A simulation and experimental study on particle volume fraction of PMMA suspension in centrifugal fields

The theoretical analyses of the double-tube gas cooler in transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration cycle have been performed to study the performance improvement of gas cooler as well as CO2 cycle using Al2O3, TiO2, CuO and Cu nanofluids as coolants. Effects of various operating parameters (nanofluid inlet temperature and mass flow rate, CO2 pressure and particle volume fraction) are studied as well. Use of nanofluid as coolant in double-tube gas cooler of CO2 cycle improves the gas cooler effectiveness, cooling capacity and COP without penalty of pumping power. The CO2 cycle yields best performance using Al2O3-H2O as a coolant in double-tube gas cooler followed by TiO2-H2O, CuO-H2O and Cu-H2O. The maximum cooling COP improvement of transcritical CO2 cycle for Al2O3-H2O is 25.4%, whereas that for TiO2-H2O is 23.8%, for CuO-H2O is 20.2% and for Cu-H2O is 16.2% for the given ranges of study. Study shows that the nanofluid may effectively use as coolant in double-tube gas cooler to improve the performance of transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycle.

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Solidification Processing of Functionally Graded Materials by Sedimentation

10.1115/imece1999-1040 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

J. W. Gao ◽

S. J. White ◽

C. Y. Wang

Keyword(s):

Functionally Graded Materials ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Particle Volume Fraction ◽

Computer Code ◽

Functionally Graded ◽

Particle Volume ◽

Particle Sedimentation ◽

Graded Materials ◽

Free Zone ◽

Free Region

Abstract A combined experimental and numerical investigation of the solidification process during gravity casting of functionally graded materials (FGMs) is conducted. Focus is placed on the interplay between the freezing front propagation and particle sedimentation. Experiments were performed in a rectangular ingot using pure substances as the matrix and glass beads as the particle phase. The time evolutions of local particle volume fractions were measured by bifurcated fiber optical probes working in the reflection mode. The effects of various processing parameters were explored. It is found that there exists a particle-free zone in the top portion of the solidified ingot, followed by a graded particle distribution region towards the bottom. Higher superheat results in slower solidification and hence a thicker particle-free zone and a higher particle concentration near the bottom. The higher initial particle volume fraction leads to a thinner particle-free region. Lower cooling temperatures suppress particle settling. A one-dimensional solidification model was also developed, and the model equations were solved numerically using a fixed-grid, finite-volume method. The model was then validated against the experimental results, and the validated computer code was used as a tool for efficient computational prototyping of an Al/SiC FGM.

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Shock-Induced Multiphase Instability in a High Volume Fraction Finite-Thickness Particle Layer

10.1115/fedsm2021-65446 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Bertrand Rollin ◽

Frederick Ouellet ◽

Bradford Durant ◽

Rahul Babu Koneru ◽

S. Balachandar

Keyword(s):

Shock Tube ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Solid Phase ◽

Particle Volume Fraction ◽

Finite Thickness ◽

Spherical Particles ◽

Shock Strength ◽

Particle Volume ◽

Particle Cloud ◽

Particle Layer

Abstract We study the interaction of a planar air shock with a perturbed, monodispersed, particle curtain using point-particle simulations. In this Eulerian-Lagrangian approach, equations of motion are solved to track the position, momentum, and energy of the computational particles while the carrier fluid flow is computed in the Eulerian frame of reference. In contrast with many Shock-Driven Multiphase Instability (SDMI) studies, we investigate a configuration with an initially high particle volume fraction, which produces a strongly two-way coupled flow in the early moments following the shock-solid phase interaction. In the present study, the curtain is about 4 mm in thickness and has a peak volume fraction of about 26%. It is composed of spherical particles of d = 115μm in diameter and a density of 2500 kg.m−3, thus replicating glass particles commonly used in multiphase shock tube experiments or multiphase explosive experiments. We characterize both the evolution of the perturbed particle curtain and the gas initially trapped inside the particle curtain in our planar three-dimensional numerical shock tube. Control parameters such as the shock strength, the particle curtain perturbation wavelength and particle volume fraction peak-to-trough amplitude are varied to quantify their influence on the evolution of the particle cloud and the initially trapped gas. We also analyze the vortical motion in the flow field. Our results indicate that the shock strength is the primary contributor to the cloud particle width. Also, a classic Richtmyer-Meshkov instability mixes the gas initially trapped in the particle curtain and the surrounding gas. Finally, we observe that the particle cloud contribute to the formation of longitudinal vortices in the downstream flow.

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Alignment of Nanoplates in Lamellar Diblock Copolymer Domains and the Effect of Particle Volume Fraction on Phase Behavior

ACS Macro Letters ◽

10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00665 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (12) ◽

pp. 1400-1407 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Nadia M. Krook ◽

Jamie Ford ◽

Manuel Maréchal ◽

Patrice Rannou ◽

Jeffrey S. Meth ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phase Behavior ◽

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Particle Volume Fraction ◽

Particle Volume

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Steady electrodiffusion in hydrogel-colloid composites: macroscale properties from microscale electrokinetics

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ◽

10.1590/s0001-37652010000100007 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 69-86

Author(s):

Reghan J. Hill

Keyword(s):

Membrane Potential ◽

Electrostatic Potential ◽

Colloidal Particles ◽

Electrolyte Concentration ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Particle Volume Fraction ◽

Solid Volume Fraction ◽

Electrical Current ◽

Inclusion Size ◽

Particle Volume

A rigorous microscale electrokinetic model for hydrogel-colloid composites is adopted to compute macroscale profiles of electrolyte concentration, electrostatic potential, and hydrostatic pressure across membranes that separate electrolytes with different concentrations. The membranes are uncharged polymeric hydrogels in which charged spherical colloidal particles are immobilized and randomly dispersed with a low solid volume fraction. Bulk membrane characteristics and performance are calculated from a continuum microscale electrokinetic model (Hill 2006b, c). The computations undertaken in this paper quantify the streaming and membrane potentials. For the membrane potential, increasing the volume fraction of negatively charged inclusions decreases the differential electrostatic potential across the membrane under conditions where there is zero convective flow and zero electrical current. With low electrolyte concentration and highly charged nanoparticles, the membrane potential is very sensitive to the particle volume fraction. Accordingly, the membrane potential - and changes brought about by the inclusion size, charge and concentration - could be a useful experimental diagnostic to complement more recent applications of the microscale electrokinetic model for electrical microrheology and electroacoustics (Hill and Ostoja-Starzewski 2008, Wang and Hill 2008).

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New patterns in high-speed granular flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics ◽

10.1017/jfm.2015.109 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 769 ◽

pp. 218-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Nicolas Brodu ◽

Renaud Delannay ◽

Alexandre Valance ◽

Patrick Richard

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Particle Volume Fraction ◽

Scaling Law ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Secondary Flows ◽

Particle Volume ◽

Rheological Models ◽

Granular Gas ◽

Internal Structures

We report on new patterns in high-speed flows of granular materials obtained by means of extensive numerical simulations. These patterns emerge from the destabilization of unidirectional flows upon increase of mass holdup and inclination angle, and are characterized by complex internal structures, including secondary flows, heterogeneous particle volume fraction, symmetry breaking and dynamically maintained order. In particular, we evidenced steady and fully developed ‘supported’ flows, which consist of a dense core surrounded by a highly energetic granular gas. Interestingly, despite their overall diversity, these regimes are shown to obey a scaling law for the mass flow rate as a function of the mass holdup. This unique set of three-dimensional flow regimes raises new challenges for extending the scope of current granular rheological models.

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