Prandtl number and thermoacoustic refrigerators

From kinetic gas theory, it is known that the Prandtl number for hard-sphere monatomic gases is 2/3. Lower values can be realized using gas mixtures of heavy and light monatomic gases. Prandtl numbers varying between 0.2 and 0.67 are obtained by using gas mixtures of helium-argon, helium-krypton, and helium-xenon. This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation into the effect of Prandtl number on the performance of a thermoacoustic refrigerator using gas mixtures. The measurements show that the performance of the refrigerator improves as the Prandtl number decreases. The lowest Prandtl number of 0.2, obtained with a mixture containing 30% xenon, leads to a coefficient of performance relative to Carnot which is 70% higher than with pure helium.     

Vitesse des ultrasons dans les gaz rares sous haute pression a la temperature de 298.15 K

By a Pulse Echoes Overlap Method, the speed of ultra sound has been worked out at 15 MHz for the complete noble gas series at temperature 298.15 K in a very wide density range (which corresponds at pressures up to 10 kbar for light noble gases). When the molar density and the isothermal compressibility coefficient are known, the ratio of specific heats can be deduced as a function of density. In the case of argon the evolution of both c_p and c_v has been obtained separately and a value of 3R is determined before the fluid-solid transition. These thermodynamical quantities have been compared with those derived from the numerical equation of state of Hansen for a Lennard-Jones fluid. One notices good agreement between predictions and experimental results for hot gases.     

The heat of solution and interaction effects for noble gas atoms in metals

A simple model is presented from which the enthalpy of solution of noble gases in arbitrary metals can be estimated quantitatively.The heat of solution is derived as the interfacial energy at the contact interface between the metal and a noble gas atomic cell in solution.The model picture offers an explanation for the strong attraction between noble gas atoms, in particular helium, and vacancies, other noble gas atoms or metallic impurities with a low surface energy.     

Heats of interaction of hydrogen with gold and platinum powders and its effect on the subsequent adsorptions of oxygen and noble gases

Exposure of pure gold powders to hydrogen flow at 125 °C and atmospheric pressure causes heat evolution accompanied by hydrogen adsorption. The exposure takes place in a flow-through microcalorimeter, in which the metal powders are purged by nitrogen flow used as an inert carrier gas. The adsorbed hydrogen is slowly desorbed by nitrogen flow. The heats of hydrogen adsorption and its uptake by the gold powder are greatly increased by its sequential treatments with micromole quantities of oxygen and noble gases, such as helium and argon. This increase does not take place if the gold treatment is confined only to oxygen, or only to pure noble gases. The radically increased hydrogen adsorption by gold is caused by a combination of its treatments with oxygen and the noble gases. Similar results were obtained with pure platinum powder exposed to hydrogen at room temperatures. Gold powder containing adsorbed hydrogen reacts very strongly with molecular oxygen/argon mixtures, generating heats of adsorption several times higher than the heat of formation of water. The heat evolution is very rapid and is not accompanied by the formation of water. These intense interactions are not observed after complete desorption of hydrogen from the gold surfaces.     

工质变比热对不可逆Otto循环性能的影响

用有限时间热力学的方法分析空气标准Otto循环,由数值计算给出了存在不可逆损失和工质变比热时循环功率与压缩比、效率与压缩比以及功率和效率的特性关系,分析了工质变比热对不可逆Otto循环性能的影响特点,通过分析可知工质变比热特性对不可逆Otto循环性能有较大影响,在实际循环分析中应该予以考虑,本文所得结果对实际内燃机的设计有一定的指导意义。     

超极化气体肺部磁共振成像

磁共振成像(MRI)技术具有非侵入、无放射性的特点,在临床疾病诊断中具有独特的优势,但是肺部空腔的特殊结构使传统质子MRI无法对其直接成像.自旋交换光抽运(SEOP)方法可以使惰性气体原子的极化度增强4个量级以上,从而使肺部的气体MRI成为可能.该文介绍了超极化惰性气体肺部MRI的最新研究进展,包括超极化气体磁共振相关参数的测量方法、肺部通气结构成像、肺部气体交换功能成像,同时比较了常用于肺部MRI气体的优点和缺点.     

Effect of oxygen on the production of abnormally high heats of interaction with hydrogen chemisorbed on gold

Abnormally high heats, exceeding 1600 kJ/mol (16 eV) per molecular oxygen, are generated by interaction of the oxygen with the hydrogen adsorbed on gold surfaces at 125 °C. The highest heats were observed during the interactions of fine gold particles supported on titanium oxide, approaching 1700 kJ/mol for three consecutive 100 nmol pulses of O₂ interacting with the adsorbed hydrogen atoms. The heats rapidly decrease after the hydrogen is consumed. It was also observed that the interactions of the gold particles with pure oxygen in the presence of noble gases, such as argon and helium, produced the heats markedly higher than those observed in the absence of noble gases. The abnormally high heats revealed by this work reach values from 3.5 to 6.1 times higher than the heats of formation of gaseous water from molecular hydrogen and oxygen.     

惰性气体原子间相互作用势比较研究

原子间相互作用势是预测惰性气体输运性质的必要输入条件. 文章对描述惰性气体原子间相互作用的Lennard-Jones势、指数排斥势、Hartree-Fock-Dispersion-B (HFD-B)势和唯象势的形式和特点进行了分析. 基于Chapman-Enskog方法, 计算得到了惰性气体在300–5000 K温度区间内基于四种原子相互作用势的黏性和热导率, 并与文献报道的实验和理论计算结果进行了比较. 研究结果表明, 基于Hartree-Fock排斥理论与色散理论发展起来的HFD-B势能够合理反映惰性气体原子相互作用的趋势与特征, 因而可以较好地预测惰性气体的宏观输运性质.     

变比热气体和变比热有离解气体热力学过程的计算

变比热气体和变比热有离解气体热力学过程的计算张世铮，纪军（中国科学院工程热物理研究所北京１０００８０）关键词离解气体；变成分气体；热力学过程１前言在热机和热设备的循环分析、设计计算和实验研究中要求按照工质的真实热力学性质作准确的气动热力学计算。在喷气...     

Experimental evaluation of the gas-phase collision cross-section of effusive Au beam with noble gases: The effect of size and flux

We find that the effusive atomic beam of Au atoms is deflected away by collision with noble gas atoms crossing in a perpendicular geometry with a beam flux of >1 × 10¹⁶/cm²s. The ratio of defected Au atoms is found to increase proportional to the flux of noble gases. In addition, the effective cross-section for the collision between Au and noble gases (Ne, Ar, Xe) is measured to increase in an order of Ne < Ar < Xe. As a result of the increased collision probability, the deflection ratio of Au beam in the noble gases is measured to be enhanced for the Au flux in the range of 1 × 10¹¹–10¹³ Au/cm²s. Our results show that the gas-phase collision can be reliably determined by measuring the deflection ratio. The experimentally determined collision cross-section also explains the variation in the deflection ratio among various noble gases and the importance of a long-range van der Waals interaction between Au and noble gases in the deflection efficiency.     

New features of laser-induced gas breakdown in the ultraviolet

A study of gas breakdown induced by the ultraviolet second harmonic of ruby laser radiation has revealed an anomalously high threshold intensity for hydrogen. In addition, it has been demonstrated for the first time that the focal volume dependence of the breakdown threshold, of a number of molecular and noble gases, is influenced by the frequency of the incident radiation.     

Generation of high harmonics and attosecond pulses with ultrashort laser pulse filaments and conical waves

Results illustrating the nonlinear dynamics of ultrashort laser pulse filamentation in gases are presented, with particular emphasis on the filament properties useful for developing attosecond light sources. Two aspects of ultrashort pulse filaments are specifically discussed: (i) numerical simulation results on pulse self-compression by filamentation in a gas cell filled with noble gas. Measurements of high harmonics generated by the pulse extracted from the filament allows for the detection of intensity spikes and subcycle pulses generated within the filament. (ii) Simulation results on the spontaneous formation of conical wavepackets during filamentation in gases, which in turn can be used as efficient driving pulses for the generation of high harmonics and isolated attosecond pulses.     

Numerical quadrature for the Prandtl—Meyer function at high temperature with application for air

When the stagnation temperature of the combustion chamber or ambient air increases, the specific heats and their ratio do not remain constant any more, and start to vary with this temperature. The gas remains perfect, except, it will be calorically imperfect and thermally perfect. A new generalized form of the Prandtl-Meyer function is developed, by adding the effect of variation of this temperature, lower than the threshold of dissociation. The new relation is presented in the form of integral of a complex analytical function having an infinite derivative at the critical temperature. A robust numerical integration quadrature is presented in this context. The classical form of the Prandtl—Meyer function of a perfect gas becomes a particular case of the developed form. The comparison is made with the perfect gas model for aim to present a limit of its application. The application is for air.     

Role of thermal conduction in single-bubble cavitation

Effect of thermal conduction on radiation from a single cavitating bubble has been studied in a hydrochemical framework including variation of heat conductivity of noble gases up to 2500 K. Results of numerical simulation show that thermal conductivity plays an important role in determining ultimate cavitation temperature. Higher thermal conductivity of lighter noble gases causes to more thermal dissipation during the bubble collapse, leading to a lower peak temperature. Moreover, at the same driving conditions, radius of light emitting region is greater for heavier noble bubbles. Therefore, sonoluminescence radiation is more intensive from heavier noble gases. Phase diagrams of single-bubble sonoluminescence have also been calculated and in comparison with available experimental data, there is a relatively good agreement between the theory and experiment for noble gases.     

Studies on threshold pressures of sonoluminescence for bubbles with different noble gases

Large oscillations of gas and vapor filled bubbles in liquid during acoustic cavitation. This highly nonlinear bubble motion is accompanied by the emission of light-sonoluminescence (SL)[1, 2]. The noble gases inside the bubble can influence the SL[3—5]. At an acoustic pressure, the intensity of SL increases with the molecular mass of noble gas inside the bubbles[6]. There are several kinds of theories about SL mechanism. At present, the bremsstrahlung mechanism is widely admitted. The b…     

工质变比热条件下内燃机循环普适特性

用有限时间热力学的方法分析空气标准不可逆内燃机循环,导出了考虑工质变比热情况下,存在摩擦及传热损失时,由两个加热过程、两个放热过程和两个绝热过程组成的普适的空气标准不可逆内燃机循环的功率与压缩比、效率与压缩比以及功率和效率的最佳特性关系,同时由数值计算分析了工质变比热和循环过程对循环性能的影响特点,比较了工质恒、变比热时循环性能差异。所得结果包含了不可逆往复式Diesel、Otto、Brayton、Atkinson、Dual和Miller 循环的性能特性。     

Optical spectra of water sonoluminescence

The sonolumiescence spectra of water saturated with noble gases were studied in a 220–500 nm interval. Total light power of sonoluminescence and the rate of hydrogen peroxide formation were measured. The number of photons emitted by OH^*-radicals was compared with the yield of OH-radicals. The intensity of the shortwave part of the spectra and the OH^*/OH ratio increased while the atomic weight of the gas increased.     

惰性气体黏度的剩余熵标度模型

黏度是能源、动力、化工等系统设计分析中常用的重要物性参数.本文探讨了5种惰性气体(He、Ne、Ar、Kr、Xe)气相和超临界黏度的计算,以实际气体与同温度稀薄气体的黏度之比作为无量纲对比黏度,发现5种惰性气体的无量纲对比黏度与剩余熵之间满足同一单值函数关系,据此建立了惰性气体的气相和超临界黏度模型,其中稀薄气体黏度关联...     

层间稀薄气体传热对多层绝热材料性能的影响分析

通过建立的热量传递模型,分析了不同的气体稀薄程度(Knudsen数)时,气体传热对多层绝热材料有效热导率和各层温度分布的影响。分析表明:由多层绝热材料真空度变化引起的稀薄气体传热量波动较大,在10—60层/cm层密度范围,真空度低于100Pa时,Kn数属于自由分子状态区域和中间压强区域,此时材料的有效热导率随残留气体热适应系数的增大而减小,并随着真空度的降低而增大;当残留气体为空气时,为保证多层材料的绝热性能,尽量维持真空度不低于10-2Pa。同时分析表明,为有效降低低真空下稀薄气体传热对多层绝热性能的影响,可以采用综合热适应系数较低的气体置换夹层中的空气,以减少低真空多层绝热材料的有效热导率,改善绝热性能。