An improved meshless numerical method (MPS-MAFL) is utilized to simulate single Taylor bubble rising in liquid LBE to study its hydrodynamic characteristics. The computational region is a circular tube in which the li...
An improved meshless numerical method (MPS-MAFL) is utilized to simulate single Taylor bubble rising in liquid LBE to study its hydrodynamic characteristics. The computational region is a circular tube in which the liquid is described using discretized particles by un-uniform grid scheme. The gas-liquid interface was approximately treated as a free surface boundary and nonslip conditions are applied on tube wall. Several simulation results and corresponding analysis including Taylor bubble propagation procedure, pressure distribution, velocity profile around bubble nose and in the wake region as well as in the falling film are presented. Some experimental results and CFD numerical simulations from other previous researchers are compared with the present study as validation. The simulation results agree well with both theoretical analysis and experimental results, which demonstrate the reasonable selection of model as well as the accuracy and reliability of moving particle method.
Through constructing micro-scale model, the kinetic of micelles in surfactant solution and the corresponding rheological properties are studied numerically by Brownian dynamics simulation. Rigid osculating multibead r...
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Through constructing micro-scale model, the kinetic of micelles in surfactant solution and the corresponding rheological properties are studied numerically by Brownian dynamics simulation. Rigid osculating multibead rods which can be connected at the endcaps are used to represent micelles. By analysis of potential and frictional effect, the force and kinetic of micelles in shear flow field are studied. The simulated results indicate that flexible micelles elongate along the cylindrical axis with addition of bending potential. As the persistence length increases, the characteristic zero-shear viscosity increases.
Turbulent drag reducing characteristics of CTAC/NaSal aqueous solution (CTAC had same mass concentration with NaSal.) were investigated in a two-dimensional channel of 30 mm height and 375 mm width, which was made of ...
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Turbulent drag reducing characteristics of CTAC/NaSal aqueous solution (CTAC had same mass concentration with NaSal.) were investigated in a two-dimensional channel of 30 mm height and 375 mm width, which was made of transparent acrylic resin. The measured drag reduction data were scaled up by using Hoyt's scaling method and were compared with other reported drag reduction data for different channel sizes. It could be concluded that both the critical temperature and critical Reynolds number at which turbulent drag reduction of surfactant solution occurred increased with concentration. There was a maximum drag-reduction about 60% for the measured CTAC/NaSal solutions. The Hoyt's scale-up method correlated well the experimental data for different channel heights when the SIS (shearing induced structure) was established very well in surfactant solutions.
In the petroleum refining industry, the fossil fuel used by the atmospheric and vacuum distillation units takes large proportion to the plant-self energy consumption. It is necessary to optimize the system for the ene...
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In the petroleum refining industry, the fossil fuel used by the atmospheric and vacuum distillation units takes large proportion to the plant-self energy consumption. It is necessary to optimize the system for the energysaving consideration. In this study, the exergy analysis method was utilized to optimize the gas collecting system. It is found that, the water bath furnace was a weak link, so we must improve inlet temperature of the fuel and reduce the number of excess air to enhance the economy of the system and reduce the exergy loss.
Electrospinning has been proved to be a versatile and effective method for manufacturing micro-scale to nano-scale fibers continuously. In this article, CdS/ZnO core/shell nanofibers were prepared successfully by the ...
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Electrospinning has been proved to be a versatile and effective method for manufacturing micro-scale to nano-scale fibers continuously. In this article, CdS/ZnO core/shell nanofibers were prepared successfully by the typical single-nozzle electrospinning, with subsequent simple thermal decomposition. The SEM and TEM results indicated that core-shell fibers with a diameter of 200-350 nm and shell thickness of 50nm were obtained when PVP/zinc acetate/cadmium acetate/thiocarbamide composite nanofibers were calcined at 480°C for 4h. The EDS analysis results showed that the core fiber is CdS and the shell layer is ZnO. Hydrogen evolution measurements from photocatalytic water splitting using the ZnO/CdS core-shell nanofibers as photocatalyst were carried out. The ZnO/CdS core-shell nanofibers demonstrate a much higher ability for H 2 evolution than that of sole CdS or ZnO. The highest H2 evolution rate was up to 354 μmolh-1 g-1.
Mass exchange network (MEN) is an important part of chemical process. Many methods have already been developed for MEN synthesis to increase the producting efficiency, such as minimizing material consumption, optimizi...
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Mass exchange network (MEN) is an important part of chemical process. Many methods have already been developed for MEN synthesis to increase the producting efficiency, such as minimizing material consumption, optimizing total annualized cost and so on. However, the energy utilization of MEN has scarcely been studied before. This paper introduces exergoeconomic analysis to MEN synthesis. The integrated analysis of energy and economic factors could provide a better guidance for production operation. The most important merit of exergoeconomic analysis is that the MEN synthesis can be further integrated with the energy exchange networks, such as heat and pressure exchange networks. Therefore, the feasibility of exergoeconomic method used in MEN synthesis is studied. A case study of water network synthesis is carried out to reveal the feasibility of exergoeconomic analysis in optimizing MEN. The optimization turns out to be a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problem because of the multi-objective and multiconstraint factors. Genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to get a globally optimal solution based on MATLAB program. The calculation shows that the result of MEN exergoeconomic analysis is basically consistent with that of waste minimization, with a little difference according to the energy and economic factors. Therefore, exergoeconomic analysis is proved to have a good performance in solving mass exchange network synthesis problems.
By using the shock tube facility, measurements on ignition delay times of propane/hydrogen mixtures (hydrogen fraction from 0 to 100%) were conducted for the equivalence ratio of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. Results show that fo...
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By using the shock tube facility, measurements on ignition delay times of propane/hydrogen mixtures (hydrogen fraction from 0 to 100%) were conducted for the equivalence ratio of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. Results show that for XH2 less than 70%, ignition delay time shows a strong Arrhenius temperature dependence, and the ignition delay time increases with the increase of the equivalence ratio. When XH2 is increased to more than 95%, the ignition delay times do not retain the Arrhenius temperature dependence any more, and the effect of the equivalence ratio is very weak. Numerical studies were made using the selected kinetic mechanisms and results show that the predicted ignition delay time gives a reasonable agreement with the measurements at all test conditions. Both measurements and predictions show that for X H2 less than 70%, the ignition delay time is only moderately decreased with the increase of XH2, indicating that hydrogen addition has weak effect on ignition enhancement. Sensitivity analysis reveals the key reactions that control the simulation of ignition delay time. Kinetic study is made to interpret the ignition delay time dependence on equivalence ratio and XH2.
Instantaneous detailed flame front structure of syngas turbulent premixed flames was investigated and compared to that of CH4/air flames. Results show that the flame front of turbulent premixed flames at high pressure...
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Instantaneous detailed flame front structure of syngas turbulent premixed flames was investigated and compared to that of CH4/air flames. Results show that the flame front of turbulent premixed flames at high pressure is a wrinkled flame front with small scale convex and concave structures superimposed with large scale flame branches. The convex structures are much more frequent than the concave ones on flame front which reflects a general characteristic of the turbulent premixed flames at high pressure. The syngas flames possess much wrinkled flame front with much smaller fine cusps structure compared to that of CH4/air flames and the main difference is on the convex structure. The effect of turbulence on the general wrinkled scale of flame front is much weaker than that of the smallest wrinkled scale. The general wrinkled scale is mainly dominated by the turbulence vortex scale, while, the smallest wrinkled scale is determined by the flame intrinsic instability. The effect of flame intrinsic instability on flame front of turbulent premixed flame is mainly on the formation of a large number of convex cusps structure propagating to the unburned reactants and enlarge the effective contact surface between flame front and unburned reactants.
Although much research has been conducted on investigating the flow boiling heat transfer of low saturation temperature refrigerants, there are few experimental data and theory about the flow boiling heat transfer of ...
Although much research has been conducted on investigating the flow boiling heat transfer of low saturation temperature refrigerants, there are few experimental data and theory about the flow boiling heat transfer of high saturation temperature organic mixture which exists widely in the petrochemical industry. To investigate the characteristics of flow boiling heat transfer of high saturation temperature organic mixture, experiments of glycol-water solution flow boiling in a vertical porous surface tube and a vertical smooth tube are conducted. Test tubes are uniformly heated by electrical current with a heated length of 2,000 mm. The mass flux in the experiment ranges from 500 to 1,500t⋅h−1 and the heat flux on test tubes ranges from 10 to 40 kW⋅m−2. The flow boiling heat transfer coefficients and two-phase frictional pressure drops of the two types of tubes are obtained and compared. The results indicate that: the flow boiling heat transfer coefficient in the porous surface tube is 3.8∼5.7 times of that in smooth tube and the pressure drop of the porous surface tube is 0.99∼1.007 times of that in the smooth tube. The physical mechanisms of the enhanced heat transfer characteristics of flow boiling in the porous surface tube are analyzed. By the regression analysis of the experimental data, correlations predicting the flow boiling heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of glycol-water solution within the error range of ±20% are established. The experimental results can be used to guide the design of heat exchange equipment using the porous surface tube as heat transfer elements under these test conditions.
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