Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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659929 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This work is concerned with the interaction of a source-sink pair. The main parameters of the problem are source and sink flow rates, the axial and lateral separations of the source and sink, and the angle between the axes of source and sink. Of concern is the percentage of source fluid that enters the sink as a function of these parameters. The experiments have been carried using the source nozzle diameter of 6Â mm and the sink pipe diameter of two sizes: 10Â mm and 20Â mm. The Reynolds numbers of the source jet is about 3200. The main diagnostics are flow visualization using dye, laser induced fluorescence (LIF), particle streak photographs and particle image velocimetry (PIV). To obtain the removal effectiveness (that is percentage of source fluid that is going through the sink pipe), titration method is used. The sink diameter and the angle between source and the sink axes do not influence efficiencies as do the sink flow rate and the lateral separation. Data from experiments have been consolidated so that these results can be used for designing sinks for removal of heat and pollutants.
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Authors
Sudhakar Subudhi, K.R. Sreenivas, Jaywant H. Arakeri,