An acoustic pressure amplifier (APA) is capable of improving the match between a thermoacoustic engine and a load by elevating pressure ratio and acoustic power output. A standing-wave thermoacoustic engine driving a ...An acoustic pressure amplifier (APA) is capable of improving the match between a thermoacoustic engine and a load by elevating pressure ratio and acoustic power output. A standing-wave thermoacoustic engine driving a resistance- and-compliance (RC) load through an APA was simulated with linear thermoacoustics to study the impact of load impedance on the performance of the thermoacoustic system. Based on the simulation results, analysis focuses on the distribution of pressure amplitude and velocity amplitude in APA with an RC load of diverse acoustic resistances and compliance impedances. Variation of operating parameters, including pressure ratio, acoustic power, hot end temperature of stack, etc., versus impedance of the RC load is presented and analyzed according to the abovementioned distribution. A verifying experiment has been performed, which indicates that the simulation can roughly predict the system operation in the fundamental-frequency mode.展开更多
Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DS...Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)was used to analyze the phase change properties.Thermal conductivity and maximum heat flux of cotton fabric finished with PCMs before and after being washed were also measured.It has been found that melting and crystal enthalpy of the PCMs decrease with decreasing the core/shell ratio,while qmax of fabric treated with PCMs decreases and the thermal conductivity increases.Study shows that fabric finished by the PCMs has good temperature conditioning function.展开更多
Experimental investigation was conducted to investigate the impingement heat transfer performance of a synthetic jet driven by piston actuator on a constant heat flux surface. Effects of jet formation frequency, nozzl...Experimental investigation was conducted to investigate the impingement heat transfer performance of a synthetic jet driven by piston actuator on a constant heat flux surface. Effects of jet formation frequency, nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio and con- jugation of cross flow were considered. The synthetic jet is of stronger penetration and heat transfer capacity when the piston reciprocates at relatively high frequency. Similar to the continuous jet impingement, nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio plays an important role in the heat transfer enhancement of synthetic jet. The optimum nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio corresponding to maximum heat transfer enhancement is considerably high in the synthetic jet, as compared to that in a continuous jet, which indicates that the synthetic jet introduces a stronger entrainment and more vigorous penetration in the surrounding fluid. The convective heat transfer capacity is enhanced significantly under the conjugate action of a synthetic jet and cross flow in com- narison with their individual action.展开更多
This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat tran...This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat transfer surface.The work-fluid is flown to a high temperature or a low temperature heat transfer surface from the narrow path.In order to increase the amount of the heat transmission,a trace of Diethylether(boiling point 34.8 ℃),as a phase change material(PCM),is added to the work-fluid.The parameters of the experiment are additive amount of PCM,the rotational speed of the displacer piston and the temperature of heat transfer surface.It is clarified that the increasing of engine cycle output is brought by the PCM addition.The effect of PCM addition is evaluated by output ratio which is defined from the experimental cycle output data.The requirements for acquiring the increasing effect of output by adding PCM are clarified.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 50536040)the University Doctoral Subject Special Foundation of China (No. 20050335047)+1 种基金the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. 2006-bsh-21)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. Y107229), China
文摘An acoustic pressure amplifier (APA) is capable of improving the match between a thermoacoustic engine and a load by elevating pressure ratio and acoustic power output. A standing-wave thermoacoustic engine driving a resistance- and-compliance (RC) load through an APA was simulated with linear thermoacoustics to study the impact of load impedance on the performance of the thermoacoustic system. Based on the simulation results, analysis focuses on the distribution of pressure amplitude and velocity amplitude in APA with an RC load of diverse acoustic resistances and compliance impedances. Variation of operating parameters, including pressure ratio, acoustic power, hot end temperature of stack, etc., versus impedance of the RC load is presented and analyzed according to the abovementioned distribution. A verifying experiment has been performed, which indicates that the simulation can roughly predict the system operation in the fundamental-frequency mode.
文摘Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)was used to analyze the phase change properties.Thermal conductivity and maximum heat flux of cotton fabric finished with PCMs before and after being washed were also measured.It has been found that melting and crystal enthalpy of the PCMs decrease with decreasing the core/shell ratio,while qmax of fabric treated with PCMs decreases and the thermal conductivity increases.Study shows that fabric finished by the PCMs has good temperature conditioning function.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50276028,51106073)
文摘Experimental investigation was conducted to investigate the impingement heat transfer performance of a synthetic jet driven by piston actuator on a constant heat flux surface. Effects of jet formation frequency, nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio and con- jugation of cross flow were considered. The synthetic jet is of stronger penetration and heat transfer capacity when the piston reciprocates at relatively high frequency. Similar to the continuous jet impingement, nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio plays an important role in the heat transfer enhancement of synthetic jet. The optimum nozzle-to-surface spacing ratio corresponding to maximum heat transfer enhancement is considerably high in the synthetic jet, as compared to that in a continuous jet, which indicates that the synthetic jet introduces a stronger entrainment and more vigorous penetration in the surrounding fluid. The convective heat transfer capacity is enhanced significantly under the conjugate action of a synthetic jet and cross flow in com- narison with their individual action.
基金the Cooperative Research Program of IOES,Institute of Ocean Energy,Saga University.(Accept15004A)
文摘This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat transfer surface.The work-fluid is flown to a high temperature or a low temperature heat transfer surface from the narrow path.In order to increase the amount of the heat transmission,a trace of Diethylether(boiling point 34.8 ℃),as a phase change material(PCM),is added to the work-fluid.The parameters of the experiment are additive amount of PCM,the rotational speed of the displacer piston and the temperature of heat transfer surface.It is clarified that the increasing of engine cycle output is brought by the PCM addition.The effect of PCM addition is evaluated by output ratio which is defined from the experimental cycle output data.The requirements for acquiring the increasing effect of output by adding PCM are clarified.
