20MW MHD燃煤燃烧室热态试验研究

介绍了东南大学热能研究所设计的热输入为２０ＭＷ的燃煤燃烧室热态试验的情况，试验结果表明，各项指标基本达到设计要求。     

New power consolidation-inversion-control system for faraday MHD generator

The authors propose a new power consolidation-inversion-control system for the Faraday MHD generator using the voltage source PWM inverters. The dc output power for each electrodes pair of the MHD generator is at first inverted into three-phase ac power by a voltage source PWM inverter, and then the ac powers are consolidated by transformers. The proposed system does not need such expensive equipment as an ac filter or phase modifier and can independently and simultaneously control the active and reactive powers provided to the electric power system. Numerical simulations of the whole system, including the Faraday MHD generator, the proposed power consolidation-inversion-control system, and the electric power system, show that the proposed system can stably and steadily transmit and control the electric power from the MHD generator to the electric power system. It is also confirmed that the proposed system can independently and simultaneously control the active and reactive powers and can be used as a fast power controller.     

The disk generator,its status and its potential

The MHD disk generator has been used as an experimental tool to study plasma properties and to explore new diagnostic techniques, since it provides a near-ideal geometry for plasma studies due to its electrodeless configuration combined with near-perfect insulating walls. Both experimental and theoretical studies have also determined the conditions for favorable performance of the disk, often with inlet swirl, as a configuration for electrical power generation in both open and closed cycle applications. This paper describes the state-of-the-art of the disk geometry for power generation, and it also reviews recent system studies which have integrated the disk generator in electrical power plants using coal as a fuel. These studies indicate that the disk system can achieve overall efficiencies comparable to linear generator systems, but they also show that the disk configuration might provide significant reliability and require lower capital investments. These cost advantages are derived from the simplicity of the superconducting magnet and power management systems.     

Performance characteristics of open-cycle linearly-diverging diagonal type single- and multiple-load generators

First, a new quasi-two-dimensional theory is proposed in order to analyse the whole electrical and gasdynamical performances of a diagonal type generator. Next, the performances of a large scale linearly-diverging diagonal type generator with thermal input of about 2000 MW driven by combustion gas of heavy oil fuel are evaluated. From numerical calculation results of single-load generators, it is made clear that the distributions of electrical and gasdynamical quantities in the inlet and exit regions of the generator channel obtained by the quasi-two-dimensional theory fairly differ from the ones obtained by the conventional quasi-one-dimensional theory. The generator output power obtained from the quasi-one-dimensional calculation shows 10–20% larger values compared to the results of the quasi-two-dimensional calculation. Choking phenomenon is apt to occur in the channel of small diverging angle. The diagonal angle and load current have great influence on the generator performances. The best angle is about 30° and the best value of load current 4 × 10⁴ A. A multiple-load generator can give considerably larger output power than the single-load one by suitably sharing the load current with several loads.     

End effects in a MHD channel with diverging electrode walls

End effects phenomena in a Faraday type generator with diverging electrode walls for two types of velocity profiles—one with a source velocity and the other with a fully developed velocity—are discussed. The electric potential is determined numerically using the successive overrelaxation method in polar coordinates. It is found that the viscous forces increase the end losses and create current concentrations on the electrodes even at far distances from the entrance.     

Magnetohydrodynamic bio‐nanoconvective Naiver slip flow of micropolar fluid in a stretchable horizontal channel

The purpose of this paper is to formulate and analyze a nano‐bio transport model for magnetohydrodynamic convective flow, heat, and mass diffusion of micropolar fluid containing gyrotactic microorganisms through a horizontal channel. Both the walls are considered to be stretched, and the Navier slip boundary condition is taken into account. The governing bio‐nano transport partial differential equations are rendered to ordinary differential equations using similarity variables. The resulting normalized self‐similar boundary value problem is solved computationally with the Matlab bvp4c function. The effect of the controlling parameters on the nondimensional velocity, temperature, nanoparticle concentration, and motile microorganism density functions, and their gradients at the wall are visualized graphically and in a tabular form and expounded at length. Validation with a previous simpler model is included. All physical quantities, except the local Nusselt number, increases with an increase in the velocity slip and magnetic parameters. The present problem finds applications in industries related to pharmaceutical, nanofluidic devices, microbial enhanced oil recovery, modeling oil, and gas‐bearing sedimentary basins.     

MHD mixed convection of a Cu–water nanofluid flow through a channel with an open trapezoidal cavity and an elliptical obstacle

In the current work, numerical simulations are achieved to study the properties and the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer of (Cu–water) nanofluid under the magnetohydrodynamic effects in a horizontal rectangular canal with an open trapezoidal enclosure and an elliptical obstacle. The cavity lower wall is grooved and represents the heat source while the obstacle represents a stationary cold wall. On the other hand, the rest of the walls are considered adiabatic. The governing equations for this investigation are formulated, nondimensionalized, and then solved by Galerkin finite element approach. The numerical findings were examined across a wide range of Richardson number (0.1 ≤ Ri ≤ 10), Reynolds number (1 ≤ Re ≤ 125), Hartmann number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 100), and volume fraction of nanofluid (0 ≤ φ ≤ 0.05). The current study's findings demonstrate that the flow strength increases inversely as the Reynolds number rises, which pushes the isotherms down to the lower part of the trapezoidal cavity. The Nu_avg rises as the Ri rise, the maximum Nu_avg = 10.345 at Ri = 10, Re = 50, ϕ = 0.05, and Ha = 0; however, it reduces with increasing Hartmann number. Also, it increase by increasing ϕ, at Ri = 10, the Nu_avg increased by 8.44% when the volume fraction of nanofluid increased from (ϕ = 0–0.05).     

Entropy analysis of unsteady MHD three-dimensional flow of Williamson nanofluid over a convectively heated stretching sheet

This article addresses an investigation of the entropy analysis of Williamson nanofluid flow in the presence of gyrotactic microorganisms by considering variable viscosity and thermal conductivity over a convectively heated bidirectionally stretchable surface. Heat and mass transfer phenomena have been incorporated by taking into account the thermal radiation, heat source or sink, viscous dissipation, Brownian motion, and thermophoretic effects. The representing equations are nonlinear coupled partial differential equations and these equations are shaped into a set of ordinary differential equations via a suitable similarity transformation. The arising set of ordinary differential equations was then worked out by adopting a well-known scheme, namely the shooting method along with the Runge-Kutta-Felberge integration technique. The effects of flow and heat transfer controlling parameters on the solution variables are depicted and analyzed through the graphical presentation. The survey finds that magnifying viscosity parameter, Weissenberg number representing the non-Newtonian Williamson parameter cause to retard the velocity field in both the directions and thermal conductivity parameter causes to reduce fluid temperature. The study also recognizes that enhancing magnetic parameters and thermal conductivity parameters slow down the heat transfer rate. The entropy production of the system is estimated through the Bejan number. It is noticeable that the Bejan number is eminently dependent on the heat generation parameter, thermal radiation parameter, viscosity parameter, thermal conductivity parameter, and Biot number. The skillful accomplishment of the present heat and mass transfer system is achieved through the exteriorized choice of the pertinent parameters.     

Effect of nonlinear thermal radiation on 3D magneto slip flow of Eyring-Powell nanofluid flow over a slendering sheet with binary chemical reaction and Arrhenius activation energy

An analysis is performed to study the combined effects of nonlinear thermal radiation, Arrhenius activation energy, chemical reaction and heat generation/absorption on the steady three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic flow of Eyring-Powell nanofluid flow over a slendering stretchable sheet with velocity, thermal and solutal slips. The prevailing partial differential equations are transmuted into coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations via with the suitable similarity transformations. The resultant non-linear coupled differential equations are solved numerically by using the R-K 4^th order method along with shooting scheme. The results are calculated to measure the influence of sundry parameters on velocity, temperature, concentration, shear stress, temperature gradient and concentration gradient are presented graphically and in tabular form. It is noticed that the temperature is more impactable for higher values of radiative heat transport. The local Sherwood number decays exponentially for all the values of the chemical reaction parameter. We compared the present results for the limiting cases with previously published results, which has shown reliability and efficiency.