Improving advantages and reducing risks in increasing cyclone height via an apex cone to grasp vortex end

For a cyclone, it is possible to improve separation efficiency and reduce pressure drop by increasing the cyclone height. However, an exceeded height increase could result in a dramatical drop in separation efficiency. In this study, experimental and computational fluid dynamics simulation results exhibit that the introduction of an apex cone at the dust outlet could avoid the risk of separation efficiency drop but lead to a continuous reducing of the pressure drop. Generally, the optimal cyclone height should be closely related to the natural vortex length. While, when the vortex end contracts into the separation space in the cyclone with an exceeded height, severe back-mixing of particles always occurs, which will result in the decrease of separation efficiency. Herein, it is found that when an apex cone is installed at the dust outlet, the vortex end can be grasped by the cone so as to weaken the back-mixing of particles.Meanwhile, the introduction of this apex cone can enhance the secondary separation to capture the back-mixed particles again so as to protect the efficiency. In addition, it is found that the enhanced secondary separation could come from either the stagnant current of axial velocity in the center or the improved tangential velocity of inner vortex whereas the forcibly extending the length of vortex to exceed its natural length will not significantly increase efficiency.

Simulation of gas-solids heat transfer in cyclone pyrolyzer using CFD-DEM model

Fast heat transfer in the pyrolyzer can increase the yield of pyrolysis gas and tar,and improve the quality of tar.Compared with the downer pyrolyzer,the cyclone pyrolyzer can simultaneously achieve high solids holdup and violent turbulence,and correspondingly faster heat transfer.In this work,the heat transfer behavior in the cyclone pyrolyzer is specifically studied using the computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method.The simulation results reveal that the gas-solids heat convection contributes mainly to the heat transfer process,and the heat radiation and conduction are relatively small and almost negligible,respectively.Compared with the downer pyrolyzer under the same operating conditions,the heating rate is significantly increased in the cyclone pyrolyzer.By analyzing the flow characteristics in the cyclone pyrolyzer,it is found that the region of high convective heat transfer rate coincides with that of natural cyclone length.Additionally,the final coal temperature increases with the increase of gas velocity and exists a maximum value.These results can offer some qualitative understanding of the heat transfer behavior in the cyclone pyrolyzer.

From parabolic approximation to evanescent mode analysis on SOI MOSFET

Subthreshold conduction is governed by the potential distribution. We focus on full two-dimensional（2D） analytical modeling in order to evaluate the 2D potential profile within the active area of Fin FET structure.Surfaces and interfaces, which are key nanowire elements, are carefully studied. Different structures have different boundary conditions, and therefore different effects on the potential distributions. A range of models in Fin FET are reviewed in this paper. Parabolic approximation and evanescent mode are two different basic math methods to simplify the Poisson＇s equation. Both superposition method and parabolic approximation are widely used in heavily doped devices. It is helpful to learn performances of MOSFETs with different structures. These two methods achieved improvement to face different structures from heavily doped devices or lightly doped devices to junctionless transistors.