Computational study of velocity distribution and pressure drop for designing some gas quench chamber and furnace ducts

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 155-156, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1727-1733

  Macchion, O ^a   Lior, N ^b   Rizzi, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular to rectangular duct transitions; Duct bends; Duct flow; Furnace design; Quench chamber design; Velocity uniformity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COOLING; DUCTS; GASES; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUENCHING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ASPECT RATIO; DESIGN; FORCED CONVECTION; FURNACES; INLET FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

CIRCULAR-TO-RECTANGULAR DUCT TRANSITION; DUCT BENDS; DUCT FLOW; FURNACE DESIGN; QUENCH CHAMBER DESIGN; VELOCITY UNIFORMITY;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DUCTS;

CHAMBER DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DESIGN GUIDANCE; DUCT BENDS; DUCT FLOW; DUCTING; EXIT PLANES; FLOW DISTORTION; FLOW SPLITTING; FURNACE DESIGN; GAS-COOLED; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HIGH-SPEED; INLET PRESSURES; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; NONUNIFORMITY; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RECTANGULAR DUCTS; TRANSITION DUCTS;

EID: 10044221822     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.335     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. A. Thuvander, A. Melander, M. Lind, N. Lior, F. Bark, Prediction of Corrective Heat Transfer Coefficients and Examination of Their Effects on Distortion of Tubes Quenched by Gas Cooling, 4th ASM Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering Conference in Europe, Florence, Italy, 19-21 October, 1998.
2. J.J. Miau, T.S. Leu, J.H. Chou, S.A. Lin, C.K. Lin, Flow distortion in a circular-to-rectangular transition duct, AIAA J. 28 (8) (1990) 1447-1456.
3. J.R. Burley, II, J.R. Carlson, Circular-to-Rectangular Transition Ducts for High-Aspect Ratio Nonaxisymmetric Nozzles, AIAA-85-1346, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
4. I.E. Idelchik, Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1986.
5. D.S. Miller, Internal Flow Systems, Cranfield, BHRA, 1991.
6. R.J. Manglik, Heat Transfer Fluid Flow Data Books, Genium Publishing Corporation, Amsterdam, 1998.
7. D.O. Davis, F.B. Gessner, Experimental investigation of turbulent flows through a circular-to-rectangular transition duct, AIAA J. 30 (2) (1992) 367-375.
8. F.R. Menter, Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications, AIAA J. 32 (8) 1994.
9. C.G. Speziale, S. Sarkar, T.B. Gatski, Modelling the pressure-strain correlation of turbulence: an invariant dynamical systems approach, J. Fluid Mech. 277 (1991) 245-272.
10. B.E. Launder, G.J. Reece, W. Rodi, Progress in the developments of a Reynolds-stress turbulence closure, J. Fluid Mech. 68 (1975) 537-566.
11. F. Sotiropoulos, V.C. Patel, Prediction of turbulent flow through a transition duct using a second-moment closure, AIAA J. 32 (11) (1994) 2194-2204.
12. F. Sotiropoulos, V.C. Patel, Turbulence anisotropy and near-wall modelling in predicting three-dimensional flows, AIAA J. 33 (3) (1995) 504-514.
13. CFX Validation Report, Turbulent Flow Through a Circular-to-Rectangular Transition Duct, CFX-VAL07.0402, 12 April 2002. email: cfx-support-uk@ansys.com.
14. AEAT, CFX 5 Solver and Solver Manager - Mathematical Models and Solution Algorithms, AEA Publishing, 2002.
15. S. Lefantzi, D.D. Knight, Automated design optimization of a three-dimensional S-shaped subsonic diffuser, J. Propulsion Power, 18 (4) (2002).