Analyses of non-aqueous reactive polymer insulation layer in high geothermal tunnel

The scenario of geothermal tunnel is commonly observed around the world,and increases with the new constructions in the long and deep tunnels,for example in China.Tunnel insulation is generally divided into active and passive insulation.In passive insulation,it is an effective way to set low thermal con-ductivity materials as the thermal insulation layer as the choice of insulation material mainly depends on the thermal conductivity.Polymer is a kind of material with good geothermal performance,but there are relatively few studies.In this context,the transient plane source(TPS)method was used to measure the thermal conductivity of the developed polymer.Then,the temperature field of the high geothermal tunnel insulated by the non-aqueous reactive polymer layer was simulated.With the parametric analysis results,the suggestions for the tunnel layers were proposed accordingly.It revealed that the thermal conductivity of polymer first increases and then decreases with temperature.There are two rising sec-tions(?40e10?C and 20e90?C),one flat section(10e20?C)and one descending section(>90?C).It is observed the thermal conductivity of polymer increases with increase of the density of insulation layer and the density,and the thermal conductivity decreases when exposed to high temperatures.The temperature of the surrounding rocks increases with increase of the thermal conductivity and the thickness of polymer.Finally,a more economical thickness(5 cm)was proposed.Based on the parametric study,a thermal insulation layer with thermal conductivity less than 0.045 W/(m K),thickness of 5 cm and a density less than 0.12 g/cm 3 is suggested for practice.

Preparation and Recipe Optimization of Water-based Architectural Heat Insulation Coatings

Water-based architectural heat insulation coatings were studied to overcome the drawbacks of conventional inorganic silicate heat insulation coatings. The heat insulation coatings were prepared with the method of mechanical agitation when the mixed organic polymer emulsions were used as binder of the coatings and the mixed heat insulating aggregates were applied as powder, and some assistants were also added. Water temperature difference in the plastic container, which was coated with heat insulation coatings, represented the heat-insulating property of the coatings. The influences of components of mixed polymer emulsion, mass ratio of polymer emulsion to powder, particle size of heat insulating aggregates, added amount of air entraining admixture and the match of thickeners on the properties of the coatings were studied. The experimental results show that the heat insulation coatings with good finishing, heat-insulation property and artificial weathering can be prepared when the binder is composed of 66.92% styrene-acrylic emulsion, 16.59% elastic emulsion and 16.49% silicone-acrylic emulsion, the mass ratio of polymer emulsion to powder is 0.45, the particle size of heat insulating aggregates is in the rang of 200 and 250 mesh size, the added amount of sericite is 15%, and the added amount of air entraining admixture is in the range of 1.0% and 1.5% and the thickeners are the mixtures of ASE-60 and RM-5000.

STEADY HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS AND PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTILAYER THERMAL INSULATIONS

The energy equilibrium equation and discrete ordinate methods are combined to establish the one-dimensional steady heat transfer mathematical model of multi-layer thermal insulations （MTIs） in metallic thermal protection systems. The inverse problem of heat transfer is solved by the genetic algorithm and data from the steady heat transfer experiment of fibrous thermal insulations. The density radiation attenuation coefficient, the albedo of fibrous thermal insulations and the surface emissivity of reflective screens are optimized. Finally, the one-dimensional steady heat transfer model of MTIs with optimized thermal physical parameters is verified by experimental data of the effective MTI conductivity.

Preparation and properties of thermal insulation coatings with a sodium stearate-modified shell powder as a filler

Waste shell stacking with odor and toxicity is a serious hazard to our living environment. To make effective use of the natural resources, the shell powder was applied as a filler of outdoor thermal insulation coatings. Sodium stearate(SS) was used to modify the properties of shell powder to reduce its agglomeration and to increase its compatibility with the emulsion. The oil absorption rate and the spectrum reflectance of the shell powder show that the optimized content of SS as a modifier is 1.5wt%. The total spectrum reflectance of the coating made with the shell powder that is modified at this optimum SS content is 9.33% higher than that without any modification. At the optimum SS content of 1.5wt%, the thermal insulation of the coatings is improved by 1.0℃ for the cement mortar board and 1.6℃ for the steel plate, respectively. The scouring resistance of the coating with the 1.5wt% SS-modified shell powder is three times that of the coating without modification.

Impact of light-weight external thermal insulation materials on building surrounding thermal environment in summer

The method for calculating wall surface heat storage coefficient was introduced,and the coefficients of several common walls with light-weight external thermal insulation materials and the traditional solid clay brick wall were calculated.In order to study the impact of light-weight external thermal insulation materials,a contrasting experiment was carried out between an external insulated room and an uninsulated room in August,2010,in Chongqing,China.The result shows that outside surface heat storage coefficient of the insulated wall is much less than that of the traditional wall.However,during sunny time,the surface temperature of external walls of the insulated room is obviously higher than that of the uninsulated room.In different orientations,due to different amounts of solar radiation and being irradiated in different time,the contrasting temperature difference(CTD) appears different regularity.In a word,using light-weight external thermal insulation materials has a negative impact on building surrounding thermal environment and people's health.Finally,some suggestions on how to eliminate the impact,such as improving the surface condition of the building envelop,and plating vertical greening,are put forward.

Performance improvement of Fe-6.5Si soft magnetic composites with hybrid phosphate-silica insulation coatings

Fe-6.5Si soft magnetic composites(SMCs)with hybrid phosphate-silica insulation coatings have been designed to improve their comprehensive property via chemical coating combining sol-gel method in this work.The microstructure and magnetic performance of the Fe-6.5Si SMCs with hybrid phosphate-silica insulation coatings were investigated.The hybrid phosphate-silica coatings with high heat resistance and high withstand pressure,formed on the surface of the Fe-6.5Si ferromagnetic powders,were found stable in the composites.Compared with Fe-6.5Si SMCs coated by single phosphate or single silica,Fe-6.5Si SMCs with hybrid phosphate-silica show much higher permeability and lower core loss.The work provides a new way to optimize the magnetic performance of soft magnetic composites.

Study on Thermal Insulation Performance of Cross-Laminated Bamboo Wall

In recent years,bamboo,as a green building material,has attracted more and more attention worldwide.Inspired by the investigation of cross-laminated timber in structural systems,a new engineered cross-laminated bamboo(CLB)consisting of the cross lamination of bamboo scrimber plates is proposed in this paper.To evaluate its potential in structural applications,the thermal insulation performances of the CLB walls and CLB walls with the EPS foam plate were studied and evaluated by the temperature-controlled box-heat flow meter method.Test results indicated that the thermal insulation performance improved with the increase of thickness,but different wall configurations had little effect on the thermal insulation performance under the same thickness of the CLB wall.The thermal insulation performance of EPS-CLB composite wall was much better than that of CLB wall.In addition,a relatively acceptable accuracy of the theoretical calculations was proved.Finally,the influence of different locations of the EPS foam plate on heat transfer coefficient can be neglected as it was studied based on the validated numerical models.

Energy Saving in Construction by Wide Application of High-Quality Insulation Based on Basalt Fibers

The influence of modern heat insulation materials on the ecological compatibility and fire resistance of residential and public buildings is considered. The nomenclature of fibrous heat insulation materials from basic rocks of volcanic origin is described. For basalt super thin fibers (BSTF), the production technology is described. The factors negatively influencing the engineering-and-economical performance of the duplex technology of production of the BSTF are analyzed. The engineering-and-economical performance of innovative enterprises for the production of basalt heat insulation and measures for its use in construction are given.

Research on Thermal Insulation and Energy Saving of External Wall in City High-rise Building of Cold Area

This paper applies the method of numerical simulation and field detection, and studied energy-saving insulation characteristics on the external wails of high-rise buildings in cold area, analyze and recommend the best arrangement of building and the most generous exterior wall insulation system suitable for cold area, and the degree of insulation materials were studied. The results show that： the mode preferred cold area is exterior insulation, insulation material made of extruded polystyrene board, frame structure filling wall preferred ceramsite hollow block.

Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)/纤维素复合气凝胶的制备及其阻燃性能

针对纤维素气凝胶隔热性能差、易燃烧等问题,基于液氮定向冷冻及真空冷冻干燥技术,以低成本、环境友好的微晶纤维素为原材料,Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)溶胶为阻燃剂,去离子水为溶剂,加入硼酸作为催化剂控制共水解进程,制备出隔热阻燃性能良好的Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)/纤维素复合气凝胶。采用扫描电子显微镜、傅里叶变换红外光谱仪、热重分析仪、锥形量热仪等研究了Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)溶胶含量对材料结构与性能的影响,并分析了复合气凝胶的阻燃机制。结果表明,随着Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)溶胶含量的增加,Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)/纤维素复合气凝胶从蜂窝状结构向多孔三维网络结构转变,孔径减小。Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)溶胶与微晶纤维素溶液体积比为2∶10时,具有最高分解温度205.21℃和最大质量保持率35.191%。点燃时间为11 s,热释放速率峰值为127.13 kW/m^(2),表现出更好的阻燃性与抑制火焰生成能力。

Study on the Heat Insulation Property of Down Jackets in Relation to Down Content

Based on the heat transferring theory in the human-clothing-environment system, the heat insulation property and changing pattern of down jackets in relation to its down content is mainly dealt with. By the heated-manikin testing and the mathematical analysis to the testing data, the existence of the optimum down content is found. Furthermore the reason and mechanism of the relation between down content and clothing’s heat insulation property are explained.

Heat dissipation enhancement method for finned heat sink for AGV motor driver's IGBT module

With the widespread use of high-power and highly integrated insulated gate bipolar transistor(IGBT),their cooling methods have become challenging.This paper proposes a liquid cooling scheme for heavy-duty automated guided vehicle(AGV)motor driver in port environment,and improves heat dissipation by analyzing and optimizing the core component of finned heat sink.Firstly,the temperature distribution of the initial scheme is studied by using Fluent software,and the heat transfer characteristics of the finned heat sink are obtained through numerical analysis.Secondly,an orthogonal test is designed and combined with the response surface methodology to optimize the structural parameters of the finned heat sink,resulting in a 14.57%increase in the heat dissipation effect.Finally,the effectiveness of heat dissipation enhancement is verified.This work provides valuable insights into improving the heat dissipation of IGBT modules and heat sinks,and provides guidance for their future applications.

Effect of Heat-Insulating Layer Thickness on Melting Rate of Ice Fixed Abrasives Polishing Pad

The formula of the thickness of the heat-insulating layer is deduced via heat transfer analysis,according to the principle of heat transfer in limited space.Polishing experiments are carried out using the same technological parameters.Compared with the polishing experimental results,the heat transfer model is proved to be correct.As validated by the experimental results,polyurethane heat-insulating layer can effectively improve the service life of the ice fixed abrasive pad and alleviate the melting rate in the polishing process to improve the polishing quality proposed.The heat transfer model provides theoretical basis for research of temperature field of ice fixed abrasive polishing.

粮食平房仓“结构-隔热”一体化墙板热工性能研究

为了提高散装粮食平房仓墙体保温隔热性能,提出了一种新型“结构-隔热”一体化墙板(SIW墙板)。通过试验和数值模拟,分析了保温板厚度、连接件等对SIW墙板热工性能的影响,揭示了内、外叶墙板温度、热流密度随时间的变化规律,得到了SIW墙板的传热系数,基于传热系数指标开展了SIW墙板在不同储粮生态区的适用性评价。结果表明:相较于传统平房仓砖砌墙体,保温板厚度为50 mm和80 mm的SIW墙板传热系数分别降低了45.81%和56.13%;GFRP连接件在SIW墙板中的热桥效应不显著,对墙板温度场的影响较小;相较于保温板厚度为50 mm的SIW墙板,80 mm厚的SIW墙板能满足3个储粮生态区对粮食平房仓墙体传热性能的要求。

Gradient Changing Morphology Research of Cross-linked Polyethylene Thick Insulation of 110 kV Power Cable

The thick insulation layer of 110 kV XLPE power cables will result in the gradient changing morphology with the radius due to crosslinking process and cooling of the XLPE insulation. In this paper, the morphology of cross-linked polyethylene （XLPE） insulation of 110 kV cable and the uniforming effect of the heating process on it are researched by the differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and X-ray diffraction （WAXD）. The middle layer morphology structures of insulation produced by normal technology are of better uniform, while the crystallinity of the inner and outer layer of the insulation is lower than that of the middle one. The melting enthalpy AHm of materials displays the difference of the crystal morphologies sensitively. The difference of crystallizing morphology in different layers of the high-voltage power cable insulation can be improved by heating process. But the uniforming of morphology of the insulation by heating process requires sufficient ttanperature and time. The effect of the on-line stress-relaxation equipment used widely by cable works now should be doubted. The test results of WAXD reveal that thermal stress changes the interplanar distances in the crystal region. So the radical stress in the insulation is tensile mainly.

Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of Temperature Distribution of Piezoelectric Stack with Heating and Thermal Insulation Device

This paper discusses the temperature field distribution of piezoelectric stack with heating and thermal insulation device in cryogenic temperature environment. Firstly,the model of the piezoelectric damper is simplified and established by using partial-differential heat conduction equation. Secondly,the two-dimensional Du Fort-Frankel finite difference scheme is used to discretize the thermal conduction equation,and the numerical solution of the transient temperature field of piezoelectric stack driven by heating film at different positions is obtained by programming iteration. Then,the cryogenic temperature cabinet is used to simulate the low temperature environment to verify the numerical analysis results of the temperature field. Finally,the finite difference results are compared with the finite results and the experimental data in steady state and transient state,respectively. Comparison shows that the results of the finite difference method are basically consistent with the finite element and the experimental results,but the calculation time is shorter. The temperature field distribution results obtained by the finite difference method can verify the thermal insulation performance of the heating system and provide data basis for the temperature control of piezoelectric stack.

Optimal Thermal Insulation Thickness in Isolated Air-Conditioned Buildings and Economic Analysis

The removal building heat load and electrical power consumption by air conditioning system are proportional to the outside conditions and solar radiation intensity. Building construction materials has substantial effects on the transmission heat through outer walls, ceiling and glazing windows. Good thermal isolation for buildings is important to reduce the transmitted heat and consumed power. The buildings models are constructed from common materials with 0 - 16 cm of thermal insulation thickness in the outer walls and ceilings, and double-layers glazing windows. The building heat loads were calculated for two types of walls and ceiling with and without thermal insulation. The cooling load temperature difference method, CLTD, was used to estimate the building heat load during a 24-hour each day throughout spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons. The annual cooling degree-day, CDD was used to estimate the optimal thermal insulation thickness and payback period with including the solar radiation effect on the outer walls surfaces. The average saved energy percentage in summer, spring, autumn and winter are 35.5%, 32.8%, 33.2% and 30.7% respectively, and average yearly saved energy is about of 33.5%. The optimal thermal insulation thickness was obtained between 7 - 12 cm and payback period of 20 - 30 month for some Egyptian Cities according to the Latitude and annual degree-days.

CFD Simulations of Wind Effect on Net Solar Heat Gain of South Walls with Internal Insulation

Computational fluid dynamics( CFD) techniques are used to investigate effects of both wind direction and wind speed on net solar heat gain of south wall with internal insulation in winter.Results show that wind effect has a significant influence on the net solar heat gain,where the impact of wind direction is stronger than that of wind speed. For regions in lower reaches of the Yangtze River,difference of their average net solar heat gains( NSHGS) is about 20% due to various wind speeds and wind directions.Buildings in districts with a dominant wind direction of north achieve the highest solar energy utilization.

A Study on Impervious and Heat-Insulating Performance of Geomembrane Composites Within Breakwater

This paper investigates the performance of geomembrane composites used as impervious and heat-insulating lining within a breakwater for a power station. The seepage field, distribution of stress-strain contour and seepage discharge of hot water which has been treated as the inner thermal source in the calculation of heat-insulation, have been given by three-dimensional calculation method coupling seepage with stress. The results indicate that the impervious and heat-insulation effect of geomembrane composites is significant.

基于数值模拟技术的案例教学与科研实践--组合活塞轻量化及适度隔热研究

以某高强化柴油机活塞为研究对象,采用拓扑优化方法和适度隔热技术来达到活塞的轻量化及隔热要求。将气隙隔热、陶瓷垫片隔热、组合活塞等隔热结构应用于经拓扑优化的铝合金活塞中。选取活塞顶部材料、顶部材料厚度、气隙半径和隔热片当量导热系数这4种主要影响因素进行正交实验设计和极差分析,确定影响活塞温度的显著性因素。采用满意度评价函数对各组合隔热方案进行满意度评估,从中筛选出最优方案,并对其进行热流分配分析和热应力计算。经过多学科协同教学和数值仿真训练,不仅促进了学生对专业知识的消化吸收,而且提升了学生的实践创新能力。