Microstructural evolution of Mg9AlZnY alloy with vibration in lost foam casting during semi-solid isothermal heat treatment

The nearly equiaxed grains of Mg9AlZnY alloy were obtained by vibrating solidification in lost foam casting(LFC) and the microstructure of Mg9AlZnY alloy was analyzed.On this basis,the morphology and size of α-Mg grains fabricated by semi-solid isothermal heat treatment(SSIT) at 530 ℃ and 570 ℃ holding different time were studied.The results show that the main constituent phases of Mg9AlZnY alloy are α-Mg,β-Mg17Al12 and Al2Y,and the Y can greatly refine α-Mg grains.The distribution of α-Mg grains equivalent diameters between 20 and 100 μm is up to 87%,and the average roundness of α-Mg grains reaches 1.37 in the specimen obtained at 570 ℃ and holding time 60 min.According to the analysis of solidification kinetics and thermodynamic,binary eutectic with low melting point melts firstly on SSIT process.As the liquid fraction increases with the solute diffusibility,both of the shape and size of α-Mg grains change ceaselessly.When the liquid fraction reaches equilibrium,the α-Mg grains are gradually spheroidized under the interfacial tension,and then the α-Mg grains begin to combine and grow.Evolution of α-Mg dendritic grains on SSIT process is obviously different from that of equiaxed grains.

Effects of heat treatment on dynamic compressive properties and energy absorption characteristics of open-cell aluminum alloy foams

The effects of heat treatment on the dynamic compressive properties and energy absorption characteristics of open cell aluminum alloy foams (Al-Mg-Si alloy foam and Al-Cu-Mg alloy foam) produced by infiltrating process were studied. Two kinds of heat treatment were exploited: age-hardening and solution heat treating plus age-hardening (T6). The split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) was used for high strain rate compression test. The results show that both age-hardened and T6-strengthened foams exhibit improved compression strength and shortened plateau region compared with that of foams in as-fabricated state under high strain rate compression, and the energy absorption capacity is also influenced significantly by heat treatment. It is worthy to note that omitting the solution treating can also improve the strength and energy absorbed much.

Heat transfer characteristics of lost foam casting process of magnesium alloy

Effects of vacuum, pouring temperature and pattern thickness on the heat transfer of magnesium alloy lost foam casting(LFC) process were explored. The results indicate that without vacuum a positive thermal gradient from the gate to the end of the casting was formed immediately after the mold filling. The average temperature of the casting, the temperature gradient and solidification times increase significantly with pouring temperature and pattern thickness. Vacuum plays a quite different role in the heat transfer during mould filling and solidification periods: it significantly increases the cooling rate of the filling melt, but decreases the cooling rate of the casting during solidification period. The temperature of the liquid metal drops sharply and varies greatly with no apparent mode in the casting after the mold filling. The amplitude of temperature fluctuations in the casting increases with vacuum, pouring temperature and pattern thickness. The average temperature increases with pouring temperature and pattern thickness, but less rapidly than that without vacuum. The effect of vacuum on the solidification times of castings is found to depend on pouring temperature, vacuum makes solidification times increase greatly at high pouring temperature, while decreases slightly at low pouring temperature.

Heat Transfer and Acoustic Properties of Open Cell Aluminum Foams

The aluminum open cell foams have been prepared by the conventional precision casting method to investigate the thermal and acoustic properties.A water heating system and silencers were organized as a first step for its applications.The temperature increase between the top and bottom of the foam became larger as the cell size increased in the heat transfer measurement.Sound absorption ratio of the close cell foams was 60%-100%, whereas the open cell aluminum foam showed only 10%-20% of sound absorption at low frequency.When the prototype electric water heater manufactured by combining aluminum open cell foam with a heater was heated to 100-400℃,the highest temperature of water was in the range of 16-46~C.This suggests that there could be potential for this type of heater to be used as a commercial electric water heater.Sound silencer made with the aluminum open cell foam was applied to exit of exhaustion side at air pressure line.Sound silencing effect of open-celled aluminum foam showed that the noise level went down by introducing smaller cell size foam.

Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Metal Foam Heat Sink with Thermal Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Models

In the present study,the thermal performance of metal foam heat sink was numerically investigated by adopting the local thermal non-equilibrium(LTNE)model and local thermal equilibrium(LTE)model.Temperature field distributions and temperature difference field distributions of solid and fluid phases were presented.Detailed thermal performance comparisons based on the LTE and LTNE models were evaluated by considering the effects of the relevant metal foam morphological and channel geometrical parameters.Results indicate that a distinct temperature difference exists between the solid and fluid phases when the LTNE effect is pronounced.The average Nusselt numbers predicted by both the LTE and LTNE models are approaching with the increase of porosity,pore density,Reynolds number,large thermal conductivity ratio,and large aspect ratio.This is attributed to the significant reduction of the interstitial convective thermal resistance between the solid and fluid phases,as a result,the LTE model can replace the LTNE model for thermal modeling in these conditions.In addition,the overall thermal performance assessment of metal foam heat sink is compared with the non-porous heat sink,and it shows that the thermal performance factor of metal foam heat sink is approximately two times of the non-porous heat sink.

Enhanced Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Copper Foam Welded Surfaces

Enhanced pool boiling heat transfer of the porous structure is critical to the thermal management technology.In this paper,pool boiling heat transfer experiments are performed on copper foam welded surfaces in de-ionized water to investigate the effects of basic parameters of copper foam on heat transfer enhancement.Boiling phenomenon is observed to facilitate the understanding of enhancement mechanism.The results show that copper foam welded surfaces can significantly enhance the pool boiling heat transfer performance,reduce the boiling incipience temperature by 7-9℃,and reach two times heat transfer coefficient compared with smooth plain surfaces due to numerous nucleation sites,extended surface areas,and enhanced turbulent effect.Pore density and thickness of foam have two side effects on heat transfer.

Experimental Study on Heat Storage Properties Comparison of Paraffin/Metal Foams Phase Change Material Composites

Heat storage properties of phase change materials(PCMs) are essential characteristics that perform a key role in thermal heat energy storage systems.The thermal properties of PCMs can be improved by developing metal foam/PCM composites.The addition of metal foam in PCMs has a significant effect on the thermal characteristics of PCMs.In this paper,the heat storage properties of two different metal foam/PCM composites were experimentally examined.The behavior of paraffin in metal foam(copper and iron-nickel)/paraffin composites concerning pure paraffin at a constant heat flux of 1000 W/m^(2) in three directions simultaneously(x,y,and z) was studied.Paraffin was infiltrated into copper and iron-nickel foams to develop composite materials which resulted in enhancing the thermal conductivity of the paraffin.A comparative analysis is made on the heat storage properties of paraffin in copper and iron-nickel foams/paraffin composites.Inner temperature distribution during the phase transition process is experimentally evaluated.This comparison indicates that temperature uniformity in copper foam/paraffin composite is better than in iron-nickel foam/paraffin composite and pure paraffin at the same heat flux.Experimental results show that at heat flux of 1000 W/m^(2),the heat storage time for copper foam/paraffin composite is 20.63% of that of iron-nickel foam/paraffin composite.

Ni Flower/MXene-Melamine Foam Derived 3D Magnetic/Conductive Networks for Ultra-Efficient Microwave Absorption and Infrared Stealth

The development of multifunctional and efficient electromagnetic wave absorbing materials is a challenging research hotspot.Here,the magnetized Ni flower/MXene hybrids are successfully assembled on the surface of melamine foam(MF)through electrostatic self-assembly and dip-coating adsorption process,realizing the integration of microwave absorption,infrared stealth,and flame retardant.Remarkably,the Ni/MXene-MF achieves a minimum reflection loss(RLmin)of−62.7 dB with a corresponding effective absorption bandwidth(EAB)of 6.24 GHz at 2 mm and an EAB of 6.88 GHz at 1.8 mm.Strong electromagnetic wave absorption is attributed to the three-dimensional magnetic/conductive networks,which provided excellent impedance matching,dielectric loss,magnetic loss,interface polarization,and multiple attenuations.In addition,the Ni/MXene-MF endows low density,excellent heat insulation,infrared stealth,and flame-retardant functions.This work provided a new development strategy for the design of multifunctional and efficient electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.

Formaldehyde Free Renewable Thermosetting Foam Based on Biomass Tannin with a Lignin Additive

This study presents easily prepared free formaldehyde bio-based foam based on a prepared thermosetting resin comprising tannin–lignin–furfuryl alcohol-glyoxal(TLFG)via mechanical stirring in presence of ether as a foaming agent.The foam was developed through a co-polycondensation reaction of glyoxal and furfuryl alcohol with condensed tannin and lignin,which is a forest-derived product.Investigation using scanning electron microscopy(SEM)showed more closed-cell structure without cracks and collapse in the TLFG foam,with a higher apparent density with respect to tannin–furanic–formaldehyde(TFF)foam.Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC),dynamic thermomechanical analysis(DTMA),and thermogravimetric analysis(TGA)investigations revealed that the curing process of TLFG foam proceeds easily even at a lower temperature.Additionally,it acquired higher heat resistance than TFF foam.Moreover,TLFG has a more robust chemical network structure,which contributes efficiently to the mechanical strength and a lower pulverization degree compared with TFF-derived foam.Fourier transform infrared spectrometry(FTIR)and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(ESI-MS)proved that the cross-inking reactions between tannin,lignin,furfuryl alcohol,and glyoxal have been proceeded efficiently.

A Modified Kelvin Model for Thermal Performance Simulation of High Mechanical Property Open-Cell Metal Foams

This paper proposes a modified Kelvin model for high mechanical property open-cell metal foams and investigates its application in thermal simulations. The thermal conductivity is simulated based on the steady state method and the results are consistent with experimental values. The melting process of phase change materials (PCMs) in Kelvin model and its modified model is numerically investigated under a temperature constant heat resource. By detecting the temperature variations, it shows that the metal foam greatly improves the heat transfer in energy storage systems. Besides, the comparison of the melting process in two foam models indicates that the systems based on high mechanical property metal foams have a shorter melting time. The melting process of paraffin in modified Kelvin metal foam models with three different porosities (65%, 70% and 75%) are numerically analyzed and compared.

Foamglas泡沫玻璃保温材料在地铁集中供冷工程中的应用

广州地铁二号线和轨道交通三号线工程采用集中供冷技术,其中冷冻水管长15 000 m,采用Foam-glas泡沫玻璃保温材料,解决了长距离,高效率冷冻水输送的技术难道。介绍该材料的防水、防火、环保等特性和施工技术问题。

红肉火龙果粉的发泡微波冷冻干燥制备与质量评价

制备浆果粉末产品是延长其货架期的有效手段。为降低干燥过程能耗和保留产品营养成分,该研究以平均含水率(87.03±1.26)%的新鲜红肉火龙果果浆为原料,采用冷冻干燥和喷雾干燥两种方法制备了火龙果粉末。以残余湿含量、色泽和典型生物活性成分甜菜红素、芦丁和总酚保留率为指标对产品质量进行了评价。用质量比为3%(w/w)的分离乳清蛋白和2.5%(w/w)的果胶为添加剂制备了未发泡和发泡2种样品,进行了传统和微波冷冻干燥试验。结果表明,使用石英底盘,在30˚C、20 Pa下,发泡样品比未发泡样品冷冻干燥时间缩短了39.06%;施加1 W微波功率时,未发泡和发泡样品微波冷冻干燥时间比无微波时分别缩短了18.75%和12.82%。用碳化硅底盘替代石英底盘,在30˚C、20 Pa和1 W下,发泡样品微波冷冻干燥时间比未发泡和发泡样品传统无微波冷冻干燥分别缩短了65.62%和43.59%。分别以5.5%(w/w)的分离乳清蛋白和15.6%(w/w)的麦芽糊精为添加剂,进行了喷雾干燥试验。工艺参数为进风温度150˚C、出风温度85˚C、进料速度28 mL/min。冷冻干燥产品的甜菜红素、芦丁和总酚保留率分别在72%、84%和75%以上,而喷雾干燥产品的保留率显著降低。该研究采用的冷冻干燥方法能够大幅缩短干燥时间、提高产品质量,为浆果类粉末产品的制备提供工业解决方案。

各向异性Kelvin泡沫胞元高径比对其流动传热特性的影响

飞行器热管理系统中所用的高孔隙率泡沫材料具有质量轻、比表面积大等优点,孔隙尺度几何参数的优化设计对有效提升综合传热性能、降低结构质量至关重要。以各向异性Kelvin泡沫胞元为研究对象,采用混合热格子Boltzmann方法以及多GPU加速技术,实现了同时考虑泡沫骨架导热和多胞元孔隙尺度强迫对流换热的共轭传热数值模拟。在上述基础上,分别选取了Re=10、100、1000计算条件,开展了不同胞元高径比(H/D=0.5、0.75、1.0、1.5、2.0)对其流动传热特性的影响规律研究。结果表明,在不同Re条件下,随着各向异性Kelvin泡沫H/D的减小,其泡沫内部的流动阻力及努塞尔数均增大,且随着Re的增大,对流换热的作用增强,H/D的影响也更为明显。此外,相比于流动阻力,结构传热性能受H/D的影响变化速率更大,由此造成综合传热因子(j/f^(1/3))与H/D成反比关系,即减小Kelvin胞元H/D可有效提高泡沫结构的综合传热性能。

开孔泡沫金属传热和流动特性

近年来开孔泡沫金属运用于散热设备逐渐成为研究的热点。由于开孔泡沫金属结构复杂无序,数值模拟时大都将其结构进行化简,目前已有种类繁多的简化模型,然而适用于其传热与流动特性模拟研究的简化模型尚不明确;另外,适用于散热领域的泡沫金属结构参数有待详细研究。为此,建立开孔泡沫金属的5种简化三维模型,并进行传热和流动特性的对比研究,认为Gibson-Ashby模型更能准确描述实际开孔泡沫金属的传热和流动性能。在此基础上,采用Gibson-Ashby模型对开孔泡沫金属的关键结构参数进行传热和流动综合性能分析,发现孔隙率90%、孔密度30PPI开孔泡沫金属翅片的综合性能j/f^(1/3)(j为换热因子,f为阻力因子)最优;将孔隙率90%、孔密度30PPI开孔泡沫金属翅片与平直翅片进行对比,发现开孔泡沫金属翅片换热效果是平直翅片的2倍以上,综合性能也优于平直翅片。所得研究成果可为开孔泡沫金属在换热领域的应用和设计提供参考。

具有泡沫金属流场的燃料电池研究进展

泡沫金属是一种具有高孔隙率、高电导率、良好传热性和重量较轻等优点的新型多功能材料,在质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)中嵌入泡沫金属作为流场的应用受到越来越多的关注。重点综述PEMFC流场的研究进展,探讨泡沫金属结构参数、流场设计和环境因素等对功率密度、气体分布、压降和水热管理等性能的影响。进一步讨论泡沫金属流场在PEMFC应用中所面临的腐蚀和水淹问题,以及具备耐腐蚀涂层泡沫金属的研究进展,为PEMFC泡沫金属流场的发展和优化提供有益的启示,以期推进泡沫金属在PEMFC中的应用。

抛物槽式真空管太阳能集热器强化相变蓄热的模拟研究

为了提高抛物槽式真空管太阳能集热器相变材料导热性能,设计了一种相变材料埋置金属泡沫与半圆管型强化换热结构相结合的真空管太阳能集热器,利用FLUENT软件对其蓄热过程中的传热进行了数值模拟,分析了热流密度分布非均匀的情况下在相变材料中集成翅片和金属泡沫对相变材料液态分数的影响.

建筑用新型相变储能泡沫混凝土保温隔墙板材料的性能研究

以固固相变材料和相变微胶囊为建筑隔热材料,以泡沫混凝土为载体,制备一种新型相变储能泡沫混凝土。探究了相变材料掺量对泡沫混凝土干密度、吸水率、抗压强度、相变循环耐久性的影响,并对掺入固固相变材料的泡沫混凝土板进行传热特性研究。结果表明:随着固固相变材料掺量的增加,泡沫混凝土干密度、吸水率逐渐减小;随着相变微胶囊掺量的增加,泡沫混凝土干密度、吸水率逐渐增大。掺入相变微胶囊和固固相变材料的泡沫混凝土具有良好的吸热特性,可起到调节室内温度峰值的作用。

泡沫铜导离气泡强化流动沸腾换热实验研究

流动沸腾作为一种高效的换热方法,被广泛应用于高热流设备的冷却。在流动沸腾换热过程中可通过设置多孔疏水结构促进沸腾气泡脱离,为强化沸腾换热提供新思路。在截面为6 mm×4 mm的矩形通道顶部添加浸润角为140°的多孔泡沫铜;并在液相入口温度70、75和80℃,流速为6.94、10.42和13.89 cm/s的不同工况下,观测通道内沸腾两相流流型变化以及泡沫铜的吸气过程对流动沸腾换热性能的影响;基于气泡受力分析获得泡沫铜吸气强化流动沸腾的换热机理。结果显示,在本实验工况范围内添加脱气泡沫铜后,壁面过热度下降可达20.7%;泡沫铜的吸气率为0.81时,热通量可提高至152%;增大入口流速,泡沫铜强化效果显著增大,而入口温度对泡沫铜的吸气效果影响不明显。

面向金属泡沫散热器设计的自然对流拓扑优化

针对传统方块型金属泡沫散热器散热效率不高,难以满足高功率电子器件散热需求的问题,发展了基于格子Boltzmann和水平集方法的三维拓扑优化方法。首先,采用格子Boltzmann方法求解多孔介质内的流动和传热过程;然后,采用伴随格子Boltzmann方法计算梯度;最后,根据反应-扩散方程更新水平集函数。通过对底部放置发热元件方腔的自然对流过程开展拓扑优化,得到特征格拉晓夫数为2.4×10^(2)~1.2×10^(5)的4种优化散热器结构,定量评估了散热器的强化换热性能并分析相关机理。研究结果表明:随着格拉晓夫数的增大,散热主导机制由热传导转变为热对流,优化结构由伸展的树枝状向收缩的花朵状结构转变,以留出更多空间使得流动涡旋充分发展;与传统的金属泡沫方块结构和开槽的金属泡沫块结构相比,所提优化结构表现出优异的散热性能,其分支结构和中空结构能够优化方腔内的流动,从而将散热效率提升了29.7%以上,表明了所提拓扑优化方法的有效性。研究工作可为新型金属泡沫散热器的设计提供理论指导。

磷石膏改性与地暖模块的制备

磷石膏是湿法生产磷酸时排放的固体废弃物,其中夹杂的少量磷和氟等杂质会严重危害周围的大气、土壤和地下水等生态环境。地暖模块是利用保温板沟槽固定保护发热管并能均热的集成地暖板块,可大幅简化地暖安装程序并降低地暖厚度,让地暖更节能。以磷石膏为原料,首先进行煅烧与陈化预处理;通过掺加有机乳液和水硬性胶凝材料改性处理磷石膏并分析其改性机理;对改性后的磷石膏进行发泡处理,制备磷石膏地暖模块并对其密度、导热系数、体积吸水率、强度和燃烧等级等性能进行测试与分析。利用改性后的磷石膏制备发泡板模块,不仅拓宽了地暖模块保温材料的选择,而且为磷石膏综合探索利用提供了新思路。