ANALYSIS OF VORTEX TUBE

1)Pravin sharma
2)Krishna rajput
3)Abhishek singh
4)Deepak dubey
 INTRODUCTION
o The Vortex Tube (VT) system is a device that generates
separate flows of cold and hot gases from a single
compressed air.
The vortex tube was invented by Ranque in 1933 and then
improved by Hilsch in 1947.
o Vortex tube is a simple device, with nozzles,

vortex chamber, separating cold plate, hot valve,

hot and cold end without any moving parts.
 WORKING
Compression
Nozzle(Tangential inlet)
Vortex generation
Energy separation
Control valve
CONVENTIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
 Size and complexity
 Power requirement

 Portability

 Hazardous refrigerant

 Moving parts
 COMPARISON
PARAMETERS CONVENTION A-C VORTEX TUBE

SIZE 600X400X400(app.) 150-180mm in length

PARTS MOVING PARTS NO MOVING PARTS

PORTABLITY NO YES

HAZARDOUS CFC, NH3 ATMOSPHERIC AIR

REFRIGEREANT

POWER 1.335 KW/HR 0.5 KW/HR

REQUIREMENT
LITERATURE REVIEW
MAJOR STUDIES ON VORTEX TUBE
CONINUED
 METHODOLOGY

Numerical analysis of
vortex tube.
Computational Fluid
Dynamics(CFD) analysis
of vortex tube.

 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Density of air =
 CFD ANALYSIS
 CFD - a computational technology that enables
one to study the dynamics of things that flow.
 There are three reasons to use CFD software:
insight, foresight, and efficiency.

 CFD Process :- there are three steps,

 1. preprocessing
2d model meshing boundary condition
 2.solving
using differential equation CFD will give result
 3.postprocessing
we will get graphical as well as statistical result
 TOTAL TEMPERATURE CONTOURS AT THE
CENTRE PLANE OF VORTEX TUBE FOR 7 MM
ORIFICE WITH 5 BAR INLET PRESSURE