高压脉冲电场处理室多物理场仿真研究

高压脉冲电场杀菌技术是一种新型的高效非热杀菌技术。高压脉冲电场处理室是杀菌处理的关键部件,其结构形式决定了处理室内部电场分布、温度场分布、流场分布,并影响杀菌处理的效果,同时电场强度和温度分布影响被处理食品的口味。以不同结构共场杀菌处理室为研究对象,利用COMSOL Multiphysics软件对共场杀菌处理室内部电场分布、温度场分布、流场分布对处理参数均匀性的影响进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,绝缘体无内嵌的处理室电场强度分布不均匀,对绝缘体倒椭圆角后的处理室可有效改善电场及流场分布,进而有效降低局部温升,改善处理效果。     

基于MATLAB的非结构网格生成器和浅水问题的数值模拟

非结构三角网格能够很好地适应复杂及不规则边界.本文就此引入了一种操作简单、快捷且高效的非结构三角形网格生成器.有着开发快速,设计简化等优点的MATLAB已成为首选的一种技术性计算机编程语言.借助于MATLAB中的COMSOL Multiphysics软件包,该网格生成器在MATLAB环境下得以很好地实现.利用非结构网格下的有限体积法对几个经典的水动力学问题进行模拟,进一步验证了该网格生成器的高效与灵活.     

Automated generation of multiphysics simulation models to support multidisciplinary design optimization

To ensure a consistent design representation for serving multidisciplinary analysis, this research study proposes an intelligent modeling system to automatically generate multiphysics simulation models to support multidisciplinary design optimization processes by using a knowledge based engineering approach. A key element of this system is a multiphysics information model (MIM), which integrates the design and simulation knowledge from multiple engineering domains. The intelligent modeling system defines classes with attributes to represent various aspects of physical entities. Moreover, it uses functions to capture the non-physical information, such as control architecture, simulation test maneuvers and simulation procedures. The challenge of system coupling and the interactions among the disciplines are taken into account during the process of knowledge acquisition. Depending on the domain requirements, the intelligent modeling system extracts the required knowledge from the MIM and uses this first to instantiate submodels and second to construct the multiphysics simulation model by combining all submodels. The objective of this research is to reduce the time and effort for modeling complex systems and to provide a consistent and concurrent design environment to support multidisciplinary design optimization. The development of an unstable and unmanned aerial vehicle, a multirotor UAV, is selected as test case. The intelligent modeling system is demonstrated by modeling thirty-thousand multirotor UAV designs with different topologies and by ensuring the automatic development of a consistent control system dedicated for each individual design. Moreover, the resulting multiphysics simulation model of the multirotor UAV is validated by comparing with the flight data of an actual quadrotor UAV. The results show that the multiphysics simulation model matches test data well and indicate that high fidelity models can be generated with the automatic model generation process.     

基于改进遗传算法的管道阴极保护系统辅助阳极位置优化

有效配置阴极保护系统阳极可减小管道腐蚀速率,目前多采用经验评估法,比较耗时。辅助阳极的数量、埋设位置以及土壤电阻率等都会影响管道阴极保护效果。针对阳极位置优化问题,在已有管道边界元模型(BEM)基础上,利用改进遗传算法(GA)对阳极埋设位置进行优化,根据其优化结果,利用COMSOL Multiphysics仿真软件对管道阴极保护系统进行三维建模,得到埋地管道沿线电位分布图,最后利用现场实测数据对比分析软件仿真结果得到相同的结果,因此该改进遗传算法优化的阳极埋设位置可以为现场工程施工提供理论基础。     

软脆铌酸锂晶体磨削的实验仿真研究

针对铌酸锂晶片在磨削加工时经常发生断裂的问题,对晶片断裂的原因进行了理论分析,并从晶体学的角度分析发现断裂与实验采用的晶片晶体结构有关。提出了基于多物理场耦合软件COMSOL Multiphysics对铌酸锂晶片磨削加工仿真的方法,为模拟铌酸锂晶片磨削减薄过程,对比分析了7种不同厚度的铌酸锂晶片在磨削加工时的应力分布和变形情况,对有外加电载荷磨削加工情况也进行了耦合仿真。研究结果表明,未施加电场时铌酸锂晶片的变形量随着晶片减薄过程逐渐减小,当铌酸锂晶片减薄至80μm时,晶片的外围出现均匀分布的4个应力集中位置,容易导致晶片产生裂纹甚至破裂;铌酸锂晶片变形量因外加电载荷而减小,因此合理施加外电场能够有效减弱晶片的应力集中趋势。     

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.     

An efficient approach for prediction of Warburg-type resistance under working currents

In the present study, an efficient approach for the prediction of Warburg-type element is proposed via the analysis of the anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) performance under various working conditions. The details of the performance, polarization curves, impedance behavior, and species distribution profiles within the electrode are investigated via the combination of equivalent circuit model (ECM) analysis and multiphysics numerical simulations. The multiphysics simulation is developed and calibrated with experimental results of SOFC button cells under various working currents. With the complete datasets generated from the calibrated simulations, the trends of the element parameters involved in equivalent circuit model are analyzed. Generalized empirical functions are proposed as well as the procedures of prediction of performance under different conditions. The verification cases show good agreement between the predicted results from proposed model and the reference results. This proposed approach can be utilized to quickly predict the properties for desired performance in the manufacturing processes, and it also has the potential of reducing the computational cost in the simulation of large SOFCs.     

Development of an experimentally validated semi-empirical fully-coupled performance model of a PEM electrolysis cell with a 3-D structured porous transport layer

A semi-empirical non-isothermal model incorporating coupled momentum, heat and mass transport phenomena for predicting the performance of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis cell operating without flow channels is presented. Model input parameters such as electro-kinetics properties and mean pore size of the porous transport layer (PTL) were determined by rotating disc electrode and capillary flow porometry, respectively. This is the first report of a semi-empirical fully coupled model which allows one to quantify and investigate the effect of the gas phase and bubble coverage on PEM cell performance up to very high current densities of about 5 A/cm². The mass transport effects are discussed in terms of the operating conditions, design parameters and the microstructure of the PTL. The results show that, the operating temperature and pressure, and the inlet water flowrate and thickness of the PTL are the critical parameters for mitigating mass transport limitation at high current densities. The model presented here can serve as a tool for further development and scale-up effort in the area of PEM water electrolysis, and provide insight during the design stage.