A preliminary research on the periodic characteristics of a ventilation system with fluid oscillator

Abstract

The fluid oscillator is a device that produces periodic alternating jets by supplying a certain pressure of the fluid. In this paper, the fluid oscillator is applied to the field of building ventilation. The supply air direction will change periodically and create a vortex shedding effect in the ventilated environment. By establishing a three-dimensional model of the double feedback fluid oscillator, CFD numerical simulation technology was used to study the indoor flow field characteristics when the fluid oscillator was used for ventilation and the slit air supply. The results show that the influence area of slotted air is small, and the energy is concentrated and distributed. Only a few eddies are generated on both sides of the main jet, and many stagnation zones are generated indoors. Fluid oscillator ventilation into the indoor airflow has a broader range of influence. The flow field distribution is uniform, and the jet energy dissipates quickly. The fluid oscillator will generate many eddy currents inside the room, effectively reducing the airflow stagnation zone in the room. Because the fluid oscillator can accelerate the disturbance of the flow field inside the room, it has a particular reference value to optimize the indoor air distribution.