A computational and experimental study of thermal energy separation by swirl

TLDR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of the heat transfer mechanism underlying the Ranque-Hilsch effect, based on consideration of the exact equation governing the conservation of the turbulent heat fluxes.

About: This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2018-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vortex & Heat transfer.

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Fig. 3. Setup of the experimental test rig.

Fig. 4. Predicted and measured axial velocity SI ¼ 5:30;ReD ¼ 20;000. From top: z=D ¼ 6:2, 9.0, 15.5.

Fig. 5. Predicted and measured circumferential velocity SI ¼ 5:30;ReD ¼ 20;000.

Fig. 1. Schematic view of a Ranque-Hilsch tube.

Fig. 8. Predicted and measured streamwise variation of static temperature along the axis, SI ¼ 5:30;ReD ¼ 20;000.

Fig. 6. Predicted and measured contours of axial velocity SI ¼ 5:30;ReD ¼ 20;000.

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