方腔内相变材料固液相变传热研究

基于相变材料(PCM,phase change material)的相变储能设备具有储能密度高的特点。本文建立了基于相变储能元件伪焓模型的固液相变格子Boltzmann模型,研究了内部管道位置、方腔倾斜角度对PCM融化过程的影响规律。结果表明,在内管道靠近方腔上部时,由于上部界面(固液相变界面或上壁面)对自然对流阻碍作用,使PCM的融化速率减慢。但是,在此时使方腔发生倾斜,会改变管道热流体到上部界面的距离,强化PCM的热质传递过程,使融化加快。     

Thermal energy storage behaviour of nanoparticle enhanced PCM during freezing and melting

The present research work aimed to investigate the melting and solidification characteristics of NPCM. The NPCM was prepared using paraffin as the PCM and high conductive MWCNT as the nanomaterial without using any dispersant. The NPCM was prepared by dispersing MWCNTs with volume fractions of 0.3%, 0.6% and 0.9% in PCM as the base PCM. SEM morphology showed the uniform dispersion of MWCNTs in the paraffin wax. The MWCNT nano-additives PCMs showed two peaks in the heating curve by DSC measurement. Lessening in melting and solidification time of 30% and 43% was attained in the case of NPCM with 0.3% and 0.9%, respectively. It is observed from the DSC analysis that the latent heat of pure paraffin during freezing and melting cycle was 139.2 J/g (at 56.61 °C) and 131.8 J/g (at 57.55 °C), respectively. Whereas, the latent heat of NPCM with 0.9% of nanofluid was 150.7 J/g (at 56.36 °C) and 148.3 J/g (58.35 °C). It is construed that a maximum change in latent heat of 7.6% and 11% was observed between pure PCM and NPCM during freezing and melting cycle. For the lesser nanoparticle concentration (0.3% and 0.6%), the percentage change in latent heat was lesser than 0.9%.     

格子Boltzmann方法模拟自然对流作用下融化传热过程

建立自然对流作用下融化的格子Boltzmann双分布函数模型,根据非线性对流扩散方程的格子Boltzmann模型理论提出一个新的表征融化温度场的分布函数演化方程,并通过变松弛时间方法处理固液两相变热物性传热问题.应用模型对热传导融化及自然对流融化特别固液变热物的融化过程进行模拟.模拟结果与分析解、经典的关联式结果吻合较好,模型的正确性得到了验证.模拟结果表明,自然对流对融化传热过程有着重要的影响,此外固相热传导也对融化传热、融化速率及固液两相温度分布都有一定影响.     

Experimental research in the phase change materials based on paraffin and expanded perlite

In this study, paraffin (PA)/expanded perlite (EP) form-stable phase change material (PCM) was first fabricated using the direct impregnation method without vacuum treatment. Absorptive capacity results showed that the PA/EP composite can obtain good absorptive capacity with the temperature 80 °C and the time 2 h. Compared with the water absorption of EP, the decrease in the water absorption of PA/EP form-stable proved that the absorption of PA into porous EP has been carried out successfully. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) results show that paraffin can be well impregnated into EP pores and has good compatibility with it. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results reveal that paraffin/EP composite PCM has melting temperature and latent heat of 53.6 °C and 91.3 J/g, respectively. The durability cycles results suggest that form-stable PA/EP PCM shows good durability.     

自然对流情形下激光辐照液体贮箱的机理

利用激光辐照靶目标时,被辐照部位可能是液体贮箱。通过实验测量与数值模拟的紧密结合,揭示了液体处于自然对流状态时激光辐照下贮箱侧壁温升及液体速度场的演化规律。结果表明:激光辐照初期,铝板中心温升率较高;随着壁面附近液体温度的升高,光斑附近速度边界层内的最大流速增大,传热强度亦增大,导致铝板温升率降低;当铝板吸收的激光能量能够基本被水的对流带走时,铝板中心的温升率趋于零。     

多孔介质融化相变自然对流数值模拟

根据体积平均理论,建立多孔介质中融化相变过程自然对流模型。数值模拟了以石英砂颗粒为骨架、冰为填充相的二维融化过程。数值结果表明,在融化区上部发生较强烈的自然对流,融化界面与水平线倾角随融化时间越来越大。     

Lattice Boltzmann simulation on thermal performance of composite phase change material based on Voronoi models

Phase change materials(PCMs) are important for sustaining energy development. For the thermal performance enhancement, the composite PCM with metal foam reconstructed by the Voronoi method is investigated in this work. The lattice Boltzmann method(LBM) is used to analyze the melting process on a pore scale. The melting interface evolution and temperature contour of the composite PCM are explored and compared with those of pure PCM. Moreover, structure parameters including the pore density, porosity and irregularity are investigated comprehensively, indicating that the additive of metal foam strengthens the melting performance of PCM obviously. Compared with pure PCM, the composite PCM has quick rates of the melting front evolution and heat transfer. The heat conduction plays a great role in the whole melting process since the convection is weakened for the composite PCM. To improve the melting efficiency, a larger pore density and smaller irregularity are recommended in general. More significantly, a suitable porosity is determined based on the requirement for the balance between the melting rate and heat storage capacity in practical engineering.     

Effect of Heating Position on Thermal Energy Storage in Cavity With/Without Open-cell Metallic Foams

Thermal energy storage systems inherently store heat at different heating positions. In other words, the heat storage performance changes depending on the heating positions. In this study, the effects of the heating surface position and reinforcement of the open-cell metal foam on the phase change material melting fraction were experimentally investigated. For this purpose, a small-scale rectangular cube was made of plexiglass having a volume of 274 cm³. One of the surfaces of the cube was heated with a constant heat flux, whereas other surfaces were isolated from the room temperature in the environment. Three different constant heat fluxes were applied on the bottom, top, and side surfaces of the cube in the experiments. Paraffin (n-heptacosane), with a phase change point at 59°C–61°C and as phase change material with a rapid heat charge/discharge, was used in the thermal energy storage system. Depending on the heating position and surface heat flux, it was observed that the effect of natural convection significantly increased within the liquid phase change material. Additionally, the results indicate that the presence of metal foams can enhance the heat transfer rate of phase change materials. According to the sensitivity analysis, the effect of independent parameters on the melting ratio of the phase change material was listed in order of importance as time, surface heat flux, heating position, and metallic foam.     

Study on the properties of a novel shape-stable epoxy resin sealed expanded graphite/paraffin composite PCM and its application in buildings

In this study, a novel phase change material (PCM) of epoxy resin sealed expanded graphite/paraffin composite was developed as an independent attachment for building applications. A relatively high thermal energy storage density and a high thermal conductivity (2.141?W/(m·K)) were obtained in the composite PCM. The mass fraction of paraffin in the composite PCM could reach 94% without leakage of liquid paraffin when being heated at 50°C for more than 3 h, and the thermal cycle stability was good. Moreover, the thermal storage and release properties of this composite PCM with different thicknesses were studied by numerical simulation. The results showed that the thermal storage and release time are proportional to the thickness of the composite PCM, and there was almost no temperature gradient during the thermal storage and release process, which indicated that the thermal conductivity of this kind of composite PCM was high enough for building applications.     

Mathematical modeling of convective-conductive heat transfer in a rectangular domain in a conjugate statement

The results of mathematical modeling of convection of a viscous incompressible liquid in a rectangular domain with sources of mass input and output are presented. A conjugate statement within the framework of the Boussinesq approximation is used. The regimes of forced and mixed convection in a domain have been investigated. The domain has two vertical walls and one horizontal wall of finite thickness, two zones of liquid input and output, and a free surface. A plane nonstationary problem within the framework of the Navier-Stokes model for the liquid phase and the heat conduction equation for the solid phase are considered. The distributions of the hydrodynamic parameters and temperatures characterizing the main regularities of the processes under investigation have been obtained. Circulation flows have been identified. The vortex formation mechanism and the temperature distribution in the solution domain under the regimes of forced and mixed convection and different locations of mass input and output zones have been analyzed. It has been found that natural convection should be taken into account when modeling convective heat transfer with Gr number values from 10⁵ and higher.     

Development and validation of a new LBM-MRT hybrid model with enthalpy formulation for melting with natural convection

This article presents a new model to simulate melting with natural convection of a phase change material. For the phase change problem, the enthalpy formulation is used. Energy equation is solved by a finite difference method, whereas the fluid flow is solved by the multiple relaxation time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann method. The model is first verified and validated using the data from the literature. Then, the model is applied to a tall brick filled with a fatty acid eutectic mixture and the results are presented. The main results are (1) the spatial convergence rate is of second order, (2) the new model is validated against data from the literature and (3) the natural convection plays an important role in the melting process of the fatty acid mixture considered in our work.     

格子Boltzmann方法分析加热尺寸和瑞利数对可变形开口腔内自然对流的影响

采用格子Boltzmann方法对可变形腔体内自然对流问题进行数值研究，给出平均努赛尔数的经验关系式.腔体左壁加热长度分为左壁面的整个区域（H）和左壁面的中间区域（0.5H）两种情况，右壁向外界环境开放，上下边界绝热且可以上下移动，以此调节右出口尺寸.主要研究瑞利数（10⁴ ≤ Ra ≤ 10⁶），右出口尺寸（1.0H ≤ L ≤ 2.0H），左壁加热尺寸（L_h=0.5H或L_h=H）对腔体内等温线、流线、局部努塞尔数和平均努赛尔数的影响.结果表明：腔体内换热随着瑞利数的增大越来越强烈，表现为椭圆形准静止区域更加靠近上绝热壁，且热分层厚度逐渐变小，平均努赛尔数增加.而右出口尺寸的增加，对于两种加热尺寸下腔内的换热效果有不同程度影响，其中与加热尺寸为左壁面的全部区域L_h=H相比，加热尺寸为左壁面的中间情况L_h=0.5H时，右侧开口尺寸的增加对换热效果的影响不显著.此外，左壁加热尺寸为0.5H时显示出比加热尺寸为H时更高的平均传热效率.最后，针对不同的加热尺寸，提出加热面平均努赛尔数与Ra数及右壁面开口尺寸L^*之间函数关系的经验预测，拟合效果满足工程实践与设计需要.     

激光辐照超音速气流下TA15钛合金和LY12铝合金的热响应

利用超音速气流环境模拟装置,开展了自然对流和马赫数为3切向气流下,1064nm连续激光辐照TA15钛合金和LY12铝合金热响应实验研究,得到了材料在两种条件下的温升曲线及熔穿时间。结果表明:在激光辐照材料未使得其表面发生熔化前,气流对材料激光辐照过程中的冷却效应较为明显,在表面发生熔化时,熔化的液态物质在气流切向力剥蚀作用下被吹离材料表面,使得激光继续作用在材料上,熔化→剥离→熔化→剥离如此反复,可加速熔穿过程;此外,切向气流将影响钛合金这类热扩散系数较低材料的温度场分布,使得气流下游处的温度高于上游,而对铝合金这类热扩散系数较高的材料而言,影响不明显。     

热管式相变蓄热换热器储/放能过程中传热特性的实验研究

将热管作为换热元件应用于相变蓄热系统中,研制了一套热管式相变蓄热换热器。采用石蜡作为蓄热材料,对其储、放能过程即内部石蜡的融化与凝固过程进行了实验研究。测定了储、放能过程中不同时刻换热器内石蜡的温度分布; 改变供、取热流体参数,分析了供/取热流体的入口温度与流量对换热器储/放能过程的影响;分析了储、放能过程中能量随时间的变化情况。结果表明,热管在本换热器内极好地发挥了换热元件的作用,换热器运行状况良好,各项功能均能较好地实现。     

Modeling of Ice-Water Phase Change in Horizontal Annulus Using Modified Enthalpy Method

Phase change in ice-water systems in the geometry of horizontal cylindrical annulus with constant inner wall temperature and adiabatic outer wall is modeled with an enthalpy-based mixture model. Solidification and melting phenomena under different temperature conditions are analyzed through a sequence of numerical calculations. In the case of freezing of water, the importance of convection and conduction as well as the influence of cold pipe temperature on time for the complete solidification is examined. As for the case of melting of ice, the influence of the inner pipe wall temperature on the shape of the ice-water interface, the flow and temperature fields in the liquid, the heat transfer coefficients and the rate of melting are analyzed. The results of numerical calculations point to good qualitative agreement with the available experimental and other numerical results.     

MgO粒子掺杂对NdBCO超导块材熔化温度的影响

采用改进后的顶部籽晶熔渗生长(RE+011 TSIG) 工艺, 通过在固相先驱粉中掺杂不同含量的 MgO 来有效地提高 NdBCO 籽晶的熔化温度, 从而成功地制备出直径为32 mm 的大尺寸单畴 SmBCO 超导块材. 结果表明,MgO 的掺杂对 NdBCO 超导块材的熔化温度有着明显的提高, 随着固相先驱粉中 MgO 掺杂量的增加, Mg2 + 离子逐渐进入到 Nd123 相的晶格中, 当掺杂量达到16 wt% 时呈现出饱和状态, 且 NdBCO 超导块材的熔化温度提高近18 ℃ , 可有效地抑制在制备SmBCO 超导块材的过程中出现的 NdBCO 籽晶熔化现象.     

时域介电谱方法及其应用

提出了微分和二次微分时域介电谱方法。极化响应可描述为exp[-(t/τ)^α]类型若干个分得很开的峰,峰的线型决定α,它有1和1/2两个典型值.极化机构种类和峰的个数相等,峰高给出各机构对极化贡献的成份.响应时间τ由峰的位置定决,谱线的分离说明习惯设α=1而令τ有连续分布的看法缺乏根据,在石蜡中观察到温度升高时,指数增大,石蜡熔解过程中出现时域谱线分裂,从中可得到分子链运动的许多信息。     

Natural convection in a fluid with nonuniformly distributed volumetric heat generation

Characteristics of natural convection are analyzed for a heat-generating fluid in an enclosure cooled from the side, with nonuniformly distributed internal heat sources. A theoretical analysis based on analytical estimates and direct numerical simulations is presented. Under certain conditions, the characteristics of natural convection are found to be independent of the details of heat source distribution in horizontal cross sections of the flow domain. The corresponding distributions of bulk temperature and heat transfer to the wall are uniquely determined by the vertical distribution of the horizontally averaged heat source strength.     

定形相变墙板改善轻质墙体夏季隔热性能研究

本文提出了将定形相变蓄能墙板安装在轻质保温墙体内侧,取代传统重质材料,改善围护结构夏季隔热性能的方法.以北京地区为例,比较了定形相变蓄能墙板与重质混凝土在改善轻质围护结构隔热性能方面的差异,并从相变温度和相变墙板厚度两个方面对定形相变蓄能墙板的使用效果进行了优化.研究表明定形相变蓄能墙板能有效改善轻质保温墙体的隔热性能,而对建筑自身承重增加很小.     

Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Driven Cavity with Non-uniform Heating of the Bottom Wall

The goal of this article is to study numerically the mixed convection in a differentially heated lid-driven cavity with non-uniform heating of the bottom wall. The velocity field is solved by a hybrid scheme with multiple relaxation time Lattice Boltzmann(MRT-LBM) model, while the temperature field is obtained by resolution of the energy balance equation using the finite difference method(FDM). First, the model is checked and validated using data from the literature. Validation of the present results with those available in the literature shows a good agreement.A good efficiency in time simulation is confirmed. Thereafter, the model has been applied to mixed convection in a driven cavity with non-uniform heating wall at the fixed Grashof number Gr = 106. It is found that, the heat transfer is weakened as the Richardson number is augmented. For Gr = 106, we note the appearance of secondary vortices at different positions of the cavity corners.