两组分液滴蒸发特性研究

建立两组分液滴蒸发理论模型,利用Matlab 6.5编程,模拟计算高温气流中液滴的蒸发过程,得出液滴的蒸发规律,而且计算结果与试验结果吻合很好.模拟结果和试验结果表明：在蒸发过程中,两组分液滴蒸发不满足D2定律,乙醇组分比水组分蒸发快,随着乙醇浓度降低,蒸发速率不断下降.乙醇浓度越大,液滴蒸发越快.气流温度越高、气流速度越大,液滴蒸发时间越短,液滴蒸发速度越快.     

基于分子动力学的燃油液滴超临界蒸发特性

基于分子动力学模拟的方法,对氮气环境中单个烷烃液滴的蒸发过程进行了模拟研究,揭示了液滴在亚临界和超临界条件下液滴蒸发特性的显著差异．对正十二烷液滴在氮气环境内的蒸发过程进行分子动力学模拟,结果表明：在超临界温度和压力条件下,液滴的温度持续上升,能够超过燃油组分的临界温度;此时,液滴与周围气相区的密度差异近乎消失,气-液相交界变得难以辨别,明显不同于亚临界条件下典型的气-液两相蒸发特征;蒸发速率随环境温度的升高而增大．在较低的压力范围内,升高环境压力能够提升液滴蒸发速率,但当压力达到一个特定值后,随着环境压力的升高蒸发速率反而会降低,同时液滴转变为超临界蒸发状态所需的最小压力随环境温度的升高而降低．对于双组分混合液滴,在亚临界环境条件下,液滴内的轻质组分优先蒸发;而在超临界环境条件下,液滴内各个组分近乎保持同步蒸发,两个燃油组分共同主导液滴的完整蒸发过程．     

快速降压环境下盐水液滴蒸发过程的传热传质研究

采用VOF（Volume of Fluid）自由表面捕捉方法对盐水液滴蒸发过程中气液界面进行追踪,建立了降压环境下单个盐水液滴的蒸发模型,并通过盐水液滴蒸发的实验数据验证了此模型。通过对盐水液滴在相变过程中的形态变化以及传热传质特性的分析,研究了液滴内部温度、速度、蒸汽分布以及液滴形态等随时间的变化情况,分析了影响盐水液滴降压蒸发过程的主要因素。结果表明：在降压蒸发过程中液滴形态变化和环境中蒸汽的分布会随速度场的变化而变化;蒸发过程中初始盐组分质量浓度越大的液滴蒸发速率越缓慢,最终能达到的液滴最低中心温度越高,且液滴中心温度回升速度越慢、回升时间也越晚;液滴初始温度对蒸发速率影响较大,初始温度越高,表面蒸发速率越快,液滴中心温度回升速度越快。     

基于混合热格子玻尔兹曼模型的液滴蒸发数值模拟

采用格子玻尔兹曼方法(LBM)的单组分伪势模型与有限差分耦合的混合热格子玻尔兹曼模型(TLBM)对液滴蒸发过程进行了研究。首先,通过对液滴在方腔内蒸发过程进行模拟,验证了所采用计算方法及程序的有效性。随后,模拟了液滴撞击高温壁面后的蒸发过程,研究了壁面温度、液滴邦德数和液滴雷诺数对蒸发过程的影响。结果表明,壁面温度、液滴邦德数和液滴雷诺数的增加均会造成液滴撞击高温壁面后蒸发速率的增大。     

不考虑液相化学反应的苄基叠氮复合柴油液滴蒸发特性仿真

为研究物性参数差异对苄基叠氮复合柴油液滴蒸发特性的影响,选择正十六烷作为柴油的替代物,在不考虑液相化学反应的前提下构建了苄基叠氮-正十六烷多组分液滴蒸发模型.然后利用该模型分析了液滴的蒸发过程,研究了苄基叠氮质量分数和环境温度对液滴蒸发过程的影响.结果表明,苄基叠氮-正十六烷液滴蒸发可分为瞬态加热阶段、混合蒸发阶段和平衡蒸发阶段.苄基叠氮由于其相对正十六烷较高的饱和蒸气压、较小的定压比热容以及较大的蒸气相扩散系数,因而具有较快的蒸发特性.随着苄基叠氮质量分数的增加,液滴蒸发速率不断提高;随着环境温度的升高,液滴升温速率不断增大,平衡蒸发温度不断升高,液滴蒸发速率不断增大,但是这一变化趋势并不与温度呈线性关系.     

热压缩蒸发

为了使蒸发过程中产生的二次蒸汽的汽化潜热能被重新使用，本文介绍了一种节能方法，采用热压缩蒸发。     

燃气轮机湿压缩技术研究进展及应用综述

湿压缩技术是提升现代高性能燃气轮机输出功率与效率的主要手段之一。综述了国内外燃气轮机 湿压缩技术的研究进展与应用状况,阐述了湿压缩过程中液滴蒸发特性、运动规律、与固壁作用机制、与空气 传热传质机理以及液滴参数对压气机总体性能和稳定运行范围的影响规律等,同时对燃气轮机湿压缩系统 、雾化 方法、喷嘴结果以及系统应用状况进行了相关论述与分析。基于当前研究热点和发展趋势,结合作者对 燃气轮机领域各种技术的持续关注,提出了压气机整机湿压缩全三维数值模拟与实验测量、液滴迁移与蒸发 规律、湿压缩各主要部件性能匹配方法、喷嘴雾化各影响影响因素的关系四个应重点关注的研究方向。     

高温气流中双液滴蒸发过程实验研究

建立了液滴蒸发的实验系统,采用悬挂液滴法对高温气流中单、双液滴的蒸发特性进行研究.实验结果表明：双液滴实验时的液滴蒸发过程与单液滴蒸发过程类似;液滴间相互作用使液滴周围蒸汽的浓度增大,气液传质浓度差减小,液滴与周围环境的传质速度降低,使蒸发速率减小;在纯辐射环境中液滴间相互作用对蒸发过程的影响较强,在辐射对流环境中液滴间相互作用对蒸发过程的影响较弱.     

二甲醚/液化石油气液滴超临界蒸发特性的数值模拟

引入相平衡理论建立了DME-LPG-N2三元气、液高压相平衡,获得了液滴表面各组分的物质的量分数.建立了混合液滴超临界蒸发的计算模型,计算了二甲醚(DME)/液化石油气(LPG)双燃料液滴的蒸发过程,考察了液滴的初始直径、初始组分、环境温度和环境压力对蒸发过程的影响.结果表明:环境压力、温度越大,环境介质(N2)在液滴中的溶解越明显;液滴初始直径越小,蒸发寿命越短;液滴中DME越多,亚临界蒸发过程中的液滴蒸发寿命越长,而超临界蒸发过程中液滴蒸发寿命越短;环境温度越高,液滴蒸发寿命越短;在研究的温度范围内,环境压力越高,在亚临界条件下液滴蒸发寿命越短,而在超临界条件下液滴蒸发寿命越长.     

超临界环境条件对碳氢燃料液滴蒸发特性的影响

利用开发的计算模型对壬烷液滴在氮气中的蒸发过程进行了数值计算,研究了超临界环境条件下环境压力、环境温度以及液滴初始温度对液滴蒸发特性的影响.结果表明:环境压力越高,在蒸发过程中液滴表面温度的升温速度越快;并在蒸发初期液滴直径的增大越显著,同时液滴表面发生迁移的时刻越早.环境温度越高液滴的蒸发寿命越短,液滴表面发生迁移的时刻越早,并且在蒸发初期液滴直径的增大越不明显.随着液滴初始温度的升高液滴的蒸发寿命和迁移时刻几乎均呈线性趋势逐渐减小,液滴初始温度的高低只会使液滴的蒸发过程整体上提前或延后.     

Going below the wet-bulb temperature by indirect evaporative cooling: Analysis using a modified ε-NTU method

The objective of this paper is to study a method to achieve sub-wet bulb temperature by indirect evaporative cooling of air (without using a vapor compression machine). For this purpose, an analytical model is developed based on the effectiveness-NTU method (ε-NTU). The main idea for achieving a sub-wet bulb temperature by indirect evaporative cooling of air is by indirectly pre-cooling the working air before it enters the wet passage. It is shown that a modified analytical model for indirect evaporative coolers could be based on the ε-NTU method for sensible heat exchangers when proper adjustments are made by redefining the potential gradients, transfer coefficient, heat capacity rate parameters and assuming a linear saturation temperature-enthalpy relation of air. This modified model is used to find the performance of a regenerative indirect evaporative cooler. The model results show very good agreement with results from experimental measurements and a numerical model.     

The impact of fouling on performance evaluation of evaporative coolers and condensers

Fouling of evaporative cooler and condenser tubes is one of the most important factors affecting their thermal performance, which reduces effectiveness and heat transfer capability with time. In this paper, the experimental data on fouling reported in the literature are used to develop a fouling model for this class of heat exchangers. The model predicts the decrease in heat transfer rate with the growth of fouling. A detailed model of evaporative coolers and condensers, in conjunction with the fouling model, is used to study the effect of fouling on the thermal performance of these heat exchangers at different air inlet wet bulb temperatures. The results demonstrate that fouling of tubes reduces gains in performance resulting from decreasing values of air inlet wet bulb temperature. It is found that the maximum decrease in effectiveness due to fouling is about 55 and 78% for the evaporative coolers and condensers, respectively, investigated in this study. For the evaporative cooler, the value of process fluid outlet temperature T_p,out varies by 0.66% only at the clean condition for the ambient wet bulb temperatures considered. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

板式间接蒸发冷却器热工特性的实验研究

对自行研制设计的间接蒸发冷却换热试件开展了实验，研究了影响换热器换热性能的因素。结果表明：板式间接蒸发冷却器换热效率随二次空气入口的速度升高、一次空气入口的温度、二次空气入口的湿球温度升高而变大，随一次空气入口的速度变大而变小。实验结果对于深入认识间接蒸发冷却器的换热机理及开展换热器的优化设计有着很大的指导意义。     

Theoretical and testing performance of an innovative indirect evaporative chiller

An indirect evaporative chiller is a device used to produce chilled water at a temperature between the wet bulb temperature and dew point of the outdoor air, which can be used in building HVAC systems. This article presents a theoretical analysis and practical performance of an innovative indirect evaporative chiller. First, the process of the indirect evaporative chiller is introduced; then, the matching characteristics of the process are presented and analyzed. It can be shown that the process that produces cold water by using dry air is a nearly-reversible process, so the ideal produced chilled water temperature of the indirect evaporative chiller can be set close to the dew point temperature of the chiller’s inlet air. After the indirect evaporative chiller was designed, simulations were done to analyze the output water temperature, the cooling efficiency relative to the inlet dew point temperature, and the COP that the chiller can performance. The first installation of the indirect evaporative chiller of this kind has been run for 5 years in a building in the city of Shihezi. The tested output water temperature of the chiller is around 14–20 °C, which is just in between of the outdoor wet bulb temperature and dew point. The tested COP_r,s of the developed indirect evaporative chiller reaches 9.1. Compared with ordinary air conditioning systems, the indirect evaporative chiller can save more than 40% in energy consumption due to the fact that the only energy consumed is from pumps and fans. An added bonus is that the indirect evaporative chiller uses no CFCs that pollute to the aerosphere. The tested internal parameters, such as the water–air flow rate ratio and heat transfer area for each heat transfer process inside the chiller, were analyzed and compared with designed values. The tested indoor air conditions, with a room temperature of 23–27 °C and relative humidity of 50–70%, proved that the developed practical indirect evaporative chiller successfully satisfy the indoor air conditioning load for the demo building. The indirect evaporative chiller has a potentially wide application in dry regions, especially for large scale commercial buildings. Finally, this paper presented the geographic regions suitable for the technology worldwide.     

单元式露点蒸发冷却装置的实验研究

本研究设计了一台由干、湿通道相结合的单元式露点蒸发冷却装置,通过实验研究了蒸发冷却装置在空气经过一级冷却的模式1和经过二级冷却的模式2两种运行模式下,不同空气入口参数时的换热效果。实验结果表明,空气的入口温度越高,换热效果越好;低湿度时空气的进出口温差比高湿度时大,但其湿球效率和露点效率反而较低,这说明2种效率并不适用于不同湿度间的冷却效果对比;模式2运行时的换热效果比模式1好。与已有研究成果对比表明,该单元式露点蒸发冷却装置的湿球效率和露点效率分别可以达到120%和88%,为露点蒸发冷却装置的优化设计提供理论依据和优化方向。     

Novel design and modelling of an evaporative cooling system for buildings

Passive evaporative cooling has great potential as an alternative to conventional air‐conditioning in arid hot climates because of its low cost and zero pollution. This paper describes a novel evaporative cooling system with an automatic wind‐tracking device to improve its operating efficiency. The design and operating principles are discussed. A mathematical model is simplified by the assumption of convective heat and mass transfer of staggered streamlets of water. A computer program has been developed to calculate the deflection and length of spray water streamlets, as well as evaporative water mass, minimum cooled water temperature and required cooling time. A typical example illustrates that approximately 20 kg water are evaporated and around 26 min are required for 980 kg of water to be cooled from 28°C to the wet bulb temperature of 19.2°C of ambient air in a typical arid hot climate (relative humidity = 0.30, dry bulb temperature = 32°C and wind velocity = 4 m s^?1). The application of adsorbents, would allow the evaporative cooling system to be applied in hot, humid climates, in addition to hot climates with low humidity. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Droplet evaporation characteristics due to wet compression under RCM conditions

The vaporization characteristics of a single fuel droplet subjected to rapid gas-phase compression (i.e., wet compression) are computationally investigated using two spherically-symmetric models: quasi-steady (QS) and fully transient (TS). Features of the wet compression process under rapid compression machine (RCM) conditions are discussed with these compared to simulations where the far-field conditions are essentially invariant. It is observed that wet compression can significantly increase the rate of evaporation primarily due to the increase in droplet temperature and corresponding saturation pressure (fugacity); an increase in the density-weighted mass diffusivity is also beneficial in reducing the droplet consumption times. The QS model predicts substantially longer rates of evaporation relative to the TS model due to transient behavior associated with the initial evaporative cooling process, and the gas-phase compression heating process. Increases in the rate of volumetric compression can lead to more rapid droplet consumption, however there is a corresponding increase in spatial stratification in the gas- and liquid-phases which may not be advantageous for RCM applications. An ‘operating map’ has been developed based on parametric simulations of an n-dodecane droplet evaporating into nitrogen.     

Indirect evaporative cooling of air to a sub-wet bulb temperature

Indirect evaporative cooling is a sustainable method for cooling of air. The main constraint that limits the wide use of evaporative coolers is the ultimate temperature of the process, which is the wet bulb temperature of ambient air. In this paper, a method is presented to produce air at a sub-wet bulb temperature by indirect evaporative cooling, without using a vapour compression machine. The main idea consists of manipulating the air flow inside the cooler by branching the working air from the product air, which is indirectly pre-cooled, before it is finally cooled and delivered. A model for the heat and mass transfer process is developed. Four types of coolers are studied: three two-stage coolers (a counter flow, a parallel flow and a combined parallel-regenerative flow) and a single-stage counter flow regenerative cooler.It is concluded that the proposed method for indirect evaporative cooling is capable of cooling air to temperatures lower than the ambient wet bulb temperature. The ultimate temperature for such a process is the dew point temperature of the ambient air. The wet bulb cooling effectiveness (E_wb) for the examples studied is 1.26, 1.09 and 1.31 for the two-stage counter flow, parallel flow and combined parallel-regenerative cooler, respectively, and it is 1.16 for the single-stage counter flow regenerative cooler. Such a method extends the potential of useful utilisation of evaporative coolers for cooling of buildings as well as other industrial applications.     

Analysis of gas turbine operating parameters with inlet fogging and wet compression processes

Inlet fogging has been widely noticed in recent years as a method of gas turbine air inlet cooling for increasing the power output in gas turbines and combined cycle power plants. The effects of evaporative cooling on gas turbine performance were studied in this paper. Evaporative cooling process occurs in both compressor inlet duct (inlet fogging) and inside the compressor (wet compression). By predicting the reduction in compressor discharge air temperature, the modeling results were compared with the corresponding results reported in literature and an acceptable difference percent point was found in this comparison. Then, the effects of both evaporative cooling in inlet duct, and wet compression in compressor, on the power output, turbine exhaust temperature, and cycle efficiency of 16 models of gas turbines categorized in four A–D classes of power output, were investigated. The results of this analysis for saturated inlet fogging as well as 1% and 2% overspray are reported and the prediction equations for the amount of actual increased net power output of various gas turbine nominal power output are proposed. Furthermore the change in values of physical parameters and moving the compressor operating point towards the surge line in compressor map was investigated in inlet fogging and wet compression processes.     

Modelling of a direct evaporative air cooler using artificial neural network

This paper proposes the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict various performance parameters of a direct evaporative air cooler. For this aim, an experimental evaporative cooler was operated at steady‐state conditions, while varying the dry bulb temperature and relative humidity of the entering air along with the flow rates of air and water streams. Using some of the experimental data for training, a three‐layer feed‐forward ANN model based on back propagation algorithm was developed. This model was used for predicting various performance parameters of the cooler, namely the dry bulb temperature and relative humidity of the leaving air, mass flow rate of the water evaporated into the air stream, sensible cooling rate, and effectiveness of the cooler. Then, the performance of the ANN predictions was tested by applying a set of new experimental data. The predictions usually agreed well with the experimental values with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.969–0.993, mean relative errors in the range of 0.66–4.04%, and very low root mean square errors. This study reveals that, as an alternative to classical modelling techniques, the ANN approach can be used successfully for predicting the performance of direct evaporative air coolers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.