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Flow and Dispersion Characteristics of a Stack-Issued Backward Inclined Jet in Crossflow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2016

M. G. Khouygani ,
R.-F. Huang  and
C.-M. Hsu
M. G. Khouygani
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringNational Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei, Taiwan
R.-F. Huang*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringNational Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei, Taiwan
C.-M. Hsu
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of Applied Science and TechnologyNational Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei, Taiwan
*
*Corresponding author (rfhuang@mail.ntust.edu.tw)
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Abstract

The effects of backward inclination angle on flow characteristics and jet dispersion properties of a stack-issued jet in crossflow were studied by means of instantaneous and long-exposure photography, particle image velocimetry (PIV), and tracer-gas concentration detections at a Reynolds number of 2,400, a jet-to-crossflow momentum flux ratio of 1.0, and the backward inclination angles θ = 0° - 60°. Three characteristic flow patterns featured by different near-wake flow structures were found within the surveyed span of the backward inclination angle: low (θ ≤ 25°), mediate (25° < θ < 50°), and high (θ ≥ 50°). In the range of low backward inclination angle, mushroom vortices appeared in the upwind shear layer. Jet fluids were entrained into the jet- and tube-wakes because the near wake region was characterized by a jet-wake vortex and a downwash flow. In the range of mediate backward inclination angle, forward-rolling vortices were formed in the upwind shear layer. Jet fluids were entrained into the jet wake but not appearing in the tube wake because the near wake was characterized by an isolated tube wake and up-going flows. In the range of high backward inclination angle, small-sized forward-rolling vortices were observed in the upwind shear layer. Jet fluids were not observed in both the jet- and tube-wakes because all flows went forward without reversal or vortex, which was similar to that in a jet in co-flow. Large turbulence intensities occurred around the jet-wake vortex and along sides of the tube wake bifurcation line, therefore the mixing at the low backward inclination angles presented better properties than those at mediate and high backward inclination angles owing to the featured flow structures and turbulence intensities.

Keywords

Inclined jet in crossflowPIVFlow structureDispersion
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Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 841 - 852
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 

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