Abstract
Abstract To further investigate and improve the cleaning ability of the cavitation nozzle, this paper proposes a new model that is based on the Helmholtz nozzle and with the quadratic equation curve as the outer contour of the cavitation chamber. First, the numerical simulation of the flow field in the nozzle chamber was conducted using FLUENT software to analyze and compare the impact of the curve parameters and Reynolds number on the cleaning effect. Next, the flow field was captured by a high-speed camera in order to study the cavitation cycle and evolution process. Then, experiments were performed to compare the cleaning effect of the new nozzle with that of the Helmholtz nozzle. The study results demonstrate that effective cavitation does not occur when the diameter of the cavitation chamber is too large. For the new nozzle, with the increase of the Reynolds number, the degree of cavitation in the chamber first increases and then decreases; the cleaning effect is much better than that of a traditional Helmholtz nozzle under the same conditions; the nozzle has the best cleaning effect for the stand-off distance of 300 mm.
Highlights
Cavitation occurs when local pressure in the liquid is less than its saturated vapor pressure
Versluis et al ( ), (Lohse et al ) studied the predation of pistol shrimp. They found that when the large claw of pistol shrimp closes at a high speed of up to 100 km/h, cavitation bubbles are formed in front of the large claw, and the high pressure of the cavitation bubbles is used to hunt prey
The cleaning effect of a new cavitation nozzle was studied through the numerical simulations and experiments and compared with that of the Helmholtz nozzle
Summary
Cavitation occurs when local pressure in the liquid is less than its saturated vapor pressure. Ahmed et al ( ) proposed and verified a numerical framework based on interface capture to study cavitation and external jet formation; they performed numerical simulations on the development of cavitation and supercavitation and qualitatively compared the liquid and vapor structures obtained in the experiments and simulations.
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