Three-dimensional vortex simulation of particle-laden air jet

The effect of particle diameter on the gas-particle two-phase compound round jet is numerically analyzed by the three-dimensional vortex method presented in a prior study. The air jet issues from a round nozzle into the co-flowing air stream, where the Reynolds number based on the air velocity at the nozzle exit is 2×1042×104 and the velocity ratio between the co-flowing stream and the jet at the nozzle exit is 0.27. The flow direction is vertical downward. Spherical glass particles having diameters 60, 80 and 100μm are loaded from the nozzle. The mass loading ratio is 0.27. The analysis made clear the air turbulent modulations due to the particles, such as the relaxation of velocity decay, the increment and decrement of momentum diffusion at the developing and developed regions, respectively. It also clarified that the air turbulent modulations become markedly as the particle diameter decreases.