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Development of Fluidics-Type Sprinkler to Remove the Fallen Volcanic Ash from Mt.Sakurajima

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05555062
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Fluid engineering
Research InstitutionKAGOSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECNOLOGY

Principal Investigator

NAKASHIMA Masahiro  Kagoshima Nat.Coll.Tech., Mech.Eng., Assoc.Professor, 機械工学科, 助教授 (70124170)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IDO Yuuji  Hukiage High Techs Co.Ltd., Researcher, 生産技術室, 研究員
ESAKI Shuji  Kagoshima Nat.Coll.Tech., Mech.Eng., Professor, 機械工学科, 教授 (40185111)
UCHITANI Tamotsu  Kagoshima Nat.Coll.Tech., Civ.Eng., Professor, 土木工学科, 教授 (70038107)
NAKIYAMA Yasuhiro  Kagoshima Nat.Coll.Tech., Mech.Eng., Lecturer, 機械工学科, 講師 (40222179)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1994
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
KeywordsFluidics / Flow Visualization / Image Processing / Sprinkler / Volcanic Ash
Research Abstract

As a part of the investigation on the device to remove the volcanic ash fallen on the sun-heat collector, new type of sprinklers applied the flow mechanism in the fluidic devices have been designed and developed. In this study, by using the video camera and the image processing system, the spread angle of the sprinkled water have been investigated. Moreover, the distribution of the sprinkled water have been measured quantitatively. Inthis investigation, the diameter of the air hole set in the developed sprinkler were changed variously. The obtained concludions in this study are as follows.
(1) As the diameter of the air holes becomes large, the spread angle of the sprinkled water widens. However, at a certain diameter the spread angle has a maximum value, and then it lessens gradually.
(2) The distributions of the sprinkled water change greatly with the diameter of the air hole. In the case of small diameter, water is distributed around the water jet center-line mainly and its distribution is shaped like a sharp edge cone. However, as the diameter increases the distribution of the sprinkled water changes into the saddle-shape one. The maximum depth of the sprinkled water shows at the outer edge of the water jet.
(3) In order to estimate the distirbution of the sprinkled water quantitatively, the mean depth of the sprinkled water was introduced newly. As a result, the mean depth is large in the case that water distributes in the shape of cone. However, it becomes small according to the uniformity of the sprinkled water distribution.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1994 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1993 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 中島,正弘他3名: "流体論理素子の発振原理を応用した散水器の開発" 鹿児島工業高等専門学校研究報告. 29号. 15-20 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masahiro NAKASHIMA,et, al.: "Development of Fallen Volcanic Ash Remover Applying the Flow mechanism of Fluidics" Research Reports of Kagosima National College of Technology. No.29. 15-20 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中島正弘 他3名: "流体論理素子の発振原理を応用した散水器の開発" 鹿児島工業高等専門学校研究報告. 29号. 15-20 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1994 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1993-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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