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Experi imental <strong>and</strong> <strong>Numerical</strong> N Stud dy <strong>of</strong> <strong>Swirling</strong> g Flow in Scaveenging<br />

Processs<br />

for 2-Stroke<br />

Marin ne Diesel Engin nes<br />

Figur re 4.51:<br />

Vortex Precession P<br />

Frequen ncy at different<br />

flow rat tes (Schnipper,<br />

2010).<br />

Chapter 4<br />

<strong>of</strong> 10 mm m from the origin o <strong>and</strong> an axial distancee<br />

<strong>of</strong> 20 mm. TThe<br />

results shoow<br />

the exis stence <strong>of</strong> PVC <strong>and</strong> a linear ddependency<br />

<strong>of</strong>f<br />

precession frrequency<br />

on thhe<br />

flow ra ate (Figure 4. .51). Alekseennko<br />

et al. (1999)<br />

also fouund<br />

this lineear<br />

dependency<br />

<strong>of</strong> preces ssion frequenccy<br />

with flow raate<br />

at a given sswirl<br />

number. .<br />

The eff fect <strong>of</strong> Reynol lds number iss<br />

very obviouss<br />

on the floww<br />

characteristiccs.<br />

The hig gh Reynolds number ReA exhibits commparatively<br />

larrger<br />

vortex size<br />

than lo ower ReB. The e flow at ReB is less responnsive<br />

or in othher<br />

words moore<br />

resistive e to variations s in vorticity <strong>and</strong> Reynoldds<br />

stresses as tthe<br />

swirl decaays<br />

along th he pipe. In ca ase <strong>of</strong> Reynoldds<br />

stresses by comparing coontour<br />

plots fo for<br />

ReA <strong>and</strong> d ReB, it can be seen that wwith<br />

swirl decay<br />

downstreaam,<br />

the flow at<br />

high Re eynolds numb ber has higherr<br />

tendency towwards<br />

a more uniform spatiial<br />

distribu ution <strong>of</strong> indiv vidual Reynoldds<br />

stress compponents<br />

in thhe<br />

flow domain<br />

(see section<br />

4.2.5 <strong>and</strong> d 4.2.6).<br />

The afo orementioned effects <strong>of</strong> Reyynolds<br />

numbeer<br />

can also haave<br />

a possibiliity<br />

due to vortex core precession p by assuming voortex<br />

core preccession<br />

to be a<br />

major contributor c to o the measureed<br />

values <strong>of</strong> innstantaneous<br />

vvelocity<br />

data in<br />

the regi ion around th he cylinder axxis.<br />

This assummption<br />

will quualitatively<br />

givve<br />

some new n informat tion about tthe<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> Reynolds number<br />

on thhe<br />

precessi ion frequency y <strong>and</strong> ampliitude.<br />

For exxample<br />

if thhe<br />

vortex coore<br />

precessi ion has a lar rge amplitudee<br />

then the teemporal<br />

average<br />

<strong>of</strong> velociity<br />

compon nents will re esult in a laarge<br />

mean vvortex<br />

core ssize.<br />

From thhe<br />

experim mental results,<br />

it can probbably<br />

be concluded<br />

that, in the current<br />

experim ment, with in ncrease in Reyynolds<br />

numbber<br />

the ampliitude<br />

<strong>of</strong> vortex<br />

precessi ion increases <strong>and</strong> a with swirll<br />

decay downsstream<br />

its frequency<br />

decreasses<br />

compar red to low Rey ynolds numbeer.<br />

However, tthe<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> swwirl<br />

decay alonng<br />

the pipe e on the vortex x core precessiion<br />

frequencyy,<br />

to the knowlledge<br />

<strong>of</strong> authoor,<br />

has not t been report ted <strong>and</strong> requiires<br />

more expperiments<br />

for a detailed annd<br />

quantitative<br />

analysis.<br />

103<br />

<strong>Swirling</strong> Flow in a Pipe

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