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MoJet Tunnel Ventilation –Full-Scale Testing and CFD
Analysis
Dr Fathi Tarada
Mosen Ltd
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Motivation
• Would it be possible to significantly increase the thrust from jetfans in a tunnel, while reducing the power consumption?
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Contents
• MoJet Design
• Montgomery Tunnel
• 3D CFD Computations
• Experimental Measurements
• Conclusions
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Reversible MoJet
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Montgomery Tunnel, Brussels (North Portal)
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Montgomery Tunnel
Southern portal
Northern portal
Fan 20
Fan 18
Traffic and flow direction
Fan 16
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Tunnel Cross-Section
Walkway
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Jetfan Installations
Flow direction Flow direction
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3D CFD Analysis
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Case Set-Up
• The conventional jetfan and MoJet(exhaust silencer only) were compared in the following CFD simulations:
– Bench thrust (jetfans in isolation)
– Three fans running in the Southernmost locations (16, 18, 20) of the northbound tunnel (flow direction going from South to North).
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Case configuration
• The simulations were run in CFX 19.2 with the following conditions:
– Fan rotational speed of 2900rpm
– Non-buoyant model
– 1 atm Reference Pressure
– Total Energy with Viscous Work Term
– Turbulence Model k-ω SST
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BENCH THRUST SIMULATIONS
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Mesh on Motor
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Mesh on Blade
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Mesh on Silencer
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Conventional jetfan volume mesh
23 million cells
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MoJet volume mesh
29 million cells
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Case results
• Experimental results:
– Ux 30.5 m/s (21° pitch angle)
• Conventional jetfan
– Ux 27.5 m/s (mass flow average)
– VFR 8.21 m³/s
• MoJet
– Ux 30.8 m/s (mass flow average)
– VFR 8.27 m³/s
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Velocity Contours – Conventional Jetfan
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Velocity Contours - MoJet
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Flow Deflection - MoJet
• The MoJet achieved a deflection angle of 11° from the horizontal axis.
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TUNNEL SIMULATIONS
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Mesh Across Tunnel Section
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Conventional jetfan volume mesh
50 million cells
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MoJet volume mesh
51 million cells
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Velocity Contours at North Portal
Conventional MoJet
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Jetfan Installation Factors
• Applying the volumetric flow rates from the tunnel simulations to 1D CFD (using IDA RTV) produces the following installation factors :
– Conventional 0.25
– MoJet 0.53 (+112%)
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Streamlines Comparison
Location 20 streamlinesConventionalMoJet
Downstream clipping plane (X130m) active to show distribution within tunnel
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Iso-Surface Comparison
U 10m/s iso-surfacesConventionalMoJet
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Wall shear stress
• A decrease in wall shear stress on the tunnel walls is noted with the MoJet.
MoJetConventional
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Flow Distribution• A comparison of the flow leaving the first
fan (location 20) shows the MoJet having better distribution within the tunnel.
• The flow from the conventional fan remains attached to the tunnel ceiling and walls, thereby reducing efficiency.
• The flow from the conventional jetfan (at location 20) also gets re-ingested by the downstream fan (location 18).
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Velocity & Thrust Comparison
• The average velocity at the Northern portal (outlet) was:
– Conventional
• Flow speed 1.59 m/s
– MoJet
• Flow speed 2.28 m/s (+44%)
• Thrust increase +106%
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Experimental Measurements
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Aerodynamic Measurements
• A 5×5 grid of Kiel probes, supported by vertical struts, at north portal
• Three pitot/static probes arranged at different heights on the central strut, at north portal. Mid-height static pressure probe was reference pressure for all measurements
• Ultrasonic probe at the middle of the southbound tunnel chainage
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Measurements Undertaken
• Steady-state measurements with conventional jetfans 16, 18 and 20 switched on for 10 minutes
• Steady-state measurements with MoJets 16, 18 and 20 switched on for 10 minutes
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Kiel Probe
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Ultrasonic Probe
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Measurement Grid at North Portal
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Measurement Results – Air Velocities
Average velocity at north portal
(m/s)
Average wind-induced velocity
(m/s)
Conventionaljetfans
3.650 1.495
MoJet 4.914 1.386
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In-Tunnel Thrust & Power
• MoJet/Conventional jetfan thrust ratio: 2.0
• MoJet 1% lower power consumption than conventional jetfan
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Reversible MoJet Tests
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Mersey Queensway Tunnel, Liverpool
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Rendel Street Branch
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MoJet Installation
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3D CFD Calculations
57m cells
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CFD Results
MoJet
Conventional jet fan
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Conclusions
• Significantly enhanced in-tunnel thrust is possible with the MoJet, for a reduced power consumption
• Further CFD & full-scale tunnel measurements with reversible MoJets are planned