Investigation of thermal residual stresses during laser ablation of tantalum carbide coated graphite substrates using micro-Raman spectroscopy and COMSOL multiphysics

Laser ablation of high-temperature ceramic coatings results in thermal residual stresses due to which the coatings fail by cracking and debonding. Hence, the measurement of such residual stresses during laser ablation process holds utmost importance from the view of performance of coatings in extreme conditions. The present research aims at investigating the effect of laser parameters such as laser pulse energy, scanning speed and line spacing on thermal residual stresses induced in tantalum carbide-coated graphite substrates. Residual stresses were measured using micro-Raman spectroscopy and correlated with Raman peak shifts. Transient thermal analysis was performed using COMSOL Multiphysics to model the single ablated track and residual stresses were reported at low, moderate and high pulse energy regimes. The results showed that the initial laser conditions caused higher tensile residual stresses. Moderate pulse energy regime comprised higher compressive residual stresses due to off centre overlapping of the laser pulses. Higher pulse energy (250 μJ), higher scanning speed (1000 mm/s) and moderate line spacing (20 μm) caused accumulation of tensile residual stresses during the final stage of laser ablation. The deviation of experimental residual stresses from COMSOL numerical model was attributed to unaccounted additional stresses induced during thermal spraying process and deformation potentials in the numerical model.     

CFD model for tubular SOFC directly fed by biomass

The coupling between biomass gasification and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells can represent a sustainable and efficient system for electricity production. This work aims to develop a preliminary model for the operation of a tubular, electrolyte-supported fuel cell (SOFC) fed by a syngas mixture. The fuel required by the SOFC system is produced inside the energy generator box from an integrated biomass gasification system. This study stems from the European DB-SOFC project, that proposed the exploitation of the abundant biomasses deriving from agricultural residues for energetic purposes (as from olive oil and wine production). In this study, the main processes have been simulated to find a possible configuration to obtain a power value of 200 W. 25 cells were used in the model to produce the required power. The results showed that at 0.7 V it is possible to achieve 12.3 W, when the biomass gasification was integrated into the SOFC box, while it was possible to achieve 9.6 W when the system was fed by externally produced syngas.     

6 kA镨钕电解槽不同阴极直径下的 电热场耦合模拟

以6kA镨钕电解槽为研究对象,运用多物理场有限元分析软件COMSOL对不同阴极直径下的6kA镨钕电解槽电解过程进行电热场耦合数值模拟,分析阴极直径对槽内电热场的影响。结果表明,随着阴极直径的改变,电解槽内的电场与温度场均发生变化并且相互影响,结合实际生产经验和模拟仿真研究,认为阴极直径为80mm时,可使6kA镨钕电解槽产生足够电解反应发生的焦耳热,电解效率良好。     

Design of Ag nanograting for broadband absorption enhancement in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells

Light trapping is one of the key issues to improve the light absorption and increase the efficiency of thin film solar cells. The effects of the triangular Ag nanograting on the absorption of amorphous silicon solar cells were investigated by a numerical simulation based on the finite element method. The light absorption under different angle and area of the grating has been calculated. Furthermore, the light absorption with different incident angle has been calculated. The optimization results show that the absorption of the solar cell with triangular Ag nanograting structure and anti-reflection film is enhanced up to 96% under AM1.5 illumination in the 300–800 nm wavelength range compared with the reference cell. The physical mechanisms of absorption enhancement in different wavelength range have been discussed. Furthermore, the solar cell with the Ag nanograting is much less sensitive to the angle of incident light. These results are promising for the design of amorphous silicon thin film solar cells with enhanced performance.     

不同流场的PEMFC性能研究

改进了一个耦合气体流道和气体扩散层的两相、三维和多组分质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)模型,研究4种流道形式对PEMFC输出性能的影响。设定温度为70℃,有效面积为3.61 cm~2的情况下,发现单边交指单蛇形流道的性能最好,单蛇形流道的性能最差。阳极流场的形状对PEMFC性能的影响不大。单边交指单蛇形流道的阴极氧气浓度分布最均匀,浓度差值为6.41 mol/m~3,同时排水性能最好,阴极流道内水浓度差值为10.25 mol/m~3。     

电极对薄膜体声波谐振器性能的影响

采用有限元分析软件COMSOL Multiphysics仿真了三维结构的谐振器,探讨了不同的顶电极形状对谐振器性能的影响。有效机电耦合系数(k2teff)随电极-压电层厚度比增大而减小,其中电极形状为三角形的谐振器在厚度比为0.05时获得最大k2teff(5.73%)。品质因数Q值变化趋势与k2teff相反,由三角形电极在厚度比为0.25时,获得最大Q值为1 314。不同电极形状的谐振器的优值随电极-压电厚度比先增大后减小,最大值为65.4,由正方形电极在比值为0.15时获得。     

ZnO单晶声表面波谐振器传播特性的研究

基于有限元压电材料中表面波传播的有限元分析原理,利用有限元分析软件COMSOL对基于ZnO单晶材料的声表面波器件进行多物理域耦合建模与仿真,提取出了符合声表面波振型的对称模态变形图和反对称模态变形图。通过谐振频率分析,计算出了ZnO单晶的相速度和机电耦合系数;通过频率响应分析,得出谐振器输入导纳、阻抗与频率之间的关系图;最后讨论了叉指换能器的结构对谐振频率、反谐振频率的影响,得出输入、输出叉指换能器(IDT)的叉指电极对数越大,插入损耗值越大,信号衰减越小。     

Simulation of microwave's heating effect on coal seam permeability enhancement

As hydraulic fracturing was forbidden in some countries due to possible negative environmental impacts and enhanced coalbed methane(ECBM) was restricted by in-situ conditions, microwave heating was proposed to enhance coalbed permeability. One of the mechanisms of improving coal permeability with microwave irradiation is that thermal expansion caused by microwave heating. To study the influence of microwave's heating effect of coal samples, the simulations were conducted using a coupled electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical model in this paper. The temperature, Von-Mises stress and strain distribution of coal sample are recorded every 10 s. The permeability distribution is also obtained based on the relationship between strain and permeability from articles. It was found that volume average temperature, stress, strain and permeability increase almost linearly with time. The average permeability increased from 1.65×10~(-16) m~2 to 3.63×10~(-16)m~2 under 2.45 GHz and 500W microwave radiation after 300s. The significant increase proved microwave to be effective in coal seam permeability enhancement.     

Diagnostic of capacitively coupled radio frequency plasma from electrical discharge characteristics: comparison with optical emission spectroscopy and fluid model simulation

The capacitively coupled radio frequency(CCRF)plasma has been widely used in various fields.In some cases,it requires us to estimate the range of key plasma parameters simpler and quicker in order to understand the behavior in plasma.In this paper,a glass vacuum chamber and a pair of plate electrodes were designed and fabricated,using 13.56 MHz radio frequency(RF)discharge technology to ionize the working gas of Ar.This discharge was mathematically described with equivalent circuit model.The discharge voltage and current of the plasma were measured atdifferent pressures and different powers.Based on the capacitively coupled homogeneous discharge model,the equivalent circuit and the analytical formula were established.The plasma density and temperature were calculated by using the equivalent impedance principle and energy balance equation.The experimental results show that when RF discharge power is 50–300 W and pressure is 25–250 Pa,the average electron temperature is about 1.7–2.1 e V and the average electron density is about 0.5?×?10~(17)–3.6?×?10~(17)m~(-3).Agreement was found when the results were compared to those given by optical emission spectroscopy and COMSOL simulation.     

Leaching resistance of hazardous waste cement solidification after accelerated carbonation

When cement-based materials are carbonated, some of their physicochemical properties are changed, which includes reductions of porosity by 20% and pH from 12 to 13 to 8–9. These changes can enhance the retention ability of cementitious solids containing hazard waste. This research studied the effect of carbonation on the leaching resistance of hazardous waste cement solidification. The finite element software COMSOL Multiphysics was used to simulate the process of accelerated carbonation and the effect of carbonation on leaching. Laboratory tests were conducted to validate the numerical models. Parametric studies from the numerical simulations revealed that carbonation could significantly improve leaching retention capabilities of cementitious solids containing hazardous wastes.