Simulation of a combined cycle power plant based on a pressurized circulating fluidized bed combustor

A comprehensive mathematical model for the simulation of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed combustor will be presented. The model consists of a combustor model describing the combustion chamber, the cyclone and the external heat exchanger as well as of a gas turbine model. The results of the simulation for the combustor at full load and different pressures and for the combined cycle power plant at full and part load are presented in form of temperature-, flue gas composition- and heat transfer-profiles in the combustor. Especially, energy fluxes from the combustor to the water-/steam cycle and the output of gas- and steam-turbine will be shown. The validity of the model will be shown by comparative simulation of an existing plant for the special case of atmospheric conditions.     

Maximum obtainable power of a carnot combined power plant

Maximum obtainable power of a combined endoreversible carnot cycle is analyzed. It is found that there is a bound on the obtainable power of real combined cycles. This bound provides a new theoretical criterion for the evaluation of existing combined power generating systems or for influencing the design of future combined heat engines.     

Simulation of combined cycle power plants using the ASPEN PLUS shell

A computer simulation model in ASPEN PLUS shell has been developed to simulate the performance of IGCC and IGHAT cycle power plants. The model was used to study the effects of design and performance parameters on the efficiency and emissions from IGCC and IGHAT cycles. The simulation models are capable of performing mass, energy and exergy balances which may be used to trace system inefficiencies to their source component thereby providing insights into component interactions within the cycles and act as pointers to system optimization trade-offs.     

多缝衍射的计算机模拟与演示

利用一个多缝衍射模型模拟光和微观粒子的干涉衍射现象。该模型可演示光的双干涉、ｎ缝衍射及色散现象;也可演示微观粒子的单、双缝衍射,物质波的概率特性及粒子从量行为到经典行为的过渡。     

Application of pressurized circulating fluidized bed technology for combined cycle power generation

Ahlstrom Pyropower, Inc. (API) pioneered the development of atmospheric circulating fluidized bed (ACFB) technology. The sustained success with ACFB and continued research in ACFB systems has led Ahlstrom towards the development of pressurized circulating fluidized bed (PCFB) technology. Since the mid-1980s many components of the PCFB combined cycle power plant were developed. Based on the component development experience, a 10 MW_th PCFB pilot plant was built to support the design of commercial size PCFB units.The PCFB pilot plant has operated over 4500 hours since its commissioning in mid 1989. Five types of coals and five types of sorbents have been tested. Emissions and load following performance of the pilot plant have demonstrated that the PCFB performs significantly better than required under the current stringent environmental standards. The sulfur capture has been 95 to 98%; the NO_x level with SNCR is less than 25 mg/MJ; the ash generated from the PCFB is less basic than the ash from conventional system.API, under the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Coal Technology III program, was awarded a contract to build a nominal 80 MW_e PCFB combined cycle repowering unit. The unit is scheduled for commissioning in early 1997. API has also performed design studies for larger capacity units in the range of 100 – 400 MW_e. These designs include a second generation PCFB technology combined cycle system for the use of high ash coals. The second generation PCFB technology involves partial gasification of coal and the use of the syngas to heat up the PCFB exhaust flue gas to 1300°C at the gas turbine inlet. This paper, in addition to presenting the pilot plant results, summarizes the salient features of PCFB combined cycle plants for various fuels including high ash Indian coals.     

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the characteristics of a ramjet power plant with a continuous-detonation combustor in supersonic flight

Multi-variant three-dimensional numerical simulations demonstrate the feasibility of the continuous- detonation process in an annular combustor of a ramjet power plant operating on hydrogen as fuel and air as oxidant in conditions of flight at a Mach number of M ₀ = 5.0 and an altitude of 20 km. Conceptual schemes of an axisymmetric power plant, 400 mm in external diameter and 1.3 to 1.5 m in length, with a supersonic intake, divergent annular combustor, and outlet nozzle with a frusto-conical central body are proposed. Calculations of the characteristics of the internal and external flows, with consideration given to the finite rate of turbulent-molecular mixing of the fuel mixture components with each other and with the combustion products, as well as the finite rate of chemical reactions and the viscous interaction of the flow with the bounding surfaces, have shown that, in these flight conditions, the engine of such a power plant has the following performance characteristics: the thrust, 10.7 kN; specific thrust, 0.89 (kN s)/kg; specific impulse, 1210 s; and specific fuel?consumption 0.303 kg/(N h). In this case, the combustor can operate with one detonation wave traveling in the annular channel at an average velocity of 1695 m/s, which corresponds to a detonation wave rotation frequency of 1350 Hz. It is shown that, an operating combustor has regions with subsonic flow of detonation products, but the flow is supersonic throughout its outlet section.     

Computer simulation of a shock-absorbing pneumatic cylinder

A mathematical simulation model of a double-acting pneumatic cushioning cylinder, designed to absorb periodic shock loads, is presented, which is based on the following assumptions: ideal equation of state, isentropic flow through a port-bleed orifice, isentropic compression process, single degree of freedom piston-cylinder dynamics, and the energy-equivalent linear damping. Because of the non-linear differential equation and a requirement for simultaneous iterative solution, a computer simulation model is employed to predict pressure and motion time histories, and cylinder performance indices. Predictions for both untuned and tuned cylinder example cases are compared with measurements. Good correlations between simulation and experiment are evident even though empirical models for discharge coefficients and damping have been used. The computer simulation has been successful in evaluating a number of products, and thus can be used as a design tool. However, more experimental work must be done to improve its prediction capabilities.     

Computer simulation of heterogeneous nucleation on curved surfaces using a simplified string method combined with phase-field simulations

We show how the combination of string method with the phase-field approach can be extended from simulations of homogeneous nucleation to heterogeneous nucleation. From these simulations, it is possible to directly obtain nucleation barriers for heterogeneous nucleation on arbitrary surfaces as well as information about the size and shape of the critical nucleus. We test the method by comparing the dependence of the nucleation barrier for heterogeneous nucleation on concave and convex surfaces on the surface curvature obtained from three-dimensional phase-field simulations with predictions from classical nucleation theory and find good agreement between them.     

Computer simulation of a two-stage millimeter-wave klystron oscillator

The results of computer simulation of a two-stage millimeter-wave klystron oscillator are reported. The oscillator consists of two closed-loop floating-drift-tube klystrons with the output cavity of one klystron connected to the input cavity of the other and vice versa. It is shown that 200-W oscillations at a frequency of 95 GHz can be reached by optimizing the coupling coefficient between the cavities and the loaded Q factor.     

Computer simulation of physisorption on a heterogeneous surface

The technique of molecular dynamics was used to determine the structures of krypton physisorbed on a simple heterogeneous surface. The solid was modelled as an infinite set of straight square-walled grooves cut into an otherwise flat surface. The computed local densities show that the atoms adsorb as one-dimensionally ordered rows near the walls of the grooves. This order decays with increasing distance from the walls. Also, the atoms adsorbed on the steps exhibit little order at the simulation temperature of 110 K.     

计算机模拟有阻尼的驻波振动

讨论了两列相向而行、振幅随传播距离增加而线性衰减的相干波叠加后的数学形式，并用计算机模拟了计算结果，得到稳定的驻波波形．     

Computer simulation study of a two-dimensional dipolar lattice

Summary The present work reports Monte Carlo calculations on a classical square lattice, consisting of purely dipolar plane rotators with identical dipole moments. Dipolar interactions are known not be essential for nematic ordering, but they can play a significant role in some specific cases; along the lines of the lattice model approximation already used in simulation work on liquid crystals, our system can be considered as an extreme case of nematogenic potential model. The system possesses an antiferroelectric ground state and, at higher temperature, it undergoes a transition to an orientationally disordered phase; comparison with the mean-field treatment of the transition is also reported. The structural properties were investigated by calculating orientational correlation functions, and found to exhibit some qualitative differences with respect to other potential models previously investigated for nematics. Simulation results indicate a close qualitative similarity with a three-dimensional analogue investigated in our previous work.

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Riassunto Il presente lavoro riporta calcoli Monte Carlo per un reticolo classico quadrato, costituito da rotatori piani puramente dipolari, con identici momenti. è noto che le interazioni dipolari non sono essenziali per l'ordinamento nematico, ma esse possono avere un ruolo significativo in alcuni casi specifici; lungo le linee dell'approssimazione a modello reticolare già applicata in lavori di simulazione per cristalli liquidi, il nostro sistema può pertanto venire considerato come un caso estremo di modello di potenziale nematogenico. Il sistema possiede stato fondamentale antiferroelettrico ed, a temperatura piú elevata, transisce ad una fase orientazionalmente disordinata; si riportano per confronto i risultati della trattazione a campo medio per tale transizione. Le proprietà strutturali furono investigate calcolando funzioni di correlazione orientazionale, e si è trovato che esse mostrano qualche differenza qualitativa rispetto ad altri modelli di potenziale previamente studiati per nematici. I risultati di simulazione indicano una stretta somiglianza qualitativa con un analogo tridimensionale investigato in nostri precedenti lavori.

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Резюме В этой работе предлагаются вычисления по методу Монте-Карло для классической квадратичной решетки, состоящей нз чнсто дипольных плоских ротаторов с тождественными дипольными моментами. Известно, что дипольные взаимодействия не являются существенными для нематического упорядочения, но они могут играть существенную роль в некоторых специфических случаях: в частности, в приближении модельной решетки, уже использованном при моделировании на жидких кристаллах, наша система может рассматриваться как предельный случай модели немтическочо потенциала. Рассмотренная система обладает антиферромагнитным основным состоянием и при высоких температурах она претерпевает переход в ориентационно разупорядоченную фазу; также проводится сравнение с рассмотрением этого перехода с помощью среднего поля. Исследуются структурные свойства, вычисляя ориентационные корреляционные функции. Обнаружено существование некоторых качественных различий по сравнению с моделями потенциалов, ранее использованных для нематиков. Результаты моделирования обнаруживают качественное подобие с трехмерным аналогом, исследованным в нашей предыдущей работе.

     

基于图论的便利店多元组合制冷系统热力循环的研究

文中在图论理论基础上,建立了便利店多元组合制冷系统的热力循环的数值计算模型,并在三种不同压缩机组构建方案以及使用三种不同工质的条件分别对压缩机组的性能以及系统各部件的制冷量进行了对比计算,通过对计算结果的分析选出了最佳方案并对比了各工质的工作性能。