Critical Heat Flux for Downward Facing Boiling on a Coated Hemispherical Surface

An experimental study was performed to investigate the effect of surface coating on the critical heat flux for downward facing boiling on the outer surface of a hemispherical vessel. Steady-state boiling experiments were conducted in the subscale boundary layer boiling (SBLB) facility using test vessels with metallic microporous coatings to obtain the local boiling curves and the local critical heat flux (CHF) limits. Similar heat transfer performance was observed for microporous aluminum and microporous copper coatings. When compared to the corresponding data without coatings, the boiling curves for the coated vessels were found to shift upward and to the right. This meant that the CHF limit was higher with surface coating and that the minimum film boiling temperatures were located at higher wall superheats. In particular, the microporous coatings were found to enhance the local CHF values appreciably at all angular locations explored in the experiments. Results of the present study showed that the microporous aluminum coating was very durable. Even after many cycles of steady state boiling, the vessel coating remained rather intact, with no apparent changes in color or structure. Although similar heat transfer performance was observed for microporous copper coatings, the latter were found to be much less durable and tended to degrade after several cycles of boiling.     

A new approach in modeling of constant temperature boundary condition in thermal lattice‐Boltzmann method

The lattice‐Boltzmann method is being applied to a diversity of fluid flow and heat transfer problems nowadays. Because of its microscale nature, strict attention should be paid when introducing macroscopic inputs to the model. One of the challenging issues dealing with macroscale and microscale treatment is the implementation of boundary conditions. In this regard constant‐temperature boundaries are frequently used in energy transfer problems. Such boundaries are simply modeled in Navier–Stokes based solvers, but they are not so harnessed in lattice‐Boltzmann models. One of the problems is that the calculated tangential heat flux is not zero along such boundaries in most of the previous models. In the present paper, a model has been developed, which has the capability of controlling tangential heat flux along the constant‐temperature boundaries. It aims to set the heat flux nearly zero along the boundary in midplane grid schemes. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Thermal measurements using ultrasonic acoustical pyrometry

Reflections from geometric discontinuities can be used with ultrasonic energy to predict the temperature of an interface where classical temperature measurement techniques are impractical because of physical access limitations or harsh environmental conditions. Additionally, these same ultrasonic measurements can be used with inversion methods commonly applied to ill-posed heat transfer problems to increase the accuracy of the measurement of surface temperature or heat flux at the surface of interest. Both methods for determining surface temperature are presented, along with a comparison of results both from a verification example and using data gathered in a field test of the methods. The results obtained with these two methods are shown to be in good agreement with an empirical relationship used in the design of large caliber guns.     

MgF2对Mn4+掺杂锗酸盐红色荧光粉发光的影响

3.5MgO·0.5MgF₂·GeO₂∶Mn⁴⁺作为优异热稳定性和良好发光性能的红色荧光粉而被市场应用,然而,该粉体中MgF₂的作用影响机理尚不明晰,阻碍其性能进一步优化和发展。采用高温固相法制备了系列Mn⁴⁺激活的锗酸盐荧光粉,通过对比加入MgF₂、H₃BO₃(助熔剂),研究了该粉体的结构、形貌、发光性能等变化规律,阐明了MgF₂的发光影响作用。研究表明,加入MgF₂、H₃BO₃和不加任何助熔剂时的样品,其最佳烧结温度分别为1 150、1 250和1 350 ℃,上述温度下发光强度均为最佳值,其中加入MgF₂、H₃BO₃的样品在最佳温度处生成了纯相。MgF₂的添加,一方面同H₃BO₃一样作为助熔剂对生成纯相、提高样品结晶度起了积极的作用;另一方面,通过研究分析,确认F^-离子成功掺杂进入晶格,促使样品生成的晶体结构为Mg₁₄Ge₅(O,F)₂₄。加入MgF₂、H₃BO₃在最佳烧结温度的样品的荧光寿命分别为0.93和0.75 ms。     

冬季平原河网水体溶存甲烷和氧化亚氮浓度特征及排放通量

以长江三角洲上海地区和海河流域天津地区水网为研究对象,对冬季河网表层水体溶存甲烷（CH4）和氧化亚氮（N2O）浓度、饱和度及水-气界面排放通量进行了研究.结果表明,冬季我国平原河网水体溶存CH4和N2O的浓度值都很高,呈高度过饱和状态：CH4浓度均值为0.86mol/L（饱和度：758%）,范围在（0.043±0.001）～（25.3±9.32）μmol/L之间;N2O浓度均值为86.8nmol/L（饱和度：488%）,范围在（9.71±0.41）～（691±35.2）nmol/L之间变化.天津排污河水体CH4和N2O浓度显著高于其他河流（均值分别为38.4mol/L和88.9nmol/L）.水体溶存CH4和N2O浓度、饱和度存在很大的地区差异,上海河网的CH4和N2O浓度和饱和度均值高于天津河网.河网水体水-气界面CH4和N2O排放通量变化范围很广,CH4通量在（1.35±0.22）～（665±246）mol/m2h之间,平均值为24.1mol/m2h,N2O通量在（0.19±0.02）～（22.6±5.05）mol/m2h之间,平均值为2.28mol/m2h.相关分析发现,河网水体溶存CH4浓度与DO显著负相关,与NH4＋显著正相关;N2O浓度则与NH4＋和NO3＋NO2显著正相关.河网水-气界面CH4和N2O排放通量均呈现出市区高郊区和农村低的空间分布规律,污染严重的河流已显然成为大气CH4和N2O的潜在排放源.     

Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration of Reactive Black 5 from Aqueous Solution by Cationic Surfactants

Reactive black 5 (RB-5) dye was removed from a water stream using two cationic surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), via micellar enhanced ultrafiltration. Three membranes with different pore size were used for the determination of rejection coefficient and permeate flux of the solution at 1.5 bar trans-membrane pressure (TMP). The two surfactants (CPC and CTAB) played an almost negligible role in rejection efficiency with 5000 and 10,000 molecular weight cut-off membrane (MWCO), respectively. In this case, high rejection and low permeate flux was the result of a larger molecular size of RB-5 DYE being retained by comparatively smaller sized pores of membrane via ultrafiltration. However, CPC and CTAB surfactants showed 83% and 98% rejection coefficient, respectively, at a concentration greater than their CMC values against 30,000 MWCO. Permeate flux remained low and constant in presence of 5000 and 10,000 MWCO with a small variation against 30,000 MWCO for the two surfactants, thereby no appreciable effect on both surfactant concentrations on concentration polarization was estimated. Thus, RB-5 dye alone was determined to be responsible for membrane plugging or concentration polarization and ultimately for low permeate flux. The effect of trans-membrane pressure was also investigated during this study.     

On critical parameters in homogenization of perforated domains by thin tubes with nonlinear flux and related spectral problems

Let u_? be the solution of the Poisson equation in a domain perforated by thin tubes with a nonlinear Robin‐type boundary condition on the boundary of the tubes (the flux here being β(?)σ(x,u_?)), and with a Dirichlet condition on the rest of the boundary of Ω. ? is a small parameter that we shall make to go to zero; it denotes the period of a grid on a plane where the tubes/cylinders have their bases; the size of the transversal section of the tubes is O(a_?) with a_???. A certain nonperiodicity is allowed for the distribution of the thin tubes, although the perimeter is a fixed number a. Here, is a strictly monotonic function of the second argument, and the adsorption parameter β(?) > 0 can converge toward infinity. Depending on the relations between the three parameters ?, a_?, and β(?), the effective equations in volume are obtained. Among the multiple possible relations, we provide critical relations, which imply different averages of the process ranging from linear to nonlinear. All this allows us to derive spectral convergence as ?→0 for the associated spectral problems in the case of σ a linear function of u_?. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

纳米储能纤维复合过滤膜的制备及性能

以静电纺丝技术制备的同轴聚甲基丙烯酸十八烷基酯(PSMA)/聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PET)纳米储能纤维为支撑层,经聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)涂覆成膜和溶剂化处理,制备了一种低压高水通量的纳米储能纤维复合过滤膜(NFCM),其中以水或乙醇为凝固溶液的复合过滤膜分别记为NFCM@H2O或NFCM@EtOH.分析并讨论了不同溶剂处理方式对NFCM力学性能和表面形貌的影响,表征了膜的纯水通量和抗污性能,用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察了膜的横断面形貌.结果表明,PSMA/PET纳米储能纤维具有明显的吸放热行为,熔融温度和热焓值分别为36.5℃和10.7J/g,NFCM的熔融温度和热焓值分别为36℃和2.7J/g.NFCM的形貌结构、纯水通量和截留率与溶剂处理方式相关,NFCM@EtOH膜的水通量介于100~1400L/(m2·h)之间,而NFCM@H2O膜的水通量仅在40~220L/(m2·h)之间.NFCM的拉伸强度由初始0.925MPa(PVDF)提高到4.28MPa以上.NFCM中的相变材料对膜过滤性能有重要影响,并在过滤温度低于50℃时具有减缓作用.     

New ion exchange membrane derived from sulfochlorated polyether sulfone for electrodialysis desalination of brackish water

The purpose of this work is to study the desalination of brackish water using a new ion exchange membrane, made from sulfochlorated polyethersulfone (Cl‐PES), and crosslinked using aminated polyethersulfone (NH2‐PES) as a crosslinking reagent. This membrane, named ClNH2 membrane, has been obtained by reaction between Cl‐PES with 1.3 SO₂Cl groups per monomer unit and 0.2 equivalent amount of NH2‐PES. ClNH2 membrane has been characterized in terms of contact angle, transport number, intrinsic conductivity, and water uptake (as a function of temperature). Electrodialysis performances of the newly synthetized membranes have been measured using an electrodialysis cell at a laboratory scale and compared to commercial membranes. All the experiments have been performed using synthetic brackish water solutions prepared from sodium chloride salts with different concentrations (varying from 0.5 to 5.0 g/L). The concentration of different water samples obtained has been found to be below the amount recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for drinking water.     

混合熔盐法低温合成Sm2Ti2S2O5及其光催化分解水产氢

以TiO2、TiS2及Sm2O3为前驱体,分别加入LiCl-KCl与LiCl-CsCl的最低共熔混合物作为熔盐,在较低温度下成功合成了Sm2Ti2S2O5(STSO)颗粒。通过对比不同温度下所制备产物的X射线衍射图,首次表明STSO的热力学结晶温度在520℃左右,远低于之前报道的650℃的最低合成温度。扫描电子显微镜照片显示,采用2种混合熔盐制备的STSO都呈片状形貌;同一合成温度下,采用LiCl-CsCl熔盐制备的STSO的厚度小于LiCl-KCl所得产物。采用出射光波长大于420 nm的氙灯作为光源,在含有Na2S-Na2SO3空穴牺牲剂的溶液中,所制备的STSO颗粒表现出最高35μmol·h-1的光催化分解水产氢活性以及20 h以上的产氢稳定性。