Research on Corrosion Resistance of Checker Bricks in Regenerators of Glass Furnaces

To extend the service life of the upper checker bricks in the regenerator of glass furnaces with petroleum coke as fuel,the corrosion resistance of magnesia-chrome and alumina-chrome bricks with the similar apparent porosity was systematically researched.The results show that the Cr2O3 content and the microstructure present significant effects on the corrosion resistance.The molten corrosion reagent forms silicate and vanadate phases with low melting points between MgO crystals in magnesia-chrome bricks,and the volume strain generated by the melting and solidification process leads to the cracking and spalling of refractories,which intensifies the corrosion process.The encapsulation of alumina particles by alumina-chrome solid solutions in alumina-chrome bricks avoids contact with the low melting point liquid phases and improves the corrosion resistance of refractories.

Study of Optimal Parameters of Improved 1RX Regenerator

In this article, researches on improvement of 1RX regenerator used in cleaning processes of cotton ginning enterprises were carried out. The effect of changing the parameters of the new working body—rubber-plate drum and machine inlet on the efficiency of cotton separation was studied in the research, and the maximum level of efficiency of separation was determined. In this paper work, the main factors affecting the efficient operation of the regenerator were identified, their value limits were determined, and research was conducted using the mathematical planning method. As a result, effective operation of the improved 1RX cotton regenerator was observed at the value of the given factors, that is, the separation efficiency was 99.5%, the cleaning efficiency was higher than 88.7%, and the amount of seed cotton in the waste was reduced lower than 2.5%.

Synthetical optimization of the structure dimension for the thermoacoustic regenerator

The quantitative investigation of parameters in the renegerator is essential for the optimization of thermoacoustic devices, while the majority of the previous research only considered parameters of the working field, working gas and the hydraulic radius. Based on the linear thermoacoustic theory, this paper extracts a normalized parameter for low-amplitude conditions, which is called the regenerator operation factor. By extracting the regenerator operation factor and relative hydraulic radius, the influence of frequency on the efficiency can be controlled and offset. It can be found that thermoacoustic devices with different frequencies can perform the same efficiency by adjusting the radius in proportion to the axial length.Finally, this paper synthetically optimizes the dimension of the thermoacoustic regenerator by taking the regenerator operation factor, relative hydraulic radius and acoustic field parameter as variables. Conclusions in this paper are of great significance for explaining the best working conditions of engines and directing the miniaturization and optimal design of thermoacoustic devices.

FAILURE ANALYSIS AND INSPECTION OF CRACKING OF IN-SERVICE CATALYTIC REGENERATOR

The special subject 'research on life prediction technology of important in-service pressure' mainly analyzes the failure mechanism of large-sized important and criticalin-service pressure vessels under the action of working medium and investigates safety assessmentand life prediction technology with a view to enhance the operation reliability of in-servicepressure vessels in China. Based on a series of accident investigation and test & measuringresearch, the cause of cracking of catalytic regenerator is analyzed and the in-line non-destructiveexamination method and failure prevention measures for the cracking of catalytic regenerator areproposed.

Perturbation Solutions for Thermal Process of Honeycomb Regenerator

A parameter perturbation for the unsteady-state heat-transfer characteristics of honeycomb regenerator is presented. It is limited to the cases where the storage matrix has a small wall thickness so that no temperature variation in the matrix perpendicular to the flow direction is considered. Starting from a two-phase transient thermal model for the gas and storage matrix, an approximate solution for regenerator heat transfer process is derived using the multiple-scale method for the limiting case where the longitudinal heat conduction of solid matrix is far less than the convective heat transfer between the gas and the solid. The regenerator temperature profiles are expressed as Taylor series of the coefficient of solid heat conduction item in the model. The analytical validity is shown by comparing the perturbation solution with the experiment and the numerical solution. The results show that it is possible for the perturbation to improve the effectiveness and economics of thermal research on regenerators.

Foundation of three—dimensional mathematical models for glass furnace regenerator

This paper presents a practical three dimensional mathematical model of circulation and heat transfer in generator of glass melting furnaces. The model was based on the heat transfer between the smoke flow and the lattice units, and between the air flow and the lattice units. This model not only bypassed the difficulty of complicated computation of the heat transfer process in the regenerator of glass furnaces, but also avoided the irrationality of fixing the temperature distribution on the surfaces. Use of the model yielded very important data and also the method for the design of the regenerator of glass furnaces in practical production.

“Bad regenerators” die after spinal cord injury:insights from lampreys

In mammalian species, including humans, spinal cord in- jury （SCI） leads to permanent disability. A major cause of disability after SCI is the failure of axotomized descending axons to regenerate across the trauma zone and to reconnect to they appropriate targets distal to the site of injury. Cur- renfly, major research efforts are devoted to find new ways of promoting the regrowth of damaged descending axons. However, activation of axonal regrowth will depend on the survival of the axotomized descending brain neurons.

Investigation on porous frequency of regenerator of microminiature thermoacoustic refrigerator

A new method was proposed to directly measure the effective resistance and distinguish the porous frequency in the regenerator of the microminiature thermoacoustic refrigerator. Measured results were compared with the flux gain factor and transmission loss of the real system. The results show that the agreement between the range of the porous frequency and frequency of the system is good, the method can be used to predict the porous frequency of the regenerator in production.

Resistance characteristics of the ball packed-bed regenerator of the new-type swirl flow hot blast stove

A renovation project of miniaturization and high efficiency is provided for the hot blast stove .The experimental data tested feasibility of the new-type swirl flow hot blast stove. The normal and hot state experiments have been done through changing the angle of gas entering into the regenerator. Factors influencing pressure drop have been studied and analyzed. The experimental results can be formulated in the form of the Ergun equation. The regression equation is obtained. And two modified coefficients are offered to the regenerator pressure drop of the new-type swirl flow hot blast stove.

An Identified Study on the Active Network of a Thermoacoustic Regenerator

An active thermo-acoustic network model of regenerator which is a key component to accomplish the con-version between thermal-and acoustic power in thermo-acoustic system has been established in this paper. The experiment was carried out to quantify the network. A method called least square is employed in order to identify the H matrix describing the system. The results obtained here show that the active thermo-acoustic network can reliably depict the characteristics of a thermo-acoustic system.

Identification of complex compliance for regenerator in thermoacoustic resonator system

In thermoacoustic system,the characteristic of complex compliance of a regenerator has a great influence on energy stored and dissipation of the whole engine.In order to investigate the performance of regenerators with different matrix geometries and materials coupled with different acoustic systems,an experimental measurement and analysis method was presented.By measuring the resonant frequency,the complex compliance and quality factor of five kinds of matrix were experimentally analyzed respectively in the system of loudspeaker-driven thermoacoustic resonator(TAR)with different lengths.The experimental results show that the real part of complex compliance of the regenerator with pin-array has a maximum value among the measured matrixes and its quality factor is the largest(28.222)with the least dissipation factor of 0.035 4.So the pin-array matrix is testified to behave more excellently on the energy conversion than other matrixes.Compared with other factors the complex compliance of a regenerator contributes more to the performance of a thermoacoustic system.

Optimization of regenerator based on semiconductor optical amplifier for degraded differential phase shift keying signal

Real time phase regeneration is necessary for degraded phase modulation format optical communication systems. A regenerator based on the discrimitive gain effect of a semiconductor optical amplifier was proposed in recent years. In this paper, for this type of regenerator, its optimal working condition is found by solving the dynamic equations which describe the variance of the optical field and carrier density in the semiconductor optical amplifier by the finite difference method. The results show that the optimal improvement of signal Q factor can reach more than 2.2 dB.

Modeling and numerical analysis of evaporative condensing regenerator

A two-dimensional steady state model was developed and solved numerically to predict the performance of evaporative condensing regenerator.Two-dimensional parameter distributions of air,solution and refrigerant were calculated by the mathematical model.The solution content first increases and then decreases along the solution flow direction.At y/Hr=0.98(where Hr is the height of regenerator),air humidity increases from 1.99% to 2.348% firstly and then decreases.The experimental results were used to validate mathematical model.It is indicated that the simulation results agree with experimental data well.The results not only show that the mathematical model can be used to predict the performance of regenerator,but also has great value in the design and improvement of evaporative condensing regenerator.

Influence of input acoustic power on regenerator's performance

Performance of a pulse tube cooler significantly depends on the efficient operation of its regenerator. Influence of input acoustic power on regenerator's performance is simulated and analyzed with simple harmonic analysis method. Given regenera-tor's dimensions and pressure ratio,there is an optimal input acoustic power for achieving a highest coefficient of performance,due to a compromise between relative time-averaged total energy flux in regenerator and relative acoustic power at regenerator's cold end. Additionally,optimal dimensions of regenerator are also estimated and presented for different input acoustic powers. The computed optimal diameter obviously increases with increase of input acoustic power,while the optimal length decreases slightly,and as a result,a larger input acoustic power requires a smaller aspect ratio (length over diameter).

Heat Saturation Time of Solid Spherical Regenerator of HTAC

In order to control the heat saturation time, the temperature field of the regenerators of high temperature air combustion （HTAC） technology after reheating furnace was studied. A one-dimensional unsteady mathematical model was established and discretized through finite difference method. The relationship between the heat saturation time and some factors was determined through the calculation of a program developed by language C. The heat saturation time decreases with the increase of heat convection coefficient, however, the increase of heat capacity, density and radius of regenerator all increase the heat saturation time approximately linearly.

Optimization on temperature efficiency and switch time of thin-walled regenerator with perturbation analysis

The heat transfer characteristic of honeycomb ceramic regenerator was optimized by the perturbation analytical-numerical method. The results show that there is a temperature efficiency peak and the corresponding optimal switch time. The decrease of air oxygen concentration leads to the decrease of maximum temperature efficiency. Optimal switch time is directly proportional to the matrix thickness. The solid heat conduction along the flow direction and the regenerator heat storage capacity of the unit volume have no impact on maximum temperature efficiency and optimal switch time. The temperature efficiency tendency based on the semi-analysis is the same as dispersion combustion tests with low oxygen concentration, and optimal switch time of 2-4 s agrees well with that of 4 s in high-temperature gasification tests. The possibility of design, operate and control a thin-walled regenerator with high efficiency by means of the perturbation method is proved.

Damage Mechanism and Structure Analysis of Used Clay Checker Bricks for Regenerators of Coke Ovens

During long-term use,the clay checker bricks for regenerators of coke ovens on gas side react with the impurities containing Fe and K20,causing foaming,softening and deformation,which is not only related with the impurity content and properties of the clay checker bricks,but also related with the type and the composition of the dust in the gas.After long term use,the clay checker bricks of coke ovens on air side have relative lower impurities containing Fe and K20.The inferior clay checker bricks,with high impurity content and high porosity,are easy to pulverize and deteriorate due to the oxidationreduction reaction with the iron oxide and the gas.The gas quality shall be concerned for long service life of the coke oven regenerators.

Real-Time Optimization Model for Continuous Reforming Regenerator

An approach for the simulation and optimization of continuous catalyst-regenerative process of reforming is proposed in this paper.Compared to traditional method such as finite difference method,the orthogonal collocation method is less time-consuming and more accurate,which can meet the requirement of real-time optimization(RTO).In this paper,the equation-oriented method combined with the orthogonal collocation method and the finite difference method is adopted to build the RTO model for catalytic reforming regenerator.The orthogonal collocation method was adopted to discretize the differential equations and sequential quadratic programming(SQP)algorithm was used to solve the algebraic equations.The rate constants,active energy and reaction order were estimated,with the sum of relative errors between actual value and simulated value serving as optimization objective function.The model can quickly predict the fields of component concentration,temperature and pressure inside the regenerator under different conditions,as well as the real-time optimized conditions for industrial reforming regenerator.

Research on temperature profiles of honeycomb regenerator with asymptotic analysis

An asymptotic semi-analytical method for heat transfer in counter-flow honeycomb regenerator is proposed. By introducing a combined heat-transfer coefficient between the gas and solid phase, a heat transfer model is built based on the thin-walled assumption. The dimensionless thermal equation is deduced by considering solid heat conduction along the passage length. The asymptotic analysis is used for the small parameter of heat conduction term in equation. The first order asymptotic solution to temperature distribution under weak solid heat conduction is achieved after Laplace transformation through the multiple scales method and the symbolic manipulation function in MATLAB. Semi-analytical solutions agree with tests and finite-difference numerical results. It is proved possible for the asymptotic analysis to improve the effectiveness, economics and precision of thermal research on regenerator.

Innovation of Regenerator Checkerwork for Glass Melting Furnaces

Regenerator checkerwork for glass melting furnaces should have high resistance against thermal stress and chemical attack,high mechanical stability,high efficiency to recover the heat from waste gas and low tendency for clogging.This article reviews the innovation of the regenerator checkerwork from the past decades.The state of the art for optimised material choice and optimised checker shapes will be reported.