used included the standard Smagorinsky model (SSM) and the dynamic Smagorinsky model (DSM). The effects of numerical schemes for calculating the convective term in the energy equation on the simulation results were also investigated. LES analyses of the flow and temperature fields at a T-junction were carried out using these numerical methods. For comparison, the simulation conditions were the same as the experiment in literature. All of the simulation results show the flow pattern of a wall jet with strong flow and temperature fluctuations, as observed in the experiment. The simulation results indicate the numerical schemes have a great effect on the temperature distribution and the temperature fluctuation intensity (TFI). The first-order upwind difference scheme (1UD) significantly underestimates the TFI for each LES SGS model, although it exhibits good numerical stability. However, the hybrid scheme (HS), which is mainly the second-order central difference scheme (2CD) blended with a small fraction of 1UD, can better predict the TFI for each LES SGS model. Furthermore, the DSM model gives a prediction closer to the experimental results than the SSM model, while using the same numerical scheme. As a result, it was found through the systematic investigations of various turbulence models and numerical schemes that the approach using the DSM model and the HS with a large blending factor could provide accurate predictions of the fluid temperature fluctuations. Furthermore, it is considered that this approach is also applicable to the accurate prediction of any other scalar (e.g., concentration), based on the analogy of scalar transport phenomena.


2012 ◽  
Vol 152-154 ◽  
pp. 1307-1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Lu ◽  
Yong Wei Wang ◽  
Ping Wang

In the present work the temperature fluctuations in a mixing tee were simulated on FLUENT platform using the large-eddy simulation (LES) turbulent flow model with three kinds of sub-grid scale (SGS) models such as Smagorinsky-Lilly (SL) model, Wall-adapted Local Eddy-viscosity (WALE) model, and Kinetic-energy transport (KET) model. The normalized mean and root mean square temperatures were predicted and analyzed with consideration of buoyancy. The numerical results showed that buoyancy greatly influences the mixing flow and the thermal striping phenomena were quite obvious. These three SGS models have somewhat similar accuracies for prediction of the temperature fluctuation and thermal stripping in a tee of mixing hot and cold fluids.


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