Abstract

In order to seek for the effective, inexpensive and safer methods and technologies to shuck the adductor muscle from Scallop in Shell, the water jet technology is introduced and its experimental study was carried out. The nozzle is critical component in shucking device and nozzle parameters, such as cone angle &phi, outlet diameter d and outlet length S, would affect the flow velocity distribution. In order to determine the influence of nozzle parameters and optimize the nozzle structure, the simulation analyses for scallop stripping equipment nozzle internal flow field are conducted. The narrow-angle fan nozzle’s internal flow field was simulated using standard k − ε turbulence model with CFX software. After comprehensive analysis, the optimal parameters combinations of the nozzle for water jet processing were obtained. The result of this research has very important application value for the design and optimization of scallops shelling device.

Keywords:

Internal flow field, parameter optimization, scallop shucking processing, simulation analysis, water jet,

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