A hollow cathode is the electronic source and neutralizer of the Hall thruster and an ion thruster.When the orbit of an all-electric propulsion satellite changes from 100 km to 36 000 km, the backpressure changes by t...A hollow cathode is the electronic source and neutralizer of the Hall thruster and an ion thruster.When the orbit of an all-electric propulsion satellite changes from 100 km to 36 000 km, the backpressure changes by two to three orders of magnitude. In this paper, the influence of the backpressure on the discharge characteristics of the hollow cathode has been studied experimentally in the so-called diode configuration. With the increase in the backpressure, the anode voltage decreases gradually, and the amplitude of the current oscillation decreases significantly. Additionally, the plasma is relatively stable, the most probable ion energy and the width of the ion energy distribution reduces, and the electron distribution function inclines toward the Maxwell distribution under high backpressure. The analysis results show that the backpressure affects the gas ionization and the ionic acoustic turbulence, which also affects the discharge characteristics of the hollow cathode.展开更多
Due to the limited output capability of piezoelectric diaphragm pumps, the driving voltage is frequently increased to obtain the desired output. However, the excessive voltage application may lead to a large deformati...Due to the limited output capability of piezoelectric diaphragm pumps, the driving voltage is frequently increased to obtain the desired output. However, the excessive voltage application may lead to a large deformation in the piezoelectric ceramics, which could cause it to breakdown or become damaged. Therefore, increasing the number of chambers to obtain the desired output is proposed. Using a check-valve quintuple-chamber pump with quintuple piezoelectric actuators, the characteristics of the pump under different driving modes are investigated through experiments. By changing the number and connection mode of working actuators, pump performances in terms of flow rate and backpressure are tested at a voltage of 150 V with a frequency range of 60 Hz -400 Hz. Experiment results indicate that the properties of the multiple-chamber pump change significantly with distinct working chambers even though the number of pumping chambers is the same. Pump performance declines as the distance between the working actuators increases. Moreover, pump performance declines dramatically when the working piezoelectric actuator closest to the outlet is involved. The maximum backpressures of the pump with triple, quadruple, and quintuple actuators are increased by 39%, 83%, and 128%, respectively, compared with the pump with double working actuators; the corresponding maximum flow rates of the pumps are simply increased by 25.9%, 49.2%, and 67.8%, respectively. The proposed research offers practical guidance for the effective utilization of the multiple-chamber pumps under different driving modes.展开更多
In this paper,a correlation model between centrifugal compressor and its piping system is built based on plenum chamber model and throttle valve model.This model could be used to conduct numerical analysis of compress...In this paper,a correlation model between centrifugal compressor and its piping system is built based on plenum chamber model and throttle valve model.This model could be used to conduct numerical analysis of compressor systems from steady to surge operating points.Three dimensional unsteady numerical simulations were performed to predict the performance of a centrifugal compressor.The flow structures in blade passage and diffuser were plotted and analyzed.The fluctuations of pressure and mass flow rate over time at the outlet of diffuser are obtained at surge condition.The characteristic changes of compressor-pipe network under the surge condition were carried out,and the effects of model characteristics including valve coefficient and backpressure on surge were analyzed.展开更多
During deepwater managed pressure drilling(MPD),the gas kick may occur in abnormally high-pressure formations.If the traditional well control method is adopted,the treatment time is long and the advantage of early gas...During deepwater managed pressure drilling(MPD),the gas kick may occur in abnormally high-pressure formations.If the traditional well control method is adopted,the treatment time is long and the advantage of early gas kick detection of MPD is lost.The dynamic managed pressure well-control(MPWC)method can be used to rapidly treat gas kick in deepwater MPD.In this paper,considering the effect of large-variable-diameter annulus and complex wellbore temperature in deepwater drilling,a simplified model of non-isothermal gas-liquid two-phase flow was established for dynamic deepwater MPWC simulation.Using this model,the response characteristics of outlet flow and wellhead backpressure were investigated.The results indicated that the gas fraction,outlet liquid flow rate,pit gain and wellhead backpressure presented complex alternating characteristics when gas moved upwards in the wellbore due to the large-variable-diameter annulus.The outlet liquid flow rate would be lower than the inlet flow rate and the pit gain would decrease before the gas moved to the wellhead.The variation trend of the wellhead backpressure was consistent with that of the pit gain.When the gas-liquid mixture passed through the choke,the expansion or compression of the gas caused part of the choke pressure drop to be supplemented or unloaded,delaying the response rate of the wellhead backpressure.The wellbore temperature,borehole diameter and seawater depth had different effects on outlet flow rate,pit gain and wellhead backpressure.This research could provide a new idea for well control methods in deepwater managed pressure drilling.展开更多
To experimentally match performance and structural features of an opposed-piston two- stroke engine （ OPTSE ）, two calculation models, a one-dimensional （ 1-D ） model and a three-di- mensional （3-D） model, of th...To experimentally match performance and structural features of an opposed-piston two- stroke engine （ OPTSE ）, two calculation models, a one-dimensional （ 1-D ） model and a three-di- mensional （3-D） model, of the combined charging matching simulation of an OPTSE was established by using the GT-Power software. To test and verify the one dimensional model, the three-dimension- al computational fluid dynamics simulation model was established using AVL FIRE software. Cylinder pressure curves in these two models match perfectly, showing that it is reasonable to use the one-di- mensional model to simulate the work process of an OPTSE. Moreover, the effects of delivery ratio, nozzle ring diameter and exhaust back pressure on brake specific fuel consumption （ BSFC ） were studied.展开更多
Experimental investigations are conducted on an axisymmetric hypersonic inlet to evaluate the effects of trips on oscillatory flows. The model exit is throttled with a fixed block to generate oscillatory flows at a fr...Experimental investigations are conducted on an axisymmetric hypersonic inlet to evaluate the effects of trips on oscillatory flows. The model exit is throttled with a fixed block to generate oscillatory flows at a freestream Mach number of 6 in a conventional wind tunnel and a shock tunnel. Schlieren imaging and pressure measurements are adopted to record unsteady flow features.Results indicate that trips with a 1 mm thickness prominently suppress external separations, shorten oscillatory cycles, and modify pressure magnitudes. Trips can reduce the upstream movement ranges of separated shocks from nose regions to locations axially 142 mm downstream. The oscillatory cycles are shortened from 3.75 ms to 3.25 ms and from 4 ms to 3.13 ms in two facilities.Tripped cases generally exhibit higher pressure magnitudes than those of untripped cases, of which the increment is up to 21 times the freestream static pressure for the farthest downstream transducer in the shock tunnel. The effects of trips are related to the streamwise vortexes in wake flows, in which interactions between external separations modify the separated flow patterns and enhance the sustainment of the forebody boundary layers to backpressure. Flow processes causing increments of oscillatory frequencies and pressure magnitudes are analyzed, while the flow mechanisms dominating the processes still need to be clarified in the future.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61571166, 11775063, and 51736003
文摘A hollow cathode is the electronic source and neutralizer of the Hall thruster and an ion thruster.When the orbit of an all-electric propulsion satellite changes from 100 km to 36 000 km, the backpressure changes by two to three orders of magnitude. In this paper, the influence of the backpressure on the discharge characteristics of the hollow cathode has been studied experimentally in the so-called diode configuration. With the increase in the backpressure, the anode voltage decreases gradually, and the amplitude of the current oscillation decreases significantly. Additionally, the plasma is relatively stable, the most probable ion energy and the width of the ion energy distribution reduces, and the electron distribution function inclines toward the Maxwell distribution under high backpressure. The analysis results show that the backpressure affects the gas ionization and the ionic acoustic turbulence, which also affects the discharge characteristics of the hollow cathode.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51205366,51205367,51377147)Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LQ13E050007)
文摘Due to the limited output capability of piezoelectric diaphragm pumps, the driving voltage is frequently increased to obtain the desired output. However, the excessive voltage application may lead to a large deformation in the piezoelectric ceramics, which could cause it to breakdown or become damaged. Therefore, increasing the number of chambers to obtain the desired output is proposed. Using a check-valve quintuple-chamber pump with quintuple piezoelectric actuators, the characteristics of the pump under different driving modes are investigated through experiments. By changing the number and connection mode of working actuators, pump performances in terms of flow rate and backpressure are tested at a voltage of 150 V with a frequency range of 60 Hz -400 Hz. Experiment results indicate that the properties of the multiple-chamber pump change significantly with distinct working chambers even though the number of pumping chambers is the same. Pump performance declines as the distance between the working actuators increases. Moreover, pump performance declines dramatically when the working piezoelectric actuator closest to the outlet is involved. The maximum backpressures of the pump with triple, quadruple, and quintuple actuators are increased by 39%, 83%, and 128%, respectively, compared with the pump with double working actuators; the corresponding maximum flow rates of the pumps are simply increased by 25.9%, 49.2%, and 67.8%, respectively. The proposed research offers practical guidance for the effective utilization of the multiple-chamber pumps under different driving modes.
基金The National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2012CB026000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51776155)
文摘In this paper,a correlation model between centrifugal compressor and its piping system is built based on plenum chamber model and throttle valve model.This model could be used to conduct numerical analysis of compressor systems from steady to surge operating points.Three dimensional unsteady numerical simulations were performed to predict the performance of a centrifugal compressor.The flow structures in blade passage and diffuser were plotted and analyzed.The fluctuations of pressure and mass flow rate over time at the outlet of diffuser are obtained at surge condition.The characteristic changes of compressor-pipe network under the surge condition were carried out,and the effects of model characteristics including valve coefficient and backpressure on surge were analyzed.
基金supported by the Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52104012)the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51734010)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M693494)Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing(Grant No.2462020XKBH011)the Key Natural Science Projects of Scientific Research Plan in Colleges and Universities of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(Grant No.XJEDU2021I028)。
文摘During deepwater managed pressure drilling(MPD),the gas kick may occur in abnormally high-pressure formations.If the traditional well control method is adopted,the treatment time is long and the advantage of early gas kick detection of MPD is lost.The dynamic managed pressure well-control(MPWC)method can be used to rapidly treat gas kick in deepwater MPD.In this paper,considering the effect of large-variable-diameter annulus and complex wellbore temperature in deepwater drilling,a simplified model of non-isothermal gas-liquid two-phase flow was established for dynamic deepwater MPWC simulation.Using this model,the response characteristics of outlet flow and wellhead backpressure were investigated.The results indicated that the gas fraction,outlet liquid flow rate,pit gain and wellhead backpressure presented complex alternating characteristics when gas moved upwards in the wellbore due to the large-variable-diameter annulus.The outlet liquid flow rate would be lower than the inlet flow rate and the pit gain would decrease before the gas moved to the wellhead.The variation trend of the wellhead backpressure was consistent with that of the pit gain.When the gas-liquid mixture passed through the choke,the expansion or compression of the gas caused part of the choke pressure drop to be supplemented or unloaded,delaying the response rate of the wellhead backpressure.The wellbore temperature,borehole diameter and seawater depth had different effects on outlet flow rate,pit gain and wellhead backpressure.This research could provide a new idea for well control methods in deepwater managed pressure drilling.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61571111)the Incubation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications(No.NY219106)
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(B2220110005)
文摘To experimentally match performance and structural features of an opposed-piston two- stroke engine （ OPTSE ）, two calculation models, a one-dimensional （ 1-D ） model and a three-di- mensional （3-D） model, of the combined charging matching simulation of an OPTSE was established by using the GT-Power software. To test and verify the one dimensional model, the three-dimension- al computational fluid dynamics simulation model was established using AVL FIRE software. Cylinder pressure curves in these two models match perfectly, showing that it is reasonable to use the one-di- mensional model to simulate the work process of an OPTSE. Moreover, the effects of delivery ratio, nozzle ring diameter and exhaust back pressure on brake specific fuel consumption （ BSFC ） were studied.
基金co-supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2017M612059)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (JZ2015HGBZ0471)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11402263 and 11132010)
文摘Experimental investigations are conducted on an axisymmetric hypersonic inlet to evaluate the effects of trips on oscillatory flows. The model exit is throttled with a fixed block to generate oscillatory flows at a freestream Mach number of 6 in a conventional wind tunnel and a shock tunnel. Schlieren imaging and pressure measurements are adopted to record unsteady flow features.Results indicate that trips with a 1 mm thickness prominently suppress external separations, shorten oscillatory cycles, and modify pressure magnitudes. Trips can reduce the upstream movement ranges of separated shocks from nose regions to locations axially 142 mm downstream. The oscillatory cycles are shortened from 3.75 ms to 3.25 ms and from 4 ms to 3.13 ms in two facilities.Tripped cases generally exhibit higher pressure magnitudes than those of untripped cases, of which the increment is up to 21 times the freestream static pressure for the farthest downstream transducer in the shock tunnel. The effects of trips are related to the streamwise vortexes in wake flows, in which interactions between external separations modify the separated flow patterns and enhance the sustainment of the forebody boundary layers to backpressure. Flow processes causing increments of oscillatory frequencies and pressure magnitudes are analyzed, while the flow mechanisms dominating the processes still need to be clarified in the future.
