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Effect of Oil Viscosity on Hydraulic Cavitation Luminescence

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The collapse of cavitation bubbles in a hydraulic system generates localized zones of high temperature and pressure and, under certain conditions, luminescence. In this study, we studied the influence of the hydraulic oil viscosity on cavitation luminescence. We used a hydraulic cone-type throttle valve with antiwear hydraulic oils with kinematic viscosities of 32, 46, and 46 mm2/s at 40°C. Computational fluid dynamics was used to simulate the flow field of the cone-throttle valve under different viscosities. After constructing the visual experimental platform of hydraulic cavitation, we observed cavitation luminescence of the valve under three different hydraulic oil conditions. After the experiment, the viscosity index of the oil increased, the pour point decreased, and the flash point decreased. Thus, the viscosity–temperature characteristics and low-temperature fluidity improved and the safety decreased after luminescence.

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The authors wish to thank Adam Brotchie, PhD, from Liwen Bianji, Edanz Group China (www.liwenbianji.cn/ac), for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.

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This project was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant no. 2018YFB2001201), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51805108), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no. 2019M661271), the Youth Innovative Talents Training Program of Regular Colleges and Universities in Heilongjiang Province, China in 2017 (Grant no. UNPYSCT-2017205), and the 111 Project (Grant no. B18017).

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  1. Space Environment Simulation Research Infrastructure, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001, Harbin, China

    Jian Zhang

  2. School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001, Harbin, China

    Naiming Qi

  3. School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001, Harbin, China

    Jihai Jiang

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Zhang, J., Qi, N. & Jiang, J. Effect of Oil Viscosity on Hydraulic Cavitation Luminescence. Fluid Dyn 56, 371–382 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0015462821030125

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