EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2017)

Taxonomic trees of fluidic oscillators

  • Tesař Václav

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714302128
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 143
p. 02128

Abstract

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Fluidic no-moving-part oscillators generating pulsation in fluid flow became recently a very popular subject of investigations. The reason is their capability to increase efficiency of various chemical and physico/chemical processes. Also control of flows past bodies is more effective with the pulsation. Advantages of fluidic oscillators used for the task are low cost, robustness, long life, no maintenance, and other similar factors associated with absence of mechanical components. New oscillator principles - as well as old, nearly forgotten and now re-discovered - are currently developed. Sheer number of possible alternatives makes them difficult to survey. This paper attempts at clarifying the situation.