Comprehensive numerical investigations on the thermal performance of heat recirculating micro combustor with pin fins for micro-thermal voltaic system applications

Aiming at improving the relatively low energy output and energy conversion efficiency of the micro-thermal voltaic (MTPV) system, an innovative heat recirculating micro combustor with pin fins is designed. The effects of pin fins arrangement, hydrogen/air equivalent ratio on the energy output and performance of CHMC, HMCP and HMCI are compared and investigated. The result shows that when the V_in is 6 m/s and Φ is 1.0, the emitter power of CHMC is 72.76W, and that of HCMP and HCMI micro combustor are 75.99W and 76.35W. and the emitter efficiency of CHMC, HCMP and HCMI is 41.93%, 43.26% and 44.01%. HMCI has better energy output capability compared with CHMC and HMCP. Even though, HMCI brings a higher pressure drop, it is within the acceptable range. When the V_in is 6 m/s, the pressure drop from the pin fins only accounts for 26.4% of the total pressure drop for HMCI. Through the study of equivalent ratio, it is found that HMCI has good adaptability in different equivalent ratio range. This work provides new ideas for the development of MTPV system in the future.     

A numerical study on the performance of PEMFC with wedge-shaped fins in the cathode channel

The gas flow field design has a significant influence on the overall performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). A single-channel PEMFC with wedge-shaped fins in the cathode channel was proposed, and the effects of fin parameters such as volume (0.5 mm³, 1.0 mm³, and 1.5 mm³), number (3, 5, and 9), and porosity of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) on the performance of PEMFC were numerically examined based on the growth rate of power density (GRPD) and polarization curve. It was shown that wedge-shaped fins could effectively improve the PEMFC performance. With an increase in fin volume, the distributions of oxygen mass fraction in the outlet area of the cathode channel were lower, the drainage effect of the PEMFC improved, and GRPD also increased accordingly. Similar results were obtained as the number of fins increased. The GDL porosity had a greater effect than the wedge-shaped fins on the improvement in PEMFC performance, but the influence of GDL porosity weakened and the GRPD of porosity decreased as the porosity increased. This study provides an effective guideline for the optimization of the cathode channel in a PEMFC.     

Numerical study on premixed hydrogen/air combustion characteristics and heat transfer enhancement of micro-combustor embedded with pin fins

Aimed at improving the energy output performance of the Microthermal Photovoltaic (MTPV) system, it is necessary to optimize the structure of the micro combustor. In this paper, micro combustor with in-line pin fins arrays (MCIPF) and micro combustor with both end-line pin fins arrays (MCEPF) were presented to realize the efficient combustion and heat transfer enhancement, and the influence of inlet velocity, equivalent ratio, and materials on thermal performance was investigated. The results showed that pin fins embedding is beneficial to improving combustion, and the combustion efficiency of MCIPF and MCEPF reaches 98.5% and 98.7%, which is significantly higher than that of the conventional cylindrical combustor (MCC). However, with the increase of inlet velocity from 8 m/s to 14 m/s, MCIPF exhibits the highest external wall temperature with a range of (1302–1386 K), while MCEPF maintains the best temperature uniformity. As the inlet velocity increases to 10 m/s, the external wall temperature and temperature uniformity reach the optimum. Besides, under the conditions of different equivalence ratios, both external wall temperature and heat flux increases first and then decreases, meanwhile the temperature uniformity of MCEPF is significantly improved compared with that of MCIPF, they all exhibit the highest external wall temperature with an equivalence ratio of 1.1, and the thermal performance is greatly enhanced. By comparing the heat transfer performance of combustors with different materials based on MCEPF, it is interesting to find that the application of high thermal conductivity materials can not only increase the external wall temperature, but also improve the temperature uniformity. Therefore, materials with high thermal conductivity such as Aluminum, Red Copper and Silicon Carbide should be selected for application in micro combustors and their components. The current work provides a new design method for the enhanced heat transfer of the micro combustor.     

超声速下栅格舵展开过程数值模拟

栅格舵从折叠到展开的过程中气动特性变化剧烈,对展开可靠性和导弹整体气动特性的影响都比较大。针对栅格舵这种复杂的构造形式,生成了带有棱柱层的非结构网格,再结合重叠网格技术对栅格舵导弹超声速绕流流场进行了数值模拟,计算结果与风洞试验结果吻合较好。在此基础上,对超声速下栅格舵动态展开过程的非定常流场进行了数值模拟,分析了栅格舵导弹动态气动特性的变化规律。     

四边形格壁后掠式栅格翼气动特性研究

格壁剖面形状不同的栅格翼其升力性能也大有不同,前期研究表明菱形剖面和四角形剖面栅格翼比矩形剖面栅格翼减阻能力更好.文中基于此对后掠45°的栅格翼进行数值模拟研究,结果表明,投影尺寸相同的3种四边形后掠式栅格翼与其正置式相比均能够有效提高升力,增大升阻比,并且菱形和四角形剖面后掠式的栅格翼气动特性均优于矩形剖面后掠式栅格翼.     

iSIGHT在鱼雷鳍舵优化设计中的应用研究

在解决鳍舵优化设计问题的过程中,引入集成优化框架iSIGHT,利用iSIGHT的优化迭代计算功能得到一种基于iSIGHT的鱼雷鳍舵优化设计方法,并将得到的设计方案与相同初值条件下通过传统方法得到的设计方案进行了分析和比较。分析比较的结果证明:用基于iSIGHT的优化设计方法来解决鱼雷鳍舵设计优化问题是可行的,并且能得到令人满意的设计方案。     

飞机腹鳍根部型材疲劳断裂强度分析

针对某型飞机腹鳍根部型材疲劳断裂问题,依据腹鳍的结构和工作特点,应用疲劳断裂理论进行定量分析,排除了因飞行中所受空气动力引起的静载和动载造成损伤的可能性,分析了其裂纹产生原因并提出使用维修建议.     

相变材料/导热翅片复合热管理系统应用于三元体系锂离子动力电池模组实验研究

以三元动力电池模组为研究对象,通过研究自然对流、相变材料（Phase Change Materials,PCM）、相变材料/导热翅片3种不同散热技术,分析3种不同热管理系统（Battery Thermal Management System,BTMS）在室温（25℃）和高温（45℃）工况下不同恒定倍率放电及充放电循环过程中的温度变化规律、产热速率及温升速率,测试整个电化学反应进程中的最大温度及最大温差技术指标,深入研究不同散热介质对于电池组安全性能的影响机理。结果表明,无论室温/高温环境条件恒定倍率放电和大电流充放电循环工况,相变材料/导热翅片电池组通过对电池组侧面和正负极处进行强化传热,具有明显有效的降温和均衡温度的能力,可以实现电池组最高温度的快速降低,并维持电池模组最高温差在5℃以内,满足动力电池模组的散热需求。     

火箭弹尾翼结构的Isight／ANSYS优化设计

为减轻火箭弹尾翼在结构性能约束下的质量,对其结构设计参数进行了优化。对尾翼的载荷分布、结构特性进行了分析,并利用ANSYS软件APDL语言建立了有限元分析的参数化模型。选取质量最小为目标函数,翼根厚度、翼梢厚度和安装位置为设计变量,强度和刚度为约束条件,建立了结构优化模型。基于应力准则法及直接搜索策略,通过Isight集成ANSYS软件对尾翼结构进行了优化设计。通过典型实例的仿真表明：尾翼减重效果明显、方法有效。     

基于结构重叠网格的栅格翼导弹流场数值仿真

采用结构重叠网格方法对栅格翼导弹的粘性流场进行了数值仿真计算,相对于单一结构网格而言,该方法不但降低了网格生成难度,提高了网格质量,而且大幅度降低了网格数量,计算结果表明该方法是可靠有效的。