Research Article
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation Assessment of Inlet Configuration Influence on Enhancing Swirl Flow Microbubble Generator Performance
Table 2
The influence of the inlet velocity on the swirl velocity.
| | Type | Inlet velocity (m/s) | Position from left to right (mm) | Maximum swirl velocity |
| | Single inlet | 1 | 0.48283 | 0.956296 | | 2 | 0.48283 | 1.957903 | | 3 | 0.48283 | 2.977925 | | 4 | 0.48283 | 4.017543 |
| | Double inlet | 1 | 5.018579 | 1.761682 | | 2 | 5.018579 | 3.819073 | | 3 | 5.018579 | 5.943624 | | 4 | 5.018579 | 8.14321 |
| | Tangent-circle inlet | 1 | 1.649087 | 1.361161 | | 2 | 1.649087 | 2.964799 | | 3 | 1.649087 | 4.594135 | | 4 | 1.842395 | 6.250447 |
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