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Numerical Study of Highly Viscous Fluid Sloshing in the Real-Scale Membrane-Type Tank

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  • Shuo Mi

    (State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Zongliu Huang

    (Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery, Ministry of Education, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China)

  • Xin Jin

    (College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China)

  • Mahdi Tabatabaei Malazi

    (State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Mingming Liu

    (College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China)

Abstract

The highly viscous liquid (glycerin) sloshing is investigated numerically in this study. The full-scale membrane-type tank is considered. The numerical investigation is performed by applying a two-phase numerical model based on the spatially averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Firstly, the numerical model is validated against the available numerical model and a self-conducted experiment then is applied to systematically investigate the full-scale sloshing. In this study, two filling levels (50% and 70% of the tank height) are considered. The fluid kinematic viscosity is fixed at a value being 6.0 × 10 −5 m 2 /s with comparative value to that of the crude oil. A wide range of forcing periods varying from 8.0 s to 12.0 s are used to identify the response process of pressures as well as free surface displacements. The pressures are analyzed along with breaking free surface snapshots and corresponding pressure distributions. The slamming effects are also demonstrated. Finally, the frequency response is further identified by the fast Fourier transformation technology.

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  • Shuo Mi & Zongliu Huang & Xin Jin & Mahdi Tabatabaei Malazi & Mingming Liu, 2019. "Numerical Study of Highly Viscous Fluid Sloshing in the Real-Scale Membrane-Type Tank," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:22:p:4244-:d:284413
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    Cited by:

    1. Mehrdad Massoudi, 2020. "Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Petroleum Industries and Geothermal Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-4, March.

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