THE SIMULATION OF A SINGLE-PHASE FLOW IN A VORTEX CHAMBER SUPERCHARGER
This work is aimed at creating an adequate mathemati- cal model of a flow in a vortex chamber supercharger, which makes it possible to investigate and predict the field of flow parameters in various design options. To study the kinematics of solid particles of a pumped over heterogeneous medium with a low concentration of the solid phase, a single-phase flow model is needed. On its basis, a multiphase flow model isbuilt. In this paper, we simulate a single-phase flow in a vortex chamber supercharger using the turbulence modeling approach. A comparison of simulation results and ex- perimental data is presented. In addition, the possibili-ties of the applied turbulence modeling method for de-scribing the physical phenomena inherent in vortex chamber devices that affect the design of the flow part of the device are investigated.