Analyze, manufacture and test Ranque - Hilsch Vortex Tube using new design concept

Ranque-Hilsch涡流管，简称RHVT，是一种简单的装置，没有运动部件，可以利用一种被称为“能量分离”的现象从压缩气体中产生冷气和热气。它最初是在1933年发明的，1947年得到了改进。自那以后，人们进行了大量的实验，以提高其性能并使其工业应用多样化。Nex Flow和谢里丹学院的研究团队合作的目的是(1)研究涡流管的几何形状，如入口喷嘴的数量，以及有或没有散热器的管长对温度分离和等熵效率的影响；(2)研究沿热风管全长的壁温分布；以及(3)使用几种工业应用对新设计进行实验测试。谢里登学院的学生将参与这项研究，通过这项研究，他们将获得空气加压设备的实践经验，并增强他们的创造力。他们将学习先进制造和先进的数值建模软件。

Ranque - Hilsch Vortex Tube, briefly named "RHVT", is a simple device that has no moving parts and can generate cold and hot gas from compressed gas using a phenomenon called "energy separation". It was first invented in 1933 and improved in 1947. Since then, numerous experiments have been conducted to improve its performance and diversify its industrial applications. It is commercially used in cooling parts of machines, setting solders, electronic control cabinets, environmental chambers, food production, testing of temperature sensors, and dehumidification of gas samples.This proposed collaboration between Nex Flow and Sheridan College research team aims to (1) investigate the effects of i) vortex tube geometry such as the number of inlet nozzles, and ii) tube length with or without heat sink, on temperature separation and isentropic efficiency; (2) study the wall temperature distribution along the whole length of the hot air tube; and (3) experimentally test the new design using several industrial applications. Students from Sheridan College will be involved in this research, through which they will gain practical experiences in air pressurized equipment and enhance their creativity skills. They will learn about advanced manufacturing and advanced numerical modeling software.