简介:Thisstudyproposesanewelectromagneticrectangularmixer,andnumericallyexaminesthemixingcharacteristicsoftwodifferentelectrolytesolutionsinthedeviceunderauniformmagneticfield.Themixerconsistsofaconduitwithelectrodesequippedonitstopandbottomwalls.Thedifferenceintheelectricpotentialsappliedtothesetsofelectrodesinducesthecurrent.ThecombinationoftheinducedcurrentandmagneticfieldyieldsLorentzforce,resultinginthefluidmotionforpumpingandmixingofthetwodifferentfluids.ThenumericalsimulationiscarriedoutwiththeuseofcommercialsoftwareCFX.Thepresentnumericalmodelisvalidatedbyanexistingnumericalwork.Theeffectofdifferentvariablesonmixingefficiencyisinvestigatedinmanydifferentcaseswithtwodifferentheightsoftheductandvariousinputvoltagesoftheelectrodes.Thecurrentsimulationresultsindicatethatthemixingperformancecanbeenhancedbyusingmultiplesetsofelectrodesandapplyinghigherinputvoltages(absolutevalues)totheelectrodes.
简介:Anewmethodforsloshingsimulationinaswaytankispresent,inwhichthetwophaseinterfaceistreatedasaphysicaldiscontinuity,whichcanbecapturedbyawell-designedhighorderscheme.BasedonNormalizedVariableDiagram(NVD),ahighorderdiscretizationschemewithunstructuredgridsisrealized,togetherwithanumericalmethodforfreesurfaceflowwithafixedgrid.Thismethodisimplementedinanin-housecodeGeneralTransportEquationAnalyzer(GTEA)whichisanunstructuredgridsfinitevolumesolver.Thepresentmethodisfirstvalidatedbyavailableanalyticalsolutions.Asimulationfora2-Drectangulartankatdifferentexcitationfrequenciesoftheswayiscarriedout.AcomparisonwithexperimentaldatainliteratureandresultsobtainedbycommercialsoftwareCFXshowsthatthesloshingloadonthemonitorpointsagreeswellwiththeexperimentaldata,withthesamegrids,andthepresentmethodgivesbetterresultsonthesecondarypeak.Itisshownthatthepresentmethodcansimulatethefreesurfaceoverturningandbreakupphenomena.