New supersonic nozzle test rig used to generate condensing flow test data according to Barschdorff
Publication date
2023-10-04
Document type
Forschungsartikel
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Publisher
MDPI
Series or journal
International journal of turbomachinery, propulsion and power
ISSN
Periodical volume
8
Periodical issue
4
Article ID
40
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Language
English
Abstract
Considerable progress has been achieved in recent decades in understanding the phenomena related to the onset of condensation in steam flows, both experimentally and especially numerically. Nevertheless, there is still a certain disagreement between the different numerical models used. Unfortunately, the available experimental validation data are not sufficiently detailed to allow for proper validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Therefore, this paper presents new experimental data for condensing steam flows, acquired in a supersonic nozzle according to Barschdorff, at the Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery Laboratory (ITSM) at the University of Stuttgart. A steady inlet pressure of approximately 784 mbar was set for three inlet temperatures down to 100.2 ∘C. Condensation onset is accurately captured across the nozzle, using down to 1 mm spatial resolution for both pneumatic and light spectra measurements. CFD simulations were performed using the commercial solver ANSYS CFX. The droplet diameters are numerically overestimated by approximately a factor of 1.5. Disagreement has been found between original Barschdorff’s experiments and measurements at ITSM. However, there is a good agreement in terms of the pressure distribution along the nozzle axis between experimental and numerical results. The reproducibility of the results is excellent.
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