Thermodynamic Evaluation of Transcritical CO_(2) Heat Pump Considering Temperature Matching under the Constraint of Heat Transfer Pinch Point

The non-linear temperature glide in the supercritical CO_(2) cooling process makes the heat transfer pinch point of heat exchanger show multiplicity,like size,location distribution and quantity,which makes the thermodynamic performance of the CO_(2) transcritical cycle more complex and eventually affects the evaluation of the optimal operating state of the system.Based on the second law of thermodynamics and the constraints of heat transfer pinch,a thermodynamic evaluation method of CO_(2) transcritical heat pump system was proposed according to the degree of temperature matching.The influence mechanism of multi-characteristic change of heat transfer pinch point on temperature matching degree and the effect of temperature matching degree on thermodynamic performance of CO_(2) transcritical heat pump system were discussed.The relationship between temperature matching degree,COP and exergy efficiency of the system was analyzed.It is considered that the change of temperature matching index value can clearly characterize the change trends of COP and exergy efficiency.That is,the smaller the temperature matching degree is,the closer the temperature distribution of heat transfer fluids on both sides of the heat exchanger is to Lorenz cycle,and the greater the COP and exergy efficiency are.Furthermore,by monitoring the outlet temperature of the CO_(2) cooler,which has an essential relationship with the temperature matching degree during the heat exchange process,the deviation between actual and optimal working condition can be judged online,which is beneficial to real-time evaluation of the working state of the system.

A data selection method for matrix effects and uncertainty reduction for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Severe matrix effects and high signal uncertainty are two key bottlenecks for the quantitative performance and wide applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS).Based on the understanding that the superposition of both matrix effects and signal uncertainty directly affects plasma parameters and further influences spectral intensity and LIBS quantification performance,a data selection method based on plasma temperature matching(DSPTM)was proposed to reduce both matrix effects and signal uncertainty.By selecting spectra with smaller plasma temperature differences for all samples,the proposed method was able to build up the quantification model to rely more on spectra with smaller matrix effects and signal uncertainty,therefore improving final quantification performance.When applied to quantitative analysis of the zinc content in brass alloys,it was found that both accuracy and precision were improved using either a univariate model or multiple linear regression(MLR).More specifically,for the univariate model,the root-mean-square error of prediction(RMSEP),the determination coefficients(R^(2))and relative standard derivation(RSD)were improved from 3.30%,0.864 and 18.8%to 1.06%,0.986 and 13.5%,respectively;while for MLR,RMSEP,R^(2)and RSD were improved from 3.22%,0.871 and 26.2%to 1.07%,0.986 and 17.4%,respectively.These results prove that DSPTM can be used as an effective method to reduce matrix effects and improve repeatability by selecting reliable data.

Inverse Measurement of Moisture Content in Porous Insulation Materials with a Data Sorting Method

Moisture in insulation materials will impair their thermal and acoustic performance, induce microbe growth, and cause equipment/material corrosion. Moisture content measurement is vital to the effective moisture control. This investigation proposes a simple, fast, and accurate method to measure moisture content of insulation materials through matching the measured temperature rise. Since moisture content corresponds to unique thermophysical properties, the measured temperature rise varies with moisture content. During the data analysis, all possible volumetric heat capacities and thermal conductivities are enumerated to match the measured temperature rise based on the composite heat conduction theory. Then, the partial derivatives with respect to both volumetric heat capacity and thermal conductivity are evaluated, so that these partial derivatives will be guaranteed equaling to zero at the optimal solutions to the moisture content. Compared to the benchmarked gravimetric method, this proposed method was found having a better accuracy but requiring a short test time.