Particle image velocimetry technique was used to analyze the trailing vortices and elucidate their rela-tionship with turbulence properties in a stirred tank of 0.48 m diameter,agitated by four different disc turbines...Particle image velocimetry technique was used to analyze the trailing vortices and elucidate their rela-tionship with turbulence properties in a stirred tank of 0.48 m diameter,agitated by four different disc turbines,in-cluding Rushton turbine,concaved blade disk turbine,half elliptical blade disk turbine,and parabolic blade disk turbine.Phase-averaged and phase-resolved flow fields near the impeller blades were measured and the structure of trailing vortices was studied in detail.The location,size and strength of vortices were determined by the simplified λ2-criterion and the results showed that the blade shape had great effect on the trailing vortex characteristics.The larger curvature resulted in longer residence time of the vortex at the impeller tip,bigger distance between the upper and lower vortices and longer vortex life,also leads to smaller and stronger vortices.In addition,the turbulent ki-netic energy and turbulent energy dissipation in the discharge flow were determined and discussed.High turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent energy dissipation regions were located between the upper and lower vortices and moved along with them.Although restricted to single phase flow,the presented results are essential for reliable de-sign and scale-up of stirred tank with disc turbines.展开更多
The gassed power demand and volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kca) were investigated in a fully baffled, dished-base stirred vessel with a diameter of 0.30 m agitated by five triple-impeller combinations. Six ty...The gassed power demand and volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kca) were investigated in a fully baffled, dished-base stirred vessel with a diameter of 0.30 m agitated by five triple-impeller combinations. Six types of impellers (six-half-elliptical-blade disk turbine (HEDT), four-wide-blade hydrofoil impeller (WH) pumping down (D) and pumping up (U), parabolic-blade disk turbine (PDT), and CBY narrow blade (N) and wide blade (W)) were used to form five combinations identified by PDT + 2CBYN, PDT + 2CBYw, PDT + 2WHD, HEDT + 2WHD and HEDT + 2WHo, respectively. The results show that the relative power demand of HEDT + 2WHu is higher than that of other four impeller combinations under all operating conditions. At low superficial gas velocity (uc), kLa differences among impeller combinations are not obvious. However when UG iS high, PDT + 2WHD shows the best mass transfer performance and HEDT + 2WHu shows the worst mass trans- fer performance under all operating conditions. At high uc and a given power input, the impeller combinations with high agitation speed and big projection cross-sectional area lead to relatively high values of kLa. Based on the experimental data, the regressed correlations of gassed power number with Froude number and gas flow number, and kLa with power consumption and superficial gas velocity are obtained for five different impeller combinations, which could be used as guidance for industrial design.展开更多
An irmovative mobile robot that has reconfigurable loeomotion chassis and reconfigurable bionic wheels has been developed to meet the needs of different payload and different terrain. Several prototypes have been achi...An irmovative mobile robot that has reconfigurable loeomotion chassis and reconfigurable bionic wheels has been developed to meet the needs of different payload and different terrain. Several prototypes have been achieved by the recortfiguration. By modeling relative comparison coefficients, these prototypes are analyzed in terms of geometrical parameter of trafficability, static stability and maneuverability. The effects of reconfiguration on these indices of robot performance can be compared, i.e. the variable height of chassis h has the biggest effect, the variable length of chassis 1 is the second, then is the camber angle β and the caster angle α. Some principles for reconfiguration are proposed.展开更多
An investigation using Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) was carried out in order to characterize gas-liquid mixing in an agitated vessel. The experimental work was carried out in a 400 mm diameter agitated ves...An investigation using Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) was carried out in order to characterize gas-liquid mixing in an agitated vessel. The experimental work was carried out in a 400 mm diameter agitated vessel that was fitted with four planes, 16 stainless steel electrodes. Agitation was carried out using the Lightnin Labmaster and Rushton turbine while conductivity data acquisition was carried out using the ITS P2000 ERT system. A Mathlab code was developed to construct a surface plot for gas hold-up from the ERT data. Various gas dispersion conditions such as flooded, loaded and fully dispersed were successfully characterized using the ERT technique.展开更多
The radial deformation design of turbine disk seriously influences the control of gas turbine high pressure turbine(HPT) blade-tip radial running clearance(BTRRC). To improve the design of BTRRC under continuous opera...The radial deformation design of turbine disk seriously influences the control of gas turbine high pressure turbine(HPT) blade-tip radial running clearance(BTRRC). To improve the design of BTRRC under continuous operation, the nonlinear dynamic reliability optimization of disk radial deformation was implemented based on extremum response surface method(ERSM), including ERSM-based quadratic function(QF-ERSM) and ERSM-based support vector machine of regression(SR-ERSM). The mathematical models of the two methods were established and the framework of reliability-based dynamic design optimization was developed. The numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed optimization methods have the promising potential in reducing additional design samples and improving computational efficiency with acceptable precision, in which the SR-ERSM emerges more obviously. Through the case study, we find that disk radial deformation is reduced by about 6.5×10–5 m; δ=1.31×10–3 m is optimal for turbine disk radial deformation design and the proposed methods are verified again. The presented efforts provide an effective optimization method for the nonlinear transient design of motion structures for further research, and enrich mechanical reliability design theory.展开更多
Structure of a rotor and other design parameters are all viewed as constant using finite element software to analyze reliability of the rotor. In this case,reliability analysis of the rotor can't be realized for d...Structure of a rotor and other design parameters are all viewed as constant using finite element software to analyze reliability of the rotor. In this case,reliability analysis of the rotor can't be realized for design parameters as random. Based on theory of elastic mechanics,starting with the micro element of the rotor,stress formulas on arbitrary point of turbine disc with equal and variable thickness are deducted under the influence of centrifugal force and temperature field on rotor system simultaneously. Considering the random of structural size of the turbine rotor,temperature stress,rotating speed,external loads and material strength,the reliability of a rotor is studied with stress-strength interference model,integral stochastic finite element method(ISFEM) and Gram-Charlier series method,and random structural reliability of the rotor is computed with higher accuracy.展开更多
The so-called blisks,i.e.integrally bladed disks,are characterized by very low viscous material damping and make the flutter prediction much more critical.In that framework,a two-dimensional numerical study of a space...The so-called blisks,i.e.integrally bladed disks,are characterized by very low viscous material damping and make the flutter prediction much more critical.In that framework,a two-dimensional numerical study of a space turbine blisk featuring complex deformation of blades and high eigenfrequency(>40kHz)is performed.The simulations are based on unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes computations linearized in the frequency domain and consist in the superposition of an unsteady linear(in time)pressure field,generated by a harmonic perturbation,upon a steady nonlinear(in space)flow.The aerodynamic damping coefficient is calculated over a range of nodal diameters,and the blades are predicted aeroelastically stable.However,violent changes occur and are rather critical since sudden and large deviations in stability appear.In that context,the nature of the waves propagating from the cascade are evaluated.Such an approach provides fundamental knowledge about the perturbations which can either propagate to the far-field(cut-on mode)or decay(cut-off mode).It is expected that the ability of the flow to damp or to amplify the blade motion is strongly affected by the way unsteady perturbations are transferred from the cascade to the far-field.The nature of the waves are first assessed from the aforementioned linearized results,then they are evaluated analytically and finally compared.A good agreement is found despite the strong assumptions of the analytical model.The results show a clear correlation between the cut-on/cut-off conditions and stability.The least stable configuration corresponds to cut-off mode at the inlet and no wave at the outlet.Without outgoing waves from the cascade,the blade is prone to be less stable:the energy from the blades vibration is necessarily dissipated or sent out by the cascade.展开更多
Rotary disc is a key part in aero engine, HPT rotor disc due to its highest thermal load as well as mechanical load, always suffers from thermal or mechanical failure. In this paper, the authors initiate a new kind of...Rotary disc is a key part in aero engine, HPT rotor disc due to its highest thermal load as well as mechanical load, always suffers from thermal or mechanical failure. In this paper, the authors initiate a new kind of novel fin-like structure which is presented on both surfaces of the rotating disc. The presence of the fin-like structure acts like a turbulence & vortex generator and hence increases the heat transfer effectiveness between the cooler cavity flow and the higher temperature disc surface. This paper deals with a numerical investigation of the new kind of fin-like structure which is tending to be applied on the high pressure turbine rotor's rotating disc. Numerical results revealed that with this novel structure thermal load of the disc reduced noticeably ranging from 10℃ to 20℃. This can be explained by the vortex structure generated by the disturbance of the cavity's cooling flow, thus enhancing the convective heat transfer rates between the disc surface and the cavity flow.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(20776008 20821004 20990224) the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB714300)
文摘Particle image velocimetry technique was used to analyze the trailing vortices and elucidate their rela-tionship with turbulence properties in a stirred tank of 0.48 m diameter,agitated by four different disc turbines,in-cluding Rushton turbine,concaved blade disk turbine,half elliptical blade disk turbine,and parabolic blade disk turbine.Phase-averaged and phase-resolved flow fields near the impeller blades were measured and the structure of trailing vortices was studied in detail.The location,size and strength of vortices were determined by the simplified λ2-criterion and the results showed that the blade shape had great effect on the trailing vortex characteristics.The larger curvature resulted in longer residence time of the vortex at the impeller tip,bigger distance between the upper and lower vortices and longer vortex life,also leads to smaller and stronger vortices.In addition,the turbulent ki-netic energy and turbulent energy dissipation in the discharge flow were determined and discussed.High turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent energy dissipation regions were located between the upper and lower vortices and moved along with them.Although restricted to single phase flow,the presented results are essential for reliable de-sign and scale-up of stirred tank with disc turbines.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21206002,21376016)
文摘The gassed power demand and volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kca) were investigated in a fully baffled, dished-base stirred vessel with a diameter of 0.30 m agitated by five triple-impeller combinations. Six types of impellers (six-half-elliptical-blade disk turbine (HEDT), four-wide-blade hydrofoil impeller (WH) pumping down (D) and pumping up (U), parabolic-blade disk turbine (PDT), and CBY narrow blade (N) and wide blade (W)) were used to form five combinations identified by PDT + 2CBYN, PDT + 2CBYw, PDT + 2WHD, HEDT + 2WHD and HEDT + 2WHo, respectively. The results show that the relative power demand of HEDT + 2WHu is higher than that of other four impeller combinations under all operating conditions. At low superficial gas velocity (uc), kLa differences among impeller combinations are not obvious. However when UG iS high, PDT + 2WHD shows the best mass transfer performance and HEDT + 2WHu shows the worst mass trans- fer performance under all operating conditions. At high uc and a given power input, the impeller combinations with high agitation speed and big projection cross-sectional area lead to relatively high values of kLa. Based on the experimental data, the regressed correlations of gassed power number with Froude number and gas flow number, and kLa with power consumption and superficial gas velocity are obtained for five different impeller combinations, which could be used as guidance for industrial design.
文摘An irmovative mobile robot that has reconfigurable loeomotion chassis and reconfigurable bionic wheels has been developed to meet the needs of different payload and different terrain. Several prototypes have been achieved by the recortfiguration. By modeling relative comparison coefficients, these prototypes are analyzed in terms of geometrical parameter of trafficability, static stability and maneuverability. The effects of reconfiguration on these indices of robot performance can be compared, i.e. the variable height of chassis h has the biggest effect, the variable length of chassis 1 is the second, then is the camber angle β and the caster angle α. Some principles for reconfiguration are proposed.
文摘An investigation using Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) was carried out in order to characterize gas-liquid mixing in an agitated vessel. The experimental work was carried out in a 400 mm diameter agitated vessel that was fitted with four planes, 16 stainless steel electrodes. Agitation was carried out using the Lightnin Labmaster and Rushton turbine while conductivity data acquisition was carried out using the ITS P2000 ERT system. A Mathlab code was developed to construct a surface plot for gas hold-up from the ERT data. Various gas dispersion conditions such as flooded, loaded and fully dispersed were successfully characterized using the ERT technique.
基金Project(51275024)supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of ChinaProject(2015M580037)supported by China’s Postdoctoral Science FundingProjects(XJ2015002,G-YZ90)supported by Hong Kong Scholars Program Foundations,China
文摘The radial deformation design of turbine disk seriously influences the control of gas turbine high pressure turbine(HPT) blade-tip radial running clearance(BTRRC). To improve the design of BTRRC under continuous operation, the nonlinear dynamic reliability optimization of disk radial deformation was implemented based on extremum response surface method(ERSM), including ERSM-based quadratic function(QF-ERSM) and ERSM-based support vector machine of regression(SR-ERSM). The mathematical models of the two methods were established and the framework of reliability-based dynamic design optimization was developed. The numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed optimization methods have the promising potential in reducing additional design samples and improving computational efficiency with acceptable precision, in which the SR-ERSM emerges more obviously. Through the case study, we find that disk radial deformation is reduced by about 6.5×10–5 m; δ=1.31×10–3 m is optimal for turbine disk radial deformation design and the proposed methods are verified again. The presented efforts provide an effective optimization method for the nonlinear transient design of motion structures for further research, and enrich mechanical reliability design theory.
基金Chinese National High-tech Research Proceeding Plan(2007AA04Z442)The Major Project of Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (No. 50875039)
文摘Structure of a rotor and other design parameters are all viewed as constant using finite element software to analyze reliability of the rotor. In this case,reliability analysis of the rotor can't be realized for design parameters as random. Based on theory of elastic mechanics,starting with the micro element of the rotor,stress formulas on arbitrary point of turbine disc with equal and variable thickness are deducted under the influence of centrifugal force and temperature field on rotor system simultaneously. Considering the random of structural size of the turbine rotor,temperature stress,rotating speed,external loads and material strength,the reliability of a rotor is studied with stress-strength interference model,integral stochastic finite element method(ISFEM) and Gram-Charlier series method,and random structural reliability of the rotor is computed with higher accuracy.
基金the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and Snecma for their financial supportthe Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Supérieur (CINES) for the computational resources,and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche(ANR) for sponsoring the project ANR-08-2009 CapCAO (parametrization-aided optimized aeroelastic design)
文摘The so-called blisks,i.e.integrally bladed disks,are characterized by very low viscous material damping and make the flutter prediction much more critical.In that framework,a two-dimensional numerical study of a space turbine blisk featuring complex deformation of blades and high eigenfrequency(>40kHz)is performed.The simulations are based on unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes computations linearized in the frequency domain and consist in the superposition of an unsteady linear(in time)pressure field,generated by a harmonic perturbation,upon a steady nonlinear(in space)flow.The aerodynamic damping coefficient is calculated over a range of nodal diameters,and the blades are predicted aeroelastically stable.However,violent changes occur and are rather critical since sudden and large deviations in stability appear.In that context,the nature of the waves propagating from the cascade are evaluated.Such an approach provides fundamental knowledge about the perturbations which can either propagate to the far-field(cut-on mode)or decay(cut-off mode).It is expected that the ability of the flow to damp or to amplify the blade motion is strongly affected by the way unsteady perturbations are transferred from the cascade to the far-field.The nature of the waves are first assessed from the aforementioned linearized results,then they are evaluated analytically and finally compared.A good agreement is found despite the strong assumptions of the analytical model.The results show a clear correlation between the cut-on/cut-off conditions and stability.The least stable configuration corresponds to cut-off mode at the inlet and no wave at the outlet.Without outgoing waves from the cascade,the blade is prone to be less stable:the energy from the blades vibration is necessarily dissipated or sent out by the cascade.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50676095)
文摘Rotary disc is a key part in aero engine, HPT rotor disc due to its highest thermal load as well as mechanical load, always suffers from thermal or mechanical failure. In this paper, the authors initiate a new kind of novel fin-like structure which is presented on both surfaces of the rotating disc. The presence of the fin-like structure acts like a turbulence & vortex generator and hence increases the heat transfer effectiveness between the cooler cavity flow and the higher temperature disc surface. This paper deals with a numerical investigation of the new kind of fin-like structure which is tending to be applied on the high pressure turbine rotor's rotating disc. Numerical results revealed that with this novel structure thermal load of the disc reduced noticeably ranging from 10℃ to 20℃. This can be explained by the vortex structure generated by the disturbance of the cavity's cooling flow, thus enhancing the convective heat transfer rates between the disc surface and the cavity flow.