The investigation of the melting behaviors of the molten salt at micron scale during the melting process is critical for explaining the solid-liquid phase transition mechanism.In this paper,a novel experimental system...The investigation of the melting behaviors of the molten salt at micron scale during the melting process is critical for explaining the solid-liquid phase transition mechanism.In this paper,a novel experimental system and analysis method were proposed to study the melting process with three heating rates in the range of1-10℃/min of the solar salt at micron scale.The solid-liquid boundary morphology and phase transition kinetics of molten salt particles were focused on.Meanwhile,the correlations between liquid fraction,temperature and time under different heating rates were studied.The solid-liquid boundary morphology was depicted by the visualized experimental set-up,and the instantaneous liquid volume fraction during the non-isothermal phase transition was obtained.Then,the correlation between temperature and liquid volume fraction was proposed to reveal the evolution of the solid-liquid boundary with temperature at different heating rates.Furthermore,the non-isothermal phase transition kinetic equation was established by introducing a constant parameter(V_(a,b)),and more kinetic parameters such as 1g V_(a,b) and-lg V_(a,b)/b were studied.The results showed that the exponent b is not sensitive to the heating rate with a range of 3-5 for solar salt particles.However,the heating rate influences the value of V_(a,b) and presents a positive relationship.Besides,the non-isothermal phase transition kinetic equations at different heating rates in the range of 1-10℃/min can be quickly predicted by the proposed improved experimental test method.This study could fill the research insufficiency and provide significant guidance for future research on the solid-liquid transition mechanism of molten salts at micron scale.展开更多
To design a particle solar receiver(PSR),a vital energy conversion system,is still a bottleneck for researchers.This study presents a novel PSR based on countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)technology,named CCFB receiver...To design a particle solar receiver(PSR),a vital energy conversion system,is still a bottleneck for researchers.This study presents a novel PSR based on countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)technology,named CCFB receiver.In this design,downward-moving particles are subjected to the action of an up-flow gas to reduce the falling speed and enhance the radial disturbance,and hence increase the residence time of particles and improve the heat transfer.A cold-mold visual experimental setup is established.The influence factors are investigated experimentally,including the superficial gas velocity,solid flux,aeration gas,particle size and transport tube diameter.The results indicate that the maximum solid holdup can exceed 9%or so with fine particles of diameter d_(p)=113.5 μm and a tube diameter of 40 mm.It is proved that the CCFB can operate stably and adjust the solid flux rapidly.The results of this study provide a new structure for PSRs in the concentrated solar power field and could fill the research insufficiency in the gas-solid counterflow field.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
The study of ultracold Fermi gases has exploded a variety of experimental and theoretical research since the achievement of degenerate quantum gases in the lab,which expands the research range over atomic physics,cond...The study of ultracold Fermi gases has exploded a variety of experimental and theoretical research since the achievement of degenerate quantum gases in the lab,which expands the research range over atomic physics,condensed matter physics,astrophysics and particle physics.Using the Feshbach resonance,one can tune the attractive two-body interaction from weak to strong and thereby make a smooth crossover from the BCS superfluid of cooper pairs to the Bose Einstein condensate of bound molecules.In this crossover regime,the pairing effect plays a significant role in interpreting the interaction mechanism.Whenever the localized or delocalized pairing occurs at sufficiently low temperature,the single-particle energy will shift with respect to free atoms,due to the two-body or many-body interaction.Measuring the pairing gap can improve the understanding of the thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of the phase transition from the pseudogap to the superfluid,which will make an analogue to the high-temperature superconductivity in condensed matter.In this work,we will give a brief introduction to a novel radio-frequency(RF) spectroscopic measurement for pairing gap in an ultracold Fermi gas,which is currently widely used on the ultracold atomic table in the lab.In different interaction regimes of the BEC-BCS crossover,ultracold atoms are excited with a RF pulse and the characteristic behavior can be extracted from the spectrum.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51821004 and No. 51876061)。
文摘The investigation of the melting behaviors of the molten salt at micron scale during the melting process is critical for explaining the solid-liquid phase transition mechanism.In this paper,a novel experimental system and analysis method were proposed to study the melting process with three heating rates in the range of1-10℃/min of the solar salt at micron scale.The solid-liquid boundary morphology and phase transition kinetics of molten salt particles were focused on.Meanwhile,the correlations between liquid fraction,temperature and time under different heating rates were studied.The solid-liquid boundary morphology was depicted by the visualized experimental set-up,and the instantaneous liquid volume fraction during the non-isothermal phase transition was obtained.Then,the correlation between temperature and liquid volume fraction was proposed to reveal the evolution of the solid-liquid boundary with temperature at different heating rates.Furthermore,the non-isothermal phase transition kinetic equation was established by introducing a constant parameter(V_(a,b)),and more kinetic parameters such as 1g V_(a,b) and-lg V_(a,b)/b were studied.The results showed that the exponent b is not sensitive to the heating rate with a range of 3-5 for solar salt particles.However,the heating rate influences the value of V_(a,b) and presents a positive relationship.Besides,the non-isothermal phase transition kinetic equations at different heating rates in the range of 1-10℃/min can be quickly predicted by the proposed improved experimental test method.This study could fill the research insufficiency and provide significant guidance for future research on the solid-liquid transition mechanism of molten salts at micron scale.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:52130607,51821004).
文摘To design a particle solar receiver(PSR),a vital energy conversion system,is still a bottleneck for researchers.This study presents a novel PSR based on countercurrent fluidized bed(CCFB)technology,named CCFB receiver.In this design,downward-moving particles are subjected to the action of an up-flow gas to reduce the falling speed and enhance the radial disturbance,and hence increase the residence time of particles and improve the heat transfer.A cold-mold visual experimental setup is established.The influence factors are investigated experimentally,including the superficial gas velocity,solid flux,aeration gas,particle size and transport tube diameter.The results indicate that the maximum solid holdup can exceed 9%or so with fine particles of diameter d_(p)=113.5 μm and a tube diameter of 40 mm.It is proved that the CCFB can operate stably and adjust the solid flux rapidly.The results of this study provide a new structure for PSRs in the concentrated solar power field and could fill the research insufficiency in the gas-solid counterflow field.
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supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11004224 and 11204355)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB921601)the Program of "OneHundred Talented People" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘The study of ultracold Fermi gases has exploded a variety of experimental and theoretical research since the achievement of degenerate quantum gases in the lab,which expands the research range over atomic physics,condensed matter physics,astrophysics and particle physics.Using the Feshbach resonance,one can tune the attractive two-body interaction from weak to strong and thereby make a smooth crossover from the BCS superfluid of cooper pairs to the Bose Einstein condensate of bound molecules.In this crossover regime,the pairing effect plays a significant role in interpreting the interaction mechanism.Whenever the localized or delocalized pairing occurs at sufficiently low temperature,the single-particle energy will shift with respect to free atoms,due to the two-body or many-body interaction.Measuring the pairing gap can improve the understanding of the thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of the phase transition from the pseudogap to the superfluid,which will make an analogue to the high-temperature superconductivity in condensed matter.In this work,we will give a brief introduction to a novel radio-frequency(RF) spectroscopic measurement for pairing gap in an ultracold Fermi gas,which is currently widely used on the ultracold atomic table in the lab.In different interaction regimes of the BEC-BCS crossover,ultracold atoms are excited with a RF pulse and the characteristic behavior can be extracted from the spectrum.
