发明名称 Apparatus for reducing dissipation rate of fluid ejected into boundary layer
摘要 A method and apparatus for ejecting a second fluid into the near-wall region of the boundary layer of a first fluid, so that the second fluid hugs the wall. This alone reduces drag by modifying the behavior of the near-wall structure, thereby reducing the frequency of burst and sweep cycles, even when the first and second fluids are identical. Further, one or more additives, such as polymer, surfactant, micro-bubbles, a combination thereof, and/or using a second fluid having an elevated temperature as compared to the temperature of the first fluid, may be used to achieve much greater drag reduction as well as lower dissipation rates than previously possible. The second fluid is ejected using a convex Coanda surface (7) and at a controlled velocity that is a small fraction of the velocity of the first fluid moving along the wall so that the flow lines of the second fluid are substantially aligned with the flow lines of the first fluid. To make the second fluid continue to hug the wall after ejection, vortices are generated in the second fluid by a concave surface (2) so that low pressure regions exist at the wall.
申请公布号 US6435214(B2) 申请公布日期 2002.08.20
申请号 US20010866470 申请日期 2001.05.29
申请人 CORTANA CORPORATION 发明人 BABENKO VICTOR V.
分类号 B63B1/34;F15D1/12;F42B19/12;(IPC1-7):F15C1/04 主分类号 B63B1/34
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