Fluid flow and mixing in a channel with dual bluff bodies

Author:

Xiao Jian,Jing DaleiORCID

Abstract

Placing bluff bodies in a mixing channel is an important technique to enhance mixing. This paper numerically investigates the effects of transversal spacing and axial spacing of two bluff bodies on the outlet mixing efficiency (Mout), the pressure loss (ΔP), and the combined performance parameter η (the ratio of Mout to dimensionless ΔP) of fluid flow within mixing channels with dual bluff bodies having three cross-sectional shapes of circle, square, and sector with Reynolds numbers based on bluff body dimension Red = 20, 60, and 100. The study reveals that, at Red = 20, altering the spacing between the two bluff bodies in the mixing channel does not improve mixing but instead increases ΔP, leading to a decrease in η. At Red = 60 and 100, changing the transversal spacing and axial spacing in a certain range can effectively enhance mixing and improve the combined performance. There exists an optimal transversal spacing to maximize Mout and η. Furthermore, the mixing channel with sector-shaped dual bluff bodies exhibits the highest Mout and η among the three kinds of cross-sectional shapes. When Red = 60 and 100, η of the mixing channel with sector-shaped dual bluff bodies increases by 212% and 270% by the transversal offsetting compared to the case with zero transversal spacing and increases by 489% and 331% by the axial offsetting compared to the case with an axial spacing of 2 times the bluff body dimension. The present findings hold significant implications for the design optimization and performance improvement of mixers.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality

Publisher

AIP Publishing

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Mechanics of Materials,Computational Mechanics,Mechanical Engineering

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