Studies on the Effect of Feed Gas Temperature （研究原料气的温度的影响）.pdf

International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2012 1 ISSN 2250-3153 Studies on the Effect of Feed Gas Temperature on Ranque-Hilsch Vortex Tube Rajarshi Kar, Oindrila Gupta, Mukunda Kumar Das * Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata Abstract - A very interesting phenomenon was observed by G.J. Nomenclature: Ranque (1931) and R. Hilsch (1945) when a compressed gas is Cp: Specific heat capacity at constant pressure (psig) introduced tangentially into a tube. The tube is fitted with a Cc: Cooling capacity (J) central aperture orifice at one end (this end of the tube being very D: Tube diameter (in) close to the tangential entry nozzle) and a throttle valve at the H: Standard thermodynamic variable representing enthalpy (S other end (this end being a little far off from the entry nozzle). kg-1) The shape and size of the nozzle is such that the gas attains ΔH: State variable representing changes in enthalpy (J kg-1) maximum velocity of emission as it enters into the tube. In the K: Kinetic energy (J) process of movement of the gas inside the tube towards the min: Mass flow rate of inlet stream (g min-1) throttle end, there develops in the spiraling gas a region of high mh: Mass flow rate of hot outlet stream (g min-1) pressure in the peripheral layers and a region of low pressure in mc: Mass flow rate of cold outlet stream (g min-1) the axis of rotation. Thus a hot stream of gas comes out through P: Pressure of the c