高温隔热纤维结构材料绝热特性分析

高温隔热纤维结构的绝热特性是决定金属热防护系统工作性能的关键因素。文中应用有限元法及有限容积法对理想化的纤维结构模型进行了数值研究,得出了纤维结构内部稳态下的温度场、热流场及速度场分布,并在此基础上计算得到纤维结构的等效导热系数,分析了温度、内部气体压力以及纤维结构密度对等效导热系数的影响。所建物理模型和分析方法可行,计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。     

Heat transfer through fibrous assemblies incorporating reflective interlayers

Fibrous insulation has many applications including functional protective clothing, sleeping bags, buildings and construction, and aircrafts, particularly under extreme climatic conditions. It has been realized that reflective interlayers can be incorporated into the fibrous materials to block radiative heat transfer. However, since reflective interlayers generally have greater thermal conductivity than the bulk fibrous materials, the optimization of the construction of the fibrous insulation is important in maximizing the overall thermal insulation. In order to analyze this complex optimization problem, a two-flux radiative heat transfer model was built for the heat transfer through fibrous assemblies incorporating reflective interlayers. By using finite control volume method, the solution was obtained. After validation it was applied to predict the optimum constructional parameters of such an assembly for maximizing thermal insulation. It was found that (1) although extinction coefficient of Al-coated interlayer fibers decrease unidirectionally as the fiber diameter increases, the total heat flux first decreases and then increases with minimum heat flux at the fiber diameter of about 2 μm; Consequently, the thermal resistance reaches a maximum value when the fiber diameter d is about 2 μm; (2) the optimum construction is determined by the balance of the weakening of conductive thermal resistance and enhancement of the radiative thermal resistance as a result of incorporating thin reflective interlayers. For relatively thick reflective interlayer, the assembly with lower interlayer fiber volume fraction has a higher thermal resistance. On the other hand, for very thin reflective interlayers, relatively high fiber volume fraction is beneficial to the overall thermal insulation.     

真空隔热油管传热性能研究

真空隔热油管是稠油注蒸汽开采的主要设施之一,其隔热性能直接影响热采效果,因此,分析隔热油管隔热层内部的传热过程,研究隔热层各种结构参数对隔热油管隔热性能的影响,对改善隔热油管隔热性能有重要的指导作用。本文在测试隔热油管视导热系数的实验模型基础上,建立了隔热层传热的物理及数学模型,计算得到不同结构参数下隔热油管的视导热系数;研究了玻璃丝布孔隙比、隔热层层数、支撑材料导热系数以及铝箔发射率对隔热油管隔热性能的影响,研究表明:隔热层层数宜选为4~6层之间;选用的铝箔发射率应在0.01~0.05之间;在缠绕玻璃丝布工艺中,尽量不要让玻璃丝布对角线方向受力,以确保较大的孔隙比;在隔热油管加工过程中,应尽量使玻璃丝布和铝箔保持干燥。     

Modeling the role of microstructural parameters in radiative heat transfer through disordered fibrous media

Understanding the influence of microstructural parameters on the rate of heat transfer through a disordered fibrous medium is important for the design and development of heat insulation materials. In this work, by generating virtual 3-D geometries that resemble the internal microstructure of fibrous insulation materials, we simulated the influence of diameter, orientation, and emissivity of the fibers, as well as the media’s porosity and thickness on the radiative heat transmittance. Our simulations are based on a Monte Carlo ray tracing algorithm that we have developed for studying radiative heat flow in 3-D disordered media. The media were assumed to be made up of cylindrical opaque fibers with specular surface. The advantage of our modeling approach is that it does not require any empirical input values, and can directly be used to isolate and study the role of individual microstructural parameters of the media. The major limitation of the model is that it is accurate as long as the fibers can be considered large relative to the wavelength of the incoming rays. Our results indicate that heat flux through a fibrous medium decreases by increasing the packing fraction of the fibers when the thickness and fiber diameter are kept constant. Increasing the fibers’ absorptivity (or emissivity) was observed to decrease the radiation transmittance through the media. Our simulations also revealed that for constant porosity and thickness, the heat flux transmitted across the medium can be reduced by using finer fibers. The steady state temperature profiles across the thicknesses of media with different properties were obtained and found to be independent of the fibers’ emissivity.     

Modeling Microstructure Effect on Thermal Conductivity of Aerogel-Based Vacuum Insulation Panels

Abstract

Understanding the effects of microstructural parameters on the heat transfer through an aerogel-based vacuum insulation panel (VIP) is important for the design and development of thermal insulation materials. The present work first prepared the aerogel-based VIP and characterize its microstructure through scanning electron microscopy and nitrogen gas adsorption analysis. A theoretical model for the thermal conductivity of the aerogel-based VIP was then presented and validated with experimental results. Based on the model, the effects of microstructural parameters, i.e. particle diameter and pore diameter, on the thermal conductivity of the aerogel-based VIP were explored. The results indicated an extremely low thermal conductivity with approximately 1.7?×?10^?3 W·m^?1·K^?1 can be achieved as the particle diameter and pore diameter are 1 and 10–15?nm, respectively. Furthermore, the microstructure effect under various service time of the aerogel-based VIP was considered for practical heat transfer engineering. It was found that the increase rate of the thermal conductivity decreases with a decreased particle diameter or an increased pore diameter. The microstructure effect modeling of the aerogel-based VIP could be of great advantage to heat transfer engineering applications aiming to reducing heat loss and saving energy.     

船舶管道多层隔热结构的传热机理分析和实验研究

采用能量平衡方程和P-1阶微分近似建立了船舶管道系统多层隔热结构的稳态传热模型.讨论了在船舶管道系统上采用多层隔热结构的可行性,并进行了相应的实验验证.结果表明,在硅酸铝纤维隔热材料层间添加金属铝箔纤维布能提高材料的隔热性能,且随着使用温度升高,提升幅度增大.对于中低温的管道系统,因隔热效果提升有限,不推荐采用多层隔热结构.     

Analytical Monte Carlo Ray Tracing simulation of radiative heat transfer through bimodal fibrous insulations with translucent fibers

In this study, a Monte Carlo Ray Tracing (MCRT) simulation technique is developed to study steady-state radiative heat transfer through fibrous insulation materials. The simulations are conducted in 3-D disordered virtual fibrous media with unimodal and/or bimodal fiber diameter distributions consisting of fibers whose surfaces are specularly reflective, and are translucent to Infrared (IR) radiation. Scattering within the realm of geometric optics is incorporated into our MCRT simulations using Snell’s Law for ray refraction. Fibers’ optical properties are obtained from Fresnel’s law and Beer’s law based on the refractive index of the material. Two different treatments of “high” and “low” conductivities are considered for the fibers and their effects are discussed. Our results indicate that heat flux through a fibrous medium with translucent fibers decreases with increasing packing fraction of the fibers. It was observed that IR transmittance through the media increases with increasing through-plane orientation of the fibers, but is independent of their in-plane orientations. It was also found that fiber orientation has generally a negligible effect on the temperature profile across the media’s thickness. However, for the case of high-conductivity fibers, increasing fibers’ through-plane orientation tends to flatten the temperature profile. The results obtained from simulating bimodal fibrous structures indicate that increasing the fiber-diameter dissimilarity, or the mass fraction of the coarse fibers, slightly increases the radiation transmittance through the media, and accordingly reduces the temperature gradient across the thickness. Our simulation results are compared with those from the two-flux model and good agreement is observed.     

Analytic determination of the effective thermal conductivity of PEM fuel cell gas diffusion layers

Accurate information on the temperature field and associated heat transfer rates are particularly important in devising appropriate heat and water management strategies in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. An important parameter in fuel cell performance analysis is the effective thermal conductivity of the gas diffusion layer (GDL). Estimation of the effective thermal conductivity is complicated because of the random nature of the GDL micro structure. In the present study, a compact analytical model for evaluating the effective thermal conductivity of fibrous GDLs is developed. The model accounts for conduction in both the solid fibrous matrix and in the gas phase; the spreading resistance associated with the contact area between overlapping fibers; gas rarefaction effects in microgaps; and salient geometric and mechanical features including fiber orientation and compressive forces due to cell/stack clamping. The model predictions are in good agreement with existing experimental data over a wide range of porosities. Parametric studies are performed using the proposed model to investigate the effect of bipolar plate pressure, aspect ratio, fiber diameter, fiber angle, and operating temperature.     

一种新型多层反射型保温结构材料

作者对多层反射型保温结构材料应用于不同场合时的保温性能进行了深入分析计算,并将此结构的技术经济性能与常规保温材料进行了比较,结果表明,此新型保温结构具有更优的综合技术经济性能。     

Optimization of Thermal Insulation Performance for the Porous Materials

ABSTRACT

Porous materials are widely used in porous media filtration, membrane separation, catalyst substrates, solid fuel cells, insulation, and other fields. When the porous material used in the field of insulation, heat transfer characteristics become its most important performance parameters. The heat transfer characteristics of porous material is a complex issue affected not only by solid elements and porosity, it is also affected by composite structures. Therefore, how to optimize the heat transfer properties of porous materials is a problem to be urgently solved. In this paper, the numerical method is used to study the effects of pore size, pore shape, pore connectivity, porosity and so on. It is found that pore shape, pore connectivity and gas conductivity have great impacts on the heat transfer of porous materials. The effect of pore arrangement is very little. The design optimization of porosity is affected by porous material mechanical property.     

Optimization of Multilayer Thermal Insulation for Pipelines

Thermal insulation economic analysis for a system of pipelines insulated by different materials composite layers is studied. The analysis is based on an explicit nonlinear cost function that includes the annual energy losses and the insulation initial costs. Practical ranges of different insulation thicknesses are included as a set of inequality constraints. Furthermore, the analysis accounts for the safety limits required for the temperature of the outer surface of the insulation. A search procedure, modified Hook and Jeeves, is employed to find the optimum thickness for the least annual cost within the domain bounded by the constraints. The procedure has been verified against the analytical solution for a single pipeline with a single insulation layer. The analysis is employed for a system of pipelines (4-10" nominal size) [1] with flow of superheated steam. Furfural, crude oil, and 300-distillate. The results show significant cost saving with optimal insulation compared to the dimensions of engineering practice. Detailed data for these cases are presented and discussed.     

Theoretical and experimental studies on collector/storage type solar water heater

Extensive theoretical and experimental studies on a built-in-storage solar water heater which was developed earlier by Garg in India, are carried out. In this water heater the absorber plate performs the dual function of absorbing the solar energy and storing the heated water. In the theoretical study, the transient performance of the system is predicted by solving the mathematical models consisting of energy balance equations which are written on different collector nodes by considering their capacity effects and various heat loss effects. These equations are converted in the finite difference form and then solved by digital computer. Solar radiation and ambient temperature are represented by Fourier series in the theoretical analysis. Its night cooling drawback is somehow checked by covering the collector system by an insulation cover during cooling hours and also by using a insulated baffle plate inside the tank adjacent to the absorber plate. It is observed that by using the insulation cover, the collector performance can be improved by 70 per cent. Use of baffle plate improves the performance during day as well as night time.     

Numerical determination of the effective thermal conductivity of fibrous materials. Application to proton exchange membrane fuel cell gas diffusion layers

The knowledge of physical properties, such as the thermal conductivity, plays an important role in the management of the heat transfer in fibrous materials like PEFC gas diffusion layers. Measurement of thermal conductivity by experimental means is not easy (due to the anisotropy and the high porosity), therefore the availability of experimental data is rather limited. In this paper, the numerical determination of the effective thermal conductivity of fibrous materials is investigated using a three-dimensional approach. Two different fiber geometries were studied with randomly generated fiber structures with overlapping and non-overlapping fibers. The corresponding anisotropic thermal conductivities are computed through the solution of the energy transport equation. The results were validated through a comparison with existing experimental data and the influence of different parameters such as fiber orientation, fiber diameter and binding material were investigated.     

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of the effective thermal conductivity for fibrous materials

This paper presents a full set of numerical methods for predicting the effective thermal conductivity of natural fibrous materials accurately, which includes a random generation-growth method for generating micro morphology of natural fibrous materials based on existing statistical macroscopic geometrical characteristics and a highly efficient lattice Boltzmann algorithm for solving the energy transport equations through the fibrous material with the multiphase conjugate heat transfer effect considered. Using the present method, the effective thermal conductivity of random fibrous materials is analyzed for different parameters. The simulation results indicate that the fiber orientation angle limit will cause the material effective thermal conductivity to be anisotropic and a smaller orientation angle leads to a stronger anisotropy. The effective thermal conductivity of fibrous material increases with the fiber length and approach a stable value when the fiber tends to be infinite long. The effective thermal conductivity increases with the porosity of material at a super-linear rate and differs for different fiber location distribution functions.     

气凝胶绝热毡用于火电厂高温管道保温的设计研究

提出了气凝胶绝热毡新型保温材料的两种保温方案,并将其与常规保温方案对比,研究了不同方案的保温厚度、散热损失和经济性.结果表明,气凝胶绝热毡新型保温材料用于电厂高温管道保温时,可显著减小保温厚度和散热损失.对于鄂州电厂2×1000 MW主蒸汽管道而言,保温厚度由300 mm降低到200 mm,散热损失发电功率减少约15 ...     

Modelling and simulation of elements for solar heating and daylighting

Through the development of highly efficient transparent insulation materials (TIM), new opportunities are appearing in the field of daylighting and passive solar space heating. The simulation program WANDSIM, developed at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (ISE), models the dynamic performance of three important elements for daylighting and passive solar space heating: window glazing; transparently insulated masonry; transparently insulated glass wall. Selected simulation results of each type are represented and compared under thermal and daylighting aspects. The advantages of the transparently insulated glass wall, a new combined passive space heating and daylighting system, in economy and comfort are verified.     

Carbon footprint of thermal insulation materials in building envelopes

With increasing world population and economic development, the strain on resources is increasing. Energy consumption during construction and use of building is enormous. In this study, a quantitative comparison of various thermal insulation materials used in construction, from most commonly used to new, highly efficient insulation materials, was performed. It was demonstrated that the evaluation and consideration of environmental impact per unit weight of thermal insulation materials are inappropriate and can lead to misleading decisions, since it is imperative that the analysis considers the difference in the density of each thermal insulation material, as well as differences in their thermal conductivity. Furthermore, the environmental neutrality, i.e. the time needed to offset the carbon footprint of the manufacturing and the installation of thermal insulation materials in the building envelope with the difference between the carbon footprint of the heat losses in the heating season through a currently averagely insulated external envelope and a well-insulated external envelope, is achieved in very short-time periods. For the thermal insulation materials with the lowest environmental impact, it is reached in less than one heating season and soon after tenth heating seasons for the insulation with the highest environmental impact.     

Radiative properties and heat transfer characteristics of fiber-loaded silica aerogel composites for thermal insulation

The radiative properties and heat transfer in fiber-loaded silica aerogel composites were investigated using modified anomalous diffraction theory in a combined heat conduction and radiation model. The randomly parameterized 2-D fiber distribution was generated to simulate a very realistic material structure. The finite volume method was then used to solve a two flux radiation model and the steady-state energy equation to calculate the effective thermal conductivity of the composite. The numerical results provide theoretic guidelines for material designs with optimum parameters, such as the inclination angle, diameter and length-to-diameter ratio of the fibers. The results show that the fiber extinction coefficient increases as the fiber length-to-diameter ratio is reduced or the fiber inclination angle is increased. The effective thermal conductivity of the fiber-loaded aerogel can be reduced by reducing the fiber length-to-diameter ratio and the inclination angle and by moderately increasing the fiber volume fraction. The 4–6 μm diameter silicon fibers are optimum for high-temperature thermal insulation.     

Thermal Insulation for a Pipe Using Phase Change Material

This research studies the effectiveness of phase change material (PCM) as a thermal insulation for a pipe. The proposed PCM insulation can be used for a pipe when the operating time is limited. The objective of using PCM is to utilize its latent heat from fusion to minimize heat loss from the pipe by absorbing and storing it to be discharged later to the pipe. The finite element method is employed to solve the problem, and both conduction and natural convection of liquid PCM are considered modes of heat transfer. The effectiveness of the PCM insulation is evaluated by comparing its thermal performance with insulation without phase change. Both time-dependent and time-independent boundary conditions are examined. For the time-independent case, the PCM insulation reduces the heat loss from the pipe for a significant amount of time if the Rayleigh number is low. For the time-dependent case, heat loss is effectively reduced with the PCM insulation for a significant amount of time. The high resolution capturing of the solid/liquid moving boundary and the details of flow structure are also presented.     

Transparent Insulation System for Passive Solar Energy Utilization in Buildings

A new concept for the passive use of solar energy, transparent insulation, is described together with the first experimental results. Transparent insulation material has the property of being transparent or translucent to solar radiation while at the same time acting as heat insulation, Elements made of this material can be attached to the walls of buildings and thus permit the utilization of solar energy for heating. Relations are given for the dependence of heat flux and conversion efficiency of radiation into useful heat on the thermal resistance of the components. Calculations using meteorological data show that with materials parameters achievable with present technology not only south but also west/east and possibly even north orientations can lead to significant contributions to heating. In order to avoid overheating in summer, control of radiation must be provided.

Experiments with unoptimized materials on two buildings during 1982/83 showed promising results: for a south facade during a Sunny period in January, a mean flux of 9 W/m² into the house was observed. For the entire heating season the extrapolated value is 16 W/m². On a western orientation a net loss was observed, but the mean effective heat transfer coefficient of the element was lowered from 1.8 W/m²K without radiation to 0.25 W/m²K with radiation. The beneficial effect of masonry walls with regard to heat storage and damping of temperature fluctuation was also demonstrated. The elements proposed here therefore appear particularly attractive for retrofitting.