A New Processing Method for the Nonlinear Signals Produced by Electromagnetic Flowmeters in Conditions of Pipe Partial Filling

When a pipe is partially filled with a given working liquid,the relationship between the electromotive force(EMF)measured by the sensor(flowmeter)and the average velocity is nonlinear and non-monotonic.This relationship varies with the inclination of the pipe,the fluid density,the pipe wall friction coefficient,and other factors.Therefore,existing measurement methods cannot meet the accuracy requirements of many industrial applications.In this study,a new processing method is proposed by which the flow rate can be measured with an ordinary electromagnetic flowmeter even if the pipe is only partially filled.First,a B-spline curve fitting method is applied to a limited set of measurements.Second,matrix inversion required in the B-spline curve method is optimized in order to reduce the number of needed computations.Dedicated experimental tests prove that the proposed method can effectively measure the average flow velocity of the fluid.When the fluid level of the pipeline is between 50%and 100%,the relative error is less than 3.5%.

THE FREE BENDING VIBRATION OF CYLINDRICAL TANK PARTIALLY FILLED WITH-LIQUID AND SUBMERGED IN WATER

This paper studies the free bending vibration of cylindrical tank partially filled with liquid and submerged in water. The depths of liquid and water may be completely arbitrary. The exact calculating formulae of mode shape functions and inherent frequencies are deduced. The results can be gained by means of computer. The analysis shows that the effect of liquid and water on vibration of cylindrical tank is respectively equivalent to a generalized distributive mass attached to the tank.

Evaluation and development of a predictive model for conjugate phase change heat transfer of energy storage system partially filled with porous media

The present study proposes a predictive model to explore the effect of partially filled porous media on the con-jugate heat transfer characteristic of phase change material(PCM)with interfacial coupling conditions between pure fluid region and porous region.The enthalpy-porosity method,local thermal non-equilibrium model and Darcy-Forchheimer law are comprehensively considered to describe the convective heat transfer process in porous media.The modified model is then validated by benchmark data provided by particle image velocimetry(PIV)ex-periments.The phase change behavior,heat transfer efficiency and energy storage performance are numerically investigated for different partial porous filling strategies in terms of filling content,position,height of porous foam and inclination angles of cavity.The results indicate that due to the resistance in porous region,the shear stress exerted by the main vortex(natural convection)in pure fluid region and the momentum transferred,a secondary vortex phenomenon appears in the porous region near the fluid/porous interface.Moreover,such dis-continuity of permeability and fluid-to-porous thermal conductivity results in the cusp of phase change interface at the horizontal fluid/porous boundary.Among four partial porous filling cases,the lower porous filling one has more desirable heat transfer performance,and the 3/4H lower porous filling configuration is the best solution for optimization of the latent heat thermal energy storage(LHTES)systems.For tilted cavity,the increase of inclination angle positively affects the heat transfer efficiency as well as the energy storage rate of the LHTES system,where the performance of 3/4H lower porous filling configuration is further highlighted.