Separation efficiency and pressure drop of SiC ceramic and Mellapak structured packings

This paper describes application of SiC ceramic foam to distillation. The investigated foam SiC ceramic packing and smooth SiC ceramic packing parameters in geometrical characteristics are similar to the Mellapale structured packing parameters. The hydrodynamic performance parameters including pressure drop for dry and wet packing, flood velocity, and liquid hold-up, which are determined in a plexiglas tower of a 100-mm internal diameter. The mass transfer efficiency is measured in another glass tower of a 100-mm internal diameter by total reflux experiments, using a mixture of n-heptane and cyclohexane at atmospheric pressure. The experimental results show that the foam SiC ceramic structured packing has a higher dry and wet pressure drop, higher liquid hold-up, higher mass transfer efficiency, and unchanged flood velocity, comparing with a smooth SiC ceramic structured packing with the same shape. Comparison of the experimental data on the separation efficiency and relative pressure drop was performed for foam/smooth SiC ceramic and metal Mellapak structured packings.     

Pressure drop simulation of structured corrugation foam packing by computational fluid dynamics

Pressure drop is proved to be an important parameter influencing the capacity of both structured packing towers and catalytic reactors. A computational fluid dynamic method is proposed to predict the pressure losses within the newly developed foam SiC ceramic structured packing. The present work simulates the flow pattern in a macrostructure model and the typical REU mechanisms, and further studies the effect of corrugation angle on pressure drop. A comparison between simulation results and experimental data of our previous work is given to validate the models. A large corrugation angle, such as 60?, could minimize the pressure losses.     

Structure optimization of structured corrugation foam packing by computational fluid dynamics method

A computational fluid dynamic method is developed to predict the pressure losses within the newly developed foam SiC ceramic structured packing. The present work simulates the flow pattern in a macrostructure model and the typical REU mechanisms. Vertical pulse structure districts are added in one corrugated packing to aid the optimization of structured packing designs while minimizing the pressure drop. The simulations are carried out and the results are validated to obtain optimization structured packings with good pressure drop performance.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM A DISCRETE SOURCE TO A CIRCULAR LIQUID JET WITH ANNULAR COLLECTION OF THE SPENT FLUID

This study reports an experimental investigation of evaporative heat transfer and pressure drop of R-134a flowing downward inside vertical corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches. The double tube test section is 0.5 m long with refrigerant flowing in the inner tube and hot water flowing in the annulus. The inner tubes are comprised of one smooth tube and three corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches of 6.35, 8.46, and 12.7 mm. The test runs are performed at evaporating temperatures of 10°C, 15°C, and 20°C; heat fluxes of 20, 25, and 30 kW/m²; and mass fluxes of 200, 300, and 400 kg/m²s. The experimental data obtained from the smooth tube are plotted with flow pattern map for vertical flow. Comparisons between smooth and corrugated tubes on the heat transfer and pressure drop are also discussed. It is observed that the heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop obtained from the corrugated tubes are higher than those from the smooth tube. Furthermore, the heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop increase as the corrugation pitch decreases. The maximum heat transfer enhancement factor and penalty factor are up to 1.22 and 4.0, respectively.     

高温超导电缆用波纹管内液氮流动特性的数值研究

随着超导技术的发展,高温超导电缆在电力输运中逐渐得到重视并进行了广泛的研究。由于波纹管具有良好的柔韧性和收缩性,在高温超导电缆中作为杜瓦放置电缆,冷却超导体用的液氮需流经波纹管。在系统设计中,需要对液氮在波纹管中的流动特性加以了解。为了研究液氮在波纹管内的流动特性,对其进行了数值计算及理论分析。分析表明:压力损失随入口速度的增大而增大;在波纹内形成了涡旋流;在所考察的雷诺数范围内,雷诺数对摩擦系数的影响不大,而波纹尺寸对摩擦系数具有主要的影响。摩擦系数随s/t的增大而减小。。     

Spreading of a viscous liquid film over the corrugated surface and the heat and mass transfer calculations

There are a lot of industrial applications of structured packing. Distillation columns are one of the examples where the liquid flows over the corrugated surface as a thin film to provide a good mass-transfer surface between the liquid and vapor phase. The purpose of the present paper is to study the hydrodynamics and the heat-mass transfer of the liquid film spreading down the corrugated surfaces when the corrugation amplitude is comparable with Nusselt’s film thickness (the amplitude corresponds to a small texture of the structured packing). As a result, a nonlinear type diffusion equation is obtained to describe the evolution of the film thickness profile. The nonlinear diffusion coefficient is obtained for three cases: a smooth inclined plate, a corrugated plate with large ribs, and an inclined corrugated plate with small ribs. The equations are solved numerically. As a result, it has been obtained that the small texture significantly increases the rate of the film thickness evolution in comparison with a smooth plate. To obtain the nonlinear diffusion coefficient in the case of a small texture, the hydrodynamics of the film flow over an inclined corrugated surface are studied. The viscosity, inertia, and surface tension forces are taken into account. The calculations were carried out on the basis of the Navier-Stokes equations. The influence of the microcorrugations on both the heat transfer from the wall and the mass transfer through the free surface was investigated.     

高效低阻强化换热技术的三场协同性探讨

在流场和温度场协同的基础上,分析了流场和压力场的协同配合关系.分析表明:在换热强化基本相同的情况下,增大速度和压力梯度间的夹角,可以改善速度场和压力场的协同性,从而减小压降的增大,实现较小压降下获得较高的换热性能.说明了高效低阻强化换热的技术在于温度场、速度场和压力场的较好协同.     

波纹板片上降膜吸收过程的传热传质数值仿真

建立了在连续的竖直波纹板上降膜吸收过程的传热传质数学模型,并进行了无因次化处理和仿真数值计算。给出了溶液液膜内流场、温度场、质量分数分布的计算结果,比较了交叉双尺度波纹板片和当量平板上的吸收传热和传质系数随不同溶液喷淋密度的变化结果,显示出前者具有更好的性能,并讨论了波纹节距对传热和传质系数的影响关系。     

汽轮机湿蒸汽级中凝结流动的三维数值分析

对一台凝汽式汽轮机低压末三级中的湿蒸汽自发凝结流动进行了三维数值分析,并与忽略自发凝结影响的流动计算结果进行了比较。结果表明,自发凝结流动中,湿蒸汽级组内焓降在各级之间的分配、各级反动度、级的工作压力范围、叶栅出口气流角和出口气流速度发生明显变化。各湿蒸汽级处于“变工况”运行状态,部分湿蒸汽级内流动状况显著变差,并导致叶片强度与振动方面安全性降低。除非平衡凝结损失外,凝结导致湿蒸汽透平级“变工况”运行是湿蒸汽级效率降低的重要原因。     

高粘度流体横掠花瓣管管束的参数优化

运用数值模拟和正交试验的方法,设计并开展了高粘度流体横掠花瓣形翅片管管束的试验。试验选取了实际中一个有代表性的结构进行建模,依据流速、翅片高度、节距和偏转角度的不同取值进行分组,对每一组数值计算,从而确定了流体在花瓣形翅片管管外流动的对流换热系数α和压降Δp的影响因素及其影响情况。用传热综合因子η来评估传热效果的好坏,结果表明u=0.5m/s,a=2.5mm,b=0.9mm,β=6°为最优的参数组合,综合传热因子达到1.9。     

Elastic wave propagation in sinusoidally corrugated waveguides

The ultrasonic wave propagation in sinusoidally corrugated waveguides is studied in this paper. Periodically corrugated waveguides are gaining popularity in the field of vibration control and for designing structures with desired acoustic band gaps. Currently only numerical method (Boundary Element Method or Finite Element Method) based packages (e.g., PZFlex) are in principle capable of modeling ultrasonic fields in complex structures with rapid change of curvatures at the interfaces and boundaries but no analyses have been reported. However, the packages are very CPU intensive; it requires a huge amount of computation memory and time for its execution. In this paper a new semi-analytical technique called Distributed Point Source Method (DPSM) is used to model the ultrasonic field in sinusoidally corrugated waveguides immersed in water where the interface curvature changes rapidly. DPSM results are compared with analytical solutions. It is found that when a narrow ultrasonic beam hits the corrugation peaks at an angle, the wave propagates in the backward direction in waveguides with high corrugation depth. However, in waveguides with small corrugation the wave propagates in the forward direction. The forward and backward propagation phenomenon is found to be independent of the signal frequency and depends on the degree of corrugation.     

Reflection and transmission of SH-waves at a corrugated interface between two semi-infinite anisotropic magnetoelastic half-spaces

An analysis has been carried out for reflection and transmission of a plane SH-wave incident at a corrugated interface between two anisotropic magnetoelastic half-spaces. Rayleigh’s method of approximation is applied to derive the reflection and transmission coefficients for first order approximation of corrugation. The expressions for reflection and transmission coefficients for first order approximation of corrugation are obtained in closed form for a special type of interface. It is found that these coefficients are proportional to the amplitude of corrugation and are functions of magnetoelastic properties of materials of the half-spaces as well as the angle of incidence. Special cases are deduced for anisotropic and isotropic materials for particular case of corrugation. Numerical computations are performed for a specific model of two different anisotropic magnetoelastic media. The effects of anisotropic magnetoelastic coupling parameter, the angle at which wave crosses the magnetic field, frequency factor, wave length of corrugation, and the amplitude of corrugation are shown through figures.     

全固态碟片激光器的多孔泡沫热沉传热特性研究

高功率全固态碟片激光器在运行中产生的热透镜效应会引起激光器输出功率降低、光束质量退变,针对该问题本文将多孔碳化硅泡沫和毫米通道引入到全固态碟片激光器的换热热沉中,并将其应用于多冲程泵浦的全固态碟片激光器.利用有限元分析软件对其结构模型参数进行了优化,当碳化硅厚度为2 mm,孔隙率为40%,入水口压力为4 kg(0.4 MPa)时,系统理论换热系数为1.51×10^5 W/m^2·K,实验测量结果为1.45×10^5 W/m^2·K,理论和实验结果较为接近,验证了理论模型的正确性.最后利用该新型热沉搭建了基于Yb∶YAG的24冲程全固态碟片激光器实验装置,获得输出功率为393 W,波长为1030 nm的连续激光输出,光-光转换效率达到52%,光束参数乘积为5.918 mm·mrad.     

Experimental Investigation on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Copper Metal Foam Heat Sink

Abstract

The effect of the cooling performance of a copper metal foam heat sink under buoyancy-induced convection is investigated in this work. Experiments are conducted on copper metal foam of 61.3% porosity with 20 pores per inch. The pressure drop experiment is carried out to find the permeability and foam coefficient of the porous media. It is found that the property of porous media changes by changing the angle of inclination of the porous media from a horizontal to a vertical position while keeping the orientation and porosity the same. The Hazen-Dupuit Darcy model is used to curve-fit the longitudinal global pressure drop versus the average fluid speed data from an isothermal steady-flow experiment across the test section of the porous medium. The study concludes that the permeability and foam coefficient for copper foam is found to be 1.11 × 10^?7 m² and 79.9 m^?1, respectively. The heat transfer study shows that the thermal performance of copper metal foam is 35–40% higher than the conventional aluminum metal heat sink under an actual conventional mode.     

Thermal-hydraulic characteristics of nanofluid flow in corrugated ducts

This study aims are to present effects of periodic corrugations in rectangular ducts on the thermal-hydraulic behaviors of nanofluids. The applied corrugations were rectangular cavities with a constant cavity length. In this regard, three various dimensionless cavity shaped corrugation widths such as S/H = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 were investigated. Computations were carried out at different Reynolds numbers in the range of 500≤Re≤2000. Alternatively, for further improvement of thermal characteristics, effects of an alumina–water nanofluid flow on the aforementioned corrugated ducts were investigated using the constant nanoparticle size d_p = 25 nm and various nanoparticle volume concentrations in the range of 1%≤ Φ ≤8%. The governing equations were solved numerically by means of the finite volume method. The obtained results revealed that application of periodic corrugations in ducts develops the turbulent flow all over the duct, which results in the higher flow mixing and thermal efficiency compared with the plain duct. Furthermore, rates of turbulence intensity and flow mixing change as a function of S/H. In addition, it was demonstrated that application of alumina–water flow in such corrugated ducts enhances the rate of heat transfer and thermal efficiency index compared with water flow. It is hoped that the obtained results arouse interest for thermal designer.     

变角度百叶窗翅片的数值模拟和性能分析

为研究变角度百叶窗结构对平行流蒸发器换热性能的影响,文中建立了一种均匀角度百叶窗和两种变角度百叶窗的计算模型;采用fluent软件数值模拟了空气侧的传热和流动过程,得到了百叶窗翅片的速度场、温度场及压力场;将数值模拟结果与相关文献实验关联式结果进行对比,验证了数值模拟的可行性,分析了迎面风速对换热和压降特性的影响;并利用公式j/f1/3,比较了三种翅片的综合性能,发现变角度百叶窗翅片综合性能优于均匀角度百叶窗翅片。     

Aeroacoustic interaction in a corrugated duct

The sound generation by an air flow in a corrugated tube is studied experimentally for different values of the corrugation pitch and different tube lengths. The Strouhal numbers of sound generated in different tubes with different flow velocities lie within 0.4–0.6. As the flow velocity increases, the Strouhal number decreases. The effect of sound absorption by an air flow in a corrugated duct is described: in a corrugated tube with a flow, at frequencies below the generation frequency, the absorption of sound produced by an external source is observed. A semiempirical model of aeroacoustic interaction in a corrugated tube is proposed. The model provides a qualitative agreement with the experiment.     

一种内螺纹强化管的冷凝实验研究

实验研究了环保替代制冷工质R410A、R22在水平强化管内冷凝换热特性,探索了热流密度、水流速度对换热特性、压降的影响。实验测试管为内螺纹强化管,长度为5.2 m,外径为9.52 mm。实验结果表明:制冷剂R410A、R22的传热系数和压降随热流密度的增大而增大,同时内螺纹管的换热系数还随管外冷却水流量的增加而升高,压降随冷凝温度的升高而降低,而R410A比R22有更好的换热效率和较小的压降。     

波纹板式空冷器阻力与传热特性实验研究

在可改变风量和热水流量的实验条件下,对波纹板式空冷器的阻力与传热特性进行实验研究。得到了空气侧的阻力降关联式以及两侧的对流换热系数关联式,其适用于热水雷诺数在2000-8000之间、空气雷诺数在2000-10000之间。在相同工况下,比较了波纹板式、光管式和翅片管式空冷器的性能指标,结果表明:迎面风速在2.45-4.1 m/s之间,波纹板式空冷器传热系数达到100-160 W/m2/℃;约比光管式提高70%,但只有以管束外表面为基准的翅片管式传热系数的六分之一;板式空冷器单位体积换热量约是翅片管式空冷器的1.5倍,是光管式的15倍;板式空冷器单位功耗换热量约是光管式空冷器的5.5倍,而翅片管式空冷器与光管式空冷器则相差不大。     

泡沫物理学史拾萃

人们对泡沫习以为常,却很难理解它的奇特性质,比如几乎完全由空气组成的泡沫,既能像固体一样发生弹性形变,又能像流体一样发生流动,这正是泡沫物理学的研究内容之一.泡沫物理是一门古老的学科,早在19世纪中下叶,气泡和泡沫结构静力学的描述已经完美,之后没有大的发展,直到1990年前后,随着流体力学、微观显像技术和计算技术等学科的发展,以及受材料科学和工业生产的需求,泡沫物理研究再次活跃起来.文章第一作者曾跟随英国皇家学会院士Denis Weaire从事泡沫物理研究多年,在他的演讲和个人收藏中,文章作者积累了一些材料,在此基础上,又仔细查阅了相关文献,整理成此文,它基本概括了泡沫结构静力学发展历程中的重要事件.