Spectral Emission Measurements From Planar Mixtures of Gas and Particulates

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Skocypec ◽  
D. V. Walters ◽  
R. O. Buckius

An experimental system is developed that forms a hot layer of gas and particulates flowing through a test section with cooled walls. The test section forms a one-dimensional planar layer, allows intrusive probes to characterize the medium in terms of particle loading and temperature, and allows radiometric measurements of the normally directed spectral energy emitted from the medium. Gas flow, gas composition, and particle flow are controlled. An experimental investigation is undertaken yielding spectral normally directed emittance data obtained from a well-characterized layer containing gaseous constituents of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and solid particles of BNi-2, a boron nickel alloy. Emittance data are presented and exhibit the effects of particulate scattering, including the extension of the 4.3 μm carbon dioxide band wings. Emittance data are compared to analytical predictions.

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsuo Hatta ◽  
Masaaki Omodaka ◽  
Fumitaka Nakajima ◽  
Takahiro Takatsu ◽  
Hitoshi Fujimoto ◽  
...  

This paper treats the numerical analysis of the rising process of a solid-gas-liquid three-phase mixture along a vertical pipeline with an abrupt enlargement in diameter. The system of governing equations used is based upon the one-dimensional multifluid model and the transitions of gas flow pattern are taken into account in the system of governing equations. For the case of a sudden enlargement in diameter in a coaxial pipeline, the procedure of the numerical calculation to obtain the flow characteristics in the pipeline section after a sudden change in diameter has been established here. Furthermore, in order to confirm the validity of the present theoretical model by the comparison between the calculated and experimental values, the experiments have been made using four kinds of lifting pipes, including the straight one. Thereby, it has been found that the numerical model proposed here gives good fit to the prediction of the flow rates of lifted water and solid particles against that of air supplied for the case of a sudden change in diameter. In addition, the flowing process for each phase has been investigated from a photographic point of view. As a result, we found that the moving process of the solid particles depends strongly upon the volumetric flux of gas-phase as well as the submergence ratio.


1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Rudinger

A number of processes, such as pneumatic conveying of powdered materials through ducts, feed lines for powdered rocket fuels, or certain flow processes in air-augmented solid-propellant rockets, involve addition of a stream of solid particles to a gas flow. The present study deals with the analysis of gas flows from a constant-pressure and temperature reservoir through a pipe into which the particles are injected at some point, and the pipe is assumed long enough to allow equilibrium between the gas and the particles to be established. Ultimately, the mixture is discharged into another reservoir of constant pressure. The temperature of the injected particles may be different from the reservoir temperature of the gas, so that the effects of simultaneous particle and heat addition must be considered. Allowance is made in the flow equations for the volume fraction occupied by the particles, and the analysis may therefore be applied to arbitrarily high particle loadings. To demonstrate the influence of the various parameters involved, the flow equations are solved numerically with the aid of a digital computer. With increasing particle loading the gas flow is markedly reduced, and the temperature of the discharge closely approaches that of the injected particles as a result of the high heat capacity of the particle stream. If this temperature behavior is assumed to hold, simple relationships can be derived which yield results in good agreement with data obtained from the complete equations if the loading ratio equals about ten or more for typical gas-particle mixtures. Of special interest is the finding that the gas flow needed to transport particles at a prescribed rate can be significantly reduced by heating of the particles before injection. It is demonstrated that equivalent direct heating of the gas would not be practicable unless the particle loading is quite low.


Author(s):  
Antoni Rożeń

A simple one-dimensional model allowing fast predictions of: a gas composition and temperature profiles, a catalyst temperature profile and an overall hydrogen recombination degree has been developed for a passive catalytic recombiner. The model assumes that heat and mass transport processes, taking place in vertical channels between catalyst plates, occur in a highly non-isothermal, developing laminar gas flow and in conditions of mixed convection. A kinetic model of heterogeneous catalysis was implemented into the model and the heat radiation from the catalyst surface was accounted for. The model with no adjustable parameters was verified against experimental results available in literature and results of numerical simulations obtained by CFD methods.


1997 ◽  
Vol 335 ◽  
pp. 165-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFONSO M. GAÑÁN-CALVO

Electrohydrodynamically (EHD) driven capillary jets are analysed in this work in the parametrical limit of negligible charge relaxation effects, i.e. when the electric relaxation time of the liquid is small compared to the hydrodynamic times. This regime can be found in the electrospraying of liquids when Taylor's charged capillary jets are formed in a steady regime. A quasi-one-dimensional EHD model comprising temporal balance equations of mass, momentum, charge, the capillary balance across the surface, and the inner and outer electric fields equations is presented. The steady forms of the temporal equations take into account surface charge convection as well as Ohmic bulk conduction, inner and outer electric field equations, momentum and pressure balances. Other existing models are also compared. The propagation speed of surface disturbances is obtained using classical techniques. It is shown here that, in contrast with previous models, surface charge convection provokes a difference between the upstream and the downstream wave speed values, the upstream wave speed, to some extent, being delayed. Subcritical, supercritical and convectively unstable regions are then identified. The supercritical nature of the microjets emitted from Taylor's cones is highlighted, and the point where the jet switches from a stable to a convectively unstable regime (i.e. where the propagation speed of perturbations become zero) is identified. The electric current carried by those jets is an eigenvalue of the problem, almost independent of the boundary conditions downstream, in an analogous way to the gas flow in convergent–divergent nozzles exiting into very low pressure. The EHD model is applied to an experiment and the relevant physical quantities of the phenomenon are obtained. The EHD hypotheses of the model are then checked and confirmed within the limits of the one-dimensional assumptions.


1960 ◽  
Vol 64 (598) ◽  
pp. 632-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. A. Bryant

The concept of small stage efficiency is introduced when studying one-dimensional gas flow in nozzles in order to permit a closer approximation of real flow conditions than is possible from an isentropic analysis. It is more or less conventional to assume the flow conditions are adiabatic whenever the small stage efficiency is used. That is to say, small stage efficiency is generally considered in relation to flows contained within adiabatic boundaries, in which case it becomes a measure of the heat generated by internal frictional effects alone.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Baca ◽  
J. Smith ◽  
A. T. Bourgoyne ◽  
D. E. Nikitopoulos

Results from experiments conducted in downward liquid-gas flows in inclined, eccentric annular pipes, with water and air as the working fluids, are presented. The gas was injected in the middle of the test section length. The operating window, in terms of liquid and gas superficial velocities, within which countercurrent gas flow occurs at two low-dip angles, has been determined experimentally. The countercurrent flow observed was in the slug regime, while the co-current one was stratified. Countercurrent flow fraction and void fraction measurements were carried out at various liquid superficial velocities and gas injection rates and correlated to visual observations through a full-scale transparent test section. Our results indicate that countercurrent flow can be easily generated at small downward dip angles, within the practical range of liquid superficial velocity for drilling operations. Such flow is also favored by low gas injection rates.


Author(s):  
Nathaniel Metzger ◽  
Archana Sekar ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Xianglin Li

Abstract The gas flow of carbon dioxide from the catalyst layer (CL) through the microporous layer (MPL) and gas diffusion layer (GDL) has great impacts on the water and fuel management in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). This work has developed a liquid–vapor two-phase model considering the counter flow of carbon dioxide gas, methanol, and water liquid solution in porous electrodes of DMFC. The model simulation includes the capillary pressure as well as the pressure drop due to flow resistance through the fuel cell components. The pressure drop of carbon dioxide flow is found to be about two to three orders of magnitude higher than the pressure drop of the liquid flow. The big difference between liquid and gas pressure drops can be explained by two reasons: volume flowrate of gas is three orders of magnitude higher than that of liquid; only a small fraction of pores (<5%) in hydrophilic fuel cell components are available for gas flow. Model results indicate that the gas pressure and the mass transfer resistance of liquid and gas are more sensitive to the pore size distribution than the thickness of porous components. To buildup high gas pressure and high mass transfer resistance of liquid, the MPL and CL should avoid micro-cracks during manufacture. Distributions of pore size and wettability of the GDL and MPL have been designed to reduce the methanol crossover and improve fuel efficiency. The model results provide design guidance to obtain superior DMFC performance using highly concentrated methanol solutions or even pure methanol.


2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 758-761
Author(s):  
Tomio MIMURA ◽  
Yasuyuki YAGI ◽  
Masaki IIJIMA ◽  
Ryuji YOSIYAMA ◽  
Takahito YONEKAWA

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