Intensification of heat exchange in a device for gas-dynamic energy separation

Abstract

The operating efficiency of a gas-dynamic energy-separation device is analyzed, and it is shown that it can be improved if we deposit a regular relief on the wall separating the supersonic and subsonic channels. To decrease the total pressure losses on the side of the supersonic channel, shallow spherical dimples (stampings) are deposited, creating spherical ledges in the subsonic channel because of the small thickness of the wall. The calculation technique is modernized, and modeling is carried out, which shows that by introducing intensified heat exchange, it is possible to improve the efficiency of this device by 1.2–1.4 times in air and in natural gas with a simultaneous decrease in the device size by 20–25%.