微通道内气体-近壁颗粒流动传热数值模拟研究

数值模拟了微通道受限空间内气体-近壁颗粒流动与传热过程,所建模型考虑微尺度气体的可压缩与变物性特征,且在通道和颗粒壁面采用速度滑移和温度跳跃边界条件以考虑滑移区气体动量/能量非连续效应。在此基础上,计算分析了克努森数(Kn)和颗粒偏移比对颗粒表面拖曳力系数(C_D)以及传热努塞尔数(Nu)的影响规律。研究结果表明:受气体稀薄效应影响,颗粒表面拖曳力系数呈减小趋势,换热过程也相应削弱;随颗粒与壁面距离减小,颗粒表面拖曳力系数相应减小,而颗粒与其周围气体的传热过程由于近壁效应呈增强趋势。     

微通道轴向导热的拉曼测温实验研究及数值模拟

建立了使用共焦显微拉曼光谱图的微尺度水温测量方法,并用于单相水的对流传热实验。将实验与数值模拟相结合,研究了微通道内轴向导热对流体的传热影响。研究发现,通道入口处壁面热通量最大、液温和壁温均呈非线性发展;局部Nu数曲线出现奇异点,且奇异点位置随着雷诺数的增大往出口处移动;努塞尔数随着雷诺数的增大而增大。     

管间距对开缝翅片管换热器传热与阻力特性的影响

为了获得管间距对开缝翅片管换热器传热与阻力特性的影响规律,对5种不同翅片管换热器进行了数值模拟研究,并进行了模化试验验证。结果表明:开缝翅片管束的传热和阻力特性与翅片侧气体的Re数有关,随着Re数增大,翅片侧Nu数增大,摩擦因子f逐渐减小;纵向间距S2对开缝翅片管换热器的综合流动传热性能的影响较大。数值模拟与试验结果偏差较小,采用数值模拟方法能够比较准确地分析开缝翅片管换热器的传热与阻力特性。     

滑移区气体-颗粒流动与传热特性研究

针对气体-颗粒微尺度流动与传热过程开展数值模拟研究,所构建模型中气体处理为可压缩、变物性流体,并在颗粒表面采用速度滑移和温度跳跃边界条件以考虑气体稀薄效应。在数值模拟基础上,研究分析稀薄效应对颗粒与其周围气体流动与换热的影响程度,并进一步提出新的阻力系数与传热努谢尔特数关联式。研究结果表明,气体稀薄效应将减小颗粒阻力系数,同时抑制颗粒与其周围气体的传热过程。     

叉排板束换热器传热特性数值研究

为提高换热器的传热性能,设计了叉排板束换热器,利用Fluent软件中的RNG k-ε模型数值研究了叉排板束的传热特性。分析了叉排板束排数对于整体Nu的影响以及板束的局部传热特性,比较了不同横纵比对整体Nu的影响,并给出不同Re下叉排板束的Nu经验公式。实验结果表明：叉排板束整体传热性能随板排数的增多而增强,当达到一定排数后传热性能趋于稳定,不同Re下趋于稳定的排数不同,当Re=4.3×105时进入稳定阶段需13排,当Re=4.3×103时进入稳定阶段仅需7排;叉排板束局部传热性能在各板排中先增大后减小,在第2~4排局部Nu达到峰值,板的局部传热性能在两个直角处以及撞击点位置大大增强;板束在横纵比为5时传热性能最佳,横纵比大于或小于5时,传热性能均会减弱;给出Re在1~500,500~1 000,1 000~200 000范围内板束整体Nu拟合公式,当Re>30 000时,与叉排圆管束相比,叉排板束传热性能提高25%     

螺旋槽管束管外对流换热特性的数值模拟

针对烟气横掠顺列螺旋槽管束外侧的流动传热问题,利用CFD技术、通过改变顺列螺旋槽管束的横向、纵向间距、螺距、槽深等结构参数,对烟气横掠螺旋槽管管外的流动传热特性进行数值模拟,分析多几何参数对螺旋槽管管外流动传热特性的影响,得出强化传热的原因和合理的结构参数。研究表明:螺旋槽管束管外传热特性数Nu比光管管束高7%-20.6%;随横向间距的增大,管外传热特性数Nu减小,烟气流动阻力也随之减小;纵向间距的增大使管外传热特性数Nu和烟气流动阻力均增大;增加螺距或减小槽深都可以强化换热,但烟气流动阻力也会增大;综合考虑,螺旋槽管束的横、纵向间距分别取s1/d=1.75-2,s2/d=1.5-1.75,螺距P取25-30 mm,槽深e取0.4-1 mm。     

三角形微槽中的气体滑移流动特性

针对三角形微槽利用正交函数法求解了带一阶滑移边界条件的N-S方程，对不可压燃气体在等腰三角形和等边三角形微槽道内的充分发展层流滑移流动特性进行了理论分析，获得了三角形微槽内的速度分布和阻力特性的分析解，计算结果表明，正交函数法适用于三角形微槽内滑移流动特性的分析计算，在滑移流区，三角形微槽边界上出现滑移流动，且随着Knudsen数（气体分子的平均自由程与流道特征尺寸之比）的增大，壁面上的滑移速度越大，流动阻力随之减小，但三角形微槽的三个角区边界上的滑移速度增加较小，三角形微槽的高宽比对无量纲阻力常数随Kn的变化关系影响很小。     

超疏水表面滑移流动的模拟研究

采用计算流体动力学方法,应用Fluent软件,在壁面条件中给定滑移速度边界条件,对超疏水表面和普通表面构成的微间距平行平板通道内单侧滑移流动进行了数值模拟。在给定条件下无量纲压降比最大可达18.5%,滑移长度最大可达188μm;针对文献[12]的单侧滑移实验条件进行了二维数值模拟,结果表明:理论压降差要小于实验压降差,比实验压差要小9.2%～11.2%。     

等温热源微通道单相液体层流换热特性

对Dh=0.82mm的矩形微通道阵列内等温热源作用下层流传热特性进行了实验和数值模拟。实验中使用常温自来水提供等温热源。微通道流体流动雷诺数Re=100～900,传热温差50K,将所得数据与常规尺度均匀壁温加热下N-S方程的数值解法结果进行对比。结果表明,在Re300时,Nu数随着Re数的增加而增加;而在Re350时,实验所得Nu数近似为常数。将发展入口条件的数值模拟结果与实验结果比较,前者比后者高7.2%。     

二维T型微通道内液滴生成的数值模拟

采用Fluent中"流体体积"模型对二维T型微通道内液滴的生成进行了数值模拟,考察了连续相毛细数、流量比、黏性比对液滴尺寸和液滴间距的影响,与实验结果进行了对比,吻合较好。计算结果表明,液滴长度随毛细数增大而减小且存在幂率关系,随流量比的增大而线性增大,随黏性比增大而略微增大且无明显函数关系;此外,液滴间距随毛细数增大而线性增大,随流量比增大而减小且存在幂率关系,随黏性比增大而略微增大且无明显函数关系。     

Ash-forming elements in four Scandinavian wood species. Part 1: Summer harvest

Woody biomass in Finland and Sweden comprises mainly four wood species: spruce, pine, birch and aspen. To study the ash, which may cause problems for the combustion device, one tree of each species were cut down and prepared for comparisons with fuel samples. Well-defined samples of wood, bark and foliage were analyzed on 11 ash-forming elements: Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Mg, Mn, Na, K, P, S and Cl. The ash content in the wood tissues (0.2–0.7%) was low compared to the ash content in the bark tissues (1.9–6.4%) and the foliage (2.4–7.7%). The woods’ content of ash-forming elements was consequently low; the highest contents were of Ca (410–1340 ppm) and K (200–1310), followed by Mg (70–290), Mn (15–240) and P (0–350). Present in the wood was also Si (50–190), S (50–200) and Cl (30–110). The bark tissues showed much higher element contents; Ca (4800–19,100 ppm) and K (1600–6400) were the dominating elements, followed by Mg (210–2400), P (210–1200), Mn (110–1100) and S (310–750), but the Cl contents (40–330) were only moderately higher in the bark than in the wood. The young foliage (shoots and deciduous leaves) had the highest K (7100–25,000 ppm), P (1600–5300) and S (1100–2600) contents of all tissues, while the shoots of spruce had the highest Cl contents (820–1360) and its needles the highest Si content (5000–11,300). This paper presented a new approach in fuel characterization: the method excludes the presence of impurities, and focus on different categories of plant tissues. This made it possible to discuss the contents of ash element in a wide spectrum of fuel-types, which are of large importance for the energy production in Finland and Sweden.     

Performance assessment of some ice TES systems

In this paper, a performance assessment of four main types of ice storage techniques for space cooling purposes, namely ice slurry systems, ice-on-coil systems (both internal and external melt), and encapsulated ice systems is conducted. A detailed analysis, coupled with a case study based on the literature data, follows. The ice making techniques are compared on the basis of energy and exergy performance criteria including charging, discharging and storage efficiencies, which make up the ice storage and retrieval process. Losses due to heat leakage and irreversibilities from entropy generation are included. A vapor-compression refrigeration cycle with R134a as the working fluid provides the cooling load, while the analysis is performed in both a full storage and partial storage process, with comparisons between these two. In the case of full storage, the energy efficiencies associated with the charging and discharging processes are well over 98% in all cases, while the exergy efficiencies ranged from 46% to 76% for the charging cycle and 18% to 24% for the discharging cycle. For the partial storage systems, all energy and exergy efficiencies were slightly less than that for full storage, due to the increasing effect wall heat leakage has on the decreased storage volume and load. The results show that energy analyses alone do not provide much useful insight into system behavior, since the vast majority of losses in all processes are a result of entropy generation which results from system irreversibilities.     

NEXT GENERATION ENGINEERED MATERIALS FOR ULTRA SUPERCRITICAL STEAM TURBINES

正1 ABSTRACT To reduce the effect of global warming on our climate,the levels of CO2emissions should be reduced.One way to do this is to increase the efficiency of electricity production from fossil fuels.This will in turn reduce the amount of CO2emissions for a given power output.Using US practice for efficiency calculations,then a move from a typical US plant running at 37%efficiency to a 760℃/38.5 MPa(1 400/5 580 psi)plant running at 48%efficiency would reduce CO2emissions by 170kg/MW.hr or 25%.     

Effect of co-cultivation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with Azotobacter chroococcum on hydrogen production

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cc124 and Azotobacter chroococcum bacteria were co-cultured with a series of volume ratios and under a variety of light densities to determine the optimal culture conditions and to investigate the mechanism by which co-cultivation improves H₂ yield. The results demonstrated that the optimal culture conditions for the highest H₂ production of the combined system were a 1:40 vol ratio of bacterial cultures to algal cultures under 200 μE m^?2 s^?1. Under these conditions, the maximal H₂ yield was 255 μmol mg^?1 Chl, which was approximately 15.9-fold of the control. The reasons for the improvement in H₂ yield included decreased O₂ content, enhanced algal growth, and increased H₂ase activity and starch content of the combined system.     

Aerodynamic performance effects of leading-edge geometry in gas-turbine blades

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the advantages of the direct surface-curvature distribution blade-design method, originally proposed by Korakianitis, for the leading-edge design of turbine blades, and by extension for other types of airfoil shapes. The leading edge shape is critical in the blade design process, and it is quite difficult to completely control with inverse, semi-inverse or other direct-design methods. The blade-design method is briefly reviewed, and then the effort is concentrated on smoothly blending the leading edge shape (circle or ellipse, etc.) with the main part of the blade surface, in a manner that avoids leading-edge flow-disturbance and flow-separation regions. Specifically in the leading edge region we return to the second-order (parabolic) construction line coupled with a revised smoothing equation between the leading-edge shape and the main part of the blade. The Hodson–Dominy blade has been used as an example to show the ability of this blade-design method to remove leading-edge separation bubbles in gas turbine blades and other airfoil shapes that have very sharp changes in curvature near the leading edge. An additional gas turbine blade example has been used to illustrate the ability of this method to design leading edge shapes that avoid leading-edge separation bubbles at off-design conditions. This gas turbine blade example has inlet flow angle 0°, outlet flow angle −64.3°, and tangential lift coefficient 1.045, in a region of parameters where the leading edge shape is critical for the overall blade performance. Computed results at incidences of −10°,   −5°,   +5°,   +10° are used to illustrate the complete removal of leading edge flow-disturbance regions, thus minimizing the possibility of leading-edge separation bubbles, while concurrently minimizing the stagnation pressure drop from inlet to outlet. These results using two difficult example cases of leading edge geometries illustrate the superiority and utility of this blade-design method when compared with other direct or inverse blade-design methods.     

Natural-gas fueled spark-ignition (SI) and compression-ignition (CI) engine performance and emissions

Natural gas is a fossil fuel that has been used and investigated extensively for use in spark-ignition (SI) and compression-ignition (CI) engines. Compared with conventional gasoline engines, SI engines using natural gas can run at higher compression ratios, thus producing higher thermal efficiencies but also increased nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions, while producing lower emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), unburned hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO). These engines also produce relatively less power than gasoline-fueled engines because of the convergence of one or more of three factors: a reduction in volumetric efficiency due to natural-gas injection in the intake manifold; the lower stoichiometric fuel/air ratio of natural gas compared to gasoline; and the lower equivalence ratio at which these engines may be run in order to reduce NO_x emissions. High NO_x emissions, especially at high loads, reduce with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). However, EGR rates above a maximum value result in misfire and erratic engine operation. Hydrogen gas addition increases this EGR threshold significantly. In addition, hydrogen increases the flame speed of the natural gas-hydrogen mixture. Power levels can be increased with supercharging or turbocharging and intercooling. Natural gas is used to power CI engines via the dual-fuel mode, where a high-cetane fuel is injected along with the natural gas in order to provide a source of ignition for the charge. Thermal efficiency levels compared with normal diesel-fueled CI-engine operation are generally maintained with dual-fuel operation, and smoke levels are reduced significantly. At the same time, lower NO_x and CO₂ emissions, as well as higher HC and CO emissions compared with normal CI-engine operation at low and intermediate loads are recorded. These trends are caused by the low charge temperature and increased ignition delay, resulting in low combustion temperatures. Another factor is insufficient penetration and distribution of the pilot fuel in the charge, resulting in a lack of ignition centers. EGR admission at low and intermediate loads increases combustion temperatures, lowering unburned HC and CO emissions. Larger pilot fuel quantities at these load levels and hydrogen gas addition can also help increase combustion efficiency. Power output is lower at certain conditions than diesel-fueled engines, for reasons similar to those affecting power output of SI engines. In both cases the power output can be maintained with direct injection. Overall, natural gas can be used in both engine types; however further refinement and optimization of engines and fuel-injection systems is needed.     

Exergetic evaluation of 5 biowastes-to-biofuels routes via gasification

This paper presents the exergy analysis results for the production of several biofuels, i.e., SNG (synthetic natural gas), methanol, Fischer–Tropsch fuels, hydrogen, as well as heat and electricity, from several biowastes generated in the Dutch province of Friesland, selected as one of the typical European regions. Biowastes have been classified in 5 virtual streams according to their ultimate and proximate analysis. All production chains have been modeled in Aspen Plus in order to analyze their technical performance. The common steps for all the production chains are: pre-treatment, gasification, gas cleaning, water–gas-shift reactions, catalytic reactors, final gas separation and upgrading. Optionally a gas turbine and steam turbines are used to produce heat and electricity from unconverted gas and heat removal, respectively. The results show that, in terms of mass conversion, methanol production seems to be the most efficient process for all the biowastes. SNG synthesis is preferred when exergetic efficiency is the objective parameter, but hydrogen process is more efficient when the performance is analyzed by means of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics. The main exergy losses account for the gasification section, except in the electricity and heat production chain, where the combined cycle is less efficient.     

Hydrogen production by steam-gasification of carbonaceous materials using concentrated solar energy – V. Reactor modeling,optimization, and scale-up

A chemical reactor for the steam-gasification of carbonaceous particles (e.g. coal, coke) is considered for using concentrated solar radiation as the energy source of high-temperature process heat. A two-phase reactor model that couples radiative, convective, and conductive heat transfer to the chemical kinetics is applied to optimize the reactor geometrical configuration and operational parameters (feedstock's initial particle size, feeding rates, and solar power input) for maximum reaction extent and solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency of a 5 kW prototype reactor and its scale-up to 300 kW. For the 300 kW reactor, complete reaction extent is predicted for an initial feedstock particle size up to 35 μm at residence times of less than 10 s and peak temperatures of 1818 K, yielding high-quality syngas with a calorific content that has been solar-upgraded by 19% over that of the petcoke gasified.     

Assessment methods of material ageing using Sdobyrev''s creep rupture model

The physical aspects of the activation energy, in higher and high temperatures, of the metal creep process were examined. The research results of creep-rupture in a uniaxial stress state and the criterion of creep-rupture in biaxial stress states, at two temperatures, are then presented. For these studies creep-rupture, taking case iron as an example the energy and pseudoenergy activation was determined. For complex stress states the criterion of creep-rupture was taken to be Sdobyrev's, i.e. σ_red = σ₁ β + (1 − β)σ_i, where: σ₁-maximal principal stress, σ_i-stress intensity, β-material constant (at variable temperature β = β(T)). The methods of assessment of the material ageing grade are given in percentages of ageing of new material in the following mechanical properties: 1) creep strength in uniaxial stress state, 2) activation energy in uniaxial stress state, 3) criterion creep strength in complex stress states, 4) activation pseudoenergy in complex stress states. The methods 1) and 3) are the relatively simplest because they result from experimental investigations only at nominal temperature of the structure work, however, for methods 2) and 4) it is necessary to perform the experimental investigations at least at two temperatures.     

Production of hydrogen from sewage biosolids in a continuously fed bioreactor: Effect of hydraulic retention time and sparging

Hydrogen was produced from primary sewage biosolids via mesophilic anaerobic fermentation in a continuously fed bioreactor. Prior to fermentation the sewage biosolids were heated to 70 °C for 1 h to inactivate methanogens and during fermentation a cellulose degrading enzyme was added to improve substrate availability. Hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 18, 24, 36 and 48 h were evaluated for the duration of hydrogen production. Without sparging a hydraulic retention time of 24 h resulted in the longest period of hydrogen production (3 days), during which a hydrogen yield of 21.9 L H₂ kg⁻¹ VS added to the bioreactor was achieved. Methods of preventing the decline of hydrogen production during continuous fermentation were evaluated. Of the techniques evaluated using nitrogen gas to sparge the bioreactor contents proved to be more effective than flushing just the headspace of the bioreactor. Sparging at 0.06 L L min⁻¹ successfully prevented a decline in hydrogen production and resulted in a yield of 27.0  L H₂ kg⁻¹ VS added, over a period of greater than 12 days or 12 HRT. The use of sparging also delayed the build up of acetic acid in the bioreactor, suggesting that it serves to inhibit homoacetogenesis and thus maintain hydrogen production.