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Multiscale thermo-fluid dynamics and its universality of Helium near the critical point

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K05852
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Thermal engineering
Research InstitutionHigh Energy Accelerator Research Organization

Principal Investigator

Okamura Takahiro  大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 准教授 (90415042)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords超臨界ヘリウム / 乱流 / 直接数値計算 / 超電導 / 冷却技術 / 冷媒放出 / 放出シミュレーション / 自然対流 / DNS / GPGPU / GPU
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Flow field induced by heat input often shows unique characteristics such as thermal plume with sharp interface between hot domain and cold one, pseudo boiling and piston effect that heat propagates due to the adiabatic compression process. These phenomena are mainly induced due to the special behaviors of the thermo physical properties near critical point. In this study, we clarified the time and spatial evolution behaviors of the coherent structures formed by the velocity and temperature field from near the wall to the bulk. In addition, as an engineering application, we also developed simulation tool to predict the thermo-fluid behaviors of helium in the large scale systems that can not be verified from experiments. The numerical experiments were also performed on the helium convection diffusion behaviors when helium with the supercritical pressure was released to the atmosphere from large scale cryogenic equipment such as superconducting detector and accelerator.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

超臨界ヘリウムは主に素粒子実験等の比較的中規模から大規模超電導マグネットなどの冷却に使用される.ヘリウム3はもとよりヘリウム4も近年価格が高騰しており,インベントリ低減が必須となる.本研究で得られた知見は冷却流路形状などのシステム最適化を図るために適用することが出来ると考えている.またこうした大規模システムにおいて,こうした極低温のヘリウムが何らかの事象により装置外部へ放出された際の流動挙動から設備全体の安全に関する知見について,実験を実施することの困難さから十分に明らかにされているとは言えない.本研究ではこうした点においても知見を与えるものである.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2017 2016

All Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] 大気中への種々冷媒ガス放出時の流動ならびに酸素濃度変動に関する数値実験2017

    • Author(s)
      岡村 崇弘
    • Organizer
      2017 年秋季低温工学・超電導学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] GPU Accelerated Numerical Investigation on Natural Convection along a Vertical Cylinder in a Supercritical Helium2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Okamura
    • Organizer
      1 st Asian ICMC and CSSJ 50 th Anniversary Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢歌劇座(石川県・金沢市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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