Previous analytical results on flow splitting are generalized to consider multiple boiling channels systems. The analysis is consistent with the approximations usually adopted in the use of systems codes (like RELAP5 ...Previous analytical results on flow splitting are generalized to consider multiple boiling channels systems. The analysis is consistent with the approximations usually adopted in the use of systems codes (like RELAP5 and TRACE5, among others) commonly applied to perform safety analyses of nuclear power plants. The problem is related to multiple, identical, parallel boiling channels, connected through common plena. A theoretical model limited in scope explains this flow splitting without reversal. The unified analysis performed and the confirmatory computational results found are summarized in this paper. New maps showing the zones where this behavior is predicted are also shown considering again twin pipes. Multiple pipe systems have been found not easily amenable for analytical analysis when dealing with more than four parallel pipes. However, the particular splitting found (flow along N pipes dividing in one standalone pipe flow plus N -1 identical pipe flows) has been verified up to fourteen pipes, involving calculations in systems with even and odd number of pipes using the RELAP5 systems thermal-hydraulics code.展开更多
A novel laser processing technique was developed for making channels in the nano regime in this paper.A Nd:YAG laser was used to dry fabricate micro channels(25μm～100μm di- ameter)in a 1 cm^3 fused silica substrate...A novel laser processing technique was developed for making channels in the nano regime in this paper.A Nd:YAG laser was used to dry fabricate micro channels(25μm～100μm di- ameter)in a 1 cm^3 fused silica substrate by thermal-induced processing.By controlling the locations of these initiating micro channels on a silica cube,1D-controllable self-connecting nano fractures can be formed as rectangular channels.These nano channels are smooth and with extremely high aspect ratio(～10~4 depth to width ratio).A possible mechanism is proposed to explain the formation of the nano channels.This laser-based nano channel fabrication technique is fast and inexpensive,and with potential applications in capillary electrophoresis and electro-osmosis driven nano-filtration.展开更多
文摘Previous analytical results on flow splitting are generalized to consider multiple boiling channels systems. The analysis is consistent with the approximations usually adopted in the use of systems codes (like RELAP5 and TRACE5, among others) commonly applied to perform safety analyses of nuclear power plants. The problem is related to multiple, identical, parallel boiling channels, connected through common plena. A theoretical model limited in scope explains this flow splitting without reversal. The unified analysis performed and the confirmatory computational results found are summarized in this paper. New maps showing the zones where this behavior is predicted are also shown considering again twin pipes. Multiple pipe systems have been found not easily amenable for analytical analysis when dealing with more than four parallel pipes. However, the particular splitting found (flow along N pipes dividing in one standalone pipe flow plus N -1 identical pipe flows) has been verified up to fourteen pipes, involving calculations in systems with even and odd number of pipes using the RELAP5 systems thermal-hydraulics code.
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50375031)the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (CUHK 4416/99E)
文摘A novel laser processing technique was developed for making channels in the nano regime in this paper.A Nd:YAG laser was used to dry fabricate micro channels(25μm～100μm di- ameter)in a 1 cm^3 fused silica substrate by thermal-induced processing.By controlling the locations of these initiating micro channels on a silica cube,1D-controllable self-connecting nano fractures can be formed as rectangular channels.These nano channels are smooth and with extremely high aspect ratio(～10~4 depth to width ratio).A possible mechanism is proposed to explain the formation of the nano channels.This laser-based nano channel fabrication technique is fast and inexpensive,and with potential applications in capillary electrophoresis and electro-osmosis driven nano-filtration.
