Etude expérimentale du fonctionnement au sol d'une boucle diphasique à ammoniac en vue d'une régulation thermique en milieu spatial

Experimental terrestrial study of an ammonia two-phase loop for thermal control in spatial environment. This paper presents the terrestrial test results of a mechanically pumped two-phase fluid loop, using ammonia as the working fluid. The 600 W experimental set-up (main components, instrumentation) is described. The two-phase flow patterns observed are compared with several flow regime maps. The experimental results are in good agreement with the predictions of Taitel and Dukler. The condensation lengths and the mean heat transfer coefficients of the condenser are given. The friction pressure gradients of adiabatic two-phase flow increases with mass flow rate and quality. The wall temperatures and heat transfer coefficients of the evaporator show the influence of the liquid distribution on the heat transfer : it is better at the top than at the bottom of the tube and at the ends than in the center part of the evaporator. The best evaporation coefficients are obtained with high mass flow rates and low qualities. The results obtained show the good operation of the system.     

Phénomènes de glissement à l'interface liquide–solide

The problem of liquid–solid slip is described here, in a simplified manner. Today, several experiments have shown that substantial slip appears when a non-wetting liquid flows along a surface which is smooth on an atomic scale. This phenomena is characterised by a length, called the slip length, or Navier length, generally denoted by L_s. A number of experiments indicate that this quantity may be as large as several hundreds of nanometers. Numerical simulations also show the existence of slip in non-wetting conditions, but the corresponding lengths found here are much smaller than those found experimentally. A theory, based on the existence of a gas film of nanometre thickness has been proposed, but has not yet been experimentally confirmed. Experiments on this are difficult, and sometimes controversial. To cite this article: P. Tabeling, C. R. Physique 5 (2004).     

Inversion angulaire de l'équation de transfert radiatif pour un milieu semi-transparent purement absorbant en présence d'une contrainte physique

We describe two methods to inverse the radiative transfer equation for a non-scattering medium in the presence of a physical constraint by means of angular data. Both techniques are based on a preliminary structural knowledge of the solution. This qualitative information is performed by analysing the direct problem. Two classes of inversion methods are considered with respect to the topological behavior of the set of physically admissible functions. An example using numerically simulated data is presented to demonstrate the practicability of our approach.     

Identification du coefficient de transfert thermique sur la surface externe d'un échangeur de chaleur à tubes et ailettes planes en fonction de l'humidité de l'air,en l'absence de condensation

The following study, which is rather oriented towards experimentation, shows the influence of the humidity content of air on heat transfer. This first article concerns heat transfer between the external fluid (moist air) and the internal fluid (water containing glycol, whose thermal behavior inside circular tubes is well-known) in a heat exchanger of the same type as those used in automotive air conditioning (horizontal copper tubes and plane aluminium fins), in the absence of condensation. The most difficult part of this experimental work is the measurement and control of the air humidity, since one has to make sure that the measurement incertainties are not significant compared to the precision of the calculation of the heat transfer coefficient. The conclusion is that, for this type of exchanger, the heat transfer coefficient decreases with air humidity in the absence of condensation (dry wall). Some correlations have been developed with respect to the relative air humidity. An analog experimental investigation, but this time carried out in the presence of condensation (partially or completely wetted wall), is about to be completed; the obtained results will be communicated later on.     

Application, à un cristal de béryl,d'une nouvelle méthode d'étude par réflexion

The vibrational frequencies of beryl are determined from a measurement of the optical constants with a method utilizing reflexion from samples with and without an evaporated layer of an optically known substance.     

Facteur de bruit d'une chaı̂ne de cinématographie ultrarapide : application à la fusion par confinement inertiel

Inertial confinement fusion simulates in a laboratory the thermodynamic state of the center of stars, thus leading to the determination of stellar parameters. In order to reach that aim, high-speed cinematography brings up instruments specifically adapted to picosecond measurement, for which it is necessary to know the final precision. A model of the noise factor of the instruments under study is introduced and confronted to the experimental results obtained.     

Commande floue et thermique du bâtiment. Proposition d'une loi de chauffe adaptée à la régulation des bâtiments de type tertiaire à occupation discontinue

Fuzzy control and thermal properties of buildings: proposition of a heating law fitting the regulation of tertiary buildings with intermittence. In this article, we start with a general presentation of thermal regulation in buildings and of fuzzy logic applied to the control. Then, thanks to the numerical simulation of a building, we show why regulators based on the use of a straight line heating law are not adapted to the practice of intermittence. The command law we propose is based on fuzzy control. It takes into account both the exterior temperature and the thermal state of the building we estimate by means of the same function whatever the building. Simulating the opening of a window, we show that the closing degree of the regulation loop is very weak. The inference system incorporates constraints upon the conclusions which allow to do an off-line learning from the second week (respect of the open-loop) without any risk of obtaining an aberrant power because of a non-learned rule. The regulation we obtain limits considerably the disfunctioning caused by the open-loop control with intermittent regime. We conclude upon the interest of fuzzy control as regards to the temperature regulation of complex dynamic systems.     

Conductivité thermique des feutres de carbone,isolants à forte anisotropie: modèle de conduction par la phase solide

Uses of carbon felts for high temperature insulation are reviewed. Effects of raw material and fabrication method on the felt properties are discussed. The connection between the thermal conductivity λ and the other felt properties are analysed. Evidence is given for the existence of three hierarchized anisotropy levels of λ: crystal lattice, fiber and felt. The two directional felt conductivities — the longitudinal λ_L and the transversal λ_T ones — are modelled using a definite geometry of the felt texture and a previously introduced expression for the constriction resistance of a fiber/fiber contact. λ_T depends on both components of fiber conductivity : axial λ_A (assumed to be equal to the longitudinal) and radial λ_R. The geometrical parameters considered are: felt porosity, fiber tortuosity, aspect ratio (fiber width to heigth), fiber mean size, contact spot size a and relative frequency of direct interlayer crossing, U. The experimental validation is currently only approximate, since measurements of λ_R, a and U are not accurate enough yet.     

Thermo-frigopompe à absorption pour production simultanée de chaleur et de fraîcheur utiles

Absorption heat-cold-pump for simultaneous production of useful heat and coolness. A new absorption heat-cold-pump for the simultaneous production of useful cold (12 °C – 7 °C) and of useful heat (80 °C – 85 °C) is presented. The system operates with a couple of components with comparable volatilities, for example the following saturated hydrocarbons, butane + hexane, butane + octane, butane + decane, propane + octane. The working pair is separated in a rectification column. The components are remixed in a reverse-rectification column fitted with an incorporated heat exchanger. The COP and the exergy efficiency are presented for a number of modelized internal structures of the heat-cold-pump.     

Theorie statistique des alliages metalliques binaires liquides a l'aide d'une methode de groupes de sites—Analyse de l'ordre local: II. Application a des alliages présentant une courbe d'enthalpie libre de mélange dissymétrique par rapport à la concentration

The model proposed in the preceding article is modified as to explain the non-symmetry of the enthalpy of mixing. Studied alloys are supposed to be compound-forming alloys so that the local order is modified. The structure of the compound is assumed to be A₃B.     

Développement de lasers visibles pompés par diode à base de cristaux de Nd:GdCOB autodoubleurs de fréquence

We present the performances of a diode-pumped solid-state laser operating in the visible by self-frequency-doubling. A cw output power of 115 mW at 545 nm has been obtained in a stable concave–concave cavity by using a crystal of Nd:GdCa₄O(BO₃)₃ pumped by a 2 W high-brightness laser diode. In a plano–plano cavity, similar to a microchip laser, we have obtained, for the first time to our knowledge, an output power of 22 mW in the green.     

Mesures spectroscopiques de constituants et de polluants atmosphériques par techniques in situ et à distance,au sol ou embarquées

Infrared spectroscopy is a powerful tool for precise measurements of atmospheric trace species concentrations through the use of characteristic spectral signatures of the different molecular species and their associated vibration–rotation bands in the mid- or near-infrared. Different methods based on quantitative spectroscopy permit tropospheric or stratospheric measurements: in situ long path absorption, atmospheric absorption/emission by Fourier transform spectroscopy with high spectral resolution instruments on the ground, airborne, balloon-borne or satellite-borne.     

Étude numérique de l'influence du transfert radiatif sur la convection naturelle laminaire,bidimensionnelle, permanente,dans un espace annulaire d'axe horizontal,délimité par deux cylindres circulaires isothermes

Combined radiation and natural convection in a participating medium between concentric or vertically eccentric horizontal cylinders is investigated numerically. The annular medium is considered as a gray, emitting, absorbing, and isotropically scattering gas. The equations of steady, laminar, two-dimensional, thermal, natural convection are written by using a two-cylindrical coordinate system, the stream function, and the vorticity. The finite volumes method is used to discretize the coupled equations of momentum, energy, and radiative transfer. To solve the global nonlinear algebraic equations the successive-over-relaxation iterating scheme is applied. Numerical solutions are obtained for a Rayleigh number in the range 10³–10⁵ and radiation-conduction parameter ranging from 0 to ∞. The influences of radiation-conduction parameter, Rayleigh number and other parameters on flow and temperature distributions and heat transfer are discussed.     

Les études Séismologiques en Tchécoslovaquie de 1951 à 1953

Ohne ZusammenfassungRapport national présenté devant l'Association Internationale de Séismologie et de Physique de l'Intérieur de la Terre pendant la 10ème Assemblée Générale de l'Union Géodésique et Géophysique Internationale (UGGI) à Rome en Septembre 1954.     

Simulation des transferts de masse et de chaleur par modélisation à bas nombres de Reynolds dans un écoulement avec effusion locale en canalisation

The turbulence model developed by Lam and Bremhorst with low values of Reynolds numbers is used to simulate a flow between two impermeable plate walls. This model, corrected by Yap, is able to simulate flow inside the boundary layer on the part of porous walls submitted to the blowing. This model of flow inside a channel with local blowing is coupled with a model of transfers through the impermeable walls and the porous wall, and with the environment. The global model is validated by comparison between experimental results from the literature and those obtained by the authors from experiences carried out with the test facilities of a subsonic thermal wind tunnel.A simulation of non-isothermal flow inside a channel with local blowing shows the attractive way of wall cooling by blowing. The optimal injection ratio is found equal to 0.01.