Proton exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs)are largely used in various applications because of their pollution-free products and high energy conversion efficiency.In order to improve the related design,in the present ...Proton exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs)are largely used in various applications because of their pollution-free products and high energy conversion efficiency.In order to improve the related design,in the present work a new spiral flow field with a bypass is proposed.The reaction gas enters the flow field in the central path and diffuses in two directions through the flow channel and the bypass.The bypasses are arranged incrementally.The number of bypasses and the cross-section size of the bypasses are varied parametrically while a single-cell model of the PEMFC is used.The influence of the concentration of liquid water and oxygen in the cell on the performance of different flow fields is determined by means of Computational fluid dynamics(COMSOL Multiphysics software).Results show that when the bypass number is 48 and its cross-sectional area is 0.5 mm^(2),the cell exhibits the best performances.展开更多
In order to solve the problem of using middle or low water pressure to form fine water mist,a new nozzle is proposed in fire rescue robot.Existing water mist nozzles are basically used for high pressure and in large s...In order to solve the problem of using middle or low water pressure to form fine water mist,a new nozzle is proposed in fire rescue robot.Existing water mist nozzles are basically used for high pressure and in large size,complex structure and poor low pressure atomization effect in comparison with requirement of snake-like fire rescue robots.On the basis of comprehensive typical spray nozzles,a direct spiral double helix converging nozzle(DSDHCN) is proposed,which has the advantages of small volume,light weight,simple structure,and convenient installation.To make the spray nozzle have good performance,and meet the requirements of more efficient fire extinguishing,a numerical study is carried out to analyze the internal and external full flow field of nozzle.A gas-liquid two-phase flow is applied to simulate the external full flow field of nozzle with VOF model in fluent software.The simulation results show the real situation of water flow out of the atomization nozzle and the water jet trajectory.Some simulations about middle or low water pressure direct spiral double helix converging optimized nozzle have been done in 30 bar pressure.The simulation results show that the optimized nozzle structure not only makes the spray droplets have a good cone angle,but also have a sufficient axial velocity,which proves the structure rationality of the proposed optimized nozzle.展开更多
基金Thanks to Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Projects in Shandong Province(2018-CXGC0803)for the financial support of this article.
文摘Proton exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs)are largely used in various applications because of their pollution-free products and high energy conversion efficiency.In order to improve the related design,in the present work a new spiral flow field with a bypass is proposed.The reaction gas enters the flow field in the central path and diffuses in two directions through the flow channel and the bypass.The bypasses are arranged incrementally.The number of bypasses and the cross-section size of the bypasses are varied parametrically while a single-cell model of the PEMFC is used.The influence of the concentration of liquid water and oxygen in the cell on the performance of different flow fields is determined by means of Computational fluid dynamics(COMSOL Multiphysics software).Results show that when the bypass number is 48 and its cross-sectional area is 0.5 mm^(2),the cell exhibits the best performances.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61105086)Self-Planned Task(SKLRS-2010-MS-12)of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System(HIT)Hubei Province Natural Science Foundation(No.2010CDB03405)
文摘In order to solve the problem of using middle or low water pressure to form fine water mist,a new nozzle is proposed in fire rescue robot.Existing water mist nozzles are basically used for high pressure and in large size,complex structure and poor low pressure atomization effect in comparison with requirement of snake-like fire rescue robots.On the basis of comprehensive typical spray nozzles,a direct spiral double helix converging nozzle(DSDHCN) is proposed,which has the advantages of small volume,light weight,simple structure,and convenient installation.To make the spray nozzle have good performance,and meet the requirements of more efficient fire extinguishing,a numerical study is carried out to analyze the internal and external full flow field of nozzle.A gas-liquid two-phase flow is applied to simulate the external full flow field of nozzle with VOF model in fluent software.The simulation results show the real situation of water flow out of the atomization nozzle and the water jet trajectory.Some simulations about middle or low water pressure direct spiral double helix converging optimized nozzle have been done in 30 bar pressure.The simulation results show that the optimized nozzle structure not only makes the spray droplets have a good cone angle,but also have a sufficient axial velocity,which proves the structure rationality of the proposed optimized nozzle.
