Challenges of numerical simulations of cavitation reactors for water treatment – an example of flow simulation inside a cavitating microchannel

Pipp, Peter (avtor), Hočevar, Marko (avtor), Dular, Matevž (avtor)

The research on the potential of cavitation exploitation is currently an extremely interesting topic. To reduce the costs and time of the cavitation reactor optimization, nowadays, experimental optimization is supplemented and even replaced using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This is a very inviting opportunity for many developers, yet we find that all too often researchers with non-engineering background treat this "new" tool too simplistic, what leads to many misinterpretations and consequent poor engineering. The present paper serves as an example of how complex the flow features, even in the very simplest geometry, can be, and how much effort needs to be put into details of numerical simulation to set a good starting point for further optimization of cavitation reactors. Finally, it provides guidelines for the researchers, who are not experts in computational fluid dynamics, to obtain reliable and repeatable results of cavitation simulations.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: cavitation, computational fluid dynamics, numerical simulation, Venturi channel, microchannel
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 10 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 77, art. 105663
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128620
• UDK: 532.528:519.6:004.942
• ISSN pri članku: 1350-4177
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105663
• COBISS.SI-ID: 70757891
• Datum objave v RUL: 21.07.2021

PIPP, Peter, HOČEVAR, Marko in DULAR, Matevž, 2021, Challenges of numerical simulations of cavitation reactors for water treatment – an example of flow simulation inside a cavitating microchannel. Ultrasonics sonochemistry [na spletu]. 2021. Vol. 77,  105663. [Dostopano 18 junij 2025]. DOI 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105663. Pridobljeno s: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=128620

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Ultrasonics sonochemistry
• Skrajšan naslov: Ultrason. sonochem.
• Založnik: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier
• ISSN: 1350-4177
• COBISS.SI-ID: 707668

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: kavitacija, računska dinamika fluidov, numerična simulacija, venturijeve cevi, mikrokanal