Numerical Study on the Effect of the Pipe Groove Height and Pitch on the Flow Characteristics of Corrugated Pipe

For corrugated pipes with a square groove, it is known that there is no interaction between the main flow and groove flow when the aspect ratio is less than four. When the groove length and height are different, the interaction occurs in the pipe. In previous studies, it was investigated whether thi...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-05, Vol.14 (9), p.2614
Main Authors: Hong, Ki-Bea, Kim, Dong-Woo, Kwark, Jihyun, Nam, Jun-Seok, Ryou, Hong-Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational fluid dynamics
corrugated pipe
Energy
Experiments
Flow characteristics
Fluid flow
Friction
Friction factor
friction factors
Grooves
numerical
Numerical analysis
Pipes
Reynolds number
Turbulence models
Velocity
Velocity distribution
Viscosity
vortex
Vortices
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Summary:For corrugated pipes with a square groove, it is known that there is no interaction between the main flow and groove flow when the aspect ratio is less than four. When the groove length and height are different, the interaction occurs in the pipe. In previous studies, it was investigated whether this interaction is dependent on groove length. However, when changing the groove height, the shape of the vortex generated inside the groove changes, which may cause the interaction to occur. Therefore, in this paper the interaction between the main and groove flow of corrugated pipes is investigated when changing both groove height as well as groove pitch, corresponding to an aspect ratio of less than four. For the groove height, the flow out of the groove after impingement changes with the shape of the secondary vortex in the groove. This flow deforms the velocity distribution in the main flow, and thus the friction factor is different. For the groove pitch, there is no difference in v-velocity distribution at the interface at the 5th and 20th groove. This means there is no interaction between the grooves, and, the friction factor differs as the number of grooves differs.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14092614