Experimental and numerical simulation of air-water two-phase flow in the rod bundle with grid spacer

Experimental and numerical simulation were carried out on vertically upward air-water two-phase flow in the rod bundle with grid spacer. The related numerical simulation has been performed by using the Computational Fluid Dynamics code-CFX4.2, in which lateral interfacial effects based on a two-fluid model are accounted for. This model has been used to evaluate the velocity fields of gas and liquid phases, as well as phase distribution between elements in rod bundle by simulating 1/4 zone of experimental model, and mixing vanes of spacer in this area. Fur- thermore, this model has been used to predict the effects of spacer on flow and pressure drop along the rod bundle. The calculation results show that the mixing vane has significant influence on axial and lateral velocity. In order to obtain some experimental data to verify the numerical solutions, a series of tests, using a specially designed 3×3 rod bundle test section with AFA-2G structure spacer have been performed. An optical probe was used to measure local void fractions. At the same time, the pressure loss has been measured. A comparison between the calculated void pro- file and pressure loss and the measured results shows that the predicted void profiles are consistent at low gas appar- ent velocity. This research shows that the code CFX4.2 can be used to describe the 3-D air-water two-phase flow in the rod bundle channel with grid spacer.

Relationship between Formation Water Rate,Equivalent Penetration Rate and Volume Flow Rate of Air in Air Drilling

Formation water invasion is the most troublesome problem associated with air drilling. However, it is not economical to apply mist drilling when only a small amount of water flows into wellbore from formation during air drilling. Formation water could be circulated out of the wellbore through increasing the gas injection rate. In this paper, the Angel model was modified by introducing Nikurade friction factor for the flow in coarse open holes and translating formation water rate into equivalent penetration rate. Thus the distribution of annular pressure and the relationship between minimum air injection rate and formation water rate were obtained. Real data verification indicated that the modified model is more accurate than the Angel model and can provide useful information for air drilling.

A Study on Flow Structure around a Bridge Beam and Behavior of Sea Water Mist

Okinawa in the subtropical islands enclosed in the ocean has a problem that corrosion of structures progresses quickly because of high temperature, high humidity and adhesion of sea-water mists flying from sea. Author is interested in corrosion of bridge made of weatherability steel. Therefore, it needs to investigate the flow structure around bridge beams and behavior of sea-water mist (droplet). In this paper, flow visualization and PIV are attempted to understand the flow structures around bridge beams and, furthermore, numerical approach of motion of droplets is attempted to understand the collision of sea-water mists on the bridge wall.

Observation and characterization of flow in critical sections of a horizontal pressurized gating system using water models

This work is concerned with the hydraulics and f low characterization in a pressurized,horizontal gating system with multiple ingates attached to a plate mold,using transparent water models.Runners with two different aspect ratios(w/h=0.5 and 2)and four different types of ingates(rectangular,convergent,divergent and venturi)were examined for their influence on flow behavior.Flow behavior was visualized using a high speed camera capable of capturing images up to 10,000 frames per second.Real time experimentation with a few runner–ingate combinations were carried out to validate the usefulness of water models in predicting the f illing behavior.Comparison of the approaches provided useful insights into the filling behavior in critical sections of the flow passages as well as the utility of water models towards understanding of the f illing behavior during real time casting.

Liquid mean velocity and turbulence in a horizontal air-water bubbly flow

The liquid phase turbulent structure of an air-water bubbly horizontal flow in a circular pipe has been investigated experimentally. Three-dimensional measurements were implemented with two "X" type probes oriented in different planes, and local liquid-phase velocities and turbulent stresses were simultaneously obtained. Systematic measurements were conducted covering a range of local void fraction from 0 to 11.7%. The important experiment results and parametric trends are summarized and discussed.

Physical and chemical changes of water in the deep interior of the Earth―Decrepitation-style mud-volcano-earthquake―A bright lamp to shed light on the mysteries of the deep interior of the Earth

The 2008-05-12 Wenchuan mud-volcano-earthquake was accompanied with eruption of a huge volume of gas and stone,revealing that earthquakes generally result from instant reverse phase explosion of supercritical water(SCW) at the supercritical point.In the deep parts of the crust and mantle there still exists a large amount of supercritical water equivalent in order of magnitude to that of the Earth's hydrosphere.Soft fluids which exist in the MOHO at the top of the upper mantle are the so-called deep supercritical fluids(SCWD).Supercritical water(SCW) has n×103 times strong capability to dissolve gas.Its viscosity is extremely low and its diffusivity is extremely strong.Therefore,it can naturally migrate toward a region with relatively negative pressure.In the steep break zone of the MOHO at the 57-65 km depth beneath the earthquake belt,due to mutation of overburden pressure,SCWD can automatically separate out CaSiO3 and other inorganic salts,evolving into the SCW(H2O-CO2-CH4O system.In going upwards to the 10-20-km depth of the crust SCW will be accumulated as an earthquake-pregnant reservoir in the broken terrain.The phase-transition heat of SCW is estimated at 606.62 kJ/kg and the reverse phasing kinetic energy is 2350.8 kJ/kg.When automatic exhaust at the time of decompression reaches the critical pressure(Pc),the instant explosion reverse phase will be normal-state air water.It will release a huge volume of energy and high-kinetic-energy gas which has been expanded by a factor of 1000,leading to the breaking of the country rocks overlying the earthquake-pregnant reservoir,thus giving rise to a Ms 8.0 earthquake.As a result,there were formed eruptive and air-driven(pneumatic) debris flows whose volumatric flow rate reaches n×1014 m3/s,and their force greatly exceeds the power of INT explosive of the same equivalent value.

Performance of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in lateral flow biological aerated filter

A new wastewater treatment facility—lateral flow biological aerated filter (LBAF) was developed aiming at solving energy consumption and operational problems in wastewater treatment facilities in small towns. It has the function of nitrification and removing organic substrate. In this study, we focused on the denitrification performance of LBAF and its possible mechanism under thorough aeration. We identified the existence of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) by analyzing nitrogenous compounds along the flow path of LBAF and supportive microbial microscopy, and studied the effects of air/water ratio and hydraulic loading on the performance of nitrogen removal and on SND in LBAF to find out the optimal operation condition. It is found that for saving operation cost, aeration can be reduced to some degree that allows desirable removal efficiency of pollutants, and the optimal air/water ratio is 10:1. Hydraulic loading less than 0.43 m h?1 hardly affects the nitrification and denitrification performance; whereas higher hydraulic loading is unfavorable to both nitrification and denitrification, far more unfavorable to denitrification than to nitrification.

SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-SPEED STREAKS UNDER SHEARED AIR-WATER INTERFACES

The characteristics of low-speed fluid streaks occurring under sheared air-water interfaces were examined by means of hydrogen bubble visualization technique. A critical shear condition under which the streaky structure first appears was determined to be u(tau) approximate to 0.19 cm/s. The mean spanwise streak spacing increases with distance from the water surface owing to merging and bursting processes, and a linear relationship describing variation of non-dimensional spacing <(<lambda>+)over bar> versus y(+) was found essentially independent of shear stress on the interface. Values of <(<lambda>+)over bar>, however, are remarkably smaller than their counterparts in the near-wall region of turbulent boundary layers. Though low-speed streaks occur randomly in time and space, the streak spacing exhibits a lognormal probability distribution behavior. A tentative explanation concerning the formation of streaky structure is suggested, and the fact that <(<lambda>+)over bar> takes rather smaller values than that in wall turbulence is briefly discussed.

Corrosion Behavior of Pipeline Steel in Oilfield Produced Water under Dynamic Corrosion System

In order to predict the corrosion trendency of X100 pipeline steel in flowing oilfield produced water,the effect of flow rate on the corrosion behavior of X100 pipeline steel was studied under general dynamic condition and simulated real working condition at the flow rate of 0.2,0.4,and 0.6 m·s^(-1).Potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were used to study the corrosion behavior of X100 steel.Energy dispersive spectroscopy,X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were used to analyze corrosion product composition and micromorphology.The experimental results show that the corrosion is more serious under simulated real working conditions than that under the general dynamic conditions.In any case the corrosion current density increases with the increase of the flow rate,and the total impedance value decreases.The corrosion products include Fe_(3)O_(4),Fe_(2)O_(3),and FeOOH.The mass transfer and electrochemistry were simulated by flow coupled in COMSOL software.The multiphysical field coupling simulation results are closer to the engineering practice than the single flow field simulation,and similar results from the experiments were obtained.Both experimental and simulation results reveal that the higher flow rate is,the more serious corrosion appear and the more corrosion products accumulate.By combining experimental and COMSOL simulation data,the corrosion process model of X100 steel was proposed.

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON TURBULENT COHERENT STRUCTURES NEAR A SHEARED AIR-WATER INTERFACE

The turbulence structures near a sheared air-water interface were experimentally investigated with the hydrogen bubble visualization technique. Surface shear was imposed by an airflow over the water flow which was kept free from surface waves. Results show that the wind shear has the main influence on coherent structures under air-water interfaces. Low- and high- speed streaks form in the region close to the interface as a result of the imposed shear stress. When a certain airflow velocity is reached, “turbulent spots” appear randomly at low-speed streaks with some characteristics of hairpin vortices. At even higher shear rates, the flow near the interface is dominated primarily by intermittent bursting events. The coherent structures observed near sheared air-water interfaces show qualitative similarities with those occurring in near-wall turbulence. However, a few distinctive phenomena were also observed, including the fluctuating thickness of the instantaneous boundary layer and vertical vortices in bursting processes, which appear to be associated with the characteristics of air-water interfaces.

Modeling of Soybean Plant Sap Flow

Soybean (Glycine max. (L.) Merr.) sap flow during the growth stages in relation to soil moisture, nutrition, and weather conditions determine the plant development. Modeling this process helps to better understand the plant water-nutrition uptake and improve the decisions of efficient irrigation management and other inputs for effective soybean production. Field studies of soybean sap flow took place in 2017-2021 at Marianna, Arkansas using heat balance stem flow gauges to measure the sap flow during the reproductive growth stages R3-R7. Plant water uptake was measured using the lysimeter-container method. The uniform sap flow-based hydraulic system in the soil-root-stem-leaf pathway created negative water tensions with osmotic processes and water surface tensions in stomata cells as water evaporation layers increase are the mechanism of the plant water uptake. Any changes the factors like soil water tension, solar radiation, or air relative humidity immediately, within a few seconds, affect the system’s balance and cause simultaneously appropriate reactions in different parts of the system. The plant water use model was created from plant emergence, vegetative to final reproductive growth stages depending on soil-weather conditions, plant morphology, and biomass. The main factors of the model include solar radiation, air temperature, and air relative humidity. The effective sap flow uptake occurs around 0.8 KPa VPD. Further research is needed to optimize the model’s factors to increase the plant growth dynamics and yield productivity.

基于Flowmaster的小流量供水设备调节性能模拟

现有的二次供水研究对小流量工况关注较少,小流量工况下主泵低效运行、频繁启停问题正成为制约城市供水“最后一公里”低能耗、高质量发展的痛点。为此,建立Flowmaster仿真模型对“工频辅泵+气压罐”小流量供水模式进行模拟,探究了需求侧不同小流量下气压罐的调节性能。结果表明,“工频辅泵+气压罐”可很好减少水泵启停次数,保持系统稳定。进一步研究了气压罐预充压力对调节性能的影响,阐明了预充气泄漏带来的负面影响,并提出相关工程建议。

基于VOF法的长距离无压引水隧洞充水过程模拟

结合长距离无压引水隧洞充水过程,建立了水气两相流耦合VOF(Volume of Fluid)法的k-ε紊流模型,近壁面采用考虑糙率影响的壁面函数,结合实际工程对长距离无压引水隧洞水气两相流进行了模拟。模拟结果表明:隧洞内水位随充水时间的增加逐渐上升并趋于稳定;对隧洞充水过程中沿程典型断面的水气两相流进行了动态分析,结果表明进口流量为65 m3/s时水流能顺利通过隧洞;对某水库放水兼放空洞水深实测数据进行了验证对比,模拟结果与实验结果基本吻合。

Numerical simulation of air-water two-phase flow over stepped spillways

Stepped spillways for significant energy dissipation along the chute have gained interest; popularity among researchers; dam engineers. Due to the complexity of air-water two-phase flow over stepped spillways, the finite volume computational fluid dynamics module of the FLUENT software was used to simulate the main characteristics of the flow. Adopting the RNG k- turbulence model, the mixture flow model for air-water two-phase flow was used to simulate the flow field over stepped spillway with the PISO arithmetic technique. The numerical result successfully reproduced the complex flow over a stepped spillway of an experiment case, including the interaction between entrained air bubbles; cavity recirculation in the skimming flow regime, velocity distribution; the pressure profiles on the step surface as well. The result is helpful for understanding the detailed information about energy dissipation over stepped spillways.

Temporal variability of iron concentrations and fractions in wetland waters in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

Chemical forms, reactivities and transformation of iron fractions in marshy waters were investigated with cross-flow filtration technique to study the iron environmental behavior. Iron fractions were divided into four parts： acid-labile iron （pre-acidification of unfiltered marshy water samples, 〉 0.7 μm）, high-molecular-weight iron （0.7-0.05 μm）, medium-molecular-weight iron （0.05-0.01 μm）, and low-molecular-weight iron （〈 0.01μm）. The cross-flow filtration suggested that iron primarily exist in both the 〉 0.7 μm and 〈 0.01 μm size fractions in marshy waters. Rainfall is the key for rain-fed wetland to determine fate of iron by changing the aquatic biochemical conditions. By monitoring the variation of iron concentrations and fractions over three years, it was found that dissolved iron and acid-labile iron concentrations exhibit a large variation extent under different annual rainfalls from 2006 to 2008. The seasonal variation for iron species proved that the surface temperature could control some conversion reactions of iron in marshy waters. Low- molecular-weight iron would convert to acid-labile iron gradually with temperature decreasing. The photochemical reactions of iron fractions, especially low-molecular-weight iron had occurred under solar irradiation. The relative proportion of low-molecular-weight in total dissolved iron ranging from 28.3% to 43.2% were found during the day time, which proved that the observed decreasing concentration of acid lability iron was caused by its degradation to low molecular weight iron.

Numerical Simulation of Water-Air Two-Phase Flow in Soil Slope under Water Level Rise Condition

In order to simulate the unsteady seepage in soil slopes under water level rise condition, including water seepage and air seepage, and to investigate the influence of the capillary pressure on the slope safety coefficient, the water-air two-phase flow model was used and its solving method and definition condition were given. By the two-phase flow model, the pore air and pore water seepage of a soil slope under steady seepage and water level rise conditions were shown, and the slope stability in different cases was analyzed from the simulation results. We find that under water level rise condition, the pore air pressure in the unsaturated zone increased evidently and the capillary pressure should be considered while the pore air pressure can be neglected in slope stability analysis.

Impact Analysis of Fluid-structure Coupling Embedded Weapon Bay

The coupling behavior of the imbedded weapon store occurring between the local unsteady flow field round the store and the structure response on the processing of opening its bay-door is simulated by using numerical method based on computational fluid mechanics(CFD).The transient aerodynamic behaviors when opening door under various flight altitudes and the corresponding structure deformation evolution in the unsteady flow fields are analyzed respectively and presented.The rules of aircraft attitude parameters′impacting to the responses of structure and the bay-door′s opening process are obtained by comparing with the analysis results.These rules can be applied to the structure design of bay-door and route specification of missile when disengaged and launched from within store.

燃料电池气体扩散层表面液相涌出行为

燃料电池流道内的两相分布特性对于提升燃料电池水管理能力至关重要,探究多液滴在流道表面流动行为利于优化结构及运行条件。使用流体体积(Volume of Fluid)法对液态水从气体扩散层(Gas diffusion layer)涌出到流道内的动态过程进行模拟,研究流道内气体流速、GDL表面接触角和水孔间距对水涌出过程和流动行为影响。结果表明,液滴在GDL表面经历了生长、分离、传输和碰撞凝并等过程。气体流速明显影响压降和液滴分离周期,随着气体流速增加,压降增加,液滴分离周期从14.7 ms降至4.7 ms,水去除能力显著增强,高气体流速造成液滴形态和流动情况不稳定。GDL表面润湿性改变了表面张力,影响液滴形态和流动,显著影响水覆盖率,随着接触角增大,GDL表面平均水覆盖率从20.03%降至9.01%;水孔间距对液滴碰撞周期影响大,小水孔间距时液滴在生长中发生凝并,大液滴飞溅造成流道内气流速度下降,压降和GDL表面水覆盖率产生大波动;大水孔间距时,流道内速度场受影响明显,前一液滴获得大速度后发生碰撞更易造成液滴飞溅,导致最大水孔间距时水覆盖率下降,从16.84%(D=0.8 cm)骤降至14.69(D=1.2 cm)。研究结果为流道表面接触角,GDL孔隙分布、进气条件等参数优化提供理论指导和技术借鉴,改善质子交换膜燃料电池水传输能力提高工作效率。

不同倾斜度下管道充水特性分析

针对管道充放水周期较长的问题,在对比模拟结果与试验数据吻合度的基础上,建立5种不同倾斜角度的管道三维模型,仿真不同倾斜角度下管道充水过程,分析其内部流速、压力和气液两相分布变化情况。结果表明,管道倾斜度小于30°时,水流流态稳定,流线均匀,管内水位均匀上升,平均充水流速1.3 m/s;随着倾斜度增加,流速越来越快,气液两相混合流动现象越来越明显,当倾斜角度为60°时,存在气体拥塞管道现象。综合对比,建议管道在倾斜度小于30°时可以适当增加充水速度,缩短充水周期。

孔隙率对多孔介质模型内水-气两相驱替规律的影响

多孔介质的孔隙率是影响水气两相驱替模式和注液饱和度的重要因素,饱和度是决定离子型稀土矿浸出率的关键指标。开展四种孔隙率的多孔介质中水气两相驱替微流体模型试验,确定了水气两相驱替模式,分析了气体团簇的形成机理及其分布特征,研究了孔隙率对模型内注液饱和度的影响。结果表明:水气两相驱替为毛细管指进模式,孔隙率高的多孔介质中指进现象更显著;随着毛细管数的增大,渗流模式逐渐趋于稳定。毛细管指进过程容易在多孔介质孔隙中形成气体团簇,低孔隙率模型中的气体团簇小而多;高孔隙率模型内的气体团簇大而少。模型内的注液饱和度随着孔隙率的增大而减小,随着注液强度的增大而增大。