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Numerical Study of the Temperature Separation in the Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube

Saeid Akhesmeh1, Nader Pourmahmoud1 and Hasan Sedgi1
  • 1 Urmia University, Iran

Abstract

This research has been carried out in order to provide an understanding of the physical behaviors of the flow variation of pressure and temperature in a vortex tube. A computational fluid dynamics model is used to predict the flow fields and the associated temperature separation within a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube. The CFD model is a steady axisymmetric model (with swirl) that utilizes the standard k-ε turbulence model. The second-order numerical schemes, was used to carry out all the computations. Vortex tube with a circumferential inlet stream and an axial (cold) outlet stream and a axial (hot) outlet stream was considered. Performance curves (temperature separation versus cold outlet mass fraction) were obtained for a specific vortex tube with a given inlet mass flow rate. Simulations have been carried out for varying amounts of cold outlet mass flow rates. The model results has reasonable agreement with experimental data.

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Volume 1 No. 3, 2008, 181-187

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2008.181.187

Submitted On: 25 August 2008 Published On: 30 September 2008

How to Cite: Akhesmeh, S., Pourmahmoud, N. & Sedgi, H. (2008). Numerical Study of the Temperature Separation in the Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube . American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1(3), 181-187. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2008.181.187

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Keywords

  • Ranque-hilsch vortex tube
  • temperature separation
  • CFD model
  • k-ε model
  • cold mass fraction