Experimental Study of Coaxial Jets Mixing Enhancement Using Synthetic Jets

Abstract

Synthetic jets perpendicular to the mainstream have been used to experimentally study the coaxial jets mixing enhancement in this paper. The parameters of coaxial jets such as vorticity, streamwise velocity, radial velocity, Reynolds shear stress, and turbulence intensity are measured using the particle image velocimetry (PIV) and hot wire anemometers. The distribution characteristics of these parameters with and without synthetic jets were obtained. The mechanism of coaxial jets mixing enhancement using synthetic jets was summarized by analyzing these experimental results, and it was also found that the momentum coefficient was the most critical factor for jets mixing enhancement. The comparative experiments fully verified the mechanism, showing that with an appropriate momentum coefficient, the synthetic jets significantly enhanced coaxial jets mixing.