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Homogeneous and isotropic turbulence modulation by small heavy ($St\sim 50$) particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2006

WONTAE HWANG
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Present address: Engine Combustion Department, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 969 MS 9053, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
JOHN K. EATON
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Abstract

The interaction of a dilute dispersion of small heavy particles with homogeneous and isotropic air turbulence has been investigated. Stationary turbulence (at Taylor micro-scale Reynolds number of 230) with small mean flow was created in a nearly spherical sealed chamber by means of eight synthetic jet actuators. Two-dimensional particle image velocimetry was used to measure global turbulence statistics in the presence of spherical glass particles that had a diameter of 165 $\umu$m, which was similar to the Kolmogorov length scale of the flow. Experiments were conducted at two different turbulence levels and particle mass loadings up to 0.3. The particles attenuated the fluid turbulence kinetic energy and viscous dissipation rate with increasing mass loadings. Attenuation levels reached 35–40% for the kinetic energy (which was significantly greater than previous numerical studies) and 40–50% for the dissipation rate at the highest mass loadings. The main source of fluid turbulence kinetic energy production in the chamber was the speakers, but the loss of potential energy of the settling particles also resulted in a significant amount of production of extra energy. The sink of fluid energy in the chamber was due to the ordinary viscous dissipation and extra dissipation caused by particles. The extra dissipation was greatly underestimated by conventional models.

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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