The effect of electroosmotic and hydrodynamic flow profile superposition on band broadening in capillary electrophoresis

The effect of the superposition of electroosmotic flow and pressureinduced hydrodynamic counterflow on efficiency has been investigated for different capillary electrophoretic systems. Results are shown for 50 and 75 μm internal diameter capillaries at several voltage and counterpressure levels. Hydrodynamic counterflows were successfully applied in electrokinetic chromatography in order to delay the entry of a UV-active pseudostationary phase, tetraphenyl porphyrintetrasulfonate, into the detection zone allowing the separation of neutral nitroaromatics. The separations are based on the weak charge-transfer interactions between the porphyrin and the analytes.     

Modeling of a counterflow plasma reactor

Modeling of a counterflow plasma reactor is presented, using liquid injection for the synthesis of fine particles. An experimental reactor has been developed in this laboratory, and feasibility has been demonstrated for synthesizing advanced ceramic powders. The flow field calculations show two major recirculating regions which are of importance for increasing the particles' residence time inside of the reactor. In addition, the temperature within these recirculation zones remains relatively uniform. For simulation, water droplet trajectories have been calculated for droplets produced by an injection probe. It is shown that the droplets in a size range below 50 m in diameter will follow the streamlines and evaporate completely within a short traveling distance. This finding suggests that this reactor configuration provides a favorable environment for the synthesis of fine particles using liquid precursors.     

The Effects of CO2 Additional on Flame Characteristics in the CH4/N2/O2 Counterflow Diffusion Flame

The effects (chemical, thermal, transport, and radiative) of CO₂ added to the fuel side and oxidizer side on the flame temperature and the position of the flame front in a one-dimensional laminar counterflow diffusion flame of methane/N₂/O₂ were studied. Overall CO₂ resulted in a decrease in flame temperature whether on the fuel side or on the oxidizer side, with the negative effect being more obvious on the latter side. The prominent effects of CO₂ on the flame temperature were derived from its thermal properties on the fuel side and its radiative properties on the oxidizer side. The results also highlighted the differences in the four effects of CO₂ on the position of the flame front on different sides. In addition, an analysis of OH and H radicals and the heat release rate of the main reactions illustrated how CO₂ affects the flame temperature.     

对冲火焰流场的二维分布对层流火焰传播速度测量的影响

在φ=0.6～0.75的条件下,利用PⅣ测得对冲火焰的二维速度场,分析使用偏移中心线一定距离提取的轴线速度分布曲线所得到的层流火焰传播速度SOL与沿中心线提取的速度分布曲线得到的SOL之间的误差大小.实验结果表明,在弱火焰时对冲火焰速度场具有明显的二维效应.φ=0.6,偏离中心轴线5 mm时,相对误差达到33%;而φ=...     

Geometric properties of two phase flow in geothermal reservoirs

The two phase flow equations frequently used in geothermal engineering ignore capillary pressure, which results in a singular system of equations. Analysis of these equations reveals three mechanisms for altering saturation: local boiling, the spatial dependence of flowing enthalpy due to the convective transport of fluid, and counterflow. A scalar function is associated with each of these three mechanims. At each point in space, flows are essentially two dimensional, with gravity establishing a vertical hierarchy, in that volumetric, energy and mass fluxes can never point below a lower member in this triple. With increasing liquid saturation, the characteristics associated with the saturation equation move up from below this grouping of directions, and eventually may even point above volumetric fluxes. Finally, weak shocks and the associated entropy condition are considered. The characteristics of the saturation equation coincide with the velocity of extremely weak shocks, and saturation increases with the passage of a weak shock, provided the magnitude of the characteristic speed increases with saturation.Notation C_l liquid heat capacity - C_m rock heat capacity - C_v vapour heat capacity - G counterflow energy flux - h flowing enthalpy - hl liquid enthalpy - h_v vapour enthalpy - k permeability - k downward vector - P pressure - S liquid saturation - T temperature - dT/dP derivative at saturation - z vertical coordinate - l liquid viscosity - v vapour viscosity - Pl liquid density - _m rock density - _v vapour density - porosity     

Combustion mechanism of ultralean rotating counterflow twin premixed flame

In our previous numerical studies [Nishioka Makihito, Zhenyu Shen, and Akane Uemichi. “Ultra-lean combustion through the backflow of burned gas in rotating counterflow twin premixed flames.” Combustion and Flame 158.11 (2011): 2188–2198. Uemichi Akane, and Makihito Nishioka. “Numerical study on ultra-lean rotating counterflow twin premixed flame of hydrogen–air.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34.1 (2013): 1135–1142]. we found that methane– and hydrogen–air rotating counterflow twin flames (RCTF) can achieve ultralean combustion when backward flow of burned gas occurs due to the centrifugal force created by rotation. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of ultralean combustion in these flames by the detailed numerical analyses of the convective and diffusive transport of the main species. We found that, under ultralean conditions, the diffusive transport of fuel exceeds its backward convective transport in the flame zone, which is located on the burned-gas side of the stagnation point. In contrast, the relative magnitudes of diffusive and convective transport for oxygen are reversed compared to those for the fuel. The resulting flows for fuel and oxygen lead to what we call a ‘net flux imbalance’. This net flux imbalance increases the flame temperature and concentrations of active radicals. For hydrogen–air RCTF, a very large diffusivity of hydrogen enhances the net flux imbalance, significantly increasing the flame temperature. This behaviour is intrinsic to a very lean premixed flame in which the reaction zone is located in the backflow of its own burned gas.     

Bifurcation and extinction limit of stretched premixed flames with chain-branching intermediate kinetics and radiative loss

Premixed counterflow flames with thermally sensitive intermediate kinetics and radiation heat loss are analysed within the framework of large activation energy. Unlike previous studies considering one-step global reaction, two-step chemistry consisting of a chain branching reaction and a recombination reaction is considered here. The correlation between the flame front location and stretch rate is derived. Based on this correlation, the extinction limit and bifurcation characteristics of the strained premixed flame are studied, and the effects of fuel and radical Lewis numbers as well as radiation heat loss are examined. Different flame regimes and their extinction characteristics can be predicted by the present theory. It is found that fuel Lewis number affects the flame bifurcation qualitatively and quantitatively, whereas radical Lewis number only has a quantitative influence. Stretch rates at the stretch and radiation extinction limits respectively decrease and increase with fuel Lewis number before the flammability limit is reached, while the radical Lewis number shows the opposite tendency. In addition, the relation between the standard flammability limit and the limit derived from the strained near stagnation flame is affected by the fuel Lewis number, but not by the radical Lewis number. Meanwhile, the flammability limit increases with decreased fuel Lewis number, but with increased radical Lewis number. Radical behaviours at flame front corresponding to flame bifurcation and extinction are also analysed in this work. It is shown that radical concentration at the flame front, under extinction stretch rate condition, increases with radical Lewis number but decreases with fuel Lewis number. It decreases with increased radiation loss.     

甲烷-湿空气对冲扩散火焰中CO的生成特性

本文描述了HAT循环中CO排放的基础研究结果。为了澄清加湿和CO排放的关系,采用GRI-mech3．0详细化学反应机理,对甲烷-湿空气对冲扩散火焰进行了数值研究。对不同的空气含湿量通过改变进口预热温度调节最高火焰温度,解耦湿空气影响火焰的温度和自由基浓度效应,研究甲烷-湿空气火焰中CO生成的化学机理。计算结果表明在火焰最高温度相同的情况下,湿空气中的水蒸汽使OH基浓度增加、O基和H基浓度降低,从而抑制CO的生成。这些结果有益于准确预测HAT循环中CO的排放。     

Geothermal heat pipe stability: Solution selection by upstreaming and boundary conditions

In a geothermal reservoir, the heat pipe mechanism can transfer heat very efficiently, with vapor rising and liquid falling in comparable quantities, driven by gravity. For a given heat and mass flux that is not too large, there are two possible steady solutions with vapor-liquid counterflow, one liquid-dominated, and one vapor-dominated. Numerical solution of the equations for two-phase vertical counterflow displays intriguing stability behaviour. If pressure and saturation are fixed at depth, and heat and mass flux specified at the top, the vapor-dominated solution is almost always obtained. That is, for a variety of boundary values, the solution settles to the vapor-dominated steady-state, and only for very special values is it possible to obtain the liquid-dominated case. Similarly the liquid-dominated solution is almost always obtained if the boundary conditions are reversed, with pressure and saturation fixed at the top and heat and mass flux specified at depth.This behaviour is here explained in two complementary ways. It is shown to be a consequence of upstream differencing of the flow terms in the numerical method. It is also shown to be expected behaviour for wavelike saturation solutions. Hence the observed behaviour is not only a direct consequence of the numerical method used, but is fundamental to geothermal heat pipes.