Two-phase flow turbulence in swirling sprays from a coaxial atomizer
摘要
The present investigation focuses on the turbulent characteristics of swirling/non-swirling sprays from a coaxial atomizer. The probability distribution functions of the velocity fluctuation are found to narrow their range with an increase in swirl, for the axial, radial, and tangential components. The centerline gas jet velocity close to the nozzle is observed to be higher in the presence of spray than without it, and while the opposite is true far away from the nozzle. When considering the carrier phase, the axial velocity fluctuations show self-similar radial profiles independently of the spray parameters. The droplets, on the other hand, display off-center maxima, except for low-swirling sprays, at a high gas-to-liquid dynamic pressure ratio M. On the contrary, only the latter conditions have off-centered maxima for the droplet radial velocity fluctuations. Although an expected self-similarity is observed for the Reynolds stress term