Study on microchannel cavitation phenomena based on experiment and simulation

Abstract

Cavitation phenomenon is a common fluid mechanics phenomenon. Its special flow limiting structure generates abundant microchannel cavitation in the microchannel, and the existence of these cavitation flow field with complex flow field structure characteristics is formed in the microchannel. In order to better understand the cavitation phenomenon in the microchannel, this paper takes the microchannel as the research object, adopts the method of comparison between experimental research and numerical simulation, changes the cavitation number by adjusting parameters, and analyses the cavitation phenomenon of the microchannel under different working conditions. From the experimental point of view, a micro-channel with rectangular current limiting structure was designed. In order to observe and analyse the microchannel hydraulic cavitation phenomenon, the hydraulic cavitation micro-channel experiment platform was designed and built, which could analyse the cavitation flow pattern of the microchannel. The computational fluid dynamics simulation software Fluent was used to simulate and study the microchannel cavitation phenomenon characteristics by changing the boundary conditions. It is found that the cavitation phenomenon becomes more obvious as the number of cavitations decreases. Finally, the simulation results are compared with the experimental results, and the simulated cavitation flow pattern is in good agreement with the experimental results.