Computational analysis of the flow of pseudoplastic power-law fluids in a microchannel plate

The flow of pseudoplastic power-law fluids with different flow indexes at a microchannel plate was studied using computational fluid dynamic simulation.The velocity distribution along the microchannel plate and especially in the microchannel slits,flow pattern along the outlet arc and the pressure drop through the whole of microchannel plate were investigated at different power-law flow indexes.The results showed that the velocity profile in the microchannel slits for low flow index fluids was similar to the plug flow and had uniform pattern.Also the power-law fluids with lower flow indexes had lower stagnation zones near the outlet of the microchannel plate.The pressure drop through the microchannel plate showed huge differences between the fluids.The most interesting result was that the pressure drops for power-law fluids were very smaller than that of Newtonian fluids.In addition,the heat transfer of the fluids through the microchannel with different channel numbers in a wide range of Reynolds number was investigated.For power-law fluid with flow index(n=0.4),the Nusselt number increases continuously as the number of channels increases.The results highlight the potential use of using pseudoplastic fluids in the microheat exchangers which can lower the pressure drop and increase the heat transfer efficiency.

计及可变流量调节模式的电热综合能源系统条件分布鲁棒优化调度

电-热综合能源系统(integrated electricity and heat system,IEHS)可以有效促进可再生能源消纳。构建区域供热系统精细化模型与合理的可再生能源不确定性出力模型是调度IEHS的两个难点。该文首先提出计及可变流量调节模式的IEHS条件分布鲁棒优化调度模型,主要有两点改进:通过构建基于修正模糊集的条件分布鲁棒模型建模可再生能源预测误差与其预测出力信息之间的内在依赖性,提升调度结果安全性与最优性;基于流体能量守恒方程与一阶隐式迎风格式建立可变流量调节模式下的IEHS调度模型,以期充分挖掘区域供热系统的灵活性,促进可再生能源消纳。所构建的IEHS调度模型为含有大量非线性约束的条件分布鲁棒模型,难以直接求解。对此,通过对偶理论与条件风险价值近似方法将条件分布鲁棒模型转化为含非线性约束的确定性模型,并提出自适应McCormick算法用以求解非线性约束。通过不同规模案例仿真表明,所提模型能够降低IEHS的调度成本,所提算法在保证可行性的条件下快速求出问题的近似最优解,最优间隙小于千分之一。