Solar cavity receiver is a vital component in a solar power tower (SPT) system, where concentrated solar irradiation is absorbed, converted into heat and carried away by a kind of heat transfer fluid. The cavity recei...
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Solar cavity receiver is a vital component in a solar power tower (SPT) system, where concentrated solar irradiation is absorbed, converted into heat and carried away by a kind of heat transfer fluid. The cavity receiver usually suffers from the high-flux and non-uniform concentrated solar irradiation, which would cause local overheating, large temperature gradient and even thermal stress fracture of the receiver and bring challenges for the safety of its daily operation. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the thermal and mechanical performance of the solar cavity receiver. In the present study, a superheated water/steam solar cavity receiver with three boiling panels and a superheater was chosen as the physical model. An integrated simulation method, which couples the Monte-Carlo ray tracing (MCRT) method, the appropriate heat transfer correlations, the finite volume method (FVM) and the finite element method (FEM), was employed to simulate the complicated heat transfer process inside the receiver and conduct the thermal stress analysis for the absorber panels. With this method, the three-dimensional wall temperature and thermal stress distributions were gained both on the boiling panels and the superheater, and the causes of thermal stress induced by different temperature gradients were analyzed in detail. The following results were obtained: 1) The heat flux, wall temperature and equivalent thermal stress distributions all appear highly non-uniform on the absorber panels;2) The hot spots can be found on the membrane wall between the elbows of the boiling panels, which can easily generate the high thermal stress due to the large temperature gradient with their surroundings;3) The bi-axial stress at the outer and inner radius of the boiling tubes can be created by the large radial temperature gradient, and the thermal stress varies as a cosine distribution across the circumference of the superheated tubes, which is induced by the large temperature gradient i
Halide perovskite narrowband photodetectors based on a charge collection narrowing mechanism have emerged as a new class of optoelectronic devices for monochromatic imaging. However, improving the figures-of-merit of ...
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Halide perovskite narrowband photodetectors based on a charge collection narrowing mechanism have emerged as a new class of optoelectronic devices for monochromatic imaging. However, improving the figures-of-merit of such narrowband photodetectors remains challenging due to the inability to manipulate the major material players in the elusive photoresponse process. Here, a novel approach of manipulating ion migration to enhance the narrowband photoresponse of self-driven p-i-n type photodetectors is taken by intentionally adding mobile ions into the formamidine and methylamine mixed cation perovskite layer. The excess mobile ions reduce the activation energy of ion migration, and this facilitated migration orchestrates the ions in the perovskite layer to re-engineer the energy band, and thus modulates the charge separation and collection energetics and kinetics, leading to an unprecedented boost of the narrowband photoresponse. The photodetector based on this approach achieved a peak responsivity of as high as 112.41 mA W-1 at 820 nm at zero bias with a full-width at half maximum of only 22 nm and an over 3-fold improvement in the spectral rejection ratio, making it highly promising for the next-generation color imaging devices.
The effects of Mn loadings and precursors, catalyst preparation methods, incineration durations and temperatures, and the addition of Co and Ce on NO-reduction efficiency and selectivity (N2O formation) during the pre...
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The effects of Mn loadings and precursors, catalyst preparation methods, incineration durations and temperatures, and the addition of Co and Ce on NO-reduction efficiency and selectivity (N2O formation) during the preparation of MnOx/Ti-based catalysts were studied by micropore-size analysis (XRD, XPS, SEM, and FTIR), while considering changeable parameters. Meanwhile, the performance of low-temperature SCR of NO with NH3 over the designed catalysts was tested under various gas hourly space velocities (GHSVs), NH3/NO molar ratios, and contents of NO, NH3, O-2, H2O, and SO2 in a lab-scale reactor. Overall, the Mn(0.3)Ce(0.1)/Ti catalyst, which had high NO-reduction efficiency and selectivity (low N2O formation), was recommended, with the following preparation methods: ultrasonic impregnation;manganese acetate precursor;and incineration at 500 degrees C. Appropriate textural properties (high surface area and small pore and crystallite sizes), well-dispersed amorphous manganese (rather than crystalline) on the anatase surface (rather than rutile), abundant active sites, and long residence time are essential for high NO-reduction efficiency. In practice, NO-reduction efficiency decreased with increasing GHSV and the NH3 and NO contents;however, it initially increased and then became saturated with an increasing NH3/NO molar ratio and O-2 content. Water deactivated the catalyst to a recoverable state, whereas SO2 resulted in unrecoverable deactivation.
In this paper, the turbulent flow in rod bundles with spacer grid and mixing vanes in nuclear reactor core was studied using spectral element method with large eddy simulation (LES) and unsteady RANS (URANS) method. C...
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In this paper, the turbulent flow in rod bundles with spacer grid and mixing vanes in nuclear reactor core was studied using spectral element method with large eddy simulation (LES) and unsteady RANS (URANS) method. Combining with the radial periodical boundary conditions, the turbulent mixing phenomena in central subchannels were investigated, especially focusing on the flow field after the spacer grid and mixing vanes. Other than setting up long bare rod bundle to establish the fully developed turbulent flow, only a 2-cm-long bare rod bundle was extruded upstream the spacer grid and mixing vanes, while the fully developed laminar velocity profile was applied on the inlet surface for velocity boundary settings. The results indicate that both of the models could predict time-averaged velocity at 0.5Dh, 1Dh, 4Dh downstream mixing vanes properly, while the URANS model underestimate the root-mean-square (RMS) value of fluctuating velocity due to the inlet treatment effect. Furthermore, turbulent kinetic energy contour with transverse velocity vector was combined to investigate the behaviors of vortices formed by split-type mixing vanes, revealing the behavior of vortices for preliminary dynamic and mechanic analysis in design process of fuel assembly. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The alkali metal potassium has the functions of structure promotion and electronic modulation in metal oxides. Herein, diverse potassium precursors (KOH, KNO3, K2SO4, and KCl) were introduced to alpha-MnO2 nanorods th...
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The alkali metal potassium has the functions of structure promotion and electronic modulation in metal oxides. Herein, diverse potassium precursors (KOH, KNO3, K2SO4, and KCl) were introduced to alpha-MnO2 nanorods through a facile post-processing strategy. The presence of potassium species has a remarkable promotion effect on the catalytic performance of alpha-MnO2. Amongst them, the KOH/MnO2 sample has the highest activity and can destroy 90% toluene (1000 ppm) at just 226 degrees C with a reaction rate of 3.39 x 10(-4) mol g(cat)(-1) s(-1), which is over 20 times higher than that of pure alpha-MnO2. Different anions in the potassium precursors bring a distinct mutation in the alpha-MnO2 structure, promote the formation of MnO6-K-MnO6 bridging bonds in alpha-MnO2, and exhibit obvious diverse abilities for balancing charge transfer. KOH is identified as the most promising precursor for alkali metal modification, which significantly improves the distribution of K species over the alpha-MnO2 surface and strengthens the content and activity of lattice oxygen. It is confirmed that the lattice oxygen plays a key role in the catalytic oxidation of toluene over alpha-MnO2, which follows the Mars-van Krevelen mechanism. Positive hole defects (Mn3+) caused by KOH treatment play an important role in the diffusion of O and enhance the reducibility of manganese oxide. In addition, the enhanced specific surface area, pore volume, and surface acidity are also conducive for the catalytic oxidation of toluene.
For the safety analysis of sodium-cooled fast reactor, nucleation superheat is a key parameter impacting the boiling process. For liquid metal sodium, models of conventional fluids do not apply and although much resea...
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For the safety analysis of sodium-cooled fast reactor, nucleation superheat is a key parameter impacting the boiling process. For liquid metal sodium, models of conventional fluids do not apply and although much research has been performed, the basic mechanism has not been fully revealed. In this paper, by considering the effect of oxide layer and gas-liquid interface behavior in a conical cavity, the deactivation process and nucleation process were analyzed and a best-estimated correlation for nucleation radius was proposed. Taking the inert gas effect into account, the correlation was then used to predict the existing experiment data and good agreement was obtained. The results showed that there may be two types of nucleation due to the wetting property discrepancy, i.e. direct nucleation and the nucleation after interface movement, and the latter may be an explanation of the phenomenon of some data that the nucleation radius can be larger than the deactivation radius. It is also found that the ratio of deactivation radius and nucleation radius would vary with operation conditions and systems, and thus correlations should be employed rather than a constant value.
As concentrating solar power technologies progressively move to maturity, large-scale concentrating solar pow plants have elicited increasing attention. The thermodynamic simulation and economic analyses of a 50 M'...
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As concentrating solar power technologies progressively move to maturity, large-scale concentrating solar pow plants have elicited increasing attention. The thermodynamic simulation and economic analyses of a 50 M' parabolic trough concentrating solar power plant in northwest China were conducted in the present work. TI effects of meteorological conditions, including direct normal irradiance and ambient temperature, on the 01 design performances were investigated by simulation calculations. Furthermore, economic and sensitive an lyses were conducted based on the annual simulation. Results show that the back-pressure of air-cooled co denser fluctuated with both ambient temperature and power generation. The power generation of summer at autumn days would decrease by 0.53-1.38 MW for the rise of condenser back-pressure. The clouds mainly fected the molten salt level of hot tank in thermal energy storage. In the economic analysis, with the decrease the feed-in tariff from 16.6 C/kWh to 8.6 C/kWh, the maximum total net income dropped from 6.65 M$ 2.43 MS. The optimal design condenser back-pressure rose from 5.0 kPa to 5.5 kPa. Moreover, the optimal desil back-pressure of air-cooled condenser was not sensitive to the cloud effect in certain range, but the total n income had a sharp drop from 7.37 M$ to 4.95 M$.
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Wang, XiaojunLiu, YunpengChai, GuodongYang, GuoruiWang, CaiyunYan, WeiXi An Jiao Tong Univ
Dept Environm Sci & Engn Xian Key Lab Solid Waste Recycling & Resource Rec State Key Lab Multiphase Flow Power Engn Xianning West Rd 28 Xian 710049 Shaanxi Peoples R China Xi An Jiao Tong Univ
Sch Chem Xianning West Rd 28 Xian 710049 Shaanxi Peoples R China Xian Univ Technol
Shaanxi Key Lab Water Resources & Environm Xian 710048 Shaanxi Peoples R China Univ Wollongong
ARC Ctr Excellence Electromat Sci Intelligent Polymer Res Inst AIIM Facil Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
Highly-efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable carbon-contained chemicals possesses a tremendous potential in solving the energy crisis and global warming problem. However, the inadequate separation o...
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Highly-efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable carbon-contained chemicals possesses a tremendous potential in solving the energy crisis and global warming problem. However, the inadequate separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the unsatisfied capture of CO2 stay the chief roadblocks. Herein, we designed a novel photocatalyst for CO2 reduction by assembling three-dimensional graphene (3D GR) with a typical metal-organic framework material UIO-66-NH2, aiming to construct a built-in electric field for charge separation as well as taking advantage of the typical 3D structure of GR for maximizing the exposed absorption site on the surface. The performance evaluation demonstrated that the photocatalytic activity has been improved for the composite materials compared with that of the pure UIO-66-NH2. Further mechanism investigations proved that the enhanced photocatalytic performance is attributed to the synergy of enhanced CO2 absorption and inhibited photogenerated charge recombination, which could be owing to the better distribution and exposure of absorption and reaction sites on composites, and the redistribution of photogenerated carriers between 3D GR and UIO-66-NH2. This study provides a promising pathway to probe nanocomposites based on MOFs in environmental improvement and other relevant fields.
Molten Fuel-Coolant Interaction (MFCI) is especially focused in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) with the consideration of possible recriticality and predominant effect on resultant consequences. As the nuclear fuel c...
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Molten Fuel-Coolant Interaction (MFCI) is especially focused in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) with the consideration of possible recriticality and predominant effect on resultant consequences. As the nuclear fuel cladding material of SFR, kilogram quantities of molten stainless steel jet are used in the present experiments to study the fragmentation behavior when discharged into sodium pool. During the interaction between molten stainless steel jet and liquid sodium, the great differences in temperature, velocity and thermophysical properties result in violent sodium boiling, hydrodynamic instability and viscous shearing at the contact interface. The molten stainless steel jet suffers from significant fragmentation under multiple interfacial forces, which increases contact interface area to enhance heat transfer. However, the accelerated solidification of molten stainless steel jet at the contact interface greatly raises the criteria of fragmentation, conversely decreasing the heat transfer. In the present study, the sodium pool depth is varied to study the effect of the dropping height of molten stainless steel and inventory of liquid sodium on the fragmentation characteristics. The temperature variations in sodium pool are measured to estimate energy release during molten stainless steel-liquid sodium interaction. The resultant stainless steel debris is recorded and measured against debris mass with respect to size intervals for morphology analysis and size distribution. Furthermore, experiments with kilogram quantities of molten copper jet are conducted in the present study. The results with molten stainless steel jet are compared to those with molten copper jet and those with molten stainless steel droplets to distinguish fragmentation characteristics. According to the present findings, adequate fragmentation of molten material can be caused by increased relative velocity, high superheat and considerable energy release capability, enhancing heat transfer and
We report the design and synthesis of two kinds of amphiphilic Janus SiO2 nanoparticles, including polyacrylic acid/polystyrene (PAA/PS) Janus SiO2 and polyacrylic acid/polymethylmethacrylate (PAA/PMMA) Janus SiO2. Th...
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We report the design and synthesis of two kinds of amphiphilic Janus SiO2 nanoparticles, including polyacrylic acid/polystyrene (PAA/PS) Janus SiO2 and polyacrylic acid/polymethylmethacrylate (PAA/PMMA) Janus SiO2. The amphiphilic Janus SiO2 nanoparticles can effectively stabilize polystyrene butyl acrylate (P(St-BA)) composite microspheres, forming low-cost oil displacing systems to improve the oil recovery of heterogeneous and low-permeability reservoirs. Among them, the PAA/PS Janus SiO2 stabilized P(St-BA) are demonstrated with good injection, migration, and plugging performance, as well as high temperature and salt resistance. These advantages enable the system an oil recovery increment of 32%. In addition, the microspheres also present good enhanced oil recovery potential in heterogeneous reservoirs, especially for cores with a permeability ratio of 2.0. In principle, the oil displacement of this system is achieved by the synergic effect of amphiphilic Janus SiO2 nanoparticles and composite microspheres. This work thus provides a promising method for high-performance yet low-cost oil recovery improvement.
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