Experimental investigation on heat transfer characteristics of microcapsule phase change material suspension in array jet impingement

A closed-loop experimental system is established to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of microcapsule phase change material(MEPCM) suspension in an array jet impingement. Eicosane with a melting peak at 40.8℃ is used as the capsule core of the MEPCM particle. Five kinds of array-hole nozzles with the same hole cross-sectional area are employed to analyze the influence of critical parameters, including the nozzle hole number, hole spacing, impinging distance, and jet temperature. It shows that a 5% suspension may improve the heat transfer coefficient of the array jet by up to 23.5% compared with water. The heat transfer of an array jet is obviously stronger than that of a single jet, but too much hole number is not conducive because of the entrainment interference between adjacent jets. A larger hole spacing or smaller impinging distance may weaken the crossflow accumulation on the impinged surface, thus enhancing the heat transfer capability. The heat transfer coefficient of the array jet presents a secondary peak value at the end of the jet-core region. The latent heat absorption of the capsule core results in superior heat transfer of the suspension compared to that of water only in a specific range of jet temperatures, the optimum of which is approximately 10℃ lower relative to the peak melting temperature. In addition, the melt completion time of a single MEPCM particle and the critical flow rate of the suspension are predicted theoretically.

Fabricating a reactive surface on the fibroin film by a room-temperature plasma jet array for biomolecule immobilization

A simple dielectric barrier discharge（DBD） jet array was designed with a liquid electrode and helium gas.The characteristics of the jet array discharge and the preliminary polymerization with acrylic acid（AA） monomer were presented.The plasma reactor can produce a cold jet array with a gas temperature lower than 315 K,using an applied discharge power between 6 W and 30 W（V dis × I dis）.A silk fibroin film（SFF） was modified using the jet array and AA monomer,and the treated SFF samples were characterized by atomic force microscopy（AFM）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）,and contact angle（CA）.The deposition rate of the poly acrylic acid（PAA） was able to reach 300 nm/min,and the surface roughness and energy increased with the AA flow rate.The FTIR results indicate that the modified SFF had more carboxyl groups（-COOH） than the original SFF.This latter characteristic allowed the modified SFF to immobilize more quantities of antimicrobial peptide（AP,LL-37） which inhibited the Escherichia coli（E.Coli） effectively.

Plasma jet array treatment to improve the hydrophobicity of contaminated HTV silicone rubber

An atmospheric-pressure plasma jet array specially designed for HTV silicone rubber treatment is reported in this paper. Stable plasma containing highly energetic active particles was uniformly generated in the plasma jet array. The discharge pattern was affected by the applied voltage. The divergence phenomenon was observed at low gas flow rate and abated when the flow rate increased.Temperature of the plasma plume is close to room temperature which makes it feasible for temperature-sensitive material treatment. Hydrophobicity of contaminated HTV silicone rubber was significantly improved after quick exposure of the plasma jet array, and the effective treatment area reached 120 mm？×？50 mm（length？×？width）. Reactive particles in the plasma accelerate accumulation of the hydrophobic molecules, namely low molecular weight silicone chains, on the contaminated surface, which result in a hydrophobicity improvement of the HTV silicone rubber.

Partially-Premixed Combustion Characteristics and Thermal Performance of Micro Jet Array Burners with Different Nozzle Spacings

In order to develop a burner with uniform temperature field,the combustion characteristics and thermal performance of partially premixed methane/air jet flames were experimentally studied by using micro jet array burners.The circular tubes of 1.0-mm inner diameter and 1.5-mm outer diameter were used as nozzles.The effects of nozzle spacing and equivalence ratio on flame phenomenology,temperature distribution and pollutant emissions were respectively investigated by camera photography,thermocouple measurement and sampling analysis.Results show that there are two clean flame patterns:clean merged-flame and clean non-merging flames.The flame patterns depend on the strength of flame interaction,the equivalence ratio of the mixture and the quantity of air entrainment through the gap between nozzles.The burners with small nozzle spacing such as 2 mm and 2.5 mm tend to produce fully merged flame with low equivalence ratio limit and the corresponding temperature fields are very uniform with fluctuations less than 0.3%,but a small increase in equivalence ratio will lead to rapid deterioration of combustion property.The burner with a medium spacing of 3 mm can produce partially merged flame in a wide equivalence ratio range with low emissions,and the temperature fluctuation can be less than 0.5%(<7 K)in the optimal region.The burner with a large spacing of 4 mm will basically form independent array flames with the largest temperature fluctuation over 1%,while it can achieve clean combustion under high equivalence ratio due to large air entrainment.Comprehensive analysis shows that the micro jet array burner with medium nozzle spacing of 3 mm has the best combustion characteristics and thermal performance.