Experimental flame speed in multi-layered nano-energetic materials

This paper deals with the reaction of dense Metastable Intermolecular Composite (MIC) materials, which have a higher density than conventional energetic materials. The reaction of a multilayer thin film of aluminum and copper oxide has been studied by varying the substrate material and thicknesses. The in-plane speed of propagation of the reaction was experimentally determined using a time of- flight technique. The experiment shows that the reaction is completely quenched for a silicon substrate having an intervening silica layer of less than 200 nm. The speed of reaction seems to be constant at 40 m/s for silica layers with a thickness greater than 1 μm. Different substrate materials such as glass and photoresist were also used.     

含二氧化硅气凝胶和相变材料三层玻璃窗热性能分析

为了研究含二氧化硅气凝胶和相变材料三层玻璃窗对严寒地区建筑能耗的影响,建立了相变材料层与其他透明壁层结合发生的传热数值模型。分析了含二氧化硅气凝胶和相变材料三层玻璃窗在不同二氧化硅气凝胶厚度、导热系数和不同保温材料下的动态热调节性能,得到了含二氧化硅气凝胶和相变材料三层玻璃窗内表面热流密度和液相率随时间的变化规律。结果表明:随着二氧化硅气凝胶厚度增加,总传热量降低和液相率增加,当二氧化硅气凝胶厚度为20～30 mm时,可以实现有效的利用太阳能;随着二氧化硅气凝胶导热系数增加,总传热量升高和液相率降低;当二氧化硅气凝胶的导热系数从0.022降低到0.014 W/(m·K)时,最大液相率从0.83增加到1.00。二氧化硅作为保温层比相变材料作为保温层具有更好的保温隔热作用。     

Heat transfer behaviour of thermal energy storage components using composite phase change materials

对基于复合相变材料储热单元的储热性能进行了研究。建立了复合材料和储热单元体内部的二维传热模型,考察了复合材料物性和结构尺寸及传热流体操作条件（流体流速）对单元体储热性能的影响,对比了两种不同结构单元体的储热性能,并搭建实验平台进行了实验对比研究。对比结果表明,模型结果与实验结果趋于一致,验证了模型的准确性。复合材料物性和结构尺寸及传热流体操作条件对单元体储热性能有较大的影响。相比较单管储热单元体,同心管储热单元体有着更优的储热特性,在相同的操作条件下,同心管储热单元体的储热、放热时间较单管储热单元体分别减少10%和15%。     

Transient heat fluxes measurement analysis from platinum based thin film gauges in open and closed cavities

Platinum thin film gauges (PTFGs) measure heat fluxes in the applications involving very short duration of the heating environment. Heat transfer measurement is the frequently used technique for measuring the surface heat flux using thin film gauges. The present investigation has been focused on the design and manufacturing methods for heat transfer gauge, their stability, and dynamic calibrations in certain situations where the heat load suddenly build up. PTFGs measure heat fluxes in heating environments applications during the very duration. The measurement for heat transfer is a technique used often with thin film gauges to measure the surface heat flux. The convection devices are regarded as the best measuring units in short-term transient temperature measurement applications and are usually used when the heat transfer mode is dominant means gas turbine engines, high speed aircraft, etc. In addition to that, there are many difficulties incurred for convection based measurement practically and few interdisciplinary research fields. A convective heat load is provided with a hot air gun to get the temperature signal. By using thin film gauge through present investigations, it is very ambitious to explore the possibility of short term conduction based transient measurements with pure conduction heat transfer mode. A simple experimental set up is used to supply the thin film gauges with heat flux, which is manually manufactured with platinum as a sensing material and quartz as a substrate material. The body's nose tip to high speed flow is expected to be the maximum heat transfer at the stagnation point. The stagnation point probes are fabricated for PTFGs, and baking material is quartz. The recorded temperature histories are compared with the experimentally recorded temperature signals from the gauges through the finite element method. The heat flux forecast was configured by using the one dimension thermal conduction equation convolution integral and by comparison with the heat input loads. This study reveals the ability of PTFGs to be used for a short period.     

A coupled level set and volume-of-fluid simulation for heat transfer of the double droplet impact on a spherical liquid film

A coupled level set and volume-of-fluid method is applied to investigate the double droplet impact on a spherical liquid film. The method focuses on the analysis of surface curvature, droplet diameter, impact velocity, double droplets vertical spacing, the thickness of the liquid film of two liquid droplets after the impact on a spherical liquid film, and the influence of flow and heat transfer characteristics. The results indicate that the average wall heat flux density of the double liquid droplet impact on a spherical liquid film is greater than that of a flat liquid film. Average wall heat transfer coefficient increases with the increase in the liquid film’s spherical curvature. When the liquid film thickness is smaller, the average wall heat flux density of the liquid film is significantly reduced by the secondary droplets generated from the liquid film. When the liquid film thickness is larger, the influence of liquid film thickness on the average wall heat flux density gradually decreases. The average wall heat flux density increases with the increase in impact velocity and the droplet diameter; it also decreases with the increase in double droplets vertical spacing.     

Preparation of Nafion-sulfonated clay nanocomposite membrane for direct menthol fuel cells via a film coating process

Nafion sulfonated clay nanocomposite membranes were successfully produced via a film coating process using a pilot coating machine. For producing the composite membranes, we optimized the solvent ratio of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) to N,N′-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), the amount of sulfonated montmorillonite (S-MMT) in composite membranes and the overall concentration of composite dispersions. Based on the optimized viscosity and composition, the composite dispersions were coated on a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrate film. The distance between a metering roll and a PET film and the ratio of metering roll speed versus coating roll speed of the pilot coating machine were varied to control membrane thickness. The film coated composite membrane exhibited enhanced properties in the swelling behavior against MeOH solution, ion conductivity and MeOH permeability, compared to the cast Nafion composite membrane due to the higher dispersion state of S-MMT in Nafion matrix and the uniform distribution of small-size ion clusters. These properties influenced a cell performance test of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), showing the film coated composite membrane had a higher power density than that of Nafion 115. The power density was also related with the higher selectivity of the composite membrane than Nafion 115.     

Flow and heat transfer during a single drop impact on a liquid film

ABSTRACT

A two-dimensional incompressible laminar computational model was established to analyze flow and heat transfer characteristics during a single liquid drop impinging onto a liquid film, with an underneath surface of relatively low temperature. Using the coupled level set and volume of fluid method, the gas–liquid interface at different time sequences can be obtained clearly. Concerning the heat transfer process, three different factors including impact velocity, film thickness, and drop diameter were discussed. Results indicate that liquid inside the film can be classified as three zones: the impact zone, the transition zone, and the static zone, specifically according to different heat flux. Average surface heat flux can be increased by increasing impact velocity, while effects of film thickness and drop diameter are minor. Corresponding mechanisms were interpreted as well. For heat flux distribution in the impact and transition zones, both film thickness and drop diameter influence the distribution greatly. With an increment in film thickness and drop diameter, heat flux in the impact zone decreases, while heat flux in the transition zone appears to be an opposite trend. Also in the transition zone, the fluctuation amplitude of the heat flux rises as the two factors are reduced.     

An Integral Approximate Solution to Ablation of a Two-Layer Composite with a Temporal Gaussian Heat Flux

Ablation is the most common approach for thermal management for reentry of the spacecraft to the atmosphere. An analytical solution of the ablation of a two-layer composite, which includes an ablative layer and a nonablative substrate, subject to a Gaussian heat flux is presented in this paper. The problem is divided into five stages and the temperature distributions in both layers in the five stages are obtained using an integral approximate method. The locations of ablation interface, thermal penetration depth, and ablation rate are obtained and the effects of Stefan number, subcooling parameter, thickness of the ablative material, and ratio of thermal diffusivities between two materials are investigated.     

Analytical Model for Describing Experimental Results on Parameters Influencing Heat Transfer in Film Boiling with Spray Quenching

An analytically solvable mathematical model is developed to estimate heat transfer quantities in the film boiling region of metal quenching with water sprays. The model is based on the hydrodynamic of a single droplet which is separated from the metal by a vapor film. The temperature profile within the droplet is calculated as semi-infinite body because of the short contact time. It is validated with own experimental results and those from the literature. The influence of size and velocity of the droplet, spray flux, surface temperature, temperature of the cooling water and the salinity level are discussed. The droplet size and velocity play a less significant influence on the heat transfer. The heat transfer coefficient is found to increase linearly with the spray flux. The heat flux is proportional to the difference of boiling and water temperature. With the model it is shown, that even for the high impingement densities the droplet covered area is very small.     

Thermal properties of composite PCM wallboard in low-temperature hot Water radiant system

低温热水墙体辐射供暖技术因其节能、舒适及对供暖温度（热源品位）要求低等优势而越来越得到广泛应用。在研究相变墙体辐射供暖系统的基础上,针对相变墙体层蓄热效率低的问题,提出采用一种新的复合相变墙体板。并建立相应复合相变墙体的传热模型,利用数值模拟软件对复合相变墙体的蓄放热过程进行分析,对比分析了有复合相变层和没有相变层时室内供暖系统的区别,同时研究了相变温度、相变层厚度等参数对复合相变墙体表面平均温度、表面热流密度的影响,得到了它们对复合相变墙体的传热过程的影响规律。研究结果可为提高供暖系统的舒适度提供理论依据,并为发展低品位能源利用提供技术支持。     

Transport phenomena in the thin-film region of a micro-channel

A mathematical model to predict the flow and heat transfer characteristics for a thin film region of a micro-channel is proposed. Gradient of the vapor pressure and the capillary force are considered. The effects of channel height, heat flux and slip boundary condition at the solid-liquid interface are investigated. The length of the thin film region is calculated by comparing the magnitude of the capillary and disjoining pressures. The length and the thickness of the thin film region decrease exponentially with increasing heat flux. The channel height has no effect on the shape of film thickness. In the case of slip condition, the decreased film thickness causes the capillary and disjoining pressures to increase.     

Nanoparticle deposition effects on the minimum heat flux point and quench front speed during quenching in water-based alumina nanofluids

The quenching characteristics of metallic rodlets and spheres were investigated in pure water and water-based nanofluids with alumina nanoparticles of 0.1% by volume. The experiments were performed at both saturated and subcooled conditions under atmospheric pressure. The results demonstrate that while the initial quenching behavior in nanofluids is identical to that in pure water, both the minimum heat flux point temperature and quench front speed are significantly enhanced in subsequent quenching repetitions due to nanoparticle deposition. The nanoparticle effects on the quenching process were analyzed with focus on the intermittent liquid–solid contacts in the film boiling regime. It appears that the liquid–solid interaction during such short-lived contacts is more vigorous when a nanoparticle layer with improved surface wettability and roughness is present, which leads to the premature disruption of film boiling and quenching acceleration.     

Improved utilization of desiccant material in packed bed dehumidifier using composite particles

Solid desiccant dehumidifiers are widely used in drying processes. In most of these dehumidifiers, the desiccant material is used as packed bed of granule or spherical particles. Investigations of intra-particle heat and mass transfer processes has shown that the entire portion of the particle is not participating effectively during adsorption as well as desorption processes [Pesaran AA, Mills F. Moisture transport in silica gel packed beds-I. Theoretical study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 1987; 30: 1037–49]. This is because the diffusion rate is very small compared to that of convection. In the present work, a new desiccant composite particle, in which the unutilized portion of the spherical desiccant particle is replaced with an inert particle, is proposed. By replacing the conventional particles with composite particles for the same mass of desiccant material, the available area for heat and mass transfer increases and more amount of desiccant material is effectively utilized. Further, in order to ascertain the improvement in the performance of the desiccant bed using the composite particles, various factors like thermo-physical properties of the inert material, composite particle thickness ratio, bed configuration, bed volume, the pressure drop and the increase in total adsorbed or desorbed mass have to be considered. In view of this, a theoretical investigation of the operation of vertical solid desiccant packed bed dehumidifier, using both conventional silica gel particles as well as the new proposed composite silica gel particles has been reported. A modified solid side resistance (MSSR) model is developed for the prediction of intra-particle temperature and water content profiles. Results of the present theoretical models, when applied to packed bed of conventional silica gel particles, agree well with the experimental results from the literature for both desorption and adsorption processes. From the theoretical results, more utilization for the desiccant material is obtained when ordinary silica gel particles are replaced by composite silica gel particles. For the same amount of desiccant material and same mass flow rate of air, using particles of 0.2 thickness ratio the pressure drop decreases by about 60% for the case investigated. In addition, an increase of about 11.07% and 20.46% in total mass adsorbed and desorbed respectively are obtained. At the time when adsorption process ends, an increase of 15.5% in the bed effectiveness has been obtained. In addition, the expected improvement in total mass adsorbed and desorbed is observed to be dependent on the inert material thermo-physical properties for thickness ratio less than 0.5. An optimization technique relating the composite particle design, resulting savings in pressure drop and bed volume increase is proposed.     

Flow boiling in a 1.1 mm tube with R134a: Experimental results and comparison with model

A detailed comparison of flow boiling heat transfer results in a stainless steel tube of 1.1 mm internal diameter with results of a three-zone flow model are presented in this paper. The working fluid is R134a. Other parameters were varied in the range: mass flux 100–600 kg/m² s; heat flux 16–150 kW/m² and pressure 6–12 bar.The experimental results demonstrate that the heat transfer coefficient increases with heat flux and system pressure, but does not change with vapour quality when the quality is less than about 50% for low heat and mass flux values. The effect of mass flux is observed to be insignificant. For vapour quality values greater than 50% and at high heat flux values, the heat transfer coefficient does not depend on heat flux and decreases with vapour quality. This could be caused by dryout. The three-zone evaporation model predicts the experimental results fairly well, especially at relatively low pressure. However, the dryout region observed at high quality is highly over-predicted by the model. The sensitivity of the performance of the model to the three optimised parameters (confined bubble frequency, initial film thickness and end film thickness) and some preliminary investigation relating the critical film thickness for dryout to measured tube roughness are also discussed.     

Numerical investigation of natural convection in a square enclosure partially filled with horizontal layers of a porous medium

Two-dimensional buoyancy-induced flow and heat transfer inside a square enclosure partially occupied by copper metallic foam subjected to a symmetric side cooling and constant heat flux bottom heating was tested numerically. Finite Element Method was employed to solve the governing partial differential equations of the flow field and the Local Thermal Equilibrium model was used for the energy equation. The system boundaries were defined as lower heated wall by constant heat flux, cooled lateral walls, and insulated top wall. The three parameters elected to conduct the study are heater length (7 ≤ ζ ≤ 20 cm), constant heat flux (150 ≤ q″ ≤ 600 W m⁻²), and porous material thickness (5 ≤ H ≤ 20 cm). The porous material used was the copper metal foam of porosity = 0.9 and pore density PPI = 10, and saturated with a fluid of Prandtl number = 0.7. On the basis of the results obtained, it was concluded that at the porous layer thickness = 5 cm, the rate of heat transferred was (74.6%) higher than when the layer height was 20 cm (the cavity is fully filled) and at the same thickness it was found that the heat rate is (51.4%) higher than when using the half filling (H = 10 cm). Further, the local and mean Nusselt number is maximum when using the largest heater size and smallest porous layer thickness. Finally, better circulation and convective modes were observed at high values of heat flux.     

Turbulent film condensation in the presence of non-condensable gases over a horizontal tube

A numerical model is presented for studying turbulent film condensation in the presence of non-condensable gases over a horizontal tube. Inertia, pressure gradient are included in this analysis, and the influence of turbulence in the proposed two-phase model is considered. The numerical results demonstrate that a very small bulk concentration of non-condensable gas reduces the heat transfer coefficient and film thickness considerably. The local heat flux and film thickness increase as tube surface temperature decreases at any bulk concentration of non-condensable gas. Moreover, inlet velocity increases as film thickness decreases and heat flux increases, a numerical result in agreement with that obtained by Nusselt. Numerical results indicate that average dimensionless heat transfer coefficients are in good agreement with theoretical and experimental data.     

水平管外TFE/NMP部分膜状冷凝热、质耦合传递过程研究

通过对水平管外双组分(TFE／NMP为三氟乙醇／氮甲基吡咯烷酮)部分膜状冷凝过程特点的分析，建立起部分膜状冷凝过程中热质传递过程的物理模型。以双膜理论为基础，利用部分膜状冷凝的特点，通过对界面传质、液膜内质量平衡、界面相平衡、界面能量平衡和汽膜截面能量平衡的分析计算，得到汽相温度和界面温度分布、汽相及液相NMP质量分数分布，由此进一步计算出冷凝膜厚分布、液膜传热系数分布和热流密度的分布。计算的热流密度与相关实验作了比较，发现与实验能较好的吻合。     

Regular-irregular bubble departure patterns of film boiling on a horizontal heating wire

The transition between regular and irregular bubble departure pattern of film boiling on a horizontal heating wire is investigated experimentally. A range of transition heat flux can be identified. The transition is gradual in nature and is proposed as caused by bubble coalescence mechanism. A simple estimate for the transition heat flux under saturated film boiling is proposed and compared with experiments.     

Transient surface heating rates from a nickel film sensor using inverse analysis

Convective surface heat transfer measurements play an important role in many industrial, environmental and aerodynamic problems. In most of the cases, the flow is unsteady which results in temperature variation in the body. The surface heating rates are then predicted from the measured temperature histories by suitable heat transfer modeling. In this paper, the temperature history obtained from a nickel film sensor during a flight test is considered to study the effect of sensor thickness on surface heat flux measurements during the flight measurement. Inverse methods using analytical solutions as well as control volume approximations are used to infer the surface heat flux. The experimental temperature data are discretized using cubic-spline method to obtain the closed form solution which is used for inverse analysis. The results are compared with that of standard bench mark results with thin film gauge analysis based on semi-infinite one dimensional medium. No significant change in surface heat flux is observed between inverse and thin film analysis. However, when the thickness of nickel film is increased by 100 times during numerical simulation of inverse method, it is seen that peak surface heat flux increases by 20%.