Modelling and experimental investigation of devolatilizing wood in a fluidized bed combustor

A two-dimensional model is developed for the determination of devolatilization time and char yield of cylindrical wood particles in a bubbling fluidized bed combustor. By using the concept of shape factor, the model is extended to particles of cuboid shape. The model prediction of the devolatilization time agrees with the measured data (present and those reported in the literature) for cylindrical and cuboidal shaped particles within ±20% while the char yield is predicted within ±17%. Influence of some important parameters namely, thermal diffusivity, external heat transfer coefficient and shrinkage, on the devolatilization time and char yield are studied. Thermal diffusivity shows noticeable influence on devolatilization time. The external heat transfer coefficient shows little influence beyond a value of 300 W/(m² K). However particle shrinkage shows negligible effect on the devolatilization time but has a significant influence on the char yield.     

Composite group vector space method for estimating melting and boiling point of pure organic compound

Composition Group Vector Space (CGVS) method for estimating melting and boiling point T _m , T _b of organic compound has been proposed, and the principle of this method has been elucidated. The models for estimating T _m , T _b have been established and the numerical values of relative parameters have been presented. The average percentage deviations of T _m , T _b estimation are 7.53 and 1.58, respectively, which show that the present method demonstrates significant improvement in applicability to predict the above properties, compared to conventional group methods.     

高梯度加速管的束流传输

对不同能量、不同质量数、不同初始条件的入射束和有无空间电荷效应的离子束流在高梯度加速管中的传输进行了计算，并讨论了一些影响加速管聚焦作用的主要因素，计算结果与实际情况相符。     

ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL RESULTS OF A TURBULENT SWIRLING FLOW IN A TUBE

In many applications swirling flow is used to enhance heat and mass transfer. One of the problems of modelling a turbulent swirling flow is the choice of the turbulent closure model which is acceptable for engineering purposes. To evaluate which model performs best, numerical results are compared with experimental data. Local velocity measurements are carried out on a swirling flow in a circular tube. The measurement method is hot-wire anemometry combined with visualization techniques. The numerical analysis is carried out using the k-ε model and the Algebraic Stress Model. In the experiment a symmetrical swirl was observed, Comparing the experimental data with the numerical results shows that the Algebraic Stress Model represents the experimental data quite well, whereas the k-ε model fails.     

Building a right digital twin with model engineering

In recent years, the concept of digital twin (DT) is attracting more and more attention from researchers and engineers. But there is still no consensus on what a right DT is. On one hand, some common models are renamed as DTs. On the other hand, some DTs extremely pursue ‘the same’ as physical objects, which bring unnecessary complexities to them. In this paper, we try to answer two questions from the point of view of model engineering: how to define a right digital twin, and how to build a right digital twin. The concept and related technologies of model engineering are introduced. Some basic principles and a set of metrics for a right DT are given. An evolutionary concurrent modeling method for DT (ECoM4DT) is proposed not only inheriting the theory from classic M&S methods but also highlighting the characteristics of DT compared with traditional models to systemically guide the DT modeling process.     

多媒体课件改变了教师的“主讲”地位

随着高等教育教学改革步伐和数字化教学的不断推进和发展,越来越多的教师热衷于多媒体教学课件的使用和研究,传统的教学模式被逐渐取代,教师教学的主导地位越来越不明显,数字教学的时代悄然而至。     

Kinetics of volume expansion during infusion of Ringer’s solution based on two volume model

In this work mathematical models were developed to represent the kinetics of volume changes of fluid spaces associated with infusion of Ringer’s solution. During infusion of Ringer’s solution, the human body is assumed to be characterized by the two-fluid space model which has second volume space in addition to the first volume so that fluid exchanges between these two spaces are possible. Various infusion types were tested to accommodate different medical situations. Volunteers were given Ringer’s solution and the changes in blood hemoglobin were detected. From the comparison with experimental data, the two-fluid space model was found to represent adequately the kinetics of human volume expansion during infusion of Ringer’s solution.     

Modeling solute diffusion in aqueous polymer solutions

There are numerous models describing solute diffusion in polymer solutions. An analysis of these models demonstrates that none can provide a consistent explanation of the phenomenon observed for solutes that can be modeled as essentially solid spheres. For this reason, a new model based on a physical obstruction approach is presented. In this model, solute movement in the presence of polymer chains is assumed to be governed by the probability of the solute molecule encountering a series of openings between the chains larger than its hydrodynamic radius. The model is tested against data taken from the literature for a series of polymer solutions and solute probes and found to provide good agreement to the effects of solute size, polymer concentration, and polymer flexibility.     

乙苯/乙烯烷基化反应中EA-8402分子筛催化剂的失活动力学研究

用内循环无梯度反应器,在593～633K范围内考察了在乙苯/乙烯进行定向烷基化反应合成对二乙苯时,EA-8402分子筛催化剂的失活行为,建立了相应的失活动力学模型: -da/dt=0.3271exp(-12.94/T)P_(EB)~(0.02)P_(E(?))~(0.383)·α这一模型可作为该反应的宏观动力学模型的补充。由失活级数d=1,按Levenspiel判据推断:其失活机理应该是不受内扩散阻力控制的平行-连串失活。     

Some dynamic mechanical properties of unimodal and bimodal networks of poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Summary Elastomeric networks of polydimethylsiloxane prepared by end-linking chains having molecular weights in the range 18,500 to 220 g mol^-1 were studied from -128 to 50°C using a Rheovibron DDV III Viscoelastometer. In the case of the unimodal networks, the glass transition temperature T_g was generally insensitive to degree of cross-linking. The intensity of the tan δ relaxation, however, increased by over an order of magnitude over the range of cross-link densities investigated. Bimodal networks prepared from mixtures of relatively long and very short PDMS chains also had values of T_g which were insensitive to degree of cross-linking. Finally, as expected, the intensities of the tan δ peak for the bimodal networks could not be explained on the basis of simple additivity of contributions from the relatively long and the very short network chains.