基于多孔陶瓷的体吸收太阳能集热器性能分析

体吸收型太阳能集热器是3种主要的太阳能集热器之一,具有结构简单,效率高等优点,并且出口空气温度可达800℃以上,应用前景广阔。在体吸收太阳能集热器中,采用多孔材料而不是管路来加热工质,入射辐射可以从外到内逐步进行吸收。该文基于多孔泡沫陶瓷材料构建了一个一维体吸收太阳能集热器计算模型,在此基础上,计算分析了不同参数下的温度分布情况及热辐射吸收效率。研究结果表明,随着多孔陶瓷孔隙率的降低,出口空气温度及陶瓷内部气体与固体达到稳定的深度均逐渐降低,而接收器前表面温度逐渐提高;随着孔径的下降接收器尾部气体出口温度逐渐下降,内部气体和固体达到稳定的深度逐渐减小,但由于孔径的减小使得对流换热系数显著上升,因此其前表面的温度变化并不明显。太阳能吸收效率随着空气流速的降低和入口空气温度的增大而明显提高,但随着入射辐射强度的提高而降低。     

无霜空气源热泵系统除湿与再生工况?分析

为解决传统空气源热泵系统冬季的结霜问题,同时提升夏季机组的性能,本文提出一种"一塔三用"的无霜空气源热泵系统。通过搭建实验台研究了在除湿工况下的空气温度、含湿量、质量流量及溶液温度、质量流量、质量浓度,在再生工况下的溶液质量浓度、温度对溶液塔进出口空气?、除湿?(再生?)、系统输入输出?及?效的影响。结果表明:除湿工况下,除湿?随空气温度、空气质量流量、溶液质量流量的增加以及空气含湿量、溶液温度、溶液质量浓度的减少而增加;系统的?效随空气温度、含湿量、质量流量及溶液质量流量、质量浓度的增加以及溶液温度的减少而增加,其中空气含湿量、溶液质量浓度对?效影响较小,此模式?效最高可达0. 201。再生工况下,再生?随溶液质量浓度、温度的增加而增加;系统?效随溶液质量浓度的增加、溶液温度的减少而增加,其中溶液温度对?效影响较小,此模式?效最高可达0. 108 8。该系统?效率在实验工况下高于常规空气源热泵系统。     

Frost formation on fin-and-tube heat exchangers. Part I—Modeling of frost formation on fin-and-tube heat exchangers

In this study, the heat and mass transfer characteristics of heat exchangers during frost formation process are analyzed numerically. Unsteady heat and mass transfer coefficients of the air side, heat transfer coefficient of the refrigerant side, air-frost layer interface temperature, the surface efficiency of the heat exchanger and the mass flow rate of the frost accumulated on the heat exchanger surface are calculated. The total conductivity (UA) and pressure drop of the heat exchanger are reported for different air inlet temperature, relative humidity, air mass flow rate and the refrigerant temperature.     

Energy and exergy analysis of single effect and series flow double effect water–lithium bromide absorption refrigeration systems

In this paper, the energy and exergy analysis of single effect and series flow double effect water–lithium bromide absorption systems is presented. A computational model has been developed for the parametric investigation of these systems. Newly developed computationally efficient property equations of water–lithium bromide solution have been used in the computer code. The analysis involves the determination of effects of generator, absorber and evaporator temperatures on the energetic and exergetic performance of these systems. The effects of pressure drop between evaporator and absorber, and effectiveness of heat exchangers are also investigated. The performance parameters computed are coefficient of performance, exergy destruction, efficiency defects and exergetic efficiency. The results indicate that coefficient of performance of the single effect system lies in range of 0.6–0.75 and the corresponding value of coefficient of performance for the series flow double effect system lies in the range of 1–1.28. The effect of parameters such as temperature difference between heat source and generator and evaporator and cold room have also been investigated. Irreversibility is highest in the absorber in both systems when compared to other system components.     

A theoretical study on a novel solar based integrated system for simultaneous production of cooling and heating

An integrated system for simultaneous production of triple-effect cooling and single stage heating is proposed in this paper to harness low grade solar energy. The proposed system combines the heliostat field with a central receiver and the ejector-absorption cycle with the shaft power driven transcritical CO₂ cycle. A parametric study based on first and second laws of thermodynamics is carried out to ascertain the effect of varying the exit temperature of duratherm oil, turbine inlet pressure, and evaporators temperature on the energy and exergy output as well as on the energy and exergy efficiencies of the system. The results obtained indicate that major source of exergy destruction is the central receiver where 52.5% of the inlet solar heat exergy is lost followed by the heliostat where 25% of the inlet exergy is destroyed. The energy and exergy efficiencies of the integrated system vary from 32% to 39% and 2.5%–4.0%, respectively, with a rise in the hot oil outlet temperature from 160 °C–180 °C. It is further shown that increase in evaporator temperature of transcritical CO₂ cycle from −20 °C to 0 °C increases the energy efficiency from 27.45% to 43.27% and exergy efficiency from 2.51% to 2.97%, respectively. The results clearly show how the variation in the values of hot oil outlet temperature, turbine inlet pressure, and the evaporator temperature of transcritical CO2 cycle strongly influences the attainable performance of the integrated system.     

Exergy analysis of gas turbine trigeneration system for combined production of power heat and refrigeration

A conceptual trigeneration system is proposed based on the conventional gas turbine cycle for the high temperature heat addition while adopting the heat recovery steam generator for process heat and vapor absorption refrigeration for the cold production. Combined first and second law approach is applied and computational analysis is performed to investigate the effects of overall pressure ratio, turbine inlet temperature, pressure drop in combustor and heat recovery steam generator, and evaporator temperature on the exergy destruction in each component, first law efficiency, electrical to thermal energy ratio, and second law efficiency of the system. Thermodynamic analysis indicates that exergy destruction in combustion chamber and HRSG is significantly affected by the pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature, and not at all affected by pressure drop and evaporator temperature. The process heat pressure and evaporator temperature causes significant exergy destruction in various components of vapor absorption refrigeration cycle and HRSG. It also indicates that maximum exergy is destroyed during the combustion and steam generation process; which represents over 80% of the total exergy destruction in the overall system. The first law efficiency, electrical to thermal energy ratio and second law efficiency of the trigeneration, cogeneration, and gas turbine cycle significantly varies with the change in overall pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature, but the change in pressure drop, process heat pressure, and evaporator temperature shows small variations in these parameters. Decision makers should find the methodology contained in this paper useful in the comparison and selection of advanced heat recovery systems.     

气-液膜接触器结构优化及其传质性能研究

以海水作为吸收剂,采用模拟烟气,对气-液膜接触器进行传质性能评价试验,考察其工艺结构参数、气液介质流动速率及方式、气液压差、烟气SO2浓度等因素对传质系数、脱硫率及膜效用的影响.试验表明,在气相压力较低情况下,气液流速、气液压差对总气相传质系数影响明显,而烟气SO2浓度的影响可忽略不计.适当提高膜接触器的填充密度,增加膜吸收级数,采用错流模式的气液流动方式,均可改善烟气流场分布,增大有效传质面积,提高膜效用.与传统吸收塔相比,新型膜气体吸收装置的气液两相独立控制,可灵活应对烟气浓度变化对脱硫稳定性的影响,同时具有低气阻、耐污染、规模可线性放大等优点,工业化应用前景广阔.     

水产品低温贮藏库的节能分析

通过利用线性拟合的方法对氨的物性进行模拟,在变冷凝温度和变冷间温度,以及在蒸发器和冷凝器压力降变化的条件下,分别对冷库中的氨双级蒸汽压缩系统进行能量分析,对系统各部件的炯损失和系统的炯效率进行计算分析,得出随着冷凝温度和冷间温度的改变,系统各设备的炯损失的排序变化的结果,以及随着压力降的变化系统的性能发生了变化,提出改进系统的性能可从减少冷凝传热温差和减少冷间传热温差,提高冷却水有效利用,改善蒸发器的压力降方面考虑。     

露点蒸发冷却装置性能评价指标的研究

本文通过搭建逆流式露点蒸发冷却装置,实验研究了空气入口温度、湿度和风速对露点效率、湿球效率、?效比等各性能评价指标的影响,提出了能够反映湿通道潜热交换的强弱和装置性能的适用于露点蒸发冷却的评价指标——换热放大系数.研究结果表明:进口温度为33、相对湿度为22％时,当风速从1 m/s增至3 m/s,制冷量从29.5 kW...     

Experimental investigation of adverse effect of frost formation on microchannel evaporators,part 1: Effect of fin geometry and environmental effects

This study experimentally investigated the frost growth on louvered folded fins in microchannel heat exchangers when used in outdoor air-source heat pump systems. The effects of surface temperature, fin geometries, and air environmental conditions were studied. The overall aim was to isolate and quantify the effect of geometry from surface temperature effects. Experimental data of frost weight, local frost thickness, air pressure drop across the coils, time of frost–defrost cycles and heat transfer rates were recorded. Data showed that the frosting time and the frost growth rates depended mainly on the local fin surface temperature. Lower fin density was beneficial because it delayed the blockage of the air flow. The fin length and fin depth had minor effects on frosting performance. The air humidity had a fairly significant effect on rate of frost formation while air velocity seemed to have a small effect on the frost growth rate.     

有机朗肯循环模拟及涡旋式膨胀机的性能研究

近些年来,太阳能作为一种可再生能源受到了广泛的关注。其中利用太阳能集热器实现100℃以下高效的热量回收,是一种普遍且有效的太阳能利用方式。采用有机朗肯循环与100℃的低温热源相结合进行发电,目前也逐渐受到了研究人员的关注。考虑到膨胀机是有机朗肯循环的核心部件,本文选择了R600制冷剂作为ORC系统的工质,对其进行了计算以及热力学性能分析。同时搭建了利用压缩空气来驱动的涡旋式膨胀机性能研究的实验台。从ORC的理论分析得,当热源温度为78~97℃,环境温度为30℃,可以获得0.7~1kW的电量,效率为0.84~0.89。利用压缩空气模拟R600,当温度从75℃变化到95℃,对应的压力从0.8MPa变化到1.2MPa,膨胀机出口压力控制在0.28MPa,等熵效率维持在0.7左右。膨胀机的功电转化效率随着膨胀机理想输出功的增加而降低。     

Heat and mass transfer characteristics of a constrained thin-film ammonia-water bubble absorber

A study of absorption of ammonia vapour bubbles into a constrained thin-film of ammonia-water solution is presented. A large-aspect-ratio microchannel constrains the thickness of the weak solution film and ammonia vapour bubbles are injected from a porous wall. A counter flowing coolant in a minichannel removes the generated heat of absorption. Experiments and a simple one-dimensional numerical model are used to characterize the absorber performance at a nominal system pressure of 6.2 bar absolute. Effect of varying the mass flow rate of the weak solution, vapour flow rate, solution inlet temperature, and coolant inlet temperature on absorption heat and mass transfer rates and exit subcooling are discussed. Two absorber channel geometries, each of 600 μm nominal depth, are considered: 1) a smooth-wall channel, and 2) a stepped-wall channel that has 2-mm deep trenches across the width of a channel wall. Results indicate that the reduction in coolant inlet temperature significantly enhances the mass transfer rates in both absorber geometries. While the stepped-wall geometry exhibits higher mass transfer rates at lower coolant inlet temperatures of 30 °C and 40 °C, the smooth-wall channel shows higher mass transfer rates at the highest coolant inlet temperature of 58 °C. Both absorption limited and residence time limited conditions are observed with variation of weak solution flow rate at fixed vapour flow rates.     

Thermodynamic performance assessment of a novel air cooling cycle: Maisotsenko cycle

This study presents energy and exergy analyses and sustainability assessment of the novel evaporative air cooling system based on Maisotsenko cycle which allows the product fluid to be cooled in to a dew point temperature of the incoming air. In the energy analysis, Maisotsenko cycle’s wet-bulb and dew point effectiveness, COP and primary energy ratio rates are calculated. Exergy analysis of the system is then carried out for six reference temperatures ranging from 0 °C to 23.88 °C as the incoming air (surrounding) temperature. The specific flow exergy, exergy input, exergy output, exergy destruction, exergy loss, exergy efficiency, exergetic COP, primary exergy ratio and entropy generation rates are determined for various cases. Furthermore, sustainability assessment is obtained using sustainability index method. As a result, maximum exergy efficiency is found to be 19.14% for a reference temperature of 23.88 °C where the optimum operation takes place.     

Hochselektive Absorberschichten für thermische Sonnenkollektoren

High‐selective absorber coatings for solar thermal collectors Highly selective absorber coatings are necessary for the effective operation of state‐of‐the‐art solar thermal collectors. The thin film gradient optical coating with its spectrally selective characteristics achieves high solar absorptance combined with low thermal emittance. Such complex multi‐layer systems are produced in modular vacuum coating processes. Industrial air‐to‐air coating lines allow the continuous coating of metal bands in a pass‐through process and provide absorber coatings which meet highest demands for efficiency, durability and esthetics.     

Energy and exergy evaluation of an integrated solar heat pipe wall system for space heating

In this paper, an integrated solar heat pipe wall space heating system, employing double glazed heat pipe evacuated tube solar collector and forced convective heat transfer condenser, is introduced. Thermal performance of the heat pipe solar collector is studied and a numerical model is developed to investigate the thermal efficiency of the system, the inlet and outlet air temperatures and heat pipe temperature. Furthermore, the system performance is evaluated based on exergy efficiency. In order to verify the precision of the developed model, the numerical results are compared with experimental data. Parametric sensitivity for design features and material associated with the heat pipe, collector cover and insulation is evaluated to provide a combination with higher thermal performance. Simulation results show that applying a solar collector with more than 30 heat pipes is not efficient. The rate of increasing in temperature of air becomes negligible after 30 heat pipes and the trend of the thermal efficiency is descending with increasing heat pipes. The results also indicate that at a cold winter day of January, the proposed system with a 20 heat pipe collector shows maximum energy and exergy efficiency of 56.8% and 7.2%, which can afford warm air up to 30°C. At the end, the capability of the proposed system to meet the heating demand of a building is investigated. It is concluded that the best method to reach a higher thermal covered area is to apply parallel collectors.     

Performance evaluation of single stand and hybrid solar water heaters: a comprehensive review

In this review, flat plate and concentrate-type solar collectors, integrated collector–storage systems, and solar water heaters combined with photovoltaic–thermal modules, solar-assisted heat pump solar water heaters, and solar water heaters using phase change materials are studied based on their thermal performance, cost, energy, and exergy efficiencies. The maximum water temperature and thermal efficiencies are enlisted to evaluate the thermal performance of the different solar water heaters. It is found that the solar water heaters’ performance is considerably improved by boosting water flow rate and tilt angle, modification of the shape and number of collectors, using wavy diffuse and electrodepositioned reflector coating, application of the corrugated absorber surface and coated absorber, use of turbulent enhancers, using thermal conductive working fluid and nanofluid, the inclusion of the water storage tank, and tank insulation. These items increase the heat transfer area and coefficient, thermal conductivity, the Reynolds and Nusselt numbers, heat transfer rate, and energy and exergy efficiencies. The evacuated tube heaters have a higher temperature compared to the collectors with a plane surface. Their thermal performance increases by using all-glass active circulation and heat pipe integration. The concentrative type of solar water heaters is superior to other solar heaters, particularly in achieving higher water temperatures. Their performance improves by using a rotating mirror concentrator. The integration of the system with energy storage components, phase change materials, or a heat pump provides a satisfactory performance over conventional solar water heaters.

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Modification of solar water heaters

     

气体压缩机中冷器的节能节材实验研究

中冷器的主要功能是排除气体被压缩过程产生的热量,是提高压缩机效率的重要设备。从传热阻力看,壳程空气的热阻占总热组的80%以上,壳程气体阻力大,风机或压缩机能耗较大。要提高中冷器的传热性能,关键是强化壳程空气的对流传热和减小壳程空气的流动阻力。着重介绍气冷侧强化传热技术产生的节能效益,建立扭曲管中冷器和传统弓形折流板中冷器并行对比实验测试平台,通过改变壳程空气质量流量、管内循环水温度和流量等参数以测试其热力性能和压降损失,实验结果表明,扭曲管中冷器的壳程气体压降小,综合传热性能明显优于传统弓形折流板中冷器35%-87%,低Re数条件下尤为显著。对压缩机冷却系统的优化设计有一定的指导作用。     

一种新型跨临界CO2冷电联供系统热力分析

提出一种新型跨临界二氧化碳（trans-critical carbon dioxide,TCO₂）再压缩循环和喷射器制冷循环耦合的冷电联供系统。该系统在输出电能的同时,利用低品位热能驱动喷射器工作输出冷量。以输出电量1 MW为设计目标,对比冷电联供系统和再压缩发电系统的性能,研究联供系统各部件（火用）损和主要热力参数对其性能的影响。结果表明：联供系统利用CO₂余热驱动喷射器输出冷量,循环热效率高于单一再压缩系统;加热器（火用）损所占比例最大,回热器次之;透平进口温度、压力和背压对联供系统工质流量、循环效率、输出功率、加热器功率、压缩机耗功及喷射器制冷量等参数影响较大;而冷凝温度和蒸发温度仅对制冷循环制冷量影响较大。在设定条件下,联供系统的循环热效率和（火用）效率可分别达到46.99%和47.21%。     

A theoretical study on a novel combined power and ejector refrigeration cycle

A new combined power and refrigeration cycle is proposed for the cogeneration, which combines the Rankine cycle and the ejector refrigeration cycle by adding an extraction turbine between heat recovery vapor generator (HRVG) and ejector. This combined cycle could produce both power output and refrigeration output simultaneously, and could be driven by the flue gas from gas turbine or engine, solar energy, geothermal energy and industrial waste heats. Parametric analysis and exergy analysis are conducted to examine the effects of thermodynamic parameters on the performance and exergy destruction in each component for the combined cycle. The results show that the condenser temperature, the evaporator temperature, the turbine inlet pressure, the turbine extraction pressure and extraction ratio have significant effects on the turbine power output, refrigeration output, exergy efficiency and exergy destruction in each component in the combined cycle. It is also shown that the biggest exergy destruction occurs in the heat recovery vapor generator, followed by the ejector and turbine.     

Evaluation of microchannel condenser characteristics by numerical simulation

This paper presents the development of a finite-volume-based numerical condenser model that considers important factors such as non-uniform air temperature and velocity at the front, fin conduction, refrigerant-side maldistribution caused by pressure balance between tubes, and air-side distribution for multislabs. Air-side and refrigerant-side microscale heat transfer and pressure drop correlations are carefully compared. The model results match well with lab test results for one-slab and two-slab microchannel heat exchangers on heat transfer and pressure drop. Several simulations are conducted to determine the impact of return air temperature, tube wall temperature, and non-uniform refrigerant flow rate. In addition, optimization results are analyzed by changing the number of flat tubes in each pass for both types of heat exchangers.