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Investigation of Flow Inside the Pressure Swirl Atomizer
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Nouri Boroujerdi, Ali (Supervisor)
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In the present work, the behavior of flow inside the pressure-swirl atomizers (PSA) is studied by the numerical simulation. The pressure-swirl atomizer is widely used in many industrial applications such as fuel injection in gas turbine, internal combustion engine and liquid-fuel rocket, spray drying, spray in firing and agricultural nozzles.
The flow simulation inside the injector (PSA) deals with many complicated considerations due to air core formation in the axial zone of the injector as well as high tangential and axial velocities in the swirl chamber. The two phase flow is modeled by level set methods in the pressure swirl atomizer. Moreover, the explicit algebraic Reynolds stress...
The flow simulation inside the injector (PSA) deals with many complicated considerations due to air core formation in the axial zone of the injector as well as high tangential and axial velocities in the swirl chamber. The two phase flow is modeled by level set methods in the pressure swirl atomizer. Moreover, the explicit algebraic Reynolds stress...
Direct Numerical Simulation of Heat and Fluid Flow through Porous Channel
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nouri Boroujerdi, Ali (Supervisor)
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In this project, direct numerical simulation of fluid flow inside the porous channel is carried out. The flow channel is containing uniform array of solid blocks with square cross sections in an staggered scheme. Two thermal boundary conditions of constant temperature and constant heat flux of solid blocks were applied to the problem. The Navier-Stokes equations directly applied to the fluid region with no assumption of volume-averaging. Governing equations of two-dimensional flow with constant properties were discretized with control volume method. Energy equations for solid and fluid phases were solved separately. The results show that for solid block lengths over channel height, a/H=0.05,...
Nano-Fluid Natural Convection on a Constant Temperature Vertical Plate
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nouri Boroujerdi, Ali (Supervisor)
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In the present study, Nano-fluid natural convection on a constant temperature vertical plate is numerically investigated, following the similarity analysis of transport equations. After changing the governing differential equations to the ordinary differential equations, they were numerically solved by the fourth order Runge-Kutta method.. The analysis shows that all three main profiles, velocity, temperature and concentration in their specific boundary layers, and the Prandtle number, depend on three important additional dimensionless parameters, namely a Brownian motion parameter, a thermophoresis parameter, and a buoyancy ratio parameter. Finally, it was found that the Nusselt number in...
Drag reduction in internal turbulent flow by fabricating superhydrophobic Al2O3/waterborne polyurethane coatings
, Article Surface and Coatings Technology ; Volume 421 , 2021 ; 02578972 (ISSN) ; Moosavi, A ; Nouri Boroujerdi, A ; Najafkhani, H ; Najafpour, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2021
Abstract
Nowadays, increasing the CO2 emissions are one of the inevitable challenges in the world. In addition, in many industries, fossil fuels are the main source of energy demands which worsen the problem. Since in most applications, the performance and energy loss are highly affected by the drag force, many investigations have been proposed to improve the surface properties to moving surface against the water, and consequently, increasing drag reduction. To this end, one effective way is utilizing superhydrophobic coatings. In this study, we prepare two different superhydrophobic coatings using Al2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) modified by HMDS (1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexamethyldisilazane) and PDMS...
Effect of porosity variation in determination of stagnant and dispersion thermal conductivities in the resin transfer molding process
, Article Heat Transfer Research ; Volume 43, Issue 7 , 2012 , Pages 651-667 ; 10642285 (ISSN) ; Rabani, R ; Kermani, M. J ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
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A numerical analysis for determination of the stagnant and dispersion thermal conductivities in the Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) process is presented. A solution was obtained for the momentum and energy equations, which are used in this study and which represent the Brinkman- Forchheimer-extended Darcy model, and one-temperature energy equation. Subject to the appropriate boundary conditions, the governing equations are solved by the finite volume method on a collocated grid. In order to satisfy the pressure-velocity coupling in the solution, the SIMPLE algorithm was used and for determining the mass flux flowing past the cell faces, the Rhie-Chow interpolation was applied. Both constant and...
Improvement of Surface Evaporation by Reducing the Heat Transfer to Fluid Bulk
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nouri Boroujerdi, Ali (Supervisor) ; Hosseini, Vahid (Supervisor)
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In the leading thesis, an attempt is made to improve the evaporation rate by emphasizing the reduction of heat transfer to the fluid bulk. In this study, inspired by the process performed in plants in the transfer of water from the roots to the leaves and especially the function of plant vessels, a kind of evaporator-improving surface was designed. The general function of this surface is to prevent the heat radiated to the surface of the water from being spent on heating the fluid deep in the water, and by concentrating this heat in a thin layer of fluid on the surface, the rate of evaporation increases. This surface consists of three parts: evaporative layer, insulation and water suction...
Flow and Heat Transfer between Two Cylinders with Internal Rotation
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Noori Boroujerdi, Ali (Supervisor)
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The objective of this project is numerical simulation of air flow and heat transfer between two horizontal concentric cylinders with rotation of inner cylinder and inertia of outer cylinder grooves on the inner cylinder. In this study, the air, meanwhile rotational motion by the inner cylinder will enter into the annular space between two cylinders with certain flow rate. It can be mentioned to cooling of power plant generators, Electric motors and rotating machines among usages of air flow between two cylinders. In this article the objective is calculation of pressure drop and Nusselt number, temperature distribution on the inner cylinder under conditions of constant temperature of...
The fractal study of Cu-Ni layer accumulation during electrodeposition under diffusion-controlled condition
, Article Materials Research Bulletin ; Volume 42, Issue 9 , 2007 , Pages 1769-1776 ; 00255408 (ISSN) ; Dolati, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2007
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The fractal study of thin layer films has been concerned by numerous studies, but it is a novel idea to use this method for interpretation of layer formation during electrocrystallization, simultaneously. In present study, Scharifker's equations were derived for instantaneous and progressive nucleation and 3D growth of hemispherical centers under diffusion-controlled condition to calculate in situ change of fractal dimension of surface. It was assumed that the layer could be formed completely when fractal dimension of surface inclined to 2. Moreover, the fractal analysis of AFM images has confirmed the presumed model. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Enhancing water desalination in graphene-based membranes via an oscillating electric field
, Article Desalination ; Volume 495 , December , 2020 ; Moosavi, A ; Nouri Borujerdi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2020
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Water desalination methods on the basis of newly developed graphene-based membrane have been introduced as a more efficient alternative for the conventional water purification technologies such as classical thermal desalination and reverse osmosis (RO). However, the increase of water permeation rate and ion rejection are still the main subjects in this field. In this study, a new method based on using oscillating electric field is proposed to improve the performance of nanoporous graphene. The effects of the amplitude and oscillation frequency of the electric field and the pore size of the membrane on the water permeation and salt rejection are studied by conducting molecular dynamics...
Water desalination by charged multilayer graphene membrane: A molecular dynamics simulation
, Article Journal of Molecular Liquids ; Volume 355 , 2022 ; 01677322 (ISSN) ; Moosavi, A ; Nouri Borujerdi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2022
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Graphene, due to its unique excellent properties, is proposed as a developing method with high efficiency compared to classical water desalination methods. In this regard, charging the membrane is considered a promising and effective approach to enhance the performance of the graphene membrane. In this research, by using molecular dynamics simulations, the water desalination by charged multilayer graphene is evaluated and the influence of electric charge amount and geometric parameters, including the pore diameter and the interlayer distance, are investigated. According to the results, the multilayer nanoporous graphene with 16.35 Å pore diameter, in which the electric charge is distributed...
Numerical simulation of laminar and turbulent two-phase flow in pressure-swirl atomizers
, Article AIAA Journal ; Volume 50, Issue 10 , 2012 , Pages 2091-2101 ; 00011452 (ISSN) ; Kebriaee, A ; Sharif University of Technology
AIAA
2012
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This paper has developed an axisymmetric laminar and turbulent two-phase flow solver to simulate pressure-swirl atomizers. Equations include the explicit algebraic Reynolds stress model, the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes, and the level set equation. Applying a high-order compact upwind finite difference scheme with the level set equation being culminated to capture the interface between air-liquid two-phase flow and decreasing the mass conservation error in the level set equation. The results show that some recirculation zones are observed close to the wall in the swirl chamber and to the axis. This model can predict converting the Rankin vortex in the swirl chamber to the forced vortex in...
Upwind compact implicit and explicit high-order finite difference schemes for level set technique
, Article International Journal of Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics ; Volume 13, Issue 4 , 2012 , Pages 308-318 ; 15502287 (ISSN) ; Kebriaee, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
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This paper investigates implementation of upwind compact implicit and explicit high-order finite difference schemes for solution of the level set equation. The upwind compact implicit and explicit high-order finite difference schemes are well-known techniques to descritize spatial derivatives for convection term in hyperbolic equations. Applying of upwind high-order schemes on the level set equation leads to less error and CPU time reduction compared to essential non-oscillatory (ENO), weighted essential non-oscillatory schemes (WENO), and even different particle level set methods. The results indicate the error based on area loss decreases drastically with applying high-order upwind,...
Simulation of turbulent swirling flow in convergent nozzles
, Article Scientia Iranica ; Volume 19, Issue 2 , 2012 , Pages 258-265 ; 10263098 (ISSN) ; Kebriaee, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
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This work simulates the turbulent boundary layer of an incompressible viscous swirling flow through a conical chamber. To model the pressure gradient normal to the wall, the radial and tangential velocity components across the boundary layer have been calculated by both the integral and numerical methods. The numerical solution is accomplished by finite difference, based on the finite volume method. The results show that the radial and tangential boundary layer thicknesses depend on the velocity ratios, Reynolds number and nozzle angle. The peak of radial and tangential boundary layer thicknesses are located at zL≈0.2 and zL≈0.8 from the nozzle inlet, respectively. Due to the short length of...
Investigation of obstacle effect to improve conjugate heat transfer in backward facing step channel using fast simulation of incompressible flow
, Article Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung ; 2017 , Pages 1-16 ; 09477411 (ISSN) ; Moazezi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
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The current study investigates the conjugate heat transfer characteristics for laminar flow in backward facing step channel. All of the channel walls are insulated except the lower thick wall under a constant temperature. The upper wall includes a insulated obstacle perpendicular to flow direction. The effect of obstacle height and location on the fluid flow and heat transfer are numerically explored for the Reynolds number in the range of 10 ≤ Re ≤ 300. Incompressible Navier-Stokes and thermal energy equations are solved simultaneously in fluid region by the upwind compact finite difference scheme based on flux-difference splitting in conjunction with artificial compressibility method. In...
Investigation of obstacle effect to improve conjugate heat transfer in backward facing step channel using fast simulation of incompressible flow
, Article Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung ; Volume 54, Issue 1 , 2018 , Pages 135-150 ; 09477411 (ISSN) ; Moazezi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Verlag
2018
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The current study investigates the conjugate heat transfer characteristics for laminar flow in backward facing step channel. All of the channel walls are insulated except the lower thick wall under a constant temperature. The upper wall includes a insulated obstacle perpendicular to flow direction. The effect of obstacle height and location on the fluid flow and heat transfer are numerically explored for the Reynolds number in the range of 10 ≤ Re ≤ 300. Incompressible Navier-Stokes and thermal energy equations are solved simultaneously in fluid region by the upwind compact finite difference scheme based on flux-difference splitting in conjunction with artificial compressibility method. In...
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium gas–liquid two phase flow in long and short pipelines following a rupture
, Article AIChE Journal ; Volume 63, Issue 7 , 2017 , Pages 3214-3223 ; 00011541 (ISSN) ; Shafiei Ghazani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
John Wiley and Sons Inc
2017
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The two-phase flow following the blowdown of pipeline carrying flashing liquid is numerically investigated by using thermodynamic equilibrium and non-equilibrium models. Model equations are solved numerically by the finite volume method. The values of fluxes at cell boundaries are obtained by AUSM+-up. To obtain proper values for the coefficients of dissipation, both single phase liquid and two phase shock tube problems are investigated. The transient release from the pressurized pipeline is studied for two cases of long and short pipes. Comparison of the predictions against experimental data reveals non-equilibrium model performs a little better than equilibrium model in the prediction of...
A non-equilibrium relaxation model for fast depressurization of pipelines
, Article Annals of Nuclear Energy ; Volume 111 , 2018 , Pages 1-11 ; 03064549 (ISSN) ; Shafiei Ghazani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
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In this paper, transient depressurization of high pressure pipelines containing initially subcooled liquid is simulated numerically by using thermodynamic non-equilibrium and choking condition model. The numerical method relies on finite volume. The convective terms of cell boundaries are discretized by Advection Upstream Splitting Method (AUSM+ - up) with a proposal of partially implicit approach for source terms. Different void fraction correlations are applied to simulate two phase shock tubes as well as the depressurization process. By comparison between the present results and previous experimental data, the best void fraction correlation is introduced. The results indicate that the...
Simulation of compressible and incompressible flows through planar and axisymmetric abrupt expansions
, Article Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME ; Volume 141, Issue 11 , 2019 ; 00982202 (ISSN) ; Shafiei Ghazani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2019
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In this paper, compressible and incompressible flows through planar and axisymmetric sudden expansion channels are investigated numerically. Both laminar and turbulent flows are taken into consideration. Proper preconditioning in conjunction with a second-order accurate advection upstream splitting method (AUSM+-up) is employed. General equations for the loss coefficient and pressure ratio as a function of expansion ratio, Reynolds number, and the inlet Mach number are obtained. It is found that the reattachment length increases by increasing the Reynolds number. Changing the flow regime to turbulent results in a decreased reattachment length. Reattachment length increases slightly with a...
A pressure-based algorithm for internal compressible turbulent flows through a geometrical singularity
, Article Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals ; Volume 75, Issue 2 , 2019 , Pages 127-143 ; 10407790 (ISSN) ; Shafiei Ghazani, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Ltd
2019
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Compressible turbulent flow through the abrupt enlargement in pipes is studied numerically by means of Advection Upstream Splitting Method (AUSM+-up). In low Mach numbers, a pressure correction equation of elliptic type is derived. This equation is compatible with the nature of governing equations and retrieves hyperbolic characteristic at higher Mach numbers. It is shown that the proposed numerical algorithm is computationally more efficient than the preconditioned density-based methods. The flow parameters such as reattachment length, pressure loss coefficient and wall shear stress are predicted. It is found that the loss coefficient of the compressible flow rises drastically with...
Enhancing the structural performance of masonry arch bridges with ballast mats
, Article Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities ; Volume 31, Issue 5 , 2017 ; 08873828 (ISSN) ; Miri, A ; Nouri, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
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A large portion of the railway bridge stock in many countries is comprised of masonry arch bridges. During recent years, more attention has been paid to the maintenance of such structures. Rehabilitation and retrofitting methods have been proposed to enhance the performance of masonry arch bridges and extend their service life. Because a large portion of forces exerted on such structures comes from the railway track and passing trains, structural elements are added to the track to reduce the forces transmitted to bridges. One such element is the ballast mat, which, according to suppliers, has a positive impact on the structural performance of the track. This paper tries to assess the effects...