CFD investigation of structural effects of internal gas intake on powder conveying performance in fuel supply systems for aerospace engines

Optimal design of gas intake in powder fuel supply systems is crucial for performance of aerospace engines.There is little research on the impact of intake structure on powder conveying performance.Three novel internal intakes were proposed,which are spherical,cube-shaped,and dome-shaped.After validation,CFD simulations demonstrate that fluctuation of mass flow rate of powders in the dome-shaped intake is reduced by about 73.3%compared with the annular external one.Variation trends of phase velocities are similar for the spherical and cube-shaped intakes,while those are similar for the annular external and dome-shaped internal intakes.Fluctuation of area of gas zone for the annular external and spherical internal intakes is larger than that for the cube-shaped and dome-shaped internal intakes.Pressure and relative pressure drop in the fluidization chamber have a stable stage,and fluctuation of relative pressure drop is small when dome-shaped internal intake is used.

Effect of Operational Changes in Reducing Fish Impingement at a Power Plant in Ohio, USA

Both intake volumetric flow and through-screen velocity （the velocity of water as it passes through the screen） are important variables affecting fish impingement at industrial water intake structures including those at power plants. However, there are limited data available on quantitative assessments of impingement following changes in power plant operation such as reduced volumetric flow and intake velocity. Impingement studies were conducted at Bay Shore Power Plant in 2005-2006 （baseline） and again in 2013-2014 following fish protection mitigation which included reduced intake volumetric flows （from 33.5 m^3·s^-1 to 9.1 cm·s^-1）, a reduced through-screen velocity （from approximately 79.2 cm·s^-1 to 11.6 cm·s^-1）, modified traveling screens and installation of a fish-return system to gently and quickly remove any fish that were impinged back into the waterbody. A comparison of baseline and post-mitigation results suggested that with this mitigation in place, impingement reductions can exceed 90% for robust dominant fish species in the area.

Effects of Depression of Water Level in the Euphrates River in Iraq on the Operation of AI-Anbar Thermal Power Station

Increase in demand of electrical power for different purposes in Iraq leads increase towards to power plant system such as thermal power plant. Any thermal power plant requires water for processing, cooling, oilfields, boiler feed and other miscellaneous uses including domestic requirements. The main parameter to measure the efficiency of thermal power plant is the availability of water and technology employed. Therefore, the thermal power plants like A1-Anbar thermal power station is built on the Euphrates River bank in the city of Ramadi in the middle part of Iraq. Depending on the field measurements and pervious measurements, the computation of river water level for different frequency periods was achieved to determine the inundation area of the plant and the required height of power plant intakes. The problems of intake operation include low flow rate of the river at intake that resulting low water level （minimum flow rate was recorded 107 m^3/s with water level 47.8 m）, and annual sediments at intake that may be caused operation off. Therefore, any design for the intake or operation must consider the above problems. The study referred to the discharge for full operation is about 300 m^3/s and water level is 51.3 m to satisfy these requirements. The study suggested two solutions for this problem, first by using the groins and the second by building two weirs.

Flow Structure Around the Intake of a Vertical Pump

The flow structure around the intake of a vertical pump is investigated experimentally and numerically in order to obtain a guideline in designing the optimum shape of the intake of vertical pumps, in which their installation area is demanded to be minimum without losing the high performance. We concentrate our attention on the expansion ratio of the intake as a representative characteristic of the shape of the pumps and investigate the effect of the expansion ratio on pump performance. It is concluded that the optimum expansion ratio ranges in 1.1-1.2 if we take into consideration that the area needed for the installation of the pump should be minimum.