Iron ore sintering is a pre-treatment technology by which orefines are converted into porous and permeable sin-ters,which are the used in blast furnaces.This process can be adversely affected by air leakage phenomena ...Iron ore sintering is a pre-treatment technology by which orefines are converted into porous and permeable sin-ters,which are the used in blast furnaces.This process can be adversely affected by air leakage phenomena of various types.As experimental measurements are relatively difficult and often scarcely reliable,here a theoretical model based on typicalfluid-dynamic concepts and relationships is elaborated.Through the analysis of two extreme cases,namely,those in which leakage is due to a small hole or a full rupture,a generalized hole-bed mod-el is introduced,which for thefirst time also includes a complete bed permeability equation and can deal with different leakage position conditions.The results show that the model can evaluate the influence of leakage on the system at one time and be used to calculate theflowrate and pressure drop.Notably,the obtained results are within a 15%deviation with respect to available experiment values,used for comparison.展开更多
An investigation of the characteristics of flowrate transientswithin slug flow was conducted in a large- scale outdoor testingfacility. The test section consisted of a 378 m long, 7.62 cmdiameter stainless steel pipe....An investigation of the characteristics of flowrate transientswithin slug flow was conducted in a large- scale outdoor testingfacility. The test section consisted of a 378 m long, 7.62 cmdiameter stainless steel pipe. Air and water were used as the testfluids. The response to a change of flowrate of either phase or twophases Was measured using a series of pressure transducers anddifferential pressure transducers. An increase or decrease In gasflowrate caused a pressure overshoot above the value at new steadystate or led to a pressure undershoot To form a temporary stratifiedflow.展开更多
In this paper,the collective motion of self-driven robots is studied experimentally and theoretically.In the channel,the flowrate of robots increases with the density linearly,even if the density of the robots tends t...In this paper,the collective motion of self-driven robots is studied experimentally and theoretically.In the channel,the flowrate of robots increases with the density linearly,even if the density of the robots tends to 1.0.There is no abrupt drop in the flowrate,similar to the collective motion of ants.We find that the robots will adjust their velocities by a serial of tiny collisions.The speed-adjustment will affect both robots involved in the collision,and will help to maintain a nearly uniform velocity for the robots.As a result,the flowrate drop will disappear.In the motion,the robots neither gather together nor scatter completely.Instead,they form some clusters to move together.These clusters are not stable during the moving process,but their sizes follow a power-law-alike distribution.We propose a theoretical model to simulate this collective motion process,which can reproduce these behaviors well.Analytic results about the flowrate behavior are also consistent with experiments.展开更多
For efficient utilization of a limited geothermal resource in practical projects,the cycle parameters were comprehensively analyzed by combining with the heat transfer performance of the plate heat exchanger,with a va...For efficient utilization of a limited geothermal resource in practical projects,the cycle parameters were comprehensively analyzed by combining with the heat transfer performance of the plate heat exchanger,with a variation of flowrate of R245 fa.The influence of working fluid flowrate on a 500 W ORC system was investigated.Adjusting the working fluid flowrate to an optimal value results in the most efficient heat transfer and hence the optimal heat transfer parameters of the plate heat exchanger can be determined.Therefore,for the ORC systems,optimal working fluid flowrate should be controlled.Using different temperature hot water as the heat source,it is found that the optimal flowrate increases by 6-10 L/h with 5 ℃ increment of hot water inlet temperature.During experiment,lower degree of superheat of the working fluid at the outlet the plate heat exchanger may lead to unstable power generation.It is considered that the plate heat exchanger has a compact construction which makes its bulk so small that liquid mixture causes the unstable power generation.To avoid this phenomenon,the flow area of plate heat exchanger should be larger than the designed one.Alternatively,installing a small shell and tube heat exchanger between the outlet of plate heat exchanger and the inlet of expander can be another solution.展开更多
Three-sphase flow invo1ving oil-water two immiscible liquids and gas which is often foundin the fields of petroleum production has been studied in this paper.A new method with thecombination of a horizontal tube,a dow...Three-sphase flow invo1ving oil-water two immiscible liquids and gas which is often foundin the fields of petroleum production has been studied in this paper.A new method with thecombination of a horizontal tube,a downward flow vertica1 tube and an orifice to measure theflowrates is presented.In this method the frictional pressure drop in the downward vertical tube isreplaced by that in the horizontal tube,the void fraction is derived from the gravitational pressuredrop,then the volume fraction of the individual phase can also be obtained.The individual flowratescan be calculated when the water fraction is known.This method is applicable for many kinds ofoil-wells to measure the flowrates of crude oil,natural gas and water.Compared with other methods,the presented method involves fewer measuring parameters.The experimental results proved quitegood accuracy of the method,with measurement deviation within 10%,and reliable results wereobtained under high Dressure conditions.展开更多
An experimental study on flowrate and stability of a type of control valve of 600MW supercritical steam-turbine was presented by measuring instruments of static, dynamic pressure and vibration in self-designed test ri...An experimental study on flowrate and stability of a type of control valve of 600MW supercritical steam-turbine was presented by measuring instruments of static, dynamic pressure and vibration in self-designed test rig. The investigation shows that flow coefficient is 30% up more than that of the control valve of GX-1 type used widely in domestic power plants now, as small-medium lifts. If the relative lift (h/D) is less than 20%, the valve can always work steadily in all the pressure ratios. When the h/D is between 20% to 24%, big vibration of valve stem occurs if the pressure ratio is between 0.7 to 0.8. When h/D is more than 25%, relatively great vibration happens in a wide range of pressure ratios of 0.4 to 0.85.展开更多
To address the control accuracy of large fuel flowrate during pressure fluctuation,a novel electro-hydraulic fuel metering unit(FMU)is constructed for afterburner fuel system of military aeroengine.Different from the ...To address the control accuracy of large fuel flowrate during pressure fluctuation,a novel electro-hydraulic fuel metering unit(FMU)is constructed for afterburner fuel system of military aeroengine.Different from the previous FMU,the proposed FMU can achieve the higher precision opening control by a new metering valve with double control chambers(MVDCC),and realize the lower pressure difference fluctuation regulating by a novel two-stage constant pressure difference compensated valve(CPDCV)with dynamic damping orifice and damping piston.The experimental and AMESim simulation results verify the validity and superiority of the novel FMU.Since the temperature-induced variation in fuel properties and device capabilities may degrade or even impair the properties of novel FMU,the discharge flowrate is analyzed by global sensitivity analysis to research the effect proportion of each factor,the temperature effect is explored to ensure the working reliability in long-span temperature variation.Finally,the optimization of structure parameters for novel CPDCV can further reduce pressure difference fluctuation during pressure regulation,and the overshoot,adjust time and the integral of time multiplied by absolute value of error(ITAE)can be reduced by 24%,30%and 26%,respectively.This paper provides a reference for improving the stability of large flowrate during pressure fluctuation.展开更多
As demonstrated by former work,the holed casing treatment can be used to expand the stall margin of a centrifugal compressor with unshrouded impeller.In addition,the choked margin can also be expanded as experimental ...As demonstrated by former work,the holed casing treatment can be used to expand the stall margin of a centrifugal compressor with unshrouded impeller.In addition,the choked margin can also be expanded as experimental results indicated.Moreover,the compressor performance,especially the efficiency,on the whole working range is improved.As shown by experiments,the stall margin and choked margin of the compressor are extended,and the maximum efficiency improvement is 14%at the large flowrate of 1.386.Numerical simulations were carried out to analyze the flow in the impeller and in the holes in the case of large flowrate.The results indicate that in large flowrate conditions,there is a low-pressure region on the throat part of the impeller passage,leading to the bypass flows appearing in the holes,which means the flow area at the inlet of the impeller is increased.The bypass flow can also contribute to the decrease of the Mach number at the throat part near the shroud end-wall which implies that the choked margin is expanded.Besides,as the bypass flow would inhibit the development of the vertexes in the tip clearance and suppress the flow recirculation in the shroud end-wall region,both the pressure ratio and efficiency of the compressor are improved,which agrees well with the experiments.展开更多
Nanoqiter flowrate measurements in micro-tubes with displacement method were performed and the effect of capillarity force on the accuracy was investigated through lab experiments and theoretical analysis in this arti...Nanoqiter flowrate measurements in micro-tubes with displacement method were performed and the effect of capillarity force on the accuracy was investigated through lab experiments and theoretical analysis in this article. The experiments were conducted under the pressure drops ranging from 1 kPa to 10 kPa in a circular pipe with a diameter of 50 pm, to give the pressure-flowrate （P-Q） relation and verify the applicability of the classical Hagen-Poiseuille （HP） formula. The experimental results showed that there existed a discrepancy between the experimental data and the theoretical values predicted by the HP formula if the capillary effect was not considered, which exceeded obviously the limit of the system error. And hence a modified formula for the relation, taking the capillary effect into account, was presented through theoretical deduction, and after the HP formula had been modified the error was proved to be less than 3%, which was permitted in comparison with the system error. It was also concluded that only by eliminating the effect of the capillary force in experiments could the original HP formula be employed to predict the pressure-flowrate relation in the Hagen-Poiseuille flow in the micro-tube.展开更多
Electrochemical drilling(ECD)provides an alternative technique for drilling multiple small holes in difficult-to-machine materials in numerous industrial applications such as for aeroengines.The value and fluctuation ...Electrochemical drilling(ECD)provides an alternative technique for drilling multiple small holes in difficult-to-machine materials in numerous industrial applications such as for aeroengines.The value and fluctuation of electrolyte flowrate can seriously affect the machining stability and hole quality in ECD.In particular,when drilling multiple holes,the distribution and fluctuations of the electrolyte flowrate in each channel could influence the uniformity of the electrolyte flowrate among multiple tube electrodes,thereby affecting the machining stability and the maximum feed rate.Thus,an eight-channel flow control system was developed to measure and regulate in real time the electrolyte flowrate supplied into each individual tube electrode.This paper proposes ECD of small holes with real-time flowrate control to improve the uniformity of electrolyte flowrate in each tube electrode and reduce the fluctuations in the electrolyte flowrate.In single-hole drilling,when the electrolyte flowrate was regulated in real time,the hole quality and machining stability were considerably better than without regulation.This is because the electrolyte flowrate remains basically constant,which stabilizes the flow field.Moreover,by considering the hole profile,it was found that an electrolyte flowrate of 200.0 m L/min can be acceptable for ECD of small holes.When the eight-channel flow control system was used in multiple-hole drilling,the uniformity of the electrolyte flowrate in each tube electrode was obviously improved,which led to a more stable process.Additionally,the maximum feed rate can attain 2.40 mm/min in multiple-hole drilling.Based on these findings,a matrix(5×32)of multiple small holes was successfully fabricated with a satisfactory diameter consistency,as the machining stability and machining efficiency had been enhanced.展开更多
Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS)for plant protection is becoming a common tool in agricultural field management.To avoid shortcomings of intrusive flowrate sensors including poor measurement accuracy and ...Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS)for plant protection is becoming a common tool in agricultural field management.To avoid shortcomings of intrusive flowrate sensors including poor measurement accuracy and poor anti-vibration ability,a non-intrusive flowrate measurement and monitoring system of plant-protection UAS was developed based on pump voice signal analysis.It is mainly composed of STM32 processor,microphone and signal-conditioning circuit.By collecting and analyzing the voice signal of the pump in the UAS,the monitoring system will output the real-time values of spraying flowrate and amount.An extraction model was developed to determine operation status and primary frequency of the pump based on voice signal analysis.Real-time spray flowrate can be determined from the real-time extracted primary frequency and the fitted correlation formulas of spraying flowrate under outlet area and pump primary frequency.The flowrate correlation equation of one certain pump from 4-rotor UAS 3WQFTX-1011S was obtained,the max deviation rate of fitted spray flowrate was only 2.8%.In primary frequency extraction test,the error rate of primary frequency extraction was less than 1%.In the 4-rotor UAS flight tests:the max deviation of operating starting/end point was only 0.7 s and the max deviation of extracted total operating time was only 0.8 s;the deviation of extracted spray flowrate was less than 2%,and the max deviation rate of total spray amount was 3.2%.This research could be used as a guidance for plant-protection UAS non-intrusive flowrate measurement and monitoring.展开更多
Lorentz force velocimetry(LFV)is a suitable non-contact technique to measure flow velocity and flowrates in electrically conducting high-temperature melts.LFV is based on the principles of magnetohydrodynamics:when an...Lorentz force velocimetry(LFV)is a suitable non-contact technique to measure flow velocity and flowrates in electrically conducting high-temperature melts.LFV is based on the principles of magnetohydrodynamics:when an electrically conducting fluid passes the field lines produced by a magnet system,eddy currents are induced within the fluid.The interactions of the eddy currents with the magnetic field generate Lorentz forces.Using LFV the counterforce acting on the magnet system is measured.Such a flowmeter consists of a permanent magnet system and an attached digital force sensor.The force recorded by the flowmeter is proportional to the flowrate Q and depends on both the electrical conductivity σ of the fluid and the spatial distribution of the applied magnet field B.However,in metallurgical applications,σ is often unknown or fluctuates in time as it strongly depends on both temperature and composition of the melt.In the present paper we investigate a technique called Time-of-Flight Lorentz force velocimetry ToF LFV.In this technique,the flowrate can be determined by just cross-correlating the two force signals recorded by two flowmeters which are arranged one behind the other separated by a certain distance D.Sensing the passage of the triggered vortices, this ToF LFV measures the transit time τ of these vortices.Then we recalculate the velocity V according to the relation V = D/τ.We experimentally and numerically study turbulent liquid metal flow in the test facility EFCO(electromagnetic flow control channel)using the eutectic alloy GainSn as a test fluid.Our experiments show that this electromagnetic ToF LFV is well suited to determine the flow velocity and flowrate.The experiments are accompanied by numerical simulations using the commercial program package FLUENT.展开更多
The prediction of the multiscale flow in the Knudsen pump is important for understanding its pumping mechanism.However,there is little research on such interesting multiscale phenomenon in the Knudsen pumps.In this pa...The prediction of the multiscale flow in the Knudsen pump is important for understanding its pumping mechanism.However,there is little research on such interesting multiscale phenomenon in the Knudsen pumps.In this paper,a novel numerical analysis method combining the direct simulation Monte Carlo（DSMC） method with the smoothed particle hydrodynamics（SPH） method is presented for simulating the multiscale flow,which is often encountered in the application of the Knudsen pumps.Validity and accuracy of the new method are given by comparing its results with that of the previous research.Using the coupled multiscale approach,the rarefaction and the temperature drive are studied,which are two main factors on the performance of the Knudsen pumps.To investigate the effect of rarefaction on the performance of the Knudsen pump,various pump operation pressures are compared.The flow characteristics and pumping ability at different rarefaction are analyzed,and the phenomenon of the multiscale flow is also discussed.Several cases with different linear or nonlinear temperature gradients are set to investigate the effect of temperature gradient on the performance of the Knudsen pump.The flow characteristics of the Knudsen pump such as the velocity,pressure increase,and the mass flowrate are presented.A unique phenomenon,the reverse transpiration effect caused by the nonlinear temperature gradient is studied,and the reason of the significant pressure increase in the pump channel is also analyzed.Since the multiscale gas flow is widely encountered in the microflow systems,the above method and its results can also be greatly beneficial and provide significant insights for the design of the MEMS devices.展开更多
Compared with the classic flow on macroscale, flows in microchannels have some new phenomena such as the friction increase and the flow rate reduction. Papautsky and co-workers explained these phenomena by using a mic...Compared with the classic flow on macroscale, flows in microchannels have some new phenomena such as the friction increase and the flow rate reduction. Papautsky and co-workers explained these phenomena by using a micropolar fluid model where the effects of micro-rotation of fluid molecules were taken into account. But both the curl of velocity vector and the curl of micro-rotation gyration vector were given incorrectly in the Cartesian coordinates and then the micro-rotation gyration vector had only one component in the z-direction. Besides, the gradient term of the divergence of micro-rotation gyration vector was missed improperly in the angular moment equation. In this paper, the governing equations for laminar flows of micropolar fluid in rectangular microchannels are reconstructed. The numerical results of velocity profiles and micro-rotation gyrations are obtained by a procedure based on the Chebyshev collocation method. The micropolar effects on velocity and micro-rotation gyration are discussed in detail.展开更多
Carbon dioxide flooding is an effective means of enhanced oil recovery for low permeability reservoirs. If fractures are present in the reservoir, CO2 may flow along the fractures, resulting in low gas displacement ef...Carbon dioxide flooding is an effective means of enhanced oil recovery for low permeability reservoirs. If fractures are present in the reservoir, CO2 may flow along the fractures, resulting in low gas displacement efficiency. Reservoir pore pressure will fluctuate to some extent during a CO2 flood, causing a change in effective confining pressure. The result is rock deformation and a reduction in permeability with the reduction in fracture permeability, causing increased flow resistance in the fracture space. Simultaneously, gas cross flowing along the fractures is partially restrained. In this work, the effect of stress changes on permeability was studied through a series of flow experiments. The change in the flowrate distribution in a matrix block and contained fracture with an increase in effective pressure were analyzed. The results lead to an implicit comparison which shows that permeability of fractured core decreases sharply with an increase in effective confining pressure. The fracture flowrate ratio declines and the matrix flowrate ratio increases. Fracture flow will partially divert to the matrix block with the increase in effective confining pressure, improving gas displacement efficiency.展开更多
Energy consumption of the fluid machinery network in a circulating water system takes up a large part of energy consumption in the process industry, so optimization on the network will enhance the economic and environ...Energy consumption of the fluid machinery network in a circulating water system takes up a large part of energy consumption in the process industry, so optimization on the network will enhance the economic and environmental performance of the industry. In this paper, a synthesis approach is proposed to obtain the optimal network structure. The effective height curves are used as tools to perform energy analysis, so that the potential placement of water turbines and auxiliary pumps can be determined with energy benefit. Then economic optimization is carried out, by the mathematical model with the total cost as the objective function, to identify the branches for water turbines and auxiliary pumps with economic benefit. In this way, the optimal fluid machinery network structure can be obtained. The results of case study indicate that the proposed synthesis approach to optimize the fluid machinery network will obtain more remarkable benefits on economy, compared to optimizing only the water turbine network or pump network. The results under different flowrates of circulating water reveal that using a water turbine to recover power or adding an auxiliary pump to save energy in branches are only suitable to the flowrate in a certain range.展开更多
For N-component distillation(N≥3),consolidation between different column sections is an inevitable manipulation when synthesizing complex distillation configurations.In the consolidation,the idiomatic vapor balance(I...For N-component distillation(N≥3),consolidation between different column sections is an inevitable manipulation when synthesizing complex distillation configurations.In the consolidation,the idiomatic vapor balance(IVB)rule,in which the larger vapor flowrate in the two columns before consolidation will be chosen as the balanced vapor flowrate at the consolidation point,has been widely used.However,the applicability of the IVB rule has not been verified,which is of essential importance to the accuracy of the distillation configuration synthesis.In the present study,the applicability of the IVB rule to distillation column consolidation was systematically explored by rigorous method for the first time.First,the separation of ideal and non-ideal three-component mixtures with variable compositions was studied,and the optimized configurations before and after consolidation were determined by a rigorous method.The results indicated that for the separation of an ideal mixture,the IVB rule was applicable for the whole composition range,while for the separation of a non-ideal mixture,the IVB rule was only applicable for very limited composition range.Finally,two cases of synthesizing distillation configurations for the separation of non-ideal mixtures were studied to verify the remarkable deviations the IVB rule may cause.The results indicated that the applicability of the shortcut method using the IVB rule to the distillation configuration synthesis depended on the composition of the non-ideal mixture,and a remarkable error might result and the truly optimal configuration might be missed if the IVB rule is applied to a non-ideal mixture.展开更多
Blockage in water-dominated flow pipelines due to hydrate reformation has been suggested as a potential safety issue during the hydrate production.In this work,flow velocity-dependent hydrate formation features are in...Blockage in water-dominated flow pipelines due to hydrate reformation has been suggested as a potential safety issue during the hydrate production.In this work,flow velocity-dependent hydrate formation features are investigated in a fluid circulation system with a total length of 39 m.A 9-m section pipe is transparent consisted of two complete rectangular loops.By means of pressurization with gas-saturated water,the system can gradually reach the equilibrium conditions.The result shows that the hydrates are delayed to appear as floccules or thin films covering the methane bubbles.When the circulation velocity is below 750 rpm,hydrate is finally deposited as a“hydrate bed”at upmost of inner wall,narrowing the flow channel of the pipeline.Nevertheless,no plugging is observed during all the experimental runs.The five stages of hydrate deposition are proposed based on the experimental results.It is also revealed that a higher driving pressure is needed at a lower flow rate.The driving force of hydrate formation from gas and water obtained by melting hydrate is higher than that from fresh water with no previous hydrate history.The authors hope that this work will be beneficial for the flow assurance of the following oceanic field hydrate recovery trials.展开更多
mouth occlusion pressure (P<sub>0.1</sub>) rather than inspiratory ventilation （V<sub>1</sub>）and mean inspiratory airflow （（?）） was used for expounding the mechanism of indi-vidual hypox...mouth occlusion pressure (P<sub>0.1</sub>) rather than inspiratory ventilation （V<sub>1</sub>）and mean inspiratory airflow （（?）） was used for expounding the mechanism of indi-vidual hypoxic sensitivity.Eighteen young healthy male subjects participated inthe experiment of progressive isocapnic hypoxia produced by rebreathing method.The results showed that there were significantly linear relationship （P【0.01） be-tween V<sub>1</sub> and P<sub>0.1</sub>,as well as （?） and P<sub>0.1</sub> during the hypoxic loading of twoend-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (P<sub>ETCO<sub>2</sub></sub> levels,4.3 and 5.9kPa.Ventilation in-creased with progressive hypoxia.Therefore,they all represent the useful indexesof inspiratory drive.P<sub>0.1</sub> is more sensitive than V<sub>1</sub> and （?） because it isindependent of pulmonary mechanics.展开更多
Based on the comprehensive forces balance model, a modified model of the formation of a single bub-ble in non-Newtonian fluid under constant flowrate was developed by taking account of the effect of the ingoing gas th...Based on the comprehensive forces balance model, a modified model of the formation of a single bub-ble in non-Newtonian fluid under constant flowrate was developed by taking account of the effect of the ingoing gas through orifice as well as its variation on the radial expansion of bubble. The modified model involves the radial expansion equation of bubble surface and the forces balance equation in vertical direction of the bubble respec-tively. The shape variation of bubbles formed in polyacrylamide (PAM) aqueous solutions under various conditions was predicted numerically. The practical formation of bubbles was real-time visualized and recorded by a CCD camera and a computer by means of a special laser image measurement system. Results show that the predicted shapes of the bubbles by the present model agree well with experimental observation.展开更多
文摘Iron ore sintering is a pre-treatment technology by which orefines are converted into porous and permeable sin-ters,which are the used in blast furnaces.This process can be adversely affected by air leakage phenomena of various types.As experimental measurements are relatively difficult and often scarcely reliable,here a theoretical model based on typicalfluid-dynamic concepts and relationships is elaborated.Through the analysis of two extreme cases,namely,those in which leakage is due to a small hole or a full rupture,a generalized hole-bed mod-el is introduced,which for thefirst time also includes a complete bed permeability equation and can deal with different leakage position conditions.The results show that the model can evaluate the influence of leakage on the system at one time and be used to calculate theflowrate and pressure drop.Notably,the obtained results are within a 15%deviation with respect to available experiment values,used for comparison.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.59995462) and the National Science Foundation of China for distinguished Young Scientists (No. 59725616).
文摘An investigation of the characteristics of flowrate transientswithin slug flow was conducted in a large- scale outdoor testingfacility. The test section consisted of a 378 m long, 7.62 cmdiameter stainless steel pipe. Air and water were used as the testfluids. The response to a change of flowrate of either phase or twophases Was measured using a series of pressure transducers anddifferential pressure transducers. An increase or decrease In gasflowrate caused a pressure overshoot above the value at new steadystate or led to a pressure undershoot To form a temporary stratifiedflow.
基金Project supported by the Key Research and Development Program,China(Grant No.2016YFC0802508)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11672289 and 11422221)
文摘In this paper,the collective motion of self-driven robots is studied experimentally and theoretically.In the channel,the flowrate of robots increases with the density linearly,even if the density of the robots tends to 1.0.There is no abrupt drop in the flowrate,similar to the collective motion of ants.We find that the robots will adjust their velocities by a serial of tiny collisions.The speed-adjustment will affect both robots involved in the collision,and will help to maintain a nearly uniform velocity for the robots.As a result,the flowrate drop will disappear.In the motion,the robots neither gather together nor scatter completely.Instead,they form some clusters to move together.These clusters are not stable during the moving process,but their sizes follow a power-law-alike distribution.We propose a theoretical model to simulate this collective motion process,which can reproduce these behaviors well.Analytic results about the flowrate behavior are also consistent with experiments.
基金Project (2012AA053001) supported by High-tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘For efficient utilization of a limited geothermal resource in practical projects,the cycle parameters were comprehensively analyzed by combining with the heat transfer performance of the plate heat exchanger,with a variation of flowrate of R245 fa.The influence of working fluid flowrate on a 500 W ORC system was investigated.Adjusting the working fluid flowrate to an optimal value results in the most efficient heat transfer and hence the optimal heat transfer parameters of the plate heat exchanger can be determined.Therefore,for the ORC systems,optimal working fluid flowrate should be controlled.Using different temperature hot water as the heat source,it is found that the optimal flowrate increases by 6-10 L/h with 5 ℃ increment of hot water inlet temperature.During experiment,lower degree of superheat of the working fluid at the outlet the plate heat exchanger may lead to unstable power generation.It is considered that the plate heat exchanger has a compact construction which makes its bulk so small that liquid mixture causes the unstable power generation.To avoid this phenomenon,the flow area of plate heat exchanger should be larger than the designed one.Alternatively,installing a small shell and tube heat exchanger between the outlet of plate heat exchanger and the inlet of expander can be another solution.
文摘Three-sphase flow invo1ving oil-water two immiscible liquids and gas which is often foundin the fields of petroleum production has been studied in this paper.A new method with thecombination of a horizontal tube,a downward flow vertica1 tube and an orifice to measure theflowrates is presented.In this method the frictional pressure drop in the downward vertical tube isreplaced by that in the horizontal tube,the void fraction is derived from the gravitational pressuredrop,then the volume fraction of the individual phase can also be obtained.The individual flowratescan be calculated when the water fraction is known.This method is applicable for many kinds ofoil-wells to measure the flowrates of crude oil,natural gas and water.Compared with other methods,the presented method involves fewer measuring parameters.The experimental results proved quitegood accuracy of the method,with measurement deviation within 10%,and reliable results wereobtained under high Dressure conditions.
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China (No503360501,50323001)
文摘An experimental study on flowrate and stability of a type of control valve of 600MW supercritical steam-turbine was presented by measuring instruments of static, dynamic pressure and vibration in self-designed test rig. The investigation shows that flow coefficient is 30% up more than that of the control valve of GX-1 type used widely in domestic power plants now, as small-medium lifts. If the relative lift (h/D) is less than 20%, the valve can always work steadily in all the pressure ratios. When the h/D is between 20% to 24%, big vibration of valve stem occurs if the pressure ratio is between 0.7 to 0.8. When h/D is more than 25%, relatively great vibration happens in a wide range of pressure ratios of 0.4 to 0.85.
基金co-supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2014CB046403)the National Science and Technology Major Project(2017-V-0015-0067)。
文摘To address the control accuracy of large fuel flowrate during pressure fluctuation,a novel electro-hydraulic fuel metering unit(FMU)is constructed for afterburner fuel system of military aeroengine.Different from the previous FMU,the proposed FMU can achieve the higher precision opening control by a new metering valve with double control chambers(MVDCC),and realize the lower pressure difference fluctuation regulating by a novel two-stage constant pressure difference compensated valve(CPDCV)with dynamic damping orifice and damping piston.The experimental and AMESim simulation results verify the validity and superiority of the novel FMU.Since the temperature-induced variation in fuel properties and device capabilities may degrade or even impair the properties of novel FMU,the discharge flowrate is analyzed by global sensitivity analysis to research the effect proportion of each factor,the temperature effect is explored to ensure the working reliability in long-span temperature variation.Finally,the optimization of structure parameters for novel CPDCV can further reduce pressure difference fluctuation during pressure regulation,and the overshoot,adjust time and the integral of time multiplied by absolute value of error(ITAE)can be reduced by 24%,30%and 26%,respectively.This paper provides a reference for improving the stability of large flowrate during pressure fluctuation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50776056)the High Technology Research and Development Program of China("863"Program)(Grant No. 2009AA05Z201)
文摘As demonstrated by former work,the holed casing treatment can be used to expand the stall margin of a centrifugal compressor with unshrouded impeller.In addition,the choked margin can also be expanded as experimental results indicated.Moreover,the compressor performance,especially the efficiency,on the whole working range is improved.As shown by experiments,the stall margin and choked margin of the compressor are extended,and the maximum efficiency improvement is 14%at the large flowrate of 1.386.Numerical simulations were carried out to analyze the flow in the impeller and in the holes in the case of large flowrate.The results indicate that in large flowrate conditions,there is a low-pressure region on the throat part of the impeller passage,leading to the bypass flows appearing in the holes,which means the flow area at the inlet of the impeller is increased.The bypass flow can also contribute to the decrease of the Mach number at the throat part near the shroud end-wall which implies that the choked margin is expanded.Besides,as the bypass flow would inhibit the development of the vertexes in the tip clearance and suppress the flow recirculation in the shroud end-wall region,both the pressure ratio and efficiency of the compressor are improved,which agrees well with the experiments.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10272107)Major Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No. KJCX2-SW-L2).
文摘Nanoqiter flowrate measurements in micro-tubes with displacement method were performed and the effect of capillarity force on the accuracy was investigated through lab experiments and theoretical analysis in this article. The experiments were conducted under the pressure drops ranging from 1 kPa to 10 kPa in a circular pipe with a diameter of 50 pm, to give the pressure-flowrate （P-Q） relation and verify the applicability of the classical Hagen-Poiseuille （HP） formula. The experimental results showed that there existed a discrepancy between the experimental data and the theoretical values predicted by the HP formula if the capillary effect was not considered, which exceeded obviously the limit of the system error. And hence a modified formula for the relation, taking the capillary effect into account, was presented through theoretical deduction, and after the HP formula had been modified the error was proved to be less than 3%, which was permitted in comparison with the system error. It was also concluded that only by eliminating the effect of the capillary force in experiments could the original HP formula be employed to predict the pressure-flowrate relation in the Hagen-Poiseuille flow in the micro-tube.
基金supported by the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province(No.U1601201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Creative Research Groups(No.51921003)。
文摘Electrochemical drilling(ECD)provides an alternative technique for drilling multiple small holes in difficult-to-machine materials in numerous industrial applications such as for aeroengines.The value and fluctuation of electrolyte flowrate can seriously affect the machining stability and hole quality in ECD.In particular,when drilling multiple holes,the distribution and fluctuations of the electrolyte flowrate in each channel could influence the uniformity of the electrolyte flowrate among multiple tube electrodes,thereby affecting the machining stability and the maximum feed rate.Thus,an eight-channel flow control system was developed to measure and regulate in real time the electrolyte flowrate supplied into each individual tube electrode.This paper proposes ECD of small holes with real-time flowrate control to improve the uniformity of electrolyte flowrate in each tube electrode and reduce the fluctuations in the electrolyte flowrate.In single-hole drilling,when the electrolyte flowrate was regulated in real time,the hole quality and machining stability were considerably better than without regulation.This is because the electrolyte flowrate remains basically constant,which stabilizes the flow field.Moreover,by considering the hole profile,it was found that an electrolyte flowrate of 200.0 m L/min can be acceptable for ECD of small holes.When the eight-channel flow control system was used in multiple-hole drilling,the uniformity of the electrolyte flowrate in each tube electrode was obviously improved,which led to a more stable process.Additionally,the maximum feed rate can attain 2.40 mm/min in multiple-hole drilling.Based on these findings,a matrix(5×32)of multiple small holes was successfully fabricated with a satisfactory diameter consistency,as the machining stability and machining efficiency had been enhanced.
基金The research was supported by National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFD0701000,2018YFD0200900)China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(Grant No.CARS-12)Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fundamental Research Funds(Grant No.SR201903).
文摘Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS)for plant protection is becoming a common tool in agricultural field management.To avoid shortcomings of intrusive flowrate sensors including poor measurement accuracy and poor anti-vibration ability,a non-intrusive flowrate measurement and monitoring system of plant-protection UAS was developed based on pump voice signal analysis.It is mainly composed of STM32 processor,microphone and signal-conditioning circuit.By collecting and analyzing the voice signal of the pump in the UAS,the monitoring system will output the real-time values of spraying flowrate and amount.An extraction model was developed to determine operation status and primary frequency of the pump based on voice signal analysis.Real-time spray flowrate can be determined from the real-time extracted primary frequency and the fitted correlation formulas of spraying flowrate under outlet area and pump primary frequency.The flowrate correlation equation of one certain pump from 4-rotor UAS 3WQFTX-1011S was obtained,the max deviation rate of fitted spray flowrate was only 2.8%.In primary frequency extraction test,the error rate of primary frequency extraction was less than 1%.In the 4-rotor UAS flight tests:the max deviation of operating starting/end point was only 0.7 s and the max deviation of extracted total operating time was only 0.8 s;the deviation of extracted spray flowrate was less than 2%,and the max deviation rate of total spray amount was 3.2%.This research could be used as a guidance for plant-protection UAS non-intrusive flowrate measurement and monitoring.
基金Item Sponsored by German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) within the Research Training Group on Lorentz force velocimetry and Lorentz force eddy current testing (RTG) as well as by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) within the ForMaT2 program
文摘Lorentz force velocimetry(LFV)is a suitable non-contact technique to measure flow velocity and flowrates in electrically conducting high-temperature melts.LFV is based on the principles of magnetohydrodynamics:when an electrically conducting fluid passes the field lines produced by a magnet system,eddy currents are induced within the fluid.The interactions of the eddy currents with the magnetic field generate Lorentz forces.Using LFV the counterforce acting on the magnet system is measured.Such a flowmeter consists of a permanent magnet system and an attached digital force sensor.The force recorded by the flowmeter is proportional to the flowrate Q and depends on both the electrical conductivity σ of the fluid and the spatial distribution of the applied magnet field B.However,in metallurgical applications,σ is often unknown or fluctuates in time as it strongly depends on both temperature and composition of the melt.In the present paper we investigate a technique called Time-of-Flight Lorentz force velocimetry ToF LFV.In this technique,the flowrate can be determined by just cross-correlating the two force signals recorded by two flowmeters which are arranged one behind the other separated by a certain distance D.Sensing the passage of the triggered vortices, this ToF LFV measures the transit time τ of these vortices.Then we recalculate the velocity V according to the relation V = D/τ.We experimentally and numerically study turbulent liquid metal flow in the test facility EFCO(electromagnetic flow control channel)using the eutectic alloy GainSn as a test fluid.Our experiments show that this electromagnetic ToF LFV is well suited to determine the flow velocity and flowrate.The experiments are accompanied by numerical simulations using the commercial program package FLUENT.
基金supported by National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program,Grant Nos.2009AA05Z118,2009AA044801)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50475100,51106137)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2010047172)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. Z1100221)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 2009QNA4031)
文摘The prediction of the multiscale flow in the Knudsen pump is important for understanding its pumping mechanism.However,there is little research on such interesting multiscale phenomenon in the Knudsen pumps.In this paper,a novel numerical analysis method combining the direct simulation Monte Carlo（DSMC） method with the smoothed particle hydrodynamics（SPH） method is presented for simulating the multiscale flow,which is often encountered in the application of the Knudsen pumps.Validity and accuracy of the new method are given by comparing its results with that of the previous research.Using the coupled multiscale approach,the rarefaction and the temperature drive are studied,which are two main factors on the performance of the Knudsen pumps.To investigate the effect of rarefaction on the performance of the Knudsen pump,various pump operation pressures are compared.The flow characteristics and pumping ability at different rarefaction are analyzed,and the phenomenon of the multiscale flow is also discussed.Several cases with different linear or nonlinear temperature gradients are set to investigate the effect of temperature gradient on the performance of the Knudsen pump.The flow characteristics of the Knudsen pump such as the velocity,pressure increase,and the mass flowrate are presented.A unique phenomenon,the reverse transpiration effect caused by the nonlinear temperature gradient is studied,and the reason of the significant pressure increase in the pump channel is also analyzed.Since the multiscale gas flow is widely encountered in the microflow systems,the above method and its results can also be greatly beneficial and provide significant insights for the design of the MEMS devices.
基金The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10472054). The English text was polished by Boyi Wang
文摘Compared with the classic flow on macroscale, flows in microchannels have some new phenomena such as the friction increase and the flow rate reduction. Papautsky and co-workers explained these phenomena by using a micropolar fluid model where the effects of micro-rotation of fluid molecules were taken into account. But both the curl of velocity vector and the curl of micro-rotation gyration vector were given incorrectly in the Cartesian coordinates and then the micro-rotation gyration vector had only one component in the z-direction. Besides, the gradient term of the divergence of micro-rotation gyration vector was missed improperly in the angular moment equation. In this paper, the governing equations for laminar flows of micropolar fluid in rectangular microchannels are reconstructed. The numerical results of velocity profiles and micro-rotation gyrations are obtained by a procedure based on the Chebyshev collocation method. The micropolar effects on velocity and micro-rotation gyration are discussed in detail.
基金supported by China National Key BasicResearch Development Program under grant 2006CB705805 entitled"Commercial Utilization of Greenhouse GasEnhanced Oil Recovery and Geological Storage:Study of Nonlinear Percolation Mechanisms of Multi-phase and Multi-component Mixtures of CO2 Flooding"National Key Sci-Tech Major Special Item under grant 2008ZX05009-004 entitled"The Development of Large-scale Oil and GasFields and Coal-bed Methane:New Technology on EnhancedOil Recovery in the Later Period of Oil Field Development".
文摘Carbon dioxide flooding is an effective means of enhanced oil recovery for low permeability reservoirs. If fractures are present in the reservoir, CO2 may flow along the fractures, resulting in low gas displacement efficiency. Reservoir pore pressure will fluctuate to some extent during a CO2 flood, causing a change in effective confining pressure. The result is rock deformation and a reduction in permeability with the reduction in fracture permeability, causing increased flow resistance in the fracture space. Simultaneously, gas cross flowing along the fractures is partially restrained. In this work, the effect of stress changes on permeability was studied through a series of flow experiments. The change in the flowrate distribution in a matrix block and contained fracture with an increase in effective pressure were analyzed. The results lead to an implicit comparison which shows that permeability of fractured core decreases sharply with an increase in effective confining pressure. The fracture flowrate ratio declines and the matrix flowrate ratio increases. Fracture flow will partially divert to the matrix block with the increase in effective confining pressure, improving gas displacement efficiency.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21736008)
文摘Energy consumption of the fluid machinery network in a circulating water system takes up a large part of energy consumption in the process industry, so optimization on the network will enhance the economic and environmental performance of the industry. In this paper, a synthesis approach is proposed to obtain the optimal network structure. The effective height curves are used as tools to perform energy analysis, so that the potential placement of water turbines and auxiliary pumps can be determined with energy benefit. Then economic optimization is carried out, by the mathematical model with the total cost as the objective function, to identify the branches for water turbines and auxiliary pumps with economic benefit. In this way, the optimal fluid machinery network structure can be obtained. The results of case study indicate that the proposed synthesis approach to optimize the fluid machinery network will obtain more remarkable benefits on economy, compared to optimizing only the water turbine network or pump network. The results under different flowrates of circulating water reveal that using a water turbine to recover power or adding an auxiliary pump to save energy in branches are only suitable to the flowrate in a certain range.
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21676183 and 21978203)。
文摘For N-component distillation(N≥3),consolidation between different column sections is an inevitable manipulation when synthesizing complex distillation configurations.In the consolidation,the idiomatic vapor balance(IVB)rule,in which the larger vapor flowrate in the two columns before consolidation will be chosen as the balanced vapor flowrate at the consolidation point,has been widely used.However,the applicability of the IVB rule has not been verified,which is of essential importance to the accuracy of the distillation configuration synthesis.In the present study,the applicability of the IVB rule to distillation column consolidation was systematically explored by rigorous method for the first time.First,the separation of ideal and non-ideal three-component mixtures with variable compositions was studied,and the optimized configurations before and after consolidation were determined by a rigorous method.The results indicated that for the separation of an ideal mixture,the IVB rule was applicable for the whole composition range,while for the separation of a non-ideal mixture,the IVB rule was only applicable for very limited composition range.Finally,two cases of synthesizing distillation configurations for the separation of non-ideal mixtures were studied to verify the remarkable deviations the IVB rule may cause.The results indicated that the applicability of the shortcut method using the IVB rule to the distillation configuration synthesis depended on the composition of the non-ideal mixture,and a remarkable error might result and the truly optimal configuration might be missed if the IVB rule is applied to a non-ideal mixture.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42076217,41976205)Shandong Provincial Taishan Scholars Special Expert Project (ts201712079)+1 种基金Marine Geological Survey Program (DD20190231)Shandong Natural Science Foundation(ZR2017BD024)。
文摘Blockage in water-dominated flow pipelines due to hydrate reformation has been suggested as a potential safety issue during the hydrate production.In this work,flow velocity-dependent hydrate formation features are investigated in a fluid circulation system with a total length of 39 m.A 9-m section pipe is transparent consisted of two complete rectangular loops.By means of pressurization with gas-saturated water,the system can gradually reach the equilibrium conditions.The result shows that the hydrates are delayed to appear as floccules or thin films covering the methane bubbles.When the circulation velocity is below 750 rpm,hydrate is finally deposited as a“hydrate bed”at upmost of inner wall,narrowing the flow channel of the pipeline.Nevertheless,no plugging is observed during all the experimental runs.The five stages of hydrate deposition are proposed based on the experimental results.It is also revealed that a higher driving pressure is needed at a lower flow rate.The driving force of hydrate formation from gas and water obtained by melting hydrate is higher than that from fresh water with no previous hydrate history.The authors hope that this work will be beneficial for the flow assurance of the following oceanic field hydrate recovery trials.
文摘mouth occlusion pressure (P<sub>0.1</sub>) rather than inspiratory ventilation （V<sub>1</sub>）and mean inspiratory airflow （（?）） was used for expounding the mechanism of indi-vidual hypoxic sensitivity.Eighteen young healthy male subjects participated inthe experiment of progressive isocapnic hypoxia produced by rebreathing method.The results showed that there were significantly linear relationship （P【0.01） be-tween V<sub>1</sub> and P<sub>0.1</sub>,as well as （?） and P<sub>0.1</sub> during the hypoxic loading of twoend-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (P<sub>ETCO<sub>2</sub></sub> levels,4.3 and 5.9kPa.Ventilation in-creased with progressive hypoxia.Therefore,they all represent the useful indexesof inspiratory drive.P<sub>0.1</sub> is more sensitive than V<sub>1</sub> and （?） because it isindependent of pulmonary mechanics.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20476073)National Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No.B06006).
文摘Based on the comprehensive forces balance model, a modified model of the formation of a single bub-ble in non-Newtonian fluid under constant flowrate was developed by taking account of the effect of the ingoing gas through orifice as well as its variation on the radial expansion of bubble. The modified model involves the radial expansion equation of bubble surface and the forces balance equation in vertical direction of the bubble respec-tively. The shape variation of bubbles formed in polyacrylamide (PAM) aqueous solutions under various conditions was predicted numerically. The practical formation of bubbles was real-time visualized and recorded by a CCD camera and a computer by means of a special laser image measurement system. Results show that the predicted shapes of the bubbles by the present model agree well with experimental observation.
