明渠交汇水流阻力对平面二维数值模拟的影响

与顺直明渠水流相比,明渠交汇水流由于存在分离区和自由剪切面,其紊动特性引起的阻力较为复杂,交汇水流除床面阻力外还受到较强的阻力。基于数值模拟与实验比较分析表明,分离流与自由剪切流所产生的阻力(紊动粘性阻力)对于交汇水流数值模拟具有重要影响。同时,由于平面二维模型对二次流影响的忽略,断面环流较强时数值模拟会产生较大的阻力(环流阻力),而断面环流较弱时,交汇水流的三维特性相对较弱,采用平面二维模型和k-ε紊流模型能达到较好的模拟效果。因此,紊动及环流阻力的计算对交汇水流数值模拟的精度至关重要。

Dynamics of Motorized Vehicle Flow under Mixed Traffic Circumstance

To study the dynamics of mixed traffic flow consisting of motorized and non-motorized vehicles, a carfollowing model based on the principle of collision free and cautious driving is proposed. Lateral friction and overlapping driving are introduced to describe the interactions between motorized vehicles and non-motorized vehicles. By numerical simulations, the flux-density relation, the temporal-spatial dynamics, and the velocity evolution are investigated in detail The results indicate non-motorized vehicles have a significant impact on the motorized vehicle flow and cause the maximum flux to decline by about 13%. Non-motorized vehicles can decrease the motorized vehicle velocity and cause velocity oscillation when the motorized vehicle density is low. Moreover, non-motorized vehicles show a significant damping effect on the oscillating velocity when the density is medium and high, and such an effect weakens as motorized vehicle density increases. The results also stress the necessity for separating motorized vehicles from non-motorized vehicles.

Flow Characteristics in an External-Loop Airlift Slurry Reactor

The local flow characteristics in an external-loop airlift slurry reactor were investigated.The axial profiles of the local gas holdup,the Sauter mean diameter and the rise velocity were obtained.It was found that the bubble size and rise velocity were influenced by the solid holdup,and the bubble coalescence was enhanced by the increase of the solid holdup.A new correlation was used to predict the slip velocity between the gas phase and the slurry phase by taking into account the local gas holdup,the bubble size,and the physical properties of the experimental system.By using this correlation,the local drag coefficient can be calculated in the bubble swarm.

Experimental study of the flow and heat transfer of a gas–water mixture through a packed channel

Waste heat recovery from the flue gas of gasfired boilers was studied experimentally by measuring the flow and heat transfer of air and water through six kinds of packing with saturated humid air as the simulated flue gas.The experiments measured the effects of inlet air temperature, inlet air velocity and circulating water flow rate on the flow and heat transfer. The results show that higher inlet air temperatures and lower inlet air velocities lower the flow resistance and increase the heat transfer coefficient. The stainless steel packing had better surface wettability and larger thermal conductivity than the plastic packing, which enhanced the heat transfer between the water and the saturated moist air. When both the flow resistance reduction and the heat transfer enhancement were considered, the experimental results gave an optimal packing-specific surface area. A packed heat exchanger tower was designed for waste heat recovery from the flue gas of gas-fired boilers based on the experimental results which had better flow and heat transfer characteristics with lower pump and fan power consumption, more stable system operation and less thermal fluctuations compared with a non-packed heat transfer system with atomized water.