Yangyang Tian^a , Zhuo Chen^b,* , Qi Zhuang^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-11, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.26

Abstract The cyclone separator has remarkable amplification effect, which is an important factor affecting its separation efficiency and pressure drop. The numerical simulation of Stairmand cyclone separators with cylinder diameters of 200, 280, 400, 480 and 600mm after geometric similarity amplification was carried out by ANSYS software. RSM model was used for gas phase and DPM model was used for particle phase. The results show that after the cyclone size is enlarged geometrically, the tangential velocity tends to increase with the increase of the cyclone barrel diameter at the same inlet gas velocity, which leads to… More >

Feng-Lin Zhou^a , Kai-Yuan Zhang ^a, Liang Cheng^b,† , Hai-Bing Cai^c, Yu-Liang Zhang^b, Min-Feng Lv^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-10, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.22

Abstract In order to grasp the reverse startup characteristics of a small radial vane pump in the case of misoperation, a circulation piping system that includes the pump is established. Numerical simulation of the full three-dimensional unsteady incompressible viscous flow is performed based on the slip-grid technique and user-defined functions (UDF). According to the results, the static pressure fluctuation is small at the inlet of the centrifugal pump during the reverse startup, which differs significantly from the forward startup. Compared to the impeller rotational speed, the time required for the shaft power, head and flow curves… More >

Xuehui Jing^a,* , Wei Li^a, Zhaoyu Li^a , Zhiyun Wang^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-4, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.19

Abstract This paper numerically simulates the combustion in a 300MW tangentially fired pulverized high-alkali coal boiler under low-load conditions. The combustion process, temperature distribution and the thermal load in the furnace at different height are analyzed under three different load conditions, which are 30%, 45% and 60% of full load. The temperature distribution and the variation of NO_x concentration under different load conditions are investigated, as well. The results show that the combustion processes of pulverized high-alkali coal in the furnace are similar under different load conditions, but the positions of the fuel’s full combustion are related… More >

Linfang Fang, Fuyong Su^* , Zhen Kang, Haojun Zhu

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.14

Abstract Taking the ladle used by a factory as an example, a three-dimensional finite element model of the ladle was established, and the temperature distribution law of the lining during the ladle transportation was studied using the finite element analysis software ANSYS, which verified the good thermal insulation performance of the nano thermal insulation layer, and analyzed and compared the temperature and distribution law of the refractory lining under the two working conditions of the heavy ladle and the empty ladle. The results show that due to the change of the boundary conditions in the empty More >

Yu-Liang Zhang^a,* , Dong-Yang Wu^b, Hai-Bing Cai^c, Can-Fei Wang^c, Fei-Wu^c, Shao-Han Zheng^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-5, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.11

Abstract In this paper, based on the Mixture model, the numerical computations of the internal flow field in a sewage pump are carried out. Through numerical simulation, the turbulence flow characteristics in the sewage pump are obtained. Results show that when the particle diameter is 0.10 mm, the solid-phase concentration on the volute surface is high, and the wear is more severe. When the particle diameters are 0.15 mm and 0.20 mm, the solid-phase concentration on the volute surface is significantly higher, especially when the over-current cross-section enlarges constantly. More >

Yin Li¹, Yuanjia Song¹, Zhengwei Yang², Haijun Jiang³, Bowen Liu^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 1001-1018, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.027072 - 23 April 2023

Abstract The temperature field in laser line scanning thermography is investigated comprehensively in this work, including analytical calculation and experiment. Firstly, the principle of laser line scanning thermography is analyzed. On this basis, a physical laser line scanning model is proposed. Afterwards, based on Fourier transform (FT) and segregation variable method (SVM), the heat conduction differential equation in laser line scanning thermography is derived in detail. The temperature field of the composite-based coatings model with defects is simulated numerically. The results show that the laser line scanning thermography can effectively detect the defects in the model. More > Graphic Abstract

Yihua Gao¹, Fuping Qian^2,*, Yi Sun², Yue Wu², Shenghua Wu², Jinli Lu¹, Yunlong Han¹, Naijin Huang³

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.8, pp. 1997-2011, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.026373 - 04 April 2023

Abstract Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a technology by which nitrogen oxides are converted with the aid of a catalyst into diatomic nitrogen and water. It is known that the catalyst can be easily eroded if a cement kiln with a high-dust content is considered. To understand this process, numerical simulations have been carried out considering a single catalyst channel in order to study the collision and erosion of fly ash and catalysts at meso scale. Based on a response surface methodology, the effects of five factors on the erosion rate have been studied, namely, the More > Graphic Abstract

Yiguo Chen^1,2,3,*, Congjun Feng^1,2, Yonghong He³, Zhijun Chen³, Xiaowei Fan³, Chao Wang³, Xinmin Ge⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2451-2463, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.021145 - 09 March 2023

Abstract The low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique has been used to probe the pore size distribution and the fluid composition in geophysical prospecting and related fields. However, the speed and accuracy of the existing numerical inversion methods are still challenging due to the ill-posed nature of the first kind Fredholm integral equation and the contamination of the noises. This paper proposes a novel inversion algorithm to accelerate the convergence and enhance the precision using empirical truncated singular value decompositions (TSVD) and the linearized Bregman iteration. The L1 penalty term is applied to construct the objective More > Graphic Abstract

Yanju Wang¹, Zhenyu Zhu², Aixue Sha¹, Wenfeng Hao^3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2655-2676, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.025749 - 09 March 2023

Abstract Many titanium alloy subcomponents are subjected to fatigue loading in aerospace engineering, resulting in fatigue failure. The fatigue behavior of Ti₂AlNb alloy subcomponents was investigated based on the Seeger fatigue life theory and the improved Lemaitre damage evolution theory. Firstly, the finite element models of the standard openhole specimen and Y-section subcomponents have been established by ABAQUS. The damage model parameters were determined by fatigue tests, and the reliability of fatigue life simulation results of the Ti₂AlNb alloy standard open-hole specimen was verified. Meanwhile, the fatigue life of Ti₂AlNb alloy Y-section subcomponents was predicted. Under the same More >

Ningbo Guo, Xianming Gao^*, Duanling Li, Jixing Zhang, Penghui Yin, Mengyi Hua

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 3061-3082, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026657 - 09 March 2023

Abstract Computational fluid dynamics was used and a numerical simulation analysis of boiling heat transfer in microchannels with three depths and three cross-sectional profiles was conducted. The heat transfer coefficient and bubble generation process of three microchannel structures with a width of 80 μm and a depth of 40, 60, and 80 μm were compared during the boiling process, and the factors influencing bubble generation were studied. A visual test bench was built, and test substrates of different sizes were prepared using a micro-nano laser. During the test, the behavior characteristics of the bubbles on the More >