Numerical studies of the breakup of the water jet by a shock wave in the barrel of the fire extinguishing installation

This scientific paper delves into the numerical studies of the process of filling the barrel with water and the subsequent breakup of the water jet and water atomization in the barrel of the fire extinguishing installation. The numerical model of the process of water injection into the barrel with the subsequent breakup of water by a shock wave was substantiated. To simulate these processes, the ANSYS software was used. VOF (volume of fluid) method-based model was applied where it is assumed that there is no penetration of one medium into another. The solution is based on the surface tracking method applied to a fixed Eulerian grid. According to the results of the numerical study, it was established that the water injection time significantly exceeds the duration of the gas detonation cycle in the fire extinguishing installation. In particular, we found out that it takes 8 ms just to spread the water jet from one side of the barrel to the other. It was observed that a high quality of water atomization under the action of a high-speed gas flow including the water located along the barrel wall. We stated that it is unreasonable to use the pulse injection of water into the barrel in the designed fire extinguishing installation due to a high fregiency of the shock wave generation exceeding 23 Hz.