ZHOU Shaohua, YAN Changdi, HUANG Yonghua. Effect of different geometries of bellows with/without insert on internal liquid nitrogen flow[J]. 2018, 50(1): 2018-1.
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ZHOU Shaohua, YAN Changdi, HUANG Yonghua. Effect of different geometries of bellows with/without insert on internal liquid nitrogen flow[J]. 2018, 50(1): 2018-1.DOI: 10.11918/j.issn.0367-6234.201703097.
Effect of different geometries of bellows with/without insert on internal liquid nitrogen flow
To further discover the flow resistance characteristics of liquid nitrogen in bellows in wider application range
dimensionless variables namely the ratio of wave-height over bellows-diameter (e/d) and the ratio of wave-pitch over wave-height (p/e) are introduced. CFD modeling has been conducted on the behaviors of both pressure drop and Darcy friction factor (f) at different geometries of the bellows
either with or without an insert. Effects on the f by different Reynolds numbers at certain ratios e/d or p/e in wide ranges were investigated. The results shows that the vortex forming inside the bellows trough is the main cause of the flow resistance increment. When the e/d and p/e remain unchanged
changing of the inner diameter of the bellows has little influence on the friction factor. If a rod is inserted into the bellows
the larger the rod diameter
the smaller the Darcy friction factor. When the diameter of the insert reduces to zero
the friction factor approaches that of the hollow bellows
which is consistent with the experimental results.