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In this study the combined effect of ultrasound and heat on inactivation of pectin methylesterase (PME) in fresh orange juice was investigated. To this end fresh orange juice was sonicated at 50, 60, 70 and 80 °C for 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 minutes at various acoustic amplitudes and constant frequency of 30 kHz and the residual activity of PME was then measured. The results showed that ultrasound had a synergistic effect on heat resulting in an increase in the inactivation of PME. However, calculation of kinetic parameters and reaction constants indicated that increasing temperature decreased cavitation intensity and hence contribution of ultrasonic waves to PME inactivation. On the other hand, the acoustic amplitude level was found to initially increase and then diminish the rate of enzyme inactivation. In this article these changes are explained by activation parameters of DS^# and DH^#  and possible mechanisms for ultrasonic inactivation of PME are discussed.

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  Pomegranate seed oil is rich in functionally and nutritionally important compounds and hence has a wide application in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In this study the effect of high power ultrasonic waves and pretreatment method on the extraction efficiency of oil from pomegranate seeds was investigated at a frequency of 20 kHz. Variables in question were extraction procedure at 2 levels (solvent extraction with and without ultrasound), extraction time at 3 levels (30, 45 and 60 minutes) and pretreatment of seeds and sample preparation at 6 levels (grinding, soaking and grinding, sonication and grinding, soaking, sonication and grinding, grinding, sonication and dehydration, and soaking, grinding, sonication and dehydration). The results showed that ultrasound significantly increased the extraction efficiency with no effect on the composition of fatty acids and their quantitative values. It was also found that pretreatment of whole seeds by sonicating them in hot water led to highest extraction efficiency. Moreover, the extraction time decreased to 30 min in the presence of ultrasound waves.

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Abstract- The aim of this paper is to develop a numerical procedure for simulating underwater explosion phenomena with a simplified mathematical and two fluid model. The two fluid Kapila five equation model is selected as the governing equations and the ideal gas and Stiffened gas equations of state (SG-EOS) are used to obtain pressure in the gas bubble and the surrounding water zone, respectively. The modified Schmidt EOS is used to simulate the cavitation regions with low pressure. A Godunov numerical method and HLLC Reiman solver is extended for Kapila two fluid model. The numerical results of the present method and comparing them with available experimental results, verify that the proposed method has good capablity of predicting complex physics involved in a spherical underwater explosion and its interaction with free surface. The method also shows a very good performance with no spurious oscillation in cavitation zone simulation in two-dimensional problems

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Abstract It has been proved that developing a supercaviting flow over under-water projectiles has an important role on their drag reduction, so many of researchers have focused on this subject during recent decade. In this research, the geometrical characteristics of supercavitaties developed behind three different conical cavitators with conic angles of 30, 45 and 60 degrees are studied numerically and experimentally. The experiments were done in an open-loop water tunnel. The fluid flow velocity in the test section was between 27 to 38 m/s. Also the 3D multiphase fluid flow over the cavitators within the test section are modeled and analyzed numerically by solving the corresponding governing equations using finite volume method and mixture model. Good agreement was observed in comparison between the numerical and experimental results. Finally, effects of some important parameters .i.e. the cavitation index, inlet velocity and conic angle of the cavitators on the geometrical characteristics of the supercavities are discussed

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In this study hydrodynamics and noise behavior of a marine propeller is analyzed through numerical and experimental methods. In order to find out the conditions of initiation and development of cavitation, numerical analysis is carried out through finite volume method (FVM) for various rotational velocities. Moreover, hydrodynamics of the propeller is tested in the cavitation tunnel and the results are compared against numerical simulations. Second, the flow results obtained in the first step were used as the input to extract the sound pressure levels (SPLs) in the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings (FW-H) formulation, to predict the far field noise. In addition, the behavior of the obtained SPL was studied and a good agreement was observed between our data and the previous works results. Similarly, experimental results collected from two hydrophones are compared with numerical simulations. In this case, cavitation is initiated and developed by either increasing the propeller’s rotational velocity in fixed pressure or dropping pressure while keeping the velocity constant. The signals registered at the two hydrophones are then filtered within one-third octave bands. The outcomes demonstrate a negligible deviation between numerical and experimental results for both noise and hydrodynamics tests.

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In this paper, the behavior of copper and steel rectangular plates with clamped boundary conditions subjected to underwater explosion loading is investigated. Cavitation is a phenomenon that occurs in this process. During the cavitation, the total pressure of the explosion becomes zero, so that the governing equations of motion time will be different before and after the cavitation. As a result, in terms of analysis and design, the cavitation time is significant in studying the behavior of a rectangular plate at underwater explosive loading. To calculate the cavitation time, the equations of motion of a rectangular plate underwater explosive loading are derived first, based on Hamilton principle and variation method. Then, in order to obtain the forced response of the rectangular plate, the exact free vibration solution of the rectangular plate is derived for exact mode shapes. Then, the speed and generated stress of plate during cavitation time are calculated and compared with the yield stress of copper and steel rectangular plates. Using this method, one can distinguish the cavitation with in the elastic or plastic regimes. Results show that the cavitation time is on the order of microsecond.

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In the present study, a molecular based scheme has been developed for simulating of surface roughness and cavitation effects on nano- scale flows. In the nano-channel flows, there are some differences on the flow friction between roughness and cavitations which are not well studied. In the presented approach, based on the Molecular Dynamics Simulation (MD), the Lennard-Jones potential is used to modeling the interactions between particles. Each atom of the solid wall is anchored at its lattice site by a harmonic restoring force and its temperature has been controlled by utilizing thermostat.The roughness and cavitation have been implemented on the lower side of channel. To make a comparison between the effect of roughness and cavitation, the same dimension is used for both of them. Obtained results show, those hydrodynamic characteristics of flow and the walls shear stress depends on the roughness and cavitation sizes. The roughness on the bottom wall has more effect than cavity wall on the velocity and density profiles. Also results show that the presence of roughness on the bottom wall respectively increases the shear stress on the bottom wall and decreases its value on the top wall while, the presence of cavitation on the bottom wall has no effect on the top wall and just increase the bottom wall shear stress.

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Development and application of high-speed underwater vehicle is the cause for considering super-cavitating flows by many researchers. Frictional drag decreases and vehicle’s velocity increases due to cavity generation. The objective of the present research is to find the coefficients of an optimized equation to estimate cavity length around a submercible vehicle equipped with a wedged-shaped cavitator which has important practical applications. For this purposes, the super cavitation phenomena has been simulated numerically around three bodies with different geometry. At first stage, to validate the results of numerical simulation of present work a well-established experimental result of a cylindrical body with hemispheric cap is used for comparison. This comparison is used for parameters effecting numerical method, turbulence flow model and mass transfer model. As this comparison is confirmed, the simulation is continued at second stage for super cavitation phenomena initiation around a wedged-shaped cavitator with two 15 and 45 degrees angle. At third stage, the super cavitation flow is analyzed around a submersible body equipped with a wedged-shaped cavitator. The cavity length and related coefficients are obtained for three cases using different cavitation numbers. The developed equation is similar for all cases with different coefficients. The averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved in transient case using finite volume method. Different mass transfer models with turbulent flow models are used at different conditions. The numerical results are validated with experimental results of other researchers. Comparison is encouraging.

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In this paper, the elastoplastic response of copper, steel and aluminum circular plates with clamped boundary conditions subjected to underwater explosion loading is investigated. Cavitation is a phenomenon that can be occurred for plates in the process of underwater explosion forming. The total pressure of the explosion becomes zero at the cavitation time, so that the governing equations of motion time will be different before and fter the cavitation. As a result, in terms of analysis and design, the cavitation time is significant in studying the behavior of a circular plate at underwater explosive loading. By appling the energy method and based on Hamilton principle and variation method the equations of motion of an underwater circular plate subjected to explosive loading are derived. Then, in order to obtain the forced response of the circular plate, the exact free vibration solution is derived to calculate the mode shapes. Then, the velocity and generated stress of plate during cavitation time are calculated and compared with the yield stress plates. Using this method, one can distinguish the cavitation with in the elastic or plastic regimes. By recognizing the time of cavitation in the range of elastic or plastic, the displacement and velocity field of plate are determined in duration of explosive loading. Results show that the cavitation time is on the order of microsecond. Depending on amount of charge mass and stand-off, the cavitation time may be occurred in elastic or plastic regime.

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Strong interest of consumers in acquiring minimally processed foods that conserve the different micronutrients has raised the need to study the effect of food processing methods on quality attributes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect ultrasound treatment (for 5, 10, 15 min at 37 and 80 kHz frequency) on physico chemical properties (titratable acidity, pH, oBrix, browning index, opacity), color attributes and microbial load (total microbial population, yeast and mold, and coliforms) of orange juice. Results showed non-significant changes for titratable acidity, °Brix, and pH in sonicated samples compared to control (p>0.05). The difference between browning and opacity indexes of the sonicated samples and heating treatment sample was significant (p<0.05) and the sonication caused to decrease the browning and opacity indexes of orange juices. The color parameters investigation of orange juice samples showed that the decreasing of frequency sonication and increasing the time of treatment leads to increase the lightness (L*), and decrease of the redness (a*) of orange juice samples. Significant reductions in the microbial load corresponding to sonication time were also recorded (p<0.05). Results of the present study indicate that sonication coupled with mild temperatures may be employed as a suitable technique for orange juice processing, and may be applied to improve its safety, sensorial and nutritional quality.

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In ventilated cavitating flow structure, two parameters are very important, Fr number and gas entrainment coefficient .The objective of this paper is to investigate the ventilated cavitating flow structure by numerical methods and verify with experimental results. The numerical simulation is performed by ANSYS-FLUENT and homogenous mixture model with a free slip velocity and DES turbulence model, and the gravity effect is considered. The results show when the gas entrainment coefficient Qv is constant, two typical mechanisms of the gas leakage exist at different Fr numbers, namely toroidal vortex mode and two hollow tube vortex mode .With the increasing of Fr, the cavity would transfer from the two hollow tube vortices to the toroidal vortices. Moreover, when the Fr number keeps constant, the enlargement of the cavity causes the gravitational effect to be more significant for the case of larger value of Qv. DES turbulence model is combined from two model, SST k – ω and LES model and is suitable for simulating of two hollow tube vortices mode

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Centrifugal pumps as a heart of the system which are used to move fluids are used widely in most of the industries and have considerable contribution in the amount of energy consumption, so improving of their performance has been attended for researchers .In this paper the aim of studying is the effect of double splitter blades on pump’s performance numerically and experimentally. Three type impellers have been made as experimental investigation. Pump with this impellers is tested and extracted the performance curve. Also, for investigation of the flow pump has been simulated numerically by ANSYS-CFX commercial code. Numerical method of finite volume with k-ω SST turbulence model for numerical analysis. Numerical and experimental results show reasonable agreement that increasing of head and variation of NPSHR due to adding of double splitter blades. The maximum head increased was obtained related to third type of Impeller about 6.33 percent. Furthermore, third type is selected as best impeller. Also, it is observed that around point of designing of pump the effect of double splitter blades on pump’s performance is more significant and deviation from this point will decrease the effect of it.

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This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of combined microwave-ultrasonic pasteurization system on Escherichia coli and vitamin C content in sour cherry juice (SCJ). Based on the findings, microwave output power, ultrasound power, and ultrasonic exposure time as well as the microwave-induced temperature were the most effective factors in reducing E. coli and vitamin C content. In addition, the microwave-induced temperature and ultrasonic exposure time, as independent variables, were both effective on E. coli removal. At higher temperatures, the effectiveness of ultrasonic waves as well as cavitation intensity declined. However, their combined effect (ultrasound and temperature) was more significant than their individual effect. It was also found that any increase in ultrasound power, ultrasonic exposure time, and microwave output power led to a significant reduction in vitamin C content, while the ultrasound power was the most effective. On the basis of RSM modeling, the optimum processing condition was: 352.21W microwave output power, 49.94˚C temperature, 475.13W ultrasound power and 6 minutes of exposure time. On the basis of response surface methodology (RSM) modelling, the maximum vitamin C content was 142.5 mg per 100 mL with no remaining E. coli.

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Small scale hydraulic power plants equipped with very low head (VLH) axial turbines can be considered as a novel approach to extract energy from rivers and canals. In this study, design process and numerical simulation of a prototype of a VLH turbine is done. The selected turbine generates 450 kW power at the head of 2.6 m. In order to generate the turbine geometry using MATLAB and X-Foil, a computational code has been developed. The design process to generate finalized geometrical data of the runner blades contains a primary hydrodynamic design using Euler equation in turbomachinery, a classical approach for axial turbomachinery design and selection of hydrofoils with appropriate lift coefficient. Using the geometry and structured mesh generated by Turbo Grid for discretization of governing equations, the numerical simulation was accomplished by ANSYS CFX. Simulation results of different opening angles of the runner blades are presented for the turbine system including runner and guide vanes. Also, cavitation possibility is studied in various opening angles and discharges. The results demonstrate that the hydraulic efficiency of the VLH turbine is approximately 89% where the opening angle of the runner blades is at the design point. Moreover, cavitation does not occur at the design point. However, at flow rates larger than the nominal flow rate, and at opening angles larger than the design point cavitation at the leading edge is possible

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In this paper, the three dimensional ventilated cavitating flow in the steady condition around a projectile model is simulated using CFD method combined with a sst k-ω turbulence model and volume-of-fluid technique, With the aid of CFD software ANSYS CFX. The numerical model is validated using comparisons between numerical predictions and existing experimental data and fairly good agreement is revealed. The numerical results show that with increasing the ventilation gas rate at constant Froude number, the cavity length gradually increases to a critical value and then remains fixed upon further increase in gas ventilation rate. Also, it has been observed that rear portion of larger cavity moves upwards due to gravitational effect. With increasing the ventilation gas rate, the gas leakage mechanism at rear portion of ventilated supercavity changes from the re-entrant jet closure mode to twin vortex closure mode. The variation of ventilation gas rate versus cavity length is a function of Froude number and the critical ventilation gas rate increases linearly with Froude number.

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In direct injection diesel engines, diesel nozzle geometry is a major issue in order to fulfill control of emission due to the influence on internal flow, cavitation phenomenon, spray characteristics and therefore atomization behavior, which are very important for engines performance and
pollutant formation. The aim of this article is to study the effect of cavitation on Diesel spray behavior such as spray penetration lengths and sauter mean diameter. In this study To create a cavitation phenomenon and to investigate its effect on the fuel spray characteristics two similar injector different in the inlet cross section nozzle have been considered and their internal liquid flow and the behavior of their resulted sprays have been investigated( this has been done by moving nozzle on the injector body). AVL-Fire CFD code has been used for meshing and simulating and solving the conservation equations. The results show that by placing the nozzle hole in lower part of the injector sac, the volume fraction of the vapor phase increases. So the growth of the cavitation phenomenon increases. Also the results of the spray show that the spray penetration length for lower nozzle hole increases. An interesting point is that there is no significant change in the size of the spray droplet for two injectors. Most importantly, the spray penetration length can be controlled by place of nozzle hole.

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Morning glory spillway is one of the most susceptible cases for the occurrence of the cavitation phenomena. In the present study, the flow characteristics included the inlet and outlet discharge and the velocity and pressure close to the elbow walls were calculated for Alborz dam spillway by using of Flow3D software and the results were compared with the experimental data. The comparison of the numerical model results and the experimental data showed the good agreement between them. The results showed, the maximum pressure head in different discharges and for different elbow radius, have been located in median of piezometer in the bottem of elbow. As a result, it is suggested that, if possible, the curvature changes in the entrance area from the vertical shaft to the elbow and also from the elbow to the horizontal tunnel gradually. In different discharge and different radius of the elbow, the cavitation index for bottem of the elbow will increase as a result of dynamic impacts on the bottem of the elbow, but the cavitation index, toward to the end of the curvature, will be lower due to the contraction end of the cross section. The results showed that radius change of the elbow due to considerable effect on the flow field, has the significant effect on the occurrence probability of the cavitation. The radius change of the elbow has the different results for the submerged flow and free surface regimes.
 

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The increase of population and demand for water, agriculture and energy cause a rapid increase in construction of the dam has been.  Moreover, the increase of dam height to increase storage and estimate the need for water cause increase the velocity of water over the spillway has been.  Spillways, chutes and bottom outlets are important hydraulic structures for dam safety. Due to high velocities combined with low pressures, cavitation damages may occur on chute bottom and cause major damages or endanger the dam stability. Damage experience for flows in spillway tunnels and chutes indicates that damage becomes significant when water velocities exceed 30m/s, this velocity or head can be considered as the borderline for high velocity or high head flows. Introducing air to high-speed flow is necessary to prevent pressure reduction and its events such as cavitation. It is possible to protect spillway surfaces from cavitation damages using aerator devices. Usually, the air entering the flow is not reached to the bed chute.  It is necessary to install the first aerated according to topographic conditions and cavitation index at the appropriate location. By determining the process of changing the air concentration of the bed, the distance between the two aerators can be determined. The air in the flow causes the compression and damping that cause Bursting bubbles. In result, the damage caused by cavitation is reduced.  So cavitation investigations will be necessary and need to reduce and prevent cavitation damages. The length of the flow jet has a fundamental role in determining the distance between two aerators. With increases, the length of the jump, the contact surface of the upper and lower layers of the jet is in more contact with the air and affects the amount of air entering the flow. The absorbed air is removed from the flow after the Jet collision. By determining the minimum concentration of air in the bed, an optimal distance between the two aerations can be selected to prevent cavitation damage. Select the minimum air concentration of bed is based on the relationship provided by Wood (1983). It means that the concentration of average air in the stream is higher, which causes the flow of bulking and requires taller walls for the sides of the shut Which is not economically feasible. The variation in the air concentration of the bed can only be considered as a function of the length of the jump flow and the upstream heights. Creating a suitable duct for providing A negative cavity pressure Lead to the better performance that causes increases the distance between aeration. So use of aerators in suitable places and the entrance of air to water flow is a most effective way to reduce this damage, therefore in this study, an equation has been derived to estimate the distance between two aerators base on 1200 data of 90 experiments with R² more than 0.84.  results this study have been compared and investigated for aerator of Azad dam.

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