Tuning interaction strength between CeO_(2) and iridium to promote CO oxidation over Ir/TiO_(2)

The interaction between support and noble metal plays a crucial role in heterogeneous catalysis design.However,how to tune metal support interactions to optimize the activity still needs further exploration.CeO_(2) was introduced to promote CO oxidation ove r Ir/TiO_(2) by adjusting the interaction strength between iridium(Ir)and CeO_(2).The strong interaction between Ir and CeO_(2) blocks CO adsorption and causes low CO oxidation activity.However,introducing CeO_(2) on Ir/TiO_(2) produces localized interaction between Ir and CeO_(2),which can tune the surface electronic state of Ir,so a"volcano curve"relationship between CO oxidation activity and electronic state is built.Limited amount of CeO_(2) on Ir/TiO_(2)(Ir/Ce_(0.2)Ti)leads to CO complete oxidization at 22℃,and a new pathway for CO oxidation was explored.The study demonstrates that the utilization of tuning interaction strength between active metal and support is a potential method to increase the catalytic activity.

Numerical analysis of turbulence characteristics in a flat-plate flow with riblets control

A comparative study about riblets-controlled turbulent boundary layers has been performed to investigate the turbulence characteristics associated with drag reduction in a compressive flat-plate flow(where the free-stream Mach number is 0.7)by means of direct numerical simulations(DNSs).With a setting of the triangular riblets(s+≈30.82,h+≈15.41)settled on the Reτ≈500 turbulent boundary layer,an effective global drag reduction was achieved.By comparing velocity and its fluctuation distribution,vorticity fluctuation and streaks structures between the smooth and riblets flat-plate cases,two roles of lifting and rectification in terms of riblets drag control are revealed that the micro-scale riblets can lift up logarithmic-law region of the boundary layer,which leads to a smaller wall friction velocity and thus a drag reduction.The streamwise vortices and its fluctuation structures are shifted upward,thus the interactions between them and the wall surface are weakened,which causes the suppressed intensity of Reynolds normal stresses,streamwise vorticity and turbulent kinetic energy production inside the riblets.Moreover,the streaks associated with streamwise velocity or 3D vortices are ruled from the distorted to long and straight structures as they pass through the riblets,indicating an ability of riblets to turn turbulence into a more ordered state.

Effects of temperature on drag reduction in a subsonic turbulent boundary layer via micro-blowing array

A comparative study of two micro-blowing temperature cases has been performed to investigate the characteristics of drag reduction in a subsonic flat-plate flow(where the freestream Mach number is 0.7) by means of Direct Numerical Simulation(DNS). With minute amount of blowing gas injected from a 32 × 32 array of micro-holes arranged in a staggered pattern, the porosity of micro-holes is 23% and the blowing coefficient is 0.125%. The simulation results show that a drag reduction is achieved by micro-blowing, and a lower wall-friction drag can be obtained at a higher blowing temperature. The role of micro-blowing is to redistribute the total kinetic energy in the boundary layer, and the proportion of stream-wise kinetic energy decreases, resulting in the thickened boundary layer. Increasing micro-blowing temperature can accelerate this process and obtain an enhanced drag reduction. Moreover, an explanation of drag reduction by microblowing related to the micro-jet vortex clusters is proposed that these micro-jet vortex clusters firmly attached to the wall constitute a stable barrier, which is to prevent the direct contact between the stream-wise vortex and the wall. By Dynamic Mode Decomposition(DMD) from temporal/spatial aspects, it is revealed that small structures in the near-wall region play vital role in the change of turbulent scales. The high-frequency patterns are clearly strengthened, and the lowfrequency patterns just maintain but are lifted up.