As the performance of an air-cooled condenser is apt to be affected by the fluctuating ambient condition, some difficulties are brought to the use of a steam feeding water pump in an air-cooled unit. This paper introd...As the performance of an air-cooled condenser is apt to be affected by the fluctuating ambient condition, some difficulties are brought to the use of a steam feeding water pump in an air-cooled unit. This paper introduces a new design of for steam feeding the water pump of an air-cooled unit using the back-pressure steam turbine as the prime motor. Using variable condition analysis on a 600 MW direct air-cooled unit, and with consideration of the effect on the ambient conditions, the feasibility, economy, and adaptability of the design are verified.展开更多
A novel particle solar receiver(PSR)with gas-solids countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)was proposed.The cold-mold prototype was set up to investigate the gas-solids flow structure by using optical fiber probes.The loca...A novel particle solar receiver(PSR)with gas-solids countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)was proposed.The cold-mold prototype was set up to investigate the gas-solids flow structure by using optical fiber probes.The local solids holdup distribution,its evolution with various operating conditions and the fluctuations of the local flow structures were investigated experimentally.The results show that the novel CCFB can achieve much higher solids holdup(~9%)compared to the traditional downer ones(~l%).The solid particles are mainly distributed in the near-wall region and the particles are more difficult to get a fully developed state in the near-wall region.The excellent gas-solids mixing and contacting demonstrated by the standard deviation and intermittency index means a better wall-to-bed heat transfer process.The distribution of the solid particles in the CCFB transport tube is revealed,which can provide a significant reference for the structure design of the hot-mold PSR.Moreover,the research can fill in the research gap in the gas-solids counterflow field.展开更多
Heat conduction of nanoconfined liquid may differ from its bulk because of the effects of size,geometry,interface,temperature,etc.In this study,the roles of some critical factors for the heat conduction of nanoconfine...Heat conduction of nanoconfined liquid may differ from its bulk because of the effects of size,geometry,interface,temperature,etc.In this study,the roles of some critical factors for the heat conduction of nanoconfined water film are systematically analyzed by using the molecular dynamics method.With decreasing thickness,the normal thermal conductivity of nanoconfined water film between two copper plates decreases exponentially,while the thermal resistance,peak of the radial distribution function,and atomistic heat path increase exponentially.The average bond order,radial distribution function,mean squared displacement,and vibrational density of states are calculated to analyze the effects of structure,distribution,molecular diffusion,and vibration of water molecules on heat conduction especially in a region having no oxygen atoms(which is observed by the near-wall density profile).The results show that phonon scattering is dominant for determining the reduced thermal conductivity in this near-wall region.The thermal conductivity ratio of confined water film to bulk water has a roughly linear relationship with the logarithm of the proportion of the near-wall region.Moreover,the high interfacial thermal resistance is positively correlated to the film thickness,but it has a negligible impact on heat conduction.This work provides insights into the contribution of water molecules near the solid/liquid interface to the heat conduction of nanoconfined liquid for process intensification.展开更多
The chloride salts have great potential used as high-temperature thermal energy storage(TES) medium for the concentrated solar power system.In this study,LiCl,KCl and CaCl_(2) were selected as energy storage materials...The chloride salts have great potential used as high-temperature thermal energy storage(TES) medium for the concentrated solar power system.In this study,LiCl,KCl and CaCl_(2) were selected as energy storage materials in order to further broaden the working temperature of ternary chloride salt and improve its energy storage density.The new high-temperature energy storage ternary chloride composed of LiCl,KCl,and CaCl_(2) was developed based on the phase diagram generated by FactSage.Three components of LiCl-KCl-CaCl_(2) with the mass ratio of 37.85%-53.38%-8.77%,30.90%-13.82%-55.28% and 1.78%-18.61%-79.61% were developed,of which the corresponding melting temperature(T_(m)) 340.93,433.57 and 626.85℃,respectively,was obtained either.Considering that T_(m) of the third group of salts was too high,only the first two groups of salts were tested.DSC test showed that the actual melting point was only 0.46% and 1.64% different from the melting point predicted by Factsage.The thermal properties of the two ternary chloride salts were also compared.The solid and liquid-specific heat of ternary salts was determined by DSC using sapphire as the standard reference.The vapor pressure and decomposition temperature of ternary chloride salts were investigated.The results showed that the vapor pressure of salt 1 was almost constant below 650℃ by FactSage.Meanwhile,the TG results showed that the upper working temperature of salt 1 was 650℃ under the air atmosphere.In addition,the ternary chloride salts after short-term cycling still exhibited excellent thermal properties,which revealed that these good thermal properties make them have broad application prospects in high-temperature thermal energy storage systems.展开更多
Recently,natural draft dry cooling system with the main-auxiliary integrated air-cooled heat exchangers in the up and lower layers,has drawn attention to the electric power industry.This research firstly develops two ...Recently,natural draft dry cooling system with the main-auxiliary integrated air-cooled heat exchangers in the up and lower layers,has drawn attention to the electric power industry.This research firstly develops two physical models for the integrated cooling system,namely Case A and Case B.In Case A,the main air-cooled heat exchanger is arranged in the upper layer and the auxiliary air-cooled heat exchanger arranged in the lower layer,while in Case B,the two heat exchanger systems are arranged in the opposite way.And then,directing at the engineering TMCR and TRL 1 working conditions,the unit-local-overall thermo-flow characteristics of Case A and Case B are obtained and compared by numerical simulation.The findings show that,for the auxiliary air-cooled exchanger,Case A has obviously higher cooling performances than Case B,with the difference varying from 5.46%to 7.55%.Whereas,for the main air-cooled exchanger,Case B shows the recovered cooling performances,with the difference changing from 1.15%to 2.99%.Case A is preferably recommended to the engineering application in consideration of more strict cooling demand of the auxiliary cooling system.Conclusively,this research will provide some theoretical guidelines for the design and construction of the main-auxiliary integrated natural draft dry cooling system.展开更多
文摘As the performance of an air-cooled condenser is apt to be affected by the fluctuating ambient condition, some difficulties are brought to the use of a steam feeding water pump in an air-cooled unit. This paper introduces a new design of for steam feeding the water pump of an air-cooled unit using the back-pressure steam turbine as the prime motor. Using variable condition analysis on a 600 MW direct air-cooled unit, and with consideration of the effect on the ambient conditions, the feasibility, economy, and adaptability of the design are verified.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52130607 and 52090062).
文摘A novel particle solar receiver(PSR)with gas-solids countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)was proposed.The cold-mold prototype was set up to investigate the gas-solids flow structure by using optical fiber probes.The local solids holdup distribution,its evolution with various operating conditions and the fluctuations of the local flow structures were investigated experimentally.The results show that the novel CCFB can achieve much higher solids holdup(~9%)compared to the traditional downer ones(~l%).The solid particles are mainly distributed in the near-wall region and the particles are more difficult to get a fully developed state in the near-wall region.The excellent gas-solids mixing and contacting demonstrated by the standard deviation and intermittency index means a better wall-to-bed heat transfer process.The distribution of the solid particles in the CCFB transport tube is revealed,which can provide a significant reference for the structure design of the hot-mold PSR.Moreover,the research can fill in the research gap in the gas-solids counterflow field.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51876058)。
文摘Heat conduction of nanoconfined liquid may differ from its bulk because of the effects of size,geometry,interface,temperature,etc.In this study,the roles of some critical factors for the heat conduction of nanoconfined water film are systematically analyzed by using the molecular dynamics method.With decreasing thickness,the normal thermal conductivity of nanoconfined water film between two copper plates decreases exponentially,while the thermal resistance,peak of the radial distribution function,and atomistic heat path increase exponentially.The average bond order,radial distribution function,mean squared displacement,and vibrational density of states are calculated to analyze the effects of structure,distribution,molecular diffusion,and vibration of water molecules on heat conduction especially in a region having no oxygen atoms(which is observed by the near-wall density profile).The results show that phonon scattering is dominant for determining the reduced thermal conductivity in this near-wall region.The thermal conductivity ratio of confined water film to bulk water has a roughly linear relationship with the logarithm of the proportion of the near-wall region.Moreover,the high interfacial thermal resistance is positively correlated to the film thickness,but it has a negligible impact on heat conduction.This work provides insights into the contribution of water molecules near the solid/liquid interface to the heat conduction of nanoconfined liquid for process intensification.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No.52130607,52090062 and 52211530087)the Double First-Class Key Program of Gansu Provincial Department of Education (Grant No.GCJ2022-38)。
文摘The chloride salts have great potential used as high-temperature thermal energy storage(TES) medium for the concentrated solar power system.In this study,LiCl,KCl and CaCl_(2) were selected as energy storage materials in order to further broaden the working temperature of ternary chloride salt and improve its energy storage density.The new high-temperature energy storage ternary chloride composed of LiCl,KCl,and CaCl_(2) was developed based on the phase diagram generated by FactSage.Three components of LiCl-KCl-CaCl_(2) with the mass ratio of 37.85%-53.38%-8.77%,30.90%-13.82%-55.28% and 1.78%-18.61%-79.61% were developed,of which the corresponding melting temperature(T_(m)) 340.93,433.57 and 626.85℃,respectively,was obtained either.Considering that T_(m) of the third group of salts was too high,only the first two groups of salts were tested.DSC test showed that the actual melting point was only 0.46% and 1.64% different from the melting point predicted by Factsage.The thermal properties of the two ternary chloride salts were also compared.The solid and liquid-specific heat of ternary salts was determined by DSC using sapphire as the standard reference.The vapor pressure and decomposition temperature of ternary chloride salts were investigated.The results showed that the vapor pressure of salt 1 was almost constant below 650℃ by FactSage.Meanwhile,the TG results showed that the upper working temperature of salt 1 was 650℃ under the air atmosphere.In addition,the ternary chloride salts after short-term cycling still exhibited excellent thermal properties,which revealed that these good thermal properties make them have broad application prospects in high-temperature thermal energy storage systems.
基金The financial supports for this research,from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No52006065)Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(2022BJ0273,2023JC001)。
文摘Recently,natural draft dry cooling system with the main-auxiliary integrated air-cooled heat exchangers in the up and lower layers,has drawn attention to the electric power industry.This research firstly develops two physical models for the integrated cooling system,namely Case A and Case B.In Case A,the main air-cooled heat exchanger is arranged in the upper layer and the auxiliary air-cooled heat exchanger arranged in the lower layer,while in Case B,the two heat exchanger systems are arranged in the opposite way.And then,directing at the engineering TMCR and TRL 1 working conditions,the unit-local-overall thermo-flow characteristics of Case A and Case B are obtained and compared by numerical simulation.The findings show that,for the auxiliary air-cooled exchanger,Case A has obviously higher cooling performances than Case B,with the difference varying from 5.46%to 7.55%.Whereas,for the main air-cooled exchanger,Case B shows the recovered cooling performances,with the difference changing from 1.15%to 2.99%.Case A is preferably recommended to the engineering application in consideration of more strict cooling demand of the auxiliary cooling system.Conclusively,this research will provide some theoretical guidelines for the design and construction of the main-auxiliary integrated natural draft dry cooling system.
