Modelling of biofuel droplets dispersion and evaporation

J Barata - Renewable energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Alternative renewable fuels are more and more important due to increasing oil prices,
environmental concerns and their potential to preserve the agricultural activity. For the case …

Impinging jet cooling on concave surfaces

N Souris, H Liakos, M Founti - AIChE journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The numerical modeling of jet impingement cooling onto a semicircular concave surface is
reported. The performance of two‐equation turbulence models (such as the k–ε model) is …

Comparison and verification of turbulence Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes closures to model spatially varied flows

K Chipongo, M Khiadani, K Sookhak Lari - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The robustness and accuracy of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models was
investigated for complex turbulent flow in an open channel receiving lateral inflow, also …

Laser-Doppler measurements of impinging jet flows through a crossflow

JMM Barata, DFG Durao - Experiments in fluids, 2004 - Springer
The flowfield resulting from the impingement of a single axisymmetric jet against a wall after
penetrating a confined crossflow has been studied experimentally using laser-Doppler …

Mixing in T-junctions

JBW Kok, S Van der Wal - Applied mathematical modelling, 1996 - Elsevier
The transport processes that are involved in the mixing of two gases in a T-junction mixer
are investigated. The turbulent flow field is calculated for the T-junction with the k-ε …

Ground vortex formed by impinging jets in crossflow

K Knowles, D Bray - Journal of aircraft, 1993 - arc.aiaa.org
WHEN a jet impinges on a surface normal (or nearly normal) to its axis, a wall jet is formed
which spreads out radially from the impingement point. In the presence of a crossflow …

On the analysis of an impinging jet on ground effects

JMM Barata, DFG Durão, MV Heitor, JJ McGuirk - Experiments in Fluids, 1993 - Springer
Laser Doppler measurements and flow visualization are presented for a turbulent circular jet
emerging into a low-velocity cross-stream and, then, impinging on a flat surface …

Numerical simulation and analysis of three‐dimensional turbulent impinging square twin‐jet flow field with no‐crossflow

SH Chuang, TJ Nieh - … Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The three-dimensional turbulent impinging square twin-jet flow with no-crossflow is
analyzed by employing the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code PHOENICS. The …

Spray impingement modelling: Evaluation of the dissipative energy loss and influence of an enhanced near-wall treatment

C Rodrigues, J Barata, A Silva - Fuel processing technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The goal of the present research is to contribute to improve the knowledge about the spray
impingement topic through a numerical study that is aimed at investigating the impact of …

Simulation of an impinging jet in a crossflow using a Reynolds stress transport model

NA Worth, Z Yang - … journal for numerical methods in fluids, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
An impinging jet in a cross ow is a ow case representative of a jet-lift aircraft operating in
ground effect. Accurate modelling of this ow field is essential in predicting the practical ow …