水力空化改质对重质原油沥青质及性质的影响

利用水力空化过程产生局部的高温、高压、高射流以及强大的剪切力等极端化学物理条件改质处理沙特重质原油，试验结果表明：沙特重质原油经过水力空化改质后粘度由13.61降低至7.22mm2/s，残碳由7.16%降低至6.48%，实沸点蒸馏后减压渣油降低1个百分点。进一步采用APPI FT-IR MS、XRD、FT-IR、SEM和粒度分布等技术研究了水力空化改质对沙重原油分子组成，沥青质团聚体微晶结构、沥青质胶束粒径分布、沥青质官能团、沥青质形貌等方面的影响，从分子角度阐述空化改质重油的机理。研究结果表明：水力空化改质后沙重原油分子量分布、芳烃类化合物缔合作用变小；沥青质对低DBE化合物吸附性能降低；沥青质团聚体微晶结构更加松散；沥青质胶束粒度分布降低；沥青质分子相互团聚作用力减弱。进一步考察了水力空化改质前后减压渣油延迟焦化性能，改质处理后焦炭产率降低1.85个百分点，液体收率和气体产率分别增加1.52和0.33个百分点，水力空化改质对沥青质性质、结构特点的改善能够有效的提高其加工性能。     

汽蚀对离心泵性能影响的实验研究

离心泵长时间运转后,会出现危害严重的汽蚀现象,造成泵性能下降,严重时影响泵的效率、寿命,甚至造成离心泵内部部件损坏。文章通过改变进口压力的方法对单泵、双泵并联、双泵串联等工况下汽蚀对离心泵性能影响进行实验研究。结果表明:当进口压力小于输送液体的饱和蒸汽压时,液体开始发生气化并伴随气泡产生,表明泵内发生汽蚀;汽蚀初期离心泵的效率开始下降,但表现不明显;随着汽蚀不断增大至严重汽蚀区时,Q 1~η曲线出现陡坡,效率出现明显下降并伴随嗡响。实验证明采用提高泵的进口压力等措施可适当减小汽蚀对泵性能的不利影响。     

微观表面形貌对螺旋槽液膜密封空化发生的影响

为探索微观表面形貌对液膜密封空化的影响,基于满足质量守恒的JFO空化模型及坐标变换,建立考虑微观表面形貌的双坝区螺旋槽液膜密封数学模型;采用有限体积法离散求解控制方程,综合分析表面粗糙度、周向波度和径向锥度对螺旋槽液膜密封空化发生的影响规律。结果表明:相比而言,密封面计入微观表面形貌后,摩擦副液膜中空穴区发生位置分散且形状不规则;以空化面积比为判据,较大表面粗糙度对液膜空化促生虽起到积极作用,但数据较小,可忽略不计;锥度对液膜中空穴促生和抑制影响有限,波幅的增加显著促进液膜中空穴的发生;高频波数时,正锥度有利于降低液膜空化面积比,抑制空穴。     

Extraction of protein from food waste: An overview of current status and opportunities

The chief intent of this review is to explain the different extraction techniques and efficiencies for the recovery of protein from food waste (FW) sources. Although FW is not a new concept, increasing concerns about chronic hunger, nutritional deficiency, food security, and sustainability have intensified attention on alternative and sustainable sources of protein for food and feed. Initiatives to extract and utilize protein from FW on a commercial scale have been undertaken, mainly in the developed countries, but they remain largely underutilized and generally suited for low-quality products. The current analysis reveals the extraction of protein from FW is a many-sided (complex) issue, and that identifies for a stronger and extensive integration of diverse extraction perspectives, focusing on nutritional quality, yield, and functionality of the isolated protein as a valued recycled ingredient.     

Electric characteristic and cavitation bubble dynamics using underwater pulsed discharge

Underwater pulsed discharge is widely applied in medicine, machining, and material modification. The induced cavitation bubble and subsequent cavitation collapse are considered the major motivations behind these applications. This paper presents an underwater pulsed discharge system. The experimental setup is established to induce and investigate the cavitation bubble assisted with a high-speed camera. Three aspects, including the characteristic of the discharge with different applied voltages and conductivities, the evolution of the cavitation bubble profile, and the energy efficiency of cavitation bubble inducing, are investigated, respectively. Especially, the mechanism of pre-discharge time delay in the low field intensity case is explained using the Joule heat effect. The results show the validity of the underwater pulsed discharger and experimental setup. The present underwater pulsed discharger is proved to be a simple, portable, and easy-to-implement device for the investigation of cavitation bubble dynamics.     

Microstructure and corrosion behaviors of FeCrNiBSiMox stainless steel fabricated by laser melting deposition

In this paper, FeCrNiBSiMo_x (x = 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5) stainless steels were successfully prepared using a laser melting deposition technology, with the aim to investigate the effect of Mo content on microstructure and corrosion behaviors. The results showed that the as-deposited specimens were composed mostly of α-Fe and a small amount of (Cr, Mo)₇C₃, and (Cr, Mo)₇C₃ existed in the inter-dendritic (ID) region. As the Mo content increased, grain refinement could be clearly observed, and the area of the ID region increased from 27% to 54%. The low-angle boundaries accounted for 60–70% of the grain boundaries of the as-deposited specimens. Increasing the content of Mo improved the microhardness of the as-deposited specimens from 652 HV to 813 HV. The corrosion current density of the as-deposited specimens with the Mo mass fractions of 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, and 2.5% were 1.37 × 10⁻⁶, 1.02 × 10⁻⁷, 6.19 × 10⁻⁷, and 3.06 × 10⁻⁷ A/cm², respectively. The as-deposited specimen with Mo content of 1.5% had lower cumulative erosion loss and erosion loss rate than other as-deposited specimens. The FeCrNiBSiMo_x (x = 1.5) specimen exhibited excellent resistance to electrochemical corrosion and cavitation erosion.     

Modeling of an industrial scale hydrodynamic cavitation multiphase reactor for Prileschajew epoxidation

The hydrodynamic cavitation multiphase reactor (HCMR) is emerging as a promising alternative for the intensification of liquid–liquid heterogeneous reactions, but research on HCMR modeling is lacking. In this article, an HCMR model was developed using Prileschajew epoxidation as the model system. First, based on experimental measurements of oil/water two-phase flow downstream of hydrodynamic cavitation devices, semiempirical correlations were proposed to describe the droplet size and droplet size distribution (DSD) as functions of flow conditions and geometry parameters. Then, with boundary conditions calculated by the DSD correlation, a droplet dynamics simulation in a reaction tank was performed by computational fluid dynamics coupled with population balance model to obtain the two-phase interfacial area. Finally, the acquired reactor model was substituted into an overall kinetic model, to simulate the epoxidation reaction in HCMR. Model predictions were verified by experimental results measured on an industrial scale HCMR.     

压力室结构对断油阶段空化及气体倒流的影响

断油阶段的空化现象对喷油间隔期的流场有重要影响,空化引起的高温燃气倒流会造成孔内结焦,进而影响缸内射流雾化.基于可视化试验和流体体积(VOF)方法两相三组分多相流求解器,对柴油喷嘴断油阶段的流动过程进行试验和模拟,分析3种不同压力室壁面曲率结构的喷嘴对断油阶段空化及气体倒流的影响.结果表明:在断油阶段喷孔和压力室依次发生空化现象,其中压力室内空化量较大,并呈现为涡空化和带状空化两种形态,壁面曲率小的狭直结构以带状空化为主;压力室结构较为狭直的喷嘴空化体积变大,但其低压持续时间延长使柴油流出量变小,最终导致倒流气体量下降;在发生涡空化时,速度梯度张量第二不变量Q与涡空化体积呈正相关,涡核区域越小则流场中磨擦耗散越少,越易于压力室内空化的形成.     

超声促进Ni/Sn固-液溶解行为

钎焊接头的可靠性主要由界面金属间化合物的形貌及接头微观组织决定,超声辅助钎焊过程中母材溶解行为直接影响接头可靠性。为进一步探明超声对Ni-Sn溶解行为的影响,本文采用浸入实验法对比研究了加载超声和无超声辅助下Ni在Sn中的溶解动力学,通过模拟探明了熔池中声压分布规律,观察了Ni-Sn界面微观组织。上述研究表明,超声作用10 s Ni丝的溶解量与不加超声保温5 min的溶解量相当,表明超声能促进Ni在熔融Sn钎料中的溶解。无超声辅助时,随着保温时间的增加,Ni-Sn界面金属间化合物逐渐增厚,阻碍了Ni与Sn 之间的相互扩散；而在超声空化作用下,Ni-Sn界面处于动态非平衡状态,能促进Ni在液态Sn中不断溶解；同时,在声流作用下界面Ni原子快速迁移至Sn中,在随后的冷却过程中析出大量细长棒状的Ni₃Sn₄金属间化合物。     

运行参数对煤层气空化喷嘴性能的影响

针对传统提高煤层气采收率方法对煤层损伤较大等问题,根据水力空化射流产生空化波来改造储层、促进煤层瓦斯解吸,提高采收率的增产思路,采用混合多相流数值模拟方法,研究了煤层气增产的水力空化工具两个主要工艺参数(入口流速、出口围压)对其空化性能的影响,并通过进行室内实验的方式对模拟结果进行验证。结果表明:在入口流速达到40m/s之后增速趋于平缓,可视为最佳入口流速;同时随着围压的增大,空化能力降低,但可通过适当提高入口流速减弱围压提高带来的抑制效果。