Numerical simulation of spray and mixing process of impingement between sheet and jet in pintle injector element

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作者：
Wang K. [1 ]
Lei F. [2 ]
Yang A. [1 ]
Yang B. [1 ]
Zhou L. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Key Laboratory for Liquid Rocket Engine Technology, Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute, Xi'an
[2] China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Beijing
来源：
Hangkong Xuebao/Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica | 2020年 / 41卷 / 09期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Adaptive mesh refinement; Impact and deformation; Liquid sheet impact liquid jet; Pintle injector element; Spray and mixing; Spray fan; Vortex structure;
D O I：
10.7527/S1000-6893.2020.23802
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摘要：
To fully understand the spray field structure of pintle injectors, this study simulate and analyze the spray and mixing process of impingement between a liquid sheet and a liquid jet in a pintle injector element, based on the adaptive mesh refinement technology and PLIC VOF (Piecewise Linear Interface Calculation Volume of Fluid) method in which three phases are separately calculated. The detailed structural characteristics are obtained in the impinging and atomizing mixing process by tracking the phase interfaces of the two propellants respectively. These characteristics are compared qualitatively and quantitatively with the results of the high-speed photography test, showing good agreement, and verifying the accuracy of the numerical method. Furthermore, the spray field structure, the impact deformation process, the vortex structure, the typical characteristics of spray and breakup, and the distribution characteristics of spray and mixing are identified and analyzed. Results show that two different spray fan structures are formed, namely, the jet not penetrating the liquid sheet and the jet penetrating the liquid sheet. The spray fan formed by the impingement is in the shape of "Ω", with the bending deformation and the cross-sectional deformation occurring simultaneously for both the liquid sheet and liquid jet. In addition, the impingement is simultaneously subjected to positive pressure and shear stress, resulting in a series of complex vortex phenomena, and consequently enhancing the interaction and the spray and mixing process. This is also the essential reason why the injection configuration of the impingement between a sheet and a jet is superior to that between two sheets. Finally, it is also discovered that the droplet distribution in the spray field is characterized by the regional structures, namely, the upper spray zone dominated by the liquid jet, the lower spray zone dominated by the liquid sheet, and the mixing zone sandwiched in between. The spray characteristics and mixing characteristics should be considered comprehensively in practice, and the middle momentum ratio should be selected to provide important reference for theoretical research and engineering design of pintle injectors. © 2020, Beihang University Aerospace Knowledge Press. All right reserved.
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