Open cycle traveling wave thermoacoustics: mean temperature difference at the regenerator interface

In an open cycle traveling wave thermoacoustic engine, the hot heat exchanger is replaced by a steady flow of hot gas into the regenerator to provide the thermal energy input to the engine. The steady-state operation of such a device requires that a potentially large mean temperature difference exist between the incoming gas and the solid material at the regenerator's hot side, due in part to isentropic gas oscillations in the open space adjacent to the regenerator. The magnitude of this temperature difference will have a significant effect on the efficiencies of these open cycle devices. To help assess the feasibility of such thermoacoustic engines, a numerical model is developed that predicts the dependence of the mean temperature difference upon the important design and operating parameters of the open cycle thermoacoustic engine, including the acoustic pressure, mean mass flow rate, acoustic phase angles, and conductive heat loss. Using this model, it is also shown that the temperature difference at the regenerator interface is approximately proportional to the sum of the acoustic power output and the conductive heat loss at this location.     

双声源驱动热声系统声场调制研究

本文在回热器边界声场调制理论的基础上,考虑了两端换热器和谐振管变径的影响,推导出热声系统(谐振管和回热器)内声场与双声源复声压相关的声场调制关系式。理论和实验分析了双声源复声压对谐振管中的行波比率以及回热器中的声阻抗的调制,并给出通过复声压调制后的系统内声场分布图。对比结果表明该声场调制关系式的适用性,通过双声源复声压的调节,能调制出谐振管及回热器所期望的工作声场。     

回热器的热声直流模型及其应用研究

由基本的守恒方程出发 ,获得了能描述回热器存在声直流时的非线性动力学模型及由此而导致的非线性时均热力学效应。根据所得到的模型 ,考察了声直流对临界声功产生率温度梯度、回热器温度分布及其性能的影响     

Study of acoustic field modulation in the regenerator by double loudspeakers method

A model to modulate acoustic field in a regenerator of a thermoacoustic system by the double loudspeakers method is presented in this paper. The equations are derived for acoustic field modulation. They represent the relations among acoustic field (complex pressure p(0), complex velocity u(0), and acoustic impedance Z(0)), driving parameters of loudspeakers (voltage amplitude and its phase difference), and operating parameters involved in a matrix H (frequency, temperature of regenerator). The range of acoustic field is adjustable and limited by the maximal driving voltages of loudspeakers according to driving parameters. The range is simulated and analyzed in the amplitude-phase and complex coordinate planes for a given or variable H. The simulated results indicate that the range has its intrinsic characteristics. The expected acoustic field in a regenerator can be obtained feasibly by the modulation.     

回热器的热声直流模型及其效应研究

本文由基本的守恒方程出发,获得了能描述回热器存在声直流时的非线性动力学模型及由此而导致的非线性时均热力学效应。根据所得到的模型,考察了声直流对临界声功产生率温度梯度、回热器温度分布以及脉冲管制冷性能的影响。     

Computing particle velocity and intensity in diffracting systems

In a previous paper the authors have shown how it is possible to compute the acoustic pressure due to an axi-symmetric radiator with different boundary conditions. The technique involves the conversion of a double integral to a single integral by means of a geometric transform, and may be applied with the Green's function appropriate to each boundary condition.The present work shows how the form of the single integrals makes it possible to derive and compute both the particle velocity and the wave intensity. It has become apparent that the particle velocity must be described as an elliptic vector. A new concept, the ‘diffraction front’, has been defined as a surface in which there is no net energy transfer, and this has been applied to the evaluation of the magnitude and direction of energy flow. Plots have been made of flow lines and diffraction fronts, and also three-dimensional representations of energy intensity have been made for those acoustic fields in which pressure has already been evaluated.     

Irreversibilities associated with a rotary regenerator and the efficiency of a steam power plant

In the present study a number of expressions determining the irreversible entropy generation in a rotary regenerator are presented. Adding to them formulae: (i) concerning the efficiency of a steam power plant, (ii) describing heat transfer and the pressure losses in a rotary heat exchanger, a computational model has been obtained in order to show how these irreversibilities and the efficiency of a steam power plant depend on the design parameters of a rotary regenerator. Here it was useful to assume an air cycle i-s for flue gas in a steam boiler. The numerical results are presented mainly in graph form making it possible to show the results obtained clearly and to easily draw some conclusions. By first, varying the values of the rotary regenerator matrix height, distribution factor of regenerator flow area on the hot and cold sides, total leakage factor, distribution factor of total leakage on the hot and cold ends and density of gas mass rates flowing through each side of the regenerator, the dependence of the entropy generation rates on the above parameter values is demonstrated. The direct effects of changes in values of the above parameters on a normalized energy measure or irreversibilities and the efficiency of a steam power plant are then evaluated. Having these results presented in juxtaposition, some general and practical conclusions are formulated.     

天然气净化厂重沸器能耗规律分析

天然气净化厂的吸收塔、再生塔及工艺管道内存在多相流且伴随着相平衡、反应平衡、气液传质及能量传递等多个相互影响的过程,这给相关分析带来很大的困难.为了更好地进行工艺参数调整、降低净化厂的能耗,必须掌握各个运行参数的影响规律.本文以天然气净化厂的主要耗能单元——胺液再生塔为研究对象,通过HYSYS计算,重点分析了再生塔操作...     

Energy flow model considering near field energy for predictions of acoustic energy in low damping medium

The Acoustic Energy Flow Boundary Element Method (AEFBEM) is developed to predict the acoustic energy density and intensity of an engineering system. Up to now, the acoustic energy flow model has been used only for analysis of high frequencies or radiation noise because of plane wave and far-field assumptions. In this research, a new energy flow governing equation that can consider the near field acoustic energy term and spherical wave characteristics is derived successfully to predict the acoustic energy density and intensity of a system in the medium-to-high frequency range. A near field term of acoustic energy in spherical coordinate is added to the relationship between energy density and energy flow. But with the far-field assumption, this term vanishes, so the relationship between energy density and energy flow becomes the same as that of the plane wave. By considering the near field energy term without far-field assumption, the energy density at medium frequencies can be estimated. However, the governing equation has to be numerically manipulated for use in the analysis of complex structures; therefore, the Boundary Element Method (BEM) is implemented. AEFBEM is a numerical analysis method formulated by applying the boundary element method to an acoustic energy flow governing equation. It is very powerful in predicting the acoustic energy density and intensity of complex structures in medium-to-high frequency ranges, and can analyze interior noise and radiating sound. To verify its validity, several numerical results are provided. BEM and AEFBEM were compared with respect to energy density, and the results from both methods were similar.     

振荡流下回热器压降特性的实验研究

研制了一种简单实用的实验装置,用于振荡流回热器压降特性的研究。在活塞提供的振荡流作用下,研究了回热器孔隙率、长度、堆叠方式及温差对回热器动态压降的影响。实验结果显示,丝网型回热器的动态压降与回热器的长度及孔隙率几乎呈线性关系,而在相同条件下与丝网的堆叠方式无明显的关联;此外,回热器的动态压降随回热器两端温差的增加而增大,与温差变化方向无明显联系。本文研究的目的是为斯特林回热器的设计提供相关的实验数据。     

Energy streamlines for qualitative inverse scattering in fluids and solids

In time-harmonic acoustic fields, energy streamlines are defined as the integral curves of the power-flux density vector, averaged over a period. They provide a tool to visualize the details of propagation of energy. After reviewing the role of energy streamlines in the linear sampling method for acoustic inverse scattering, this work formulates a physical interpretation of the same qualitative method in the case of an isotropic homogeneous solid matrix. Specifically, it is shown that the linear sampling method results from conservation of energy along streamline tubes of energy flow associated with elastic waves.     

Dynamical energy analysis for built-up acoustic systems at high frequencies

Standard methods for describing the intensity distribution of mechanical and acoustic wave fields in the high frequency asymptotic limit are often based on flow transport equations. Common techniques are statistical energy analysis, employed mostly in the context of vibro-acoustics, and ray tracing, a popular tool in architectural acoustics. Dynamical energy analysis makes it possible to interpolate between standard statistical energy analysis and full ray tracing, containing both of these methods as limiting cases. In this work a version of dynamical energy analysis based on a Chebyshev basis expansion of the Perron-Frobenius operator governing the ray dynamics is introduced. It is shown that the technique can efficiently deal with multi-component systems overcoming typical geometrical limitations present in statistical energy analysis. Results are compared with state-of-the-art hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin finite element simulations.     

热声系统中回热器特征阻抗与传播常数的研究

针对本实验室一台声驱动热声系统,采用传递函数法研究声驱动系统中回热器的特征阻抗和传播常数.通过调节谐振管长度,改变回热器表面的阻抗,从理论上分析了回热器网络传输方程中的声传播常数、特征阻抗与系统网络元件中的阻抗、导纳和流的关系.并且进一步讨论有无换热器以及不同的加热功率对回热器网络参数的影响.结论有利于进一步量化回热器的网络参数.     

热声回热器结构频率的数值研究

介绍了声波在结构中的几种表现形式,综合考虑结构声传播过程中的色散现象会影响结构和流体的声耦合,将结构声理论运用于热声系统回热器内结构振动的分析。通过采用Ansys软件对回热器中薄板建立模型并分析其振动模态。结果显示:(1)回热器中薄板结构主要受弯曲波作用,振动时发生弯曲变形;(2)薄板振动模态的固有频率随板厚度减小而降低,随长度减小而增加;(3)薄板振动模态随阶数升高而趋于复杂,相应的固有频率值由数十赫兹发展到数千赫兹,包含热声系统谐振频率的工作区间。     

Use of principle velocity patterns in the analysis of structural acoustic optimization

This work presents an application of principle velocity patterns in the analysis of the structural acoustic design optimization of an eight ply composite cylindrical shell. The approach consists of performing structural acoustic optimizations of a composite cylindrical shell subject to external harmonic monopole excitation. The ply angles are used as the design variables in the optimization. The results of the ply angle design variable formulation are interpreted using the singular value decomposition of the interior acoustic potential energy. The decomposition of the acoustic potential energy provides surface velocity patterns associated with lower levels of interior noise. These surface velocity patterns are shown to correspond to those from the structural acoustic optimization results. Thus, it is demonstrated that the capacity to design multi-ply composite cylinders for quiet interiors is determined by how well the cylinder be can designed to exhibit particular surface velocity patterns associated with lower noise levels.     

Acoustic energy in non-uniform flows

The concept of acoustic energy is extended to non-uniform fluid flows. In general, the resulting energy balance equation exhibits acoustic energy production or dissipation within the flow, but in an important special case the production term is zero, implying conservation of acoustic energy. The acoustic energy equations used in classical and geometric acoustics are recovered from the general formulation by making the appropriate assumptions.     

低温蓄冷器流动特性的理论分析和实验研究 第二部分:阻力特性

交变流动蓄冷器流动特性的研究是高频脉冲管制冷机进一步实用化的重要课题之一。文中建立了热线风速仪的低温标定实验台和低温交变流动蓄冷器流动阻力的动态测试实验台 ,并在冰盐温度下和液氮温区进行了实验研究 ,重点研究了液氮温区蓄冷器交变流动的阻力特性 ,给出了充气压力、运行频率、丝网目数、小孔开度对交变流动蓄冷器阻力特性的影响。     

低温蓄冷器流动特性的理论分析和实验研究 第三部分:压降因子和摩擦系数

交变流动蓄冷器的压降因子和阻力系数对实际的工程计算、数值模拟及制冷机的设计有重要的意义 ,然而对低温交变流动蓄冷器的阻力特性一直缺乏系统的实验结果。文中给出了低温交变流动蓄冷器的压降因子及液氮温区交变流动蓄冷器摩擦系数的拟合公式 ,并为常温下的实验对比 ,对低温蓄冷器的设计提供了参考     

语音能量给手机供电的可行性分析

测试手机通话和待机的能耗,通话声波能量和说话气流能量,结果表明在现有手机耗能状况下,通话中的能量即使转化效率达100%也远不足以维持手机正常工作。有关说话声能为手机供电的报道不足为信。     

Thermoacoustics with idealized heat exchangers and no stack

A model is developed for thermoacoustic devices that have neither stack nor regenerator. These "no-stack" devices have heat exchangers placed close together in an acoustic standing wave of sufficient amplitude to allow individual parcels of gas to enter both exchangers. The assumption of perfect heat transfer in the exchangers facilitates the construction of a simple model similar to the "moving parcel picture" that is used as a first approach to stack-based engines and refrigerators. The model no-stack cycle is shown to have potentially greater inviscid efficiency than a comparable stack model. However, losses from flow through the heat exchangers and on the walls of the enclosure are greater than those in a stack-based device due to the increased acoustic pressure amplitude. Estimates of these losses in refrigerators are used to compare the possible efficiencies of real refrigerators made with or without a stack. The model predicts that no-stack refrigerators can exceed stack-based refrigerators in efficiency, but only for particular enclosure geometries.