Modeling Condensation and Evaporation on Fruit Surface

Rewarming of fruits and vegetables after cooling is characterized by heat and mass transfer processes, which leads commonly to condensation of water on the produce surface at temperatures below the dew point. This effect may affect the produce quality due to microbial growth at unfavorable environmental conditions. The amount of condensed water is a function of the produce surface temperature and of the surrounding conditions as air temperature, air humidity, and air flow. Under practical conditions, both the warming and the condensation are strongly affected by the packaging system used. Depending on the flow conditions close to the produce surface, parameters of heat and mass transfer under laboratory conditions were measured. A mathematical model was developed for the determination of the amount of condensed water on fruit surfaces, its reevaporation, and its total dwell time dependent on the environment air conditions. The model describes the heat and mass transfer processes on single fruits. The process of diffusion of humidity in air and proceed of surface temperature is the basis for the model.     

Heat and mass transfer in granular potash fertilizer with a surface dissolution reaction

Potash is a widely used granular fertilizer and when exposed to high humidities it readily adsorbs water vapour forming a liquid electrolyte solution on each particle. Heat and mass transfer due to air flow through granular potash beds is studied experimentally and numerically. A one dimensional experimental setup is used to measure the temperature and air humidity response and mass gain of a potash bed subjected to a change in air flow. A porous media mathematical model is developed to predict the transient temperature and moisture content distributions. The processes are modelled as nonequilibrium heat and mass transfers between the porous solid and air flow gaseous phases. The state of the surface electrolyte solution is modelled by the thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions. Experimental and numerical results show non‐equilibrium internal moisture and heat transfer processes exist with significant differences in the pore air and particle temperature and surface relative humidity.     

多孔陶瓷膜烟气水分回收理论与模型研究

化石燃料燃烧烟气中含有大量水分和潜热,高湿度烟气的直接排放造成极大的资源浪费和环境问题。多孔陶瓷膜是目前烟气水热回收最有前景的技术之一,其水分回收热力学和动力学的定量描述是该技术发展和装置设计的关键所在。分析了水分在多孔陶瓷膜表面及内部传质机理,基于Kelvin理论建立了水分在陶瓷膜内毛细凝聚热力学模型,并选取典型烟气温/湿度条件,得出不同工况下陶瓷膜发生毛细凝聚的临界孔径、凝聚水量及工作孔体积占比;进而基于毛细凝聚的表面传质和孔道输运Hagen-Poiseuille方程建立了陶瓷膜水分传质动力学模型,对典型温/湿度工况下回收水通量进行了计算,结果表明,多孔陶瓷膜的毛细凝聚效应对烟气水分回收的优越性十分明显,其表面回水通量远远大于冷凝法的水通量,孔径越小,表面水通量越高,但及时将孔道内的液态水输运到陶瓷膜另一侧需要的压差也越大,本文计算条件下,膜孔径为20.0 nm的陶瓷膜较为适宜。     

空调用金属填料表面传热传质过程的数值分析

建立了填料塔的二维传热传质模型,考虑了因水蒸发或凝结而引起的水的质量变化和空气的质量变化.利用实验数据回归得到的传热系数和传质系数.用差分法求得了更接近实际的数值解.实验研究证明使用这个改进的方法,使得模型的数值解与实验结果吻合得较好.数值分析结果描述了金属填料内部空气的湿球温度场和填料表面水膜的温度场,有助于研究金属填料表面传热传质性能,为金属填料用于空调机组中的设计提供了计算方法,可以给出满足工程精度要求的设计依据.     

多孔陶瓷膜烟气水分回收理论与模型研究

化石燃料燃烧烟气中含有大量水分和潜热,高湿度烟气的直接排放造成极大的资源浪费和环境问题。多孔陶瓷膜是目前烟气水热回收最有前景的技术之一,其水分回收热力学和动力学的定量描述是该技术发展和装置设计的关键所在。分析了水分在多孔陶瓷膜表面及内部传质机理,基于Kelvin理论建立了水分在陶瓷膜内毛细凝聚热力学模型,并选取典型烟气温/湿度条件,得出不同工况下陶瓷膜发生毛细凝聚的临界孔径、凝聚水量及工作孔体积占比;进而基于毛细凝聚的表面传质和孔道输运Hagen-Poiseuille方程建立了陶瓷膜水分传质动力学模型,对典型温/湿度工况下回收水通量进行了计算,结果表明,多孔陶瓷膜的毛细凝聚效应对烟气水分回收的优越性十分明显,其表面回水通量远远大于冷凝法的水通量,孔径越小,表面水通量越高,但及时将孔道内的液态水输运到陶瓷膜另一侧需要的压差也越大,本文计算条件下,膜孔径为20.0 nm的陶瓷膜较为适宜。     

明胶软胶囊干燥特性的研究

在对流干燥实验台上进行了明胶软胶囊干燥特性的实验,研究了加热空气温度、风速、湿度对干燥过程的影响规律。实验结果表明,提高加热空气的温度,虽然提高了传热速率,但在第2降速阶段干燥速率下降,导致最终含水质量分数反而偏高;随着加热空气风速的提高,传热速率增加,干燥速率在第1降速阶段呈现加快趋势,软胶囊的最终含水质量分数稍有降低;而加热空气湿度的变化,对传热过程影响很小,但随着加热空气湿度的降低,干燥速率提高,使得最终含水质量分数明显降低。通过研究软胶囊的干燥特性,为制药工业中软胶囊的生产提供合理指导,对优化干燥过程、降低能耗、提高产品质量和经济效益具有重要意义。     

循环热风低温干燥系统湿空气冷凝特性分析

基于能量梯级利用热力系统耦合理论，集成了一种适合热敏性农副产品烘干的新型空气干燥循环系统，系统可得到热敏性干燥产品，同时回收湿空气冷凝废热用于有机朗肯循环(ORC)系统对外做功。对关键部件湿空气冷凝器建立传热传质数学模型并经实验验证，考察了关键操作参数对系统脱水速率及节能效果的影响。结果表明，湿空气湿度是影响该系统凝水和节能的最关键参数，该系统凝水及节能特性均随湿空气湿度提高而改善；当干燥箱出口湿空气含湿量温度一定时，新型空气干燥循环凝水量主要受到干燥箱出口空气流量的影响，系统的凝水量和换热量均随湿空气质量流量增加先增加后降低，在0.10~0.15 kg/s出现极大值；系统净输出功随ORC底循环蒸发温度提高显著增加。本系统下的热敏性农副产品烘干建议选择低空气流速、低烘干温度，推荐的ORC底循环蒸发温度为313~323 K。     

无霜空气源热泵系统冬季运行性能实验

为了解决传统空气源热泵系统冬季运行室外换热器结霜温度,提出了一种溶液除湿型无霜空气源热泵空调系统。该热泵系统在冬季可以无霜高效运行的同时夏季性能也有所提高。通过搭建该系统实验平台,研究了室外空气干球温度、湿度、供热水温度、供热水流量、溶液流量、溶液质量分数、室外空气流量等对冬季工况系统供热性能的影响,还研究了溶液流量、溶液温度、室外空气流量等对冬季工况系统再生性能的影响,得出了室外空气湿度、溶液质量分数对系统的供热性能影响较小,随着室外空气干球温度、供热水流量、溶液流量、室外空气流量等参数的升高和供热水温度的减小,系统供热性能逐渐增大最高可达3.11,而随着溶液流量、空气流量等参数的升高和溶液温度的减小,系统再生性能逐渐增大最高可达4.03,系统供热综合COP在实验工况相较逆循环除霜系统有所提升,实验验证了该系统适用于低温高湿地区。     

析湿工况下亲水层对波纹翅片管换热器空气侧特性的影响分析

对附带亲水层和没有附带亲水层的波纹翅片管换热器在析湿工况下的空气侧特性进行了实验研究，分析了亲水层对空气侧换热和压降特性的影响。实验表明，当翅片表面凝结出的水滴较少，不能形成水流时，亲水层能够增强空气侧的换热。而当翅片表面凝结出大量的冷凝水并形成水流流动时，亲水层反而减弱空气侧的换热。亲水层对降低空气侧的压降则有显著作用，降低的最大值可达到44%。开发了带亲水层与不带亲水层波纹翅片管换热器析湿工况下空气侧的换热系数比和压降比关联式,平均误差分别为9.9%和8.2%，在±15%误差范围内分别能涵盖76.6%和82.8%实验数据。     

Drying of soybean seeds in a crossflow moving bed

The aim of this work was to investigate simultaneous heat and mass transfer between air and soybean seeds in a crossflow moving bed dryer. A model was developed from mass and energy conservation applied to the fluid and particulate phases. The equilibrium, heat transfer and mass transfer equations were taken from studies published earlier. Equations for drying kinetics were obtained from a thin layer study, and the equilibrium equation was chosen from rival model discrimination based on nonlinearity measures. The experimental part of this work involved the determination of air temperature distribution, grain moisture through the bed and air humidity at the bed outlet. The model equations were discretized by orthogonal collocation in the air flow direction. The resulting differential-algebraic equations were solved using a method based on backward differential formulas. Simulation results showed good agreement with experimental data.     

翅片管换热器表面霜层生长特性的实验研究

空气源热泵系统节能减排效果显著,但在低温高湿的冬季制热工况下,室外蒸发器表面会发生结霜现象,霜层会直接影响换热性能,进而影响系统运行的可靠性及能效。对翅片管换热器霜层生长特性进行了实验研究,实验中采用红外热成像仪对霜层表面温度进行测量,并用千分尺热电偶直接测量装置进行校核。分析了环境温度、相对湿度及迎面风速对结霜厚度、结霜量、霜层-湿空气界面条件的影响,并将霜层表面温度与环境温度之差作为结霜的传热驱动力,将湿空气中水蒸气分压力与霜表面温度下饱和水蒸气分压力之差作为结霜的传质驱动力,对结霜机理进行了分析,为换热器的防结霜和除霜提供了依据,为优化空气源热泵系统的设计奠定了基础。     

高湿度工业废气冷凝脱湿模型研究与数值模拟

针对高湿度工业废气冷凝脱湿进行模型研究和数值模拟,引入分配系数α表征雾状冷凝和膜状冷凝并存的权重.恒壁温冷凝管外混合气体在环形空间湍流冷却冷凝的温度分布、湿度分布及其梯度（传热传质推动力）分布的模拟结果显示,雾状冷凝的控制机理是冷壁面附近温度梯度与湿度梯度协同作用下传热传质产生的局部过饱和;膜状冷凝从冷壁面移出大量冷凝潜热,促使气相主体传热传质过程更迅速,脱湿效果更好.实际过程介于二者之间.DAP尾气冷却冷凝现场实验传热传质数据,在水汽冷凝减量34%～57%的范围内,与α＝0.2的数值模拟结果相当吻合,验证了本文的模型与数值模拟.     

压缩空气溶液除湿中不同除湿剂除湿性能比较

在压缩空气溶液除湿实验平台上,分别以LiBr和LiCl水溶液作为除湿剂,实验研究了两种溶液在压缩空气溶液除湿系统中的除湿性能。以溶液表面水蒸气分压力作为比较基准,压缩空气出口含湿量和除湿量作为除湿性能的评价指标,对二者的除湿能力进行比较分析。同时基于压缩空气溶液除湿器传热传质模型,结合实验数据,研究了LiBr、LiCl溶液与压缩空气间的传质系数大小以及变化规律。结果表明：在相同的处理工况下,采用LiCl溶液对压缩空气进行除湿能得到更低的空气出口含湿量和更高的除湿量,LiCl溶液除湿过程的传质系数也高于LiBr溶液,即在压缩空气溶液除湿系统中LiCl溶液具有更优的除湿能力和传质性能。     

冷却表面影响高湿气流局部凝雾及成膜现象

采用气液两相湍流k-ε模型,通过引入局部冷凝推动力实现两相传热传质的耦合,对冷表面作用下高湿气流的冷凝过程进行了模型研究,并应用CFD方法对模型进行了数值模拟.对恒壁温冷凝管外混合气体在环形空间湍流冷却冷凝的温度分布、湿度分布及其凝雾区间分布的模拟结果显示,凝雾的产生受蒸汽过饱和度控制,而其分布受过程传热推动力影响.基于体系整体不饱和、局部过饱和的热力学非平衡状态,冷凝区间前端主要发生雾状冷凝,在x*＝0.7附近,随着凝雾在冷表面上逐渐积聚成膜,凝雾过程过渡为膜状-雾状冷凝协同作用.相同工况下,由本模型计算得到的冷凝量与高湿气流冷却冷凝现场实验数据的相对误差为±9%,验证了本文的模型与数值模拟.     

IMPROVING MDF FIBRE DRYING OPERATION BY APPLICATION OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL

Fibre drying is an important process in production of medium density fibreboard (MDF) which consumes a large amount of energy, affects product quality and, without appropriate control, causes environmental concerns. Based on fundamental knowledge of wood fibre-water relationships and heat/mass transfer, a mathematical model has been developed to simulate the MDF fibre drying processes. The model is able to predict fibre moisture content, air temperature and air humidity along the dryer length. After validation against the measured air temperature and humidity, the model has been extended to include both fibre drying and fibre conditioning, the latter occurring in the dry fibre conveyers. Due to potential benefits in reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and in improving panel quality, lower drying temperatures are more desirable than higher temperatures. However, in order to achieve the target moisture content after drying, a higher air velocity is needed or a second-stage dryer is added. The model was employed to determine the air velocity required and to assist in designing a second dryer for further drying and recovery of moist vapour and heat. A further study was undertaken to investigate fibre drying or fibre conditioning in the fibre conveyers and, once again, the fibre drying model was used to determine the air conditions.     

Numerical Spray Model of the Fluidized Bed Coating Process

In this study, a new model for the batch top-spray fluidized bed coating process is presented. The model is based on the one-dimensional (axial) discretization of the bed volume into different control volumes, in which the dynamic heat and mass balances for air, water vapor, droplets, core particles, and coating material were established. The coupling of the droplet phase's mass and heat transfer terms with the gas and solid phases was established by means of a droplet submodel in which droplet trajectories were individually simulated.

The model calculation method combines a Monte Carlo technique for the simulation of the particle exchange with the first-order Euler's method for solving the heat and mass balances, enabling the prediction of both the dynamic coating mass distribution and the one-dimensional (axial) thermodynamic behavior of the fluidized bed during batch operation. The simulation results were validated using experimental two-dimensional spatial air temperature and air humidity distributions, which were measured in a fluidized bed pilot reactor using a scanning probe.

Sensitivity analysis was carried out to study the effect of controllable process variables, such as fluidization air and atomization air properties, as well as the properties of the spraying liquid upon the simulated dynamic temperature and humidity distributions. Also, the effects of relevant process variables on growth rate uniformity and process yield were studied. Based on these sensitivity studies it was concluded that nozzle parameters, such as air pressure and positioning with respect to the bed, are as important as the fluidization air properties (humidity, temperature, and flow rate) for the coating growth rate uniformity and process yield.     

IMPROVING MDF FIBRE DRYING OPERATION BY APPLICATION OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL

Fibre drying is an important process in production of medium density fibreboard (MDF) which consumes a large amount of energy, affects product quality and, without appropriate control, causes environmental concerns. Based on fundamental knowledge of wood fibre-water relationships and heat/mass transfer, a mathematical model has been developed to simulate the MDF fibre drying processes. The model is able to predict fibre moisture content, air temperature and air humidity along the dryer length. After validation against the measured air temperature and humidity, the model has been extended to include both fibre drying and fibre conditioning, the latter occurring in the dry fibre conveyers. Due to potential benefits in reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and in improving panel quality, lower drying temperatures are more desirable than higher temperatures. However, in order to achieve the target moisture content after drying, a higher air velocity is needed or a second-stage dryer is added. The model was employed to determine the air velocity required and to assist in designing a second dryer for further drying and recovery of moist vapour and heat. A further study was undertaken to investigate fibre drying or fibre conditioning in the fibre conveyers and, once again, the fibre drying model was used to determine the air conditions.     

Numerical Spray Model of the Fluidized Bed Coating Process

In this study, a new model for the batch top-spray fluidized bed coating process is presented. The model is based on the one-dimensional (axial) discretization of the bed volume into different control volumes, in which the dynamic heat and mass balances for air, water vapor, droplets, core particles, and coating material were established. The coupling of the droplet phase's mass and heat transfer terms with the gas and solid phases was established by means of a droplet submodel in which droplet trajectories were individually simulated.

The model calculation method combines a Monte Carlo technique for the simulation of the particle exchange with the first-order Euler's method for solving the heat and mass balances, enabling the prediction of both the dynamic coating mass distribution and the one-dimensional (axial) thermodynamic behavior of the fluidized bed during batch operation. The simulation results were validated using experimental two-dimensional spatial air temperature and air humidity distributions, which were measured in a fluidized bed pilot reactor using a scanning probe.

Sensitivity analysis was carried out to study the effect of controllable process variables, such as fluidization air and atomization air properties, as well as the properties of the spraying liquid upon the simulated dynamic temperature and humidity distributions. Also, the effects of relevant process variables on growth rate uniformity and process yield were studied. Based on these sensitivity studies it was concluded that nozzle parameters, such as air pressure and positioning with respect to the bed, are as important as the fluidization air properties (humidity, temperature, and flow rate) for the coating growth rate uniformity and process yield.     

Drying of Soybean Seeds in a Concurrent Moving Bed: Heat and Mass Transfer and Quality Analysis

The purpose of the present work is to study the simultaneous heat and mass transfer between air and soybean seeds in a concurrent moving bed dryer, based on the application of a two-phase model to the drying process. The numerical solution of the model is obtained by using a computational code based on BDF methods (Backwards Differentials Formulas). The experimental data of air humidity and temperature and of seed moisture content and temperature at the dryer outlet are compared to the simulated values, showing a good agreement. This work also analyzes the effect of the main process variables (drying air temperature, air relative humidity, air velocity and solids flow rate) on the soybean seeds quality during drying. Empirical equations fitted to the experimental data are proposed for predicting the soybean seed quality (germination, vigor and fissures) as a function of the investigated variables.     

SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

An experimental setup was developed to study the through air–drying characteristics of permeable grades such as tissue and towel under commercially relevant conditions of basis weight, airflow rate, temperature, and humidity conditions. The experimental setup is capable of evaluating the transient fluid flow, heat, and mass transfer characteristics of relatively larger samples (TAPPI standard hand sheets; 0.1524 m) and is capable of studying the effect of local heterogeneity and structure on convective heat and mass transfer. The system is capable of airflow rates of 0.5–10 m/s with corresponding high-speed data collection and acquisition for measuring important variables such as exhaust air humidity. To study the effect of nonuniformity, local temperature and velocity profiles can also be measured using grid of thermocouples and hot wire anemometers. The instantaneous drying rate and airflow characteristics during through air drying was measured and dry permeability, wet permeability, and convective heat and mass transfer characteristics were then calculated. The experimental results were verified by comparing with the results from literature. Typical experimental results were presented to show the effect of sheet basis weight, initial moisture content, and airflow rates on the drying characteristics for two different types of paper samples.