Optimal design of a convergent-barrel cold spray nozzle by numerical method

A convergent-barrel (CB) cold spray nozzle was designed through numerical simulation. It was found that the main factors influencing significantly particle velocity and temperature include the length and diameter of the barrel section, the nature of the accelerating gas and its pressure and temperature, and the particle size. Particles can achieve a relatively low velocity but a high temperature under the same gas pressure using a CB nozzle compared to a convergent-divergent (CD) nozzle. The experiment results with Cu powder using the designed CB nozzle confirmed that particle deposition can be realized under a lower gas pressure with a CB nozzle.     

Extension of a combined analytical/numerical initial value problem solver for unsteady periodic flow

Here we describe analytical and numerical modifications that extend the Differential Reduced Ejector/ mixer Analysis (DREA), a combined analytical/numerical, multiple species ejector/mixing code developed for preliminary design applications, to apply to periodic unsteady flow. An unsteady periodic flow modelling capability opens a range of pertinent simulation problems including pulse detonation engines (PDE), internal combustion engine ICE applications, mixing enhancement and more fundamental fluid dynamic unsteadiness, e.g. fan instability/vortex shedding problems. Although mapping between steady and periodic forms for a scalar equation is a classical problem in applied mathematics, we will show that extension to systems of equations and, moreover, problems with complex initial conditions are more challenging. Additionally, the inherent large gradient initial condition singularities that are characteristic of mixing flows and that have greatly influenced the DREA code formulation, place considerable limitations on the use of numerical solution methods. Fortunately, using the combined analytical–numerical form of the DREA formulation, a successful formulation is developed and described. Comparison of this method with experimental measurements for jet flows with excitation shows reasonable agreement with the simulation. Other flow fields are presented to demonstrate the capabilities of the model. As such, we demonstrate that unsteady periodic effects can be included within the simple, efficient, coarse grid DREA implementation that has been the original intent of the DREA development effort, namely, to provide a viable tool where more complex and expensive models are inappropriate. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Titanium production in a plasma reactor: A feasibility investigation

The feasibility of producing titanium metal from titanium tetrachloride in a thermal plasma under equilibrium and adiabatic expansion conditions has been theoretically investigated. Free energy minimization and adiabatic expansion calculations to simulate a nozzle expansion were used to study the practicality of production. The crucial requirements for the production of titanium powder from TiCl₄ and H₂ appear to be rapid quenching of the plasma gas at high temperature (e.g., 3700 K) and appropriate reactant concentrations. Quenching of tire plasma gas and production of titanium powder can be achieved by adiabatic expansion through a nozzle. Preliminary experimental data indicate that titanium powder of approximately 5 nm in size can be produced in an argon plasma rising a nozzle expansion approach.     

VICON程序模拟氧碘化学激光器3维喷管流场的可行性探讨

 用VICON程序对化学氧碘激光器(COIL)喷管冷流场进行了3维模拟,得出的计算区几何较准确地反映了模拟装置的几何变化。主气流方向和副气流方向的分点数反映出了此2维平面内的气动特性,对不同流量的模拟结果对比分析得出穿透过度与穿透不够一样,致使主副气流混合不好。对带化学反应的情况进行了模拟,显现出副气流从喷孔出来后穿进主气流的马蹄形结构的变化过程,这些说明VICON程序可用来模拟研究COIL喷管流场特性。     

氮气喷出对管道瓦斯爆炸的阻爆研究

为探究喷出氮气对瓦斯爆炸火焰传播的抑制能力,设置三种氮气喷头布置方式来进行阻爆实验,采用的氮气喷出压力有0.1、0.2、0.3、0.4和0.5 MPa,爆炸开始后喷射氮气,爆炸结束后氮气立刻关闭。结果表明,单喷头距泄压口20 cm时,各压力下喷出的氮气都未能阻爆,但火焰在整个管道内的平均传播速度随氮气压力增大而减小;单喷头距泄压口35 cm时,喷气压力0.5 MPa下成功阻爆,其他喷气压力下未能阻爆;双喷头喷气时,喷气压力0.3、0.4、0.5 MPa情况下都能够阻爆,且喷气压力越大,火焰被阻止的位置越靠前。阻爆的实现,需要氮气在阻爆位置将管道截面上的预混气稀释到可燃极限以下,因而氮气量是影响稀释的重要参数。单喷头时,喷头距离泄压口远更易于实现阻爆。采用双喷头时,氮气区扩大,阻爆所需氮气压力、氮气总量比单喷头时都大为降低。

     

氟化氢泛频化学激光器高超音速低温喷管研究

通过建立一套氟化氢泛频化学激光器实验系统,介绍了一种新型高超音速低温喷管的结构及其实验参数设置方法;对喷管性能进行了测试,并将实验结果同数值模拟结果进行对比,找出了改善喷管性能的方法。由该喷管构成的激光系统已顺利出光。     

环形HYLTE喷管耦合段及光腔区流场的数值模拟

参考传热学相关理论,估算燃烧室的传热损耗分数及相应的平衡温度,确定了主喷管的入口参数设置。在此基础上,对环形HYLTE喷管的耦合段及光腔区流场进行3维的数值模拟,给出了F原子质量分数、静温、静压的空间分布,得到了光腔区各支谱线的小信号增益系数变化曲线。将计算结果与实验结果进行比对,光谱测量结果及移动光轴实验证实了计算模型的合理性。     

无加热氧碘化学激光器超音速喷管

针对氧碘化学激光器的金属喷管在使用过程中需加热保温且存在结构复杂、故障率高等问题,初步选择了几种可用于加工无加热喷管的非金属材料,并以kW级氧碘化学激光器为原型,以聚酰亚胺为例,对激光器运行条件下的喷管温度场进行数值模拟,以验证此种非金属无加热喷管的可行性。结果表明:与金属喷管相比,非金属喷管在不加热保温的情况下能够有效阻止热量传递,防止碘蒸气冷却凝结,满足激光器喷管的使用要求。     

An improved Sampling Strategy for the Measurement of VOCs in Air,Based on Cooled Sampling and Analysis by Thermodesorption-GC-MS/FID

Abstract

Reliable and comprehensive sampling methods are required to obtain accurate data for VOC concentrations in air samples. The major drawback of the adsorption tube sampling method, widely employed in environmental studies, is the fact that C₂ compounds are usually not trapped quantitatively.

The focus of this work was thus to improve sampling based on adsorption tubes packed with Molsieve and Carbosieve. To improve the sampling efficiency for the C₂ compounds, a cooling device, based on Peltier cooling was constructed, which could be operated at a temperature down to ?30°C.

Experiments under laboratory and field conditions were carried out to study the influence of the sampling temperatuie on the recovery of ethane and ethene as the most volatile VOCs. The results clearly demonstrate the need for a cooled sampling device for the analysis of C₂ compounds in air. Under the investigated conditions, the recoveries with ambient temperature sampling were only in the range of 38–46% for ethane and 33–59% for ethene respectively, in comparison to the cooled sampling device. These findings are only valid for the described conditions and can change significantly with temperature and concentration. A generalisation of the recovery is thus very difficult to give.

The use of the sampling device for a field study is reported, where samples were collected simultaneously at three different altitudes in a diurnal profile on the slope of the Schulterberg mountain in Tyrol (Austria).     

热脱附/冷阱聚焦/气相色谱/质谱法卷烟香气分析

利用热脱附装置(TDS)对烟丝粉末进行快速升温,模拟卷烟燃吸过程中蒸馏区的部分反应,用冷阱收集所脱附的物质,以GC/MS对进行定性分析.成功的分离出了有机酸、饱和烃、芳香烃、烯烃以及含氮、氧杂原子的化合物等系列超过100种有机化合物,并且还发现了典型的存在于环境中的化学污染物——邻苯二甲酸二丁酯.