Experimental Study on the Performance of ORC System Based on Ultra-Low Temperature Heat Sources

This paper discussed the experimental results of the performance of an organic Rankine cycle(ORC)system with an ultra-low temperature heat source.The low boiling point working medium R134a was adopted in the system.The simulated heat source temperature(SHST)in this work was set from 39.51°C to 48.60°C by the simulated heat source module.The influence of load percentage of simulated heat source(LPSHS)between 50%and 70%,the rotary valve opening(RVO)between 20%and 100%,the resistive load between 36Ωand 180Ωor the no-load of the generator,as well as the autumn and winter ambient temperature on the system performance were studied.The results showed that the stability of the system was promoted when the generator had a resistive load.The power generation(PG)and generator speed(GS)of the system in autumn were better than in winter,but the expander pressure ratio(EPR)was lower than in winter.Keep RVO unchanged,the SHST,the mass flow rate(MFR)of the working medium,GS,and the PG of the system increased with the increasing of LPSHS for different generator resistance load values.When the RVO was 60%,LPSHS was 70%,the SHST was 44.15°C and the resistive load was 72Ω,the highest PG reached 15.11 W.Finally,a simulation formula was obtained for LPSHS,resistance load,and PG,and its correlation coefficient was between 0.9818 and 0.9901.The formula can accurately predict the PG.The experimental results showed that the standard deviation between the experimental and simulated values was below 0.0792,and the relative error was within±5%.

Numerical simulation of spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of subsurface fluid based on strong body seismogenic model$$$$

Using finite element technique of the plane-strain problem in solid-liquid two-phase medium, we Studied the char acteristics of 'field precursors' and 'focus precursors' of subsurface fluid and their spatial-temporal evolution in case of dip-slip earthquake. The results show that: ① the change of ground fluid is slow and the anomaly is not prominent in the early period which is of elastic accumulation and non-linear; ② dilatancy emerges and anomalyfocus mainly in the source region in the moderate period which is hardening and of local dilatancy. In the period the focus precursors emerge earlier than the field precursors; ③ anomalies spreed continuously in the source area and new regions with big anomaly emerge out of the source region in the middle-short period which is of large scale dilatancy.

The Improved Design of Multi-channel Thin Gap Chamber Simulation Signal Source for the ATLAS Detector Upgrade

We develop an improved design of thin gap chamber （TGC） simulation signal source. To further simulate the feature of TGC detector, a novel thought is proposed. The TGC source has 256 channels. Every channel can randomly output the signal in 25 ns. The design is based on true random number generator （TRNG）. Considering the electrical connection between the TGC source and the developing trigger electronics, the GFZ connector is used. The experimental results show that the improved TGC simulation signal source can uniformly output the random signal in every channel. The output noise is less than 3 mVrms.

Numercial Simulation for Plasma Stream of ECR Plasma Source

Using a Monte Carlo method and resonable data in our experiment device, we simulate the plasma stream of ECR plasma source on condition that the plasma is collisionless. We can get the distribution of ion density and the effect of magnetic field on the plasma along the divergent magnetic field. The research is beneficial to plasma processing applications.

Thermal Analysis Simulation of Germanium Zone Refining Process Assuming a Constant Radio-Frequency Heating Source

Three-dimensional thermal a nalysis simulation of a horizontal zone refining system is conducted for germanimn semiconductor materials. The considered geometry includes a g＇ral）hite boat filled with germanium placed in a cylindrical quartz tube. A flow of Ar and H2 gas mixture is purged througll the tube. A narrow section of the, boat is assmned to be exposed to a constant heat rate produced b v an rf coil located outside the quartz tube. The results of this analysis provide essential information about various parameters such as the shape of tile molten zone, required power and temperature gradient in the system.

A SEMI-ANALYTICAL AND SEMI-NUMERICAL METHOD FOR SOLVING 2-D SOUND-STRUCTURE INTERACTION PROBLEMS

Based on the transfer matrix method and the virtual source simulation technique, this paper proposes a novel semi-analytical and semi-numerical method for solving 2-D sound- structure interaction problems under a harmonic excitation.Within any integration segment, as long as its length is small enough,along the circumferential curvilinear coordinate,the non- homogeneous matrix differential equation of an elastic ring of complex geometrical shape can be rewritten in terms of the homogeneous one by the method of extended homogeneous capacity proposed in this paper.For the exterior fluid domain,the multi-circular virtual source simulation technique is adopted.The source density distributed on each virtual circular curve may be ex- panded as the Fourier's series.Combining with the inverse fast Fourier transformation,a higher accuracy and efficiency method for solving 2-D exterior Helmholtz's problems is presented in this paper.In the aspect of solution to the coupling equations,the state vectors of elastic ring induced by the given harmonic excitation and generalized forces of coefficients of the Fourier series can be obtained respectively by using a high precision integration scheme combined with the method of extended homogeneous capacity put forward in this paper.According to the superposition princi- ple and compatibility conditions at the interface between the elastic ring and fluid,the algebraic equation of system can be directly constructed by using the least square approximation.Examples of acoustic radiation from two typical fluid-loaded elastic rings under a harmonic concentrated force are presented.Numerical results show that the method proposed is more efficient than the mixed FE-BE method in common use.

THE UPWIND FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR MOVING BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF COUPLED SYSTEM

Coupled system of multilayer dynamics of fluids in porous media is to describe the history of oil-gas transport and accumulation in basin evolution.It is of great value in rational evaluation of prospecting and exploiting oil-gas resources.The mathematical model can be described as a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations with moving boundary values.The upwind finite difference schemes applicable to parallel arithmetic are put forward and two-dimensional and three-dimensional schemes are used to form a complete set.Some techniques,such as change of variables,calculus of variations, multiplicative commutation rule of difference operators,decomposition of high order difference operators and prior estimates,are adopted.The estimates in l~2 norm are derived to determine the error in the approximate solution.This method was already applied to the numerical simulation of migration-accumulation of oil resources.

Modified characteristic finite difference fractional step method for moving boundary value problem of nonlinear percolation system

A fractional step scheme with modified characteristic finite differences run- ning in a parallel arithmetic is presented to simulate a nonlinear percolation system of multilayer dynamics of fluids in a porous medium with moving boundary values. With the help of theoretical techniques including the change of regions, piecewise threefold quadratic interpolation, calculus of variations, multiplicative commutation rule of differ- ence operators, multiplicative commutation rule of difference operators, decomposition of high order difference operators, induction hypothesis, and prior estimates, an optimal order in 12 norm is displayed to complete the convergence analysis of the numerical algo- rithm. Some numerical results arising in the actual simulation of migration-accumulation of oil resources by this method are listed in the last section.

A Mirror-like ECR Plasma Source for Ionosphere Environment Simulator

A compact mirror-like ECR (electron cyclotron resonance) Plasma source for the ionosphere environment simulator was described for the fort time in China. The Overall sources system was composed of a 200 W 2.45 GHz microwave source, a coastal 3A./4 TEM-mode microwave resonance applicator, column and cylindrical Nd-Fe-P magnets, a quartz bell-shaped discharge chamber, a gas inlet system and a plasma-diffusing bore. The preliminary experiment demonstrated that ambi-polar diffusion plasma stream into the simulator (-500 mm long) formed an environment with following parameters: a plasma density ne of 104 cm-3 - 106 cm-3, an electron temperature Te < 5 eV at a pressure P of 10-1 Pa-10-3 Pa, a Plasma uniformity of > 80% over the experimental target with a 160-mm-in-diameter, satisfying primarily the requirement of simulating in a severe ionosphere environment.

Numerical and experimental studies of hydraulic noise induced by surface dipole sources in a centrifugal pump

The influences of the four different surface dipole sources in a centrifugal pump on the acoustic calculating accuracy are studied in this paper, by using the CFD combined with the Lighthill acoustic analogy methods. Firstly, the unsteady flow in the pump is solved based on the large eddy simulation method and the pressure pulsations on the four different surfaces are obtained. The four surfaces include the volute surface, the discharge pipe surface, the inner surface of the pump cavity, and the interfaces between the impeller and the stationary parts as well as the outer surface of the impeller. Then, the software Sysnoise is employed to interpolate the pressure fluctuations onto the corresponding surfaces of the acoustic model. The Fast Fourier Transform with a Hanning window is used to analyze the pressure fluctuations and transform them into the surface dipole sources. The direct boundary element method is applied to calculate the noise radiated from the dipole sources. And the predicted sound pressure level is compared with the experimental data. The results show that the pressure fluctuations on the discharge pipe surface and the outer surface of the impeller have little effect on the acoustic simulation results. The pressure pulsations on the inner surface of the pump cavity play an important role in the internal flow and the acoustic simulation. The acoustic calculating error can be reduced by about 7% through considering the effect of the pump cavity. The sound pressure distributions show that the sound pressure level increases with the growing flow rate, with the largest magnitude at the tongue zone.

The simulation of ultrasonic beams with a Gaussian beam equivalent point source model

Point Sources and Gaussian beams are used frequently as fundamental building blocks for developing ultrasonic beam models. Both these models have different weaknesses that limit their effectiveness. Here, we will show that one can develop a Gaussian Beam Equivalent Point Source （GBEPS） model that removes those weaknesses and combines the accuracy and versatility of the point source models with much of the speed and well-behaved nature of Gaussian beam models. We will demonstrate the efficiency and versatility of this new GBEPS model in simulating the beams generated from ultrasonic phased arrays, using as few as one Gaussian beam per element of the array. A single element GBEPS model will be shown to be as accurate as a point source model even when substantial beam focusing or steering is present in the array or where the array beam is transmitted through an interface. At the same time the GBEPS model will be shown to be several orders of magnitude faster than the point source model.

Particle-in-Cell with Monte CarloCollisions Gun Code Simulations of a Surface-Conversion H^(−)Ion Source

We present an extended update on the status of a particle-in-cellwithMonte Carlo collisions(PIC-MCC)gun code developed at LosAlamos for the study of surfaceconverter H−ion sources.The programis fully kinetic.Some of the program’s features include:solution of arbitrary electrostatic and magnetostatic fields in an axisymmetric(r,z)geometry to describe the self-consistent time evolution of a plasma;simulation of a multi-species(e^(−),H^(+),H^(+)_(2),H^(+)_(3),H^(−))plasma discharge from a neutral hydrogen gas and filament-originated seed electrons;full 2-dimensional(r,z)3-velocity(v_(r),v_(z),vφ)dynamics for all species;detailed collision physics between charged particles and neutrals and the ability to represent multiple smooth(not stair-stepped)electrodes of arbitrary shape and voltage whose surfaces may be secondary-particle emitters(H^(−)and e^(−)).The status of this development is discussed in terms of its physics content and current implementation details.

Numerical study of the flow in the Yellow River with non-monotonous banks

A 2-D depth averaged RNG k- ε model is developed to simulate the flow in a typical reach of the Upper Yellow River with non-monotonic banks. In order to take account of the effect of the secondary flow in a bend, the momentum equations are modified by adding an additional source term. A comparison between the numerical simulation and the field measurements indicates that the improved 2-D depth averaged RNG k- ε model can improve the accuracy of the numerical simulation. An arc spline interpolation method is developed to interpolate the non-monotonic river banks. The method can also be reasonably applied for the 2-D interpolation of the river bed level. Through a comparison of the water surface gradients simulated in the seven bends of the studied reach, some analytical formulae are improved to reasonably calculate the longitudinal and transverse gradients in meandering river reaches. Furthermore, the positions of the maximum water depth and the maximum velocity in a typical bend are discussed.