板翅换热器流道结构改进与流体流动性能分析

研究超大型空分装备中板翅式换热器流道改进结构及其对换热器内流体流动影响,设计一种新型板翅换热器流道结构,该新型流道结构可以改变换热器流道内流体的流动方向,促使流体在板翅换热器内部呈M形流动,从而延长换热器中流体的流动距离,增大流体的湍流性能,强化换热器的换热效果。对板翅式换热器流道中转折位置流体的分布情况进行分析,着重分析换热器流道转折位置与流体流动速度、压力变化以及流体湍流性能之间的对应关系。采用Fluent分析流道结构改进前后板翅式换热器内流体的流动情况,可以看出改进后的流道结构可以显著增强换热器内流体的湍流性能,与结构改进之前的传统流道相比,新型流道结构的板翅式换热器通过增大内部流体的湍流性能的方式,提升换热器的换热效率。

螺旋槽管中单相水与油湍流摩擦阻力与传热特性

对单相水与油分别在4根不同几何参数的螺旋槽管中湍流摩擦阻力与传热特性进行了试验研究。以动量传递与热量传递的模拟理论为基础,由试验结果的关联得到了动量传递粗糙度函数（R函数）与热量传递粗糙度函数（G函数）的表达式,并与前人工作进行了比较。针对油的Pr随温度变化较大的特性,提出了改进的强化传热性能评价方法,并据此对1号与2号试验管进行了评价。研究结果可用于换热器设计及优化螺旋槽管几何参数。

出口南非内燃机车动力室冷却CFD计算

以出口南非内燃机车动力室通风系统为研究对象,利用计算流体力学软件ANSYS-FLUENT对其湍流性能和散热效果进行仿真分析,计算结果表明不同工况下动力间内平均温度均高于设计要求.对初始方案的速度场和温度场进行具体分析,选择在其出风口位置增加了两个风机的方式进行结构优化.采用ANSYS-FLUENT分析结构改进前后动力室内空气的流动情况,可以看出优化后的结构加快了通风口处的空气流速,显著增强了流体的湍流性能,从而强化了通风系统的换热效果,降低了动力室内部温度.

混合动力机车动力间的热力学分析及结构优化

以混合动力机车动力间通风系统为研究对象,在初始方案基础上提出两种通风系统优化方案:方案1为去掉动力间侧墙百叶窗,保留侧墙换气扇;方案2为同时去掉动力间侧墙百叶窗和换气扇。利用计算流体动力学软件ANSYS-FLUENT对动力间内部的湍流性能和熵产进行热力学分析。计算结果表明:包括初始方案在内的3种方案动力间内部平均温度均低于设计要求,但方案1可以显著增强动力间内冷却空气的湍流性能,对于迅速降低动力间内部温度更为有效,从而提高动力间通风系统的散热性能。

Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication Performance in Atmospheric Turbulence

Non-Line-of-Sight(NLOS)Ultraviolet(UV)communication uses the atmosphere as a propagation medium.As the communication range increases,turbulence becomes a significant atmospheric process that affects the propagation of optical waves.This paper presents a more accurate NLOS channel model by considering turbulence-induced Scintillation Attenuation(SA).Then,the Bit Error Rate(BER)during turbulence of the NLOS UV communication system with On-Off Keying(OOK)modulation and Maximum Likelihood(ML)detection is analysed and compared with that in free space without turbulence.The BER dependence is also analysed for different factors,including the refractive index structure parameter,transceiver range,pointing angles,transmitted power,and data rate.

Experimental and CFD Studies on the Performance of Microfiltration Enhanced by a Turbulence Promoter

This paper reports experimental and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) studies on the performance of microfiltration enhanced by a helical screw insert.The experimental results show that the use of turbulence pro-moter can improve the permeate flux of membrane in the crossflow microfiltration of calcium carbonate suspension,and flux improvement efficiency is strongly influenced by operation conditions.The energy consumption analysis indicates that the enhanced membrane system is more energy saving at higher feed concentrations.To explore the intrinsic mechanism of flux enhancement by a helical screw insert,three-dimensional CFD simulation of fluid flow was implemented.It reveals that hydrodynamic characteristics of fluid flow inside the channel are entirely changed by the turbulence promoter.The rotational flow pattern increases the scouring effect on the tube wall,reducing the particle deposition on the membrane surface.The absence of stagnant regions and high wall shear stress are respon-sible for the enhanced filtration performance.No secondary flow is generated in the channel,owing to the streamline shape of helical screw insert,so that the enhanced performance is achieved at relatively low energy consumption.

Thermohydraulics of Turbulent Flow Through Heat Exchanger Tubes Fitted with Circular-rings and Twisted Tapes

The influences of circular-ring turbulators （CRT） and twisted tape （TT） swirl generators on the heat transfer enhancement, pressure drop and thermal performance factor characteristics in a round tube are reported. The circular-ring turbulators were individually employed and together with the twisted tape swirl generators in the heated section of the tube. Three different pitch ratios （I/D = 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0） of the CRT and three different twist ratios （y/W= 3, 4, and 5） of the TT were introduced. The experiments were conducted using air as the working fluid under a uniform wall heat flux condition, for the Reynolds number between 6000 and 20000. The experimental results reveal that the heat transfer rate, friction factor and thermal performance factor of the combined CRT and qT are considerably higher than those of CRT alone. For the range examined, the Sncreases of mean Nusselt number, friction factor and thermal performance, in the tube equipped with combined devices, respectively, are 25.8%, 82.8% and 6.3% over those in the tube with the CRT alone. The highest thermal performance factor of 1.42 is found for the combined device consisting of the CRT with l/D = 1.0 and TT with y/W= 3. The correlations of the Nusselt number, friction factor and thermal performance factor of the tubes with combined devices are also developed in terms of Reynolds number, Prandtl number, twist ratio and pitch ratio.

Density distribution in a heavy-medium cyclone

Heavy-medium cyclones are widely used to upgrade run-of-mine coal.But the understanding of flow in a cyclone containing a dense medium is still incomplete.By introducing turbulent diffusion into calculations of centrifugal settling a theoretical distribution function giving the density field can be deduced.Qualitative analysis of the density field in every part of a cylindrical cyclone suggests an optimum design that has exhibited good separation effectiveness and anti-wear performance when in commercial operation.

Flow Properties of Turbulent Fiber Suspensions in a Stock Pump Impeller

A numerical method for predicting fiber orientation is presented to explore the flow properties of turbulent fiber suspension flowing through a stock pump impeller. The Fokker-Planck equation is used to describe the distribution of fiber orientation. The effect of flow-fiber coupling is considered by modifying the constitutive mode.The three-dimensional orientation distribution function is formulated and the corresponding equations are solved in terms of second-order and fourth-order orientation tensors. The evolution of fiber orientation, flow velocity and pressure, additional shear stress and normal stress difference are presented. The results show that the evolutions of fiber orientation are different along different streamlines. The velocity and its gradient are large in the concave wall region, while they are very small in the convex wall region. The additional shear stress and normal stress difference are large in the inlet and concave wall regions, and moderate in the mid-region, while they are almost zero in most downstream regions. The non-equilibrium fiber orientation distribution is dominant at the inlet and the concave wall regions. The flow will consume more energy to overcome the additional shearing losses due to fibers at the inlet and the concave wall regions. The change of flow rates has effect on the distribution of additional shear stress and normal stress difference. The flow structure in the inlet and concave wall regions is essential in the resultant rheological properties of the fiber suspension through the stock pump impeller, which will directly affect the flow efficiency of the fiber suspension through the impeller.

Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Turbulent Plasma Sheath Channel

Radio waves are highly attenuated and distorted by turbulent plasma sheath around hypersonic vehicles in near space, leading to communication blackout. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the plasma channel characteristics and the communication performances over the channel. We treat the turbulent plasma medium as a fast fading wireless channel. The coherence time and the spectrum spread of the plasma sheath channel are obtained in terms of root-meansquare(RMS). Baseband simulation scheme is proposed based on a stratified model of the plasma flow field. Results indicate that the coherence time is on the order of milliseconds and decreases rapidly with the increasing electron density turbulence. The spectrum spread due to plasma turbulence is also significant. Extensive simulations have been carried out to make communication performance evaluations. Quantitative results show that error floor takes place for PSK and QAM, while FSK with noncoherent detection is a promising method to mitigate the blackout problem.

Building Effects on a Horizontal-Axis Micro Wind Turbine： Experimental and Fluid-Dynamic Analysis

In this work, the efficiency ofa 1 kWp horizontal-axis wind turbine which is installed on the roof of the engineering building at the University of Salento has been evaluated, by means of CFD （computational fluid dynamic） and experimental data. Particularly, the influence of the building on the micro wind turbine performance has been studied and the numerical results （wind velocity fields and turbulence intensity above the building） have been compared with the experimental data collected over a period of three years. The results have shown that horizontal-axis wind turbines suffer from wake effect due to buildings, therefore, best sites in urban area have to be identified by a careful fluid dynamic analysis aimed at evaluating all causes that can reduce significantly the performance of the generator： in fact, building should allow to exploit increased wind intensity, but often this advantage is voided by turbulence phenomena, as in the case under investigation where the measured aerogenerator efficiency is lower than the nominal performance curve. Then, the best site can be found by crossing the contours of wind velocity with the turbulence intensity fields： in this way it is possible to localize an area （best location） where the aerogenerator can give maximum performance.

A Novel Non-Equidifferent Optical APPM Mapping Scheme for Strong Turbulent Atmospheric Channel

An optical Amplitude and Pulse Position Modulation(APPM) mapping scheme for strong turbulent atmospheric channel is proposed to optimize Bit Error Rate(BER) performance.In this scheme,a nonequidifferent amplitude series is designed based on quantitative BER analysis of the specific A×M APPM demapping procedures containing time slot selection and amplitude decision in selected time slot,which are different from traditional ones.Simulation results of 4×4,4×8 and 4×16 APPM show 4,3.4 and 6.9 d B SNR gain against traditional APPM scheme respectively.Thus significant BER performance improvement is achieved which helps to enhance reliability of freespace optical communication systems.

混合动力机车牵引变流器用水冷散热器的换热性能分析及结构优化

以混合动力机车牵引变流器用水冷散热器为研究对象,在初始方案的基础上将单流道结构改为双流道结构,适当降低流道高度对水冷散热器结构进行优化。利用计算流体动力学软件对水冷散热器的湍流性能进行分析,并利用泵功率来衡量散热器的经济性。计算结果表明:将单流道结构改为双流道结构,适当降低流道高度均可显著提升散热器内冷却水的分布效果,从而提高散热器的散热性能。

A one-equation turbulence model for recirculating flows

A one-equation turbulence model which relies on the turbulent kinetic energy transport equation has been developed to predict the flow properties of the recirculating flows. The turbulent eddy-viscosity coefficient is computed from a recalibrated Bradshaw's assumption that the constant a1= 0.31 is recalibrated to a function based on a set of direct numerical simulation(DNS) data. The values of dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy consist of the near-wall part and isotropic part, and the isotropic part involves the von Karman length scale as the turbulent length scale. The performance of the new model is evaluated by the results from DNS for fully developed turbulence channel flow with a wide range of Reynolds numbers. However, the computed result of the recirculating flow at the separated bubble of NACA4412 demonstrates that an increase is needed on the turbulent dissipation, and this leads to an advanced tuning on the self-adjusted function. The improved model predicts better results in both the non-equilibrium and equilibrium flows, e.g. channel flows, backward-facing step flow and hump in a channel.

Effect of Inlet Guide Vanes on the Performance of Small Axial Flow Fan

Effects of the inlet guide vanes on the static characteristics, aerodynamic noise and internal flow characteristics of a small axial flow fan are studied in this work. The inlet guide vanes with different outlet angle are designed, which are mounted on the casing and located at the upstream of the impeller of the prototype fan. Both steady and unsteady flow simulations arc performed. The steady flow is simulated by the calculations of Navier-Stokes equa- tions coupled with RNG k-epsilon turbulence model, while the unsteady flow is computed with large eddy simu- lation. According to the theoretical analysis, the inlet guide vanes with outlet angle of 60° are regarded as the op- timal inlet guide vanes. The static characteristic experiment is carried out in a standard test rig and the aerody- namic noise is tested in a semi-anechoic room. Then, performances of the fan with optimal inlet guide vanes are compared with those of the prototype fan. The results show that there is reasonable agreement between the simu- lation results and the experimental data. It is found that the static characteristics of small axial flow fan is im- proved obviously after installing the optimal inlet guide vanes. Meanwhile, the optimal inlet guide vanes have effect on reducing noise at the near field, but have little effect on the noise at the far field.

Analysis of heat transfer performance for turbulent viscoelastic fluid-based nanofluid using field synergy principle

In this paper,the field synergy principle is firstly performed on the viscoelastic fluid-based nanofluid and other relevant fluid in channel at turbulent flow state to scrutinize their heat transfer performance based on our direct numerical simulation database.The cosine values of intersection angle between velocity vector and temperature gradient vector are calculated for different simulated cases with varying nanoparticle volume fraction,nanoparticle diameter,Reynolds number and Weissenberg number.It is found that the filed synergy effect is enhanced when the nanoparticle volume fraction is increased,nanoparticle diameter is decreased and Weissenberg number is decreased,i.e.the heat transfer is also enhanced.However,the filed synergy effect is weakened with the increase of Reynolds number which may be the possible reason for the power function relationship in empirical correlation of heat transfer between heat transfer performance and Reynolds number with the constant power exponent lower than 1.Finally,it is also observed that the field synergy principle can be used to analyze the heat transfer process of viscoelastic fluid-based nanofluid at the turbulent flow state even if some negative cosine values of intersection angle exist in the flow field.

Performance analyses of subcarrier BPSK modulation over M turbulence channels with pointing errors

An aggregated channel model is achieved by fitting the Weibull distribution, which includes the effects of atmospheric attenuation, M distributed atmospheric turbulence and nonzero boresight pointing errors. With this approximate channel model, the bit error rate （BER） and the ergodic capacity of free-space optical （FSO） communication systems utilizing sub- cartier binary phase-shift keying （BPSK） modulation are analyzed, respectively. A closed-form expression of BER is de- rived by using the generalized Gauss-Lagueree quadrature rule, and the bounds of ergodic capacity are discussed. Monte Carlo simulation is provided to confirm the validity of the BER expressions and the bounds of ergodic capacity.

Numerical Simulation and Experiment Analyses for the Gas-liquid Two-phase Vortex Pump

Based on the gas-liquid two-phase mixture transportation test, the k-c-A; turbulence model was applied to simulate the two-phase turbulent flow in a vortex pump. By comparing the simulation and experiment results, inner flow features were revealed. The bubbles in the channel distribute mainly at the pressure side of the blades, and the aggregation degree of the bubbles is enhanced with an increase in inlet gas volume fraction. Experimental results indicate that the influence of the gas phase on vortex pump performance is small when the gas volume fraction is less than 10%. When the gas volume fraction contiuuously increases to 15%, the characteristic curves abruptly drop due to the gas blocking phenomenon.

Macro and micro issues in turbulent mixing

Numerical prediction of turbulent mixing can be divided into two subproblems: to predict the geometrical extent of a mixing region and to predict the mixing properties on an atomic or molecular scale, within the mixing region. The former goal suffices for some purposes, while important problems of chemical reactions(e.g. flames) and nuclear reactions depend critically on the second goal in addition to the first one. Here we review recent progress in establishing a conceptual reformulation of convergence, and we illustrate these concepts with a review of recent numerical studies addressing turbulence and mixing in the high Reynolds number limit. We review significant progress on the first goal, regarding the mixing region, and initial progress on the second goal, regarding atomic level mixing properties. New results concerning non-uniqueness of the infinite Reynolds number solutions and other consequences of a renormalization group point of view, to be published in detail elsewhere, are summarized here.The notion of stochastic convergence(of probability measures and probability distribution functions) replaces traditional pointwise convergence. The primary benefit of this idea is its increased stability relative to the statistical "noise" which characterizes turbulent flow. Our results also show that this modification of convergence, with sufficient mesh refinement, may not be needed. However, in practice, mesh refinement is seldom sufficient and the stochastic convergence concepts have a role.Related to this circle of ideas is the observation that turbulent mixing, in the limit of high Reynolds number, appears to be non-unique. Not only have multiple solutions been observed(and published) for identical problems, but simple physics based arguments and more refined arguments based on the renormalization group come to the same conclusion.Because of the non-uniqueness inherent in numerical models of high Reynolds number turbulence and mixing, we also include here numerical examples of validation. The algorithm we use here has two essential components. We depend on Front Tracking to allow accurate resolution of flows with sharp interfaces or steep gradients(concentration or thermal), as are common in turbulent mixing problems. The higher order and enhanced algorithms for interface tracking, both those already developed, and those proposed here, allow a high resolution and uniquely accurate description of sample mixing problems. Additionally, we depend on the use of dynamic subgrid scale models to set otherwise missing values for turbulent transport coefficients, a step that breaks the non-uniqueness.

Modification of k-ω Turbulence Model for Predicting Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance

Predicting wind turbine S825 airfoil＇s aerodynamic performance is crucial to improving its energy efficiency and reducing its environmental impact. In this paper, a numerical simulation on the wind turbine S825 airfoil is con- ducted with k-to turbulence model at different attack angles. By comparing with experimental data, a new method of modifying k-to model is proposed. A modifying function is proposed to limit the production term in ω equation based on fluid rotation and deformation. This method improves turbulent viscosity and decreases separating re- gion when the airfoil works at large separating conditions. The predictive accuracy could be improved by using the modified k-to turbulence model.