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PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND CARBON BY SOLAR THERMAL METHANE SPLITTING SIMULATION OF A CONFINED TORNADO FLOW CONFIGURATION BY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Prof. Abraham Kogan
Department of Aerospace Engineering Technion I.I.T, Haifa, Israel Presently: Visiting Scientist Solar Research Facilities Unit Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel

HYDROGEN IS THE CHOICE

FUEL OF THE 21ST CENTURY

ITS COMBUSTION IN AIR RELEASES QUANTITIES OF ENERGY PER UNIT MASS. GREAT

ITS COMBUSTION PRODUCT IS ONLY WATER.

IT IS A NON-POLLUTING FUEL AND THEREFORE ITS USE IS ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE.

CH4

1500C

Cgr 2H2

SMOKE FLOW DEMONSTRATION OF REACTOR WINDOW SCREENING

CROSS SECTION OF REACTOR M2a

CROSS SECTION OF REACTOR D1

PLANAR LASER BEAM OPTICAL CONFIGURATION

MAIN FLOW 0 L/M

RADIAL MAIN FLOW 10 L/M

SMOKE-CHARGED RADIAL AUXILIARY FLOW 2 L/M

TANGENTIAL MAIN FLOW 10 L/M SMOKE-CHARGED RADIAL AUXILIARY FLOW 2 L/M

IDEAL FLOW OF A PERFECT FLUID AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER

FLOW OF A REAL LOW-VISCOSITY FLUID PAST A CIRCULAR CYLINDER

BATCHELOR [11] SUMMARIZES THAT:

IN PRACTICAL TERMS, A STEADY BOUNDARY LAYER USUALLY SEPARATES AFTER VERY LITTLE RETARDATION OF THE EXTERNAL STREAM

WE MAY ADD THAT:

AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT BOUNDARY LAYER SEPARATION FROM A SOLID WALL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PRESSURE IN THE FLUID ALONG THE WALL DECREASES IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW

(a) MAIN FLOW 0 L/M

(c) TANGENTIAL MAIN FLOW 10 L/M

(b) TANGENTIAL MAIN FLOW 5 L/M

(d) TANGENTIAL MAIN FLOW 15 L/M

SMOKE-CHARGED RADIAL AUXILIARY FLOW 2 L/M

CONSECUTIVE STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF A TORNADO FLOW PATTERN IN A REACTION CHAMBER

TORNADO AT MANHATTAN, KANSAS, USA, 31 MAY 1949

SMOKE FLOW VISUALIZATION OF AN UNSTABLE TORNADO FLOW CONFIGURATION

SMOKE FLOW VISUALIZATION OF A DEGENERATED TORNADO FLOW CONFIGURATION

REACTOR WINDOW STAINED BY POWDER DEPOSITION AFTER A 10-MIN CB SEEDING TORNADO FLOW TEST.
THE WINDOW SURFACE WAS WETTED BY LUBRICATING OIL BEFORE START OF TEST.

SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF TORROIDAL FLOW PERTURBATION INDUCED BY FRICTION BETWEEN THE GAS MOVING AT HIGH SPEED IN THE TORNADO FUNNEL AND THE SURROUNDING GAS

THE CYLINDER-FRUSTUM GEOMETRY OF A SIMPLIFIED COMBUSTION CHAMBER