Numerical simulation of secondary vortex chamber effect on the cooling capacity enhancement of vortex tube

摘要

A vortex tube with additional chamber is investigated by computational fluid mechanics techniques to realize the effects of additional chamber in Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube and to understand optimal length for placing the second chamber in order to have maximum cooling effect. Results show that by increasing the distance between two chambers, both minimum cold and maximum hot temperatures increase and maximum cooling effect occurs at Z/L = 0.047 (dimensionless distance).