Effects of working fluid, nozzle number, nozzle material and connection type on thermal performance of a Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube: A review

V Kirmaci, H Kaya - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2018 - Elsevier
A vortex tube is a mechanical device which provides instant heating and cooling by
separating the hot and cold streams via application of compressed working fluid to the orifice …

Analysis of various separation characteristics of Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube and its applications–A review

P Ambedkar, T Dutta - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube (RHVT) is a compact thermo-fluidic device primarily
used to split a highly pressurized gaseous fluid into two different temperature streams …

Mach number and energy loss analysis inside multi-stage Tesla valves for hydrogen decompression

J Qian, M Chen, Z Gao, Z Jin - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Multi-stage Tesla valves in the reversed flow state can be applied during the hydrogen
decompression process between the high pressure hydrogen storage vessel and the fuel …

CFD simulation and thermodynamic analysis of energy separation in vortex tube using different inert gases at different inlet pressures and cold mass fractions

P Ambedkar, T Dutta - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, extensive three-dimensional CFD simulations of vortex tube (VT) are
conducted with five inert gases, namely helium, neon, argon, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide …

Experimental analysis of cooling and heating performance of serial and parallel connected counter-flow Ranquee–Hilsch vortex tube systems using carbon dioxide as …

H Kaya, O Uluer, E Kocaoğlu, V Kirmaci - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the performance analysis of two counter flow Ranquee–Hilsch Vortex
Tubes (RHVT) having the same geometrical properties in the condition of serial and parallel …

Computational study of energy separation in convergent-divergent vortex tube for different throat diameters, throat locations, inlet pressures, and working gas

P Ambedkar, T Dutta - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to improve the energy separation performance of vortex tube with a
converging–diverging design of the hot tube. Three-dimensional computational fluid …

Experimental and numerical investigation of energy separation in counterflow and uniflow vortex tubes

T Dutta, KP Sinhamahapatra… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are mainly two types of vortex tube–counterflow and uniflow. Many papers mention
that energy separation in uniflow configuration is inferior to that in counterflow configuration …

Experimental investigation of thermal performance of parallel connected vortex tubes with various nozzle materials

H Kaya, F Günver, V Kirmaci - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper is about experimental investigation for thermal performance of two identical
parallel connected counter flow Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubes by using different orifice nozzle …

Numerical study of temperature separation characteristics of vortex tubes: Effects of structural parameters and modeling of cooling performance correlations

W Chen, Z Luo, X Li, S Lu, F Guo - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vortex tube is widely used as a cooling system in manufacturing, gas separation devices
and biological device, etc., for it has the advantages of simple structure, low-cost …

The impact of varying cold end diameter on the energy separation in Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube for different working gases: A CFD simulation and thermodynamic …

P Ambedkar, T Dutta - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
The vortex tube is a potential candidate for sustainable cooling due to its unique feature of
energy separation without using any synthetic refrigerant. However, the investigation of …