Microanalysis of supersaturated gas release based on wall-attached bubbles

Supersaturation of dissolved gases in natural water,due to spillage from high dams and other factors,may cause fish mortality.In previous experiments,the dissipation coefficient has been used to denote the degassing process of total dissolved gas(TDG)saturation.These experiments mainly analyzed supersaturated TDG dissipation from a macroscopic view.To precisely clarify the mechanism of supersaturated TDG release,this study investigated bubble adsorption at a wall surface from a microscopic view.The experiment was conducted in a Plexiglas-wall container filled with supersaturated TDG water.A model that calculates the adsorption flux of supersaturated TDG by a solid wall,and helps describe construction for a contact angle at a three-phase intersection,was developed according to Young's equation.This model was used to investigate the formation process of bubbles adsorbed on a solid polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)surface in supersaturated TDG water.The adsorption effect of a solid wall on TDG release was analyzed based on the experimental data.The modeling results were compared with observations under different wall area conditions,and it was found that TDG release tended to increase with wall area.This study helps improve our understanding of the mechanisms of supersaturated TDG release and provides an important theoretical method for accurate calculation of the release process.The adsorption flux model of the solid wall provides mitigation measures to combat the adverse effects of TDG supersaturation,which will be beneficial to the protection of aquatic organisms in hydropower-regulated rivers.

Numerical Simulations on Geometrical Properties of Wall-attaching Transonic Jet

Effects of operating conditions and device's geometrical sizes on geometrical properties of wall-attaching transonic jet between two parallel plat plates are numerically simulated. Conclusions are as follows: 1) Upriver part of the wall-attaching jet's center streamline is in good accordance with parabola; 2) When both gas inlet pressure and outlet pressure as well as their ratio are not too high ( the outlet pressure is less than 10 MPa and the pressure ratio is less than 3), the center streamlines of the wall-attaching jet with the same pressure ratio coincide with each other very well, and the deflection degree of the center streamline decreases with rise of the pressure ratio; 3) The deflection degree of the jet's center streamline decreases with either broadening of nozzle's throat or rise of wall offset; 4) With rise of the pressure ratio, attachment distance of the jet increases, but the increase rate descends; 5) The attachment distance ascends with rise of either the nozzle's throat or the wall offset.

Wall-Attached Night Ventilation Combined with Phase Change Material Wallboard in Hot Summer:An Experimental Study on the Thermal Performance

Night ventilation is regarded as a promising cooling strategy by storing night cooling in the thermal mass of the building.However,night ventilation performance in hot summer is restricted by the climatic limits.In this paper,we propose a new solution as the integration of wall-attached night ventilation(WANV)and phase change material wallboard(PCMW).The principle of the proposed system is to utilize the wall-attached jet ventilation to achieve forced convection and to adopt latent energy storage of PCMW to enlarge the energy storage density capabilities,and the coupling method is expected to improve the night ventilation performance.Comparative experiments were conducted to evaluate the thermal performance of the hybrid system by evaluating indoor temperature history,thermal comfort time and cooling efficiency.Due to the high thermal energy storage density capability of PCMW,it was found that the presence of PCMW has a negative influence on night cooling efficiency but still has a positive influence on the overall cooling effect.The proposed WANV combined with the PCMW system significantly increased the temperature decrease of room air and west wall inside surface during one hour's night ventilation by 94.97%and 67.74%,respectively,and reached an extension of 38.42%of indoor thermal comfort time.The results highlight the potential of WANV integration of PCMW to improve the thermal performance of night ventilation.

Applications of Three-Dimensional LBM-LES Combined Model for Pump Intakes

Lattice Boltzmannmodel(LBM)in conjunction with an accurate Large Eddy Simulation(LES)technology was proposed to simulate various vortical structures and their evolutions in open pump intakes.The strain rate tensor in the LES model is locally calculated by means of non-equilibrium moments based on Chapman-Enskog expansion,and bounce-back scheme was used for non-slip condition on solid walls and reflection scheme for free surface.The presentedmodel was applied to investigate free-surface and wall-attached vortices for different water levels and flow rate.The vortex position,shapes and vorticities were predicted successfully under three flowing cases(i.e.critical water level(CWL),lower water level,lower flow rate),and the numerical velocity and streamline distribution were analyzed systematically.For CWL based on Froude number considering open channel flows,the shape and the location of various dynamic vortices were captured.Compare to the experimental results of CWL,more vortices were predicted for lower water level,and less vortices were observed for lower flow rate.The predicted velocities and vortex locations are in good agreement with the experimental of a small physical model.The comparisons demonstrated the feasibility and stability of above-mentioned model and numerical method in predicting vortex flows inside open pump intakes.