scholarly journals Implementation of an Electric Motor for Light River Transportation Units

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pancha ◽  
V. Rojas ◽  
V. Romero ◽  
J. Néjer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
River Transport ◽  
Fluvial Transport ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
Improve Operating

The fluvial transport is the way that allows the development of the communities in post of improve the communication, but its use with combustion engines causes an environmental impact and damage to the ecosystem by emitions, noise pollution or oil spill. In fact, to finding other alternatives to improve operating conditions and reduce environmental impact, the application of electric motors being a new alternative for river transport. In this design, two direct current motors will applied, such as the propulsion of an environmentally friendly light boat coupled with a set of energy accumulators that supply the propulsion system. The applied motors and the type of battery used indicate in the design characteristics. This analysis shows the results obtained in the simulations and designs of the boat in relation to the resistance generated by the displacement in the water and the aerodynamic flow conditions. Keywords: river propulsion, electric. Resumen El transporte en lugares fluviales es un medio importante que permite el desarrollo de las poblaciones impulsando la comunicación entre comunidades, pero su uso con motores de combustión interna provoca un impacto ambiental y daños al ecosistema por emisiones, contaminación acústica o derrame de derivados del petróleo. Esto conlleva a encontrar otras alternativas para mejorar las condiciones de operación y reducir el impacto ambiental siendo la aplicación de motores eléctricos una nueva alternativa para el transporte fluvial. En este diseño aplica dos motores de corriente continua como propulsión de una embarcación ligera amigable con el medio ambiente acoplado con un conjunto de acumuladores de energía que abastecen al sistema de propulsión. Se indica además en las características de diseño los motores aplicados y del tipo de batería usada. En este análisis se muestran los resultados obtenidos en las simulaciones y diseños de la embarcación en relación a la resistencia generada por el desplazamiento en el agua y además las condiciones del flujo aerodinámico. Palabras clave: propulsión fluvial, motor eléctrico, embarcación.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Using Methane Fuels to Supply Internal Combustion Engines

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3356
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Biernat ◽  
Izabela Samson-Bręk ◽  
Zdzisław Chłopek ◽  
Marlena Owczuk ◽  
Anna Matuszewska
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Nitrogen Oxide ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Carbon Oxide ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Spark Ignition ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Combustion Engines

This research paper studied the environmental impact of using methane fuels for supplying internal combustion engines. Methane fuel types and the methods of their use in internal combustion engines were systematized. The knowledge regarding the environmental impact of using methane fuels for supplying internal combustion engines was analyzed. The authors studied the properties of various internal combustion engines used for different applications (specialized engines of power generators—Liebherr G9512 and MAN E3262 LE212, powered by biogas, engine for road and off-road vehicles—Cummins 6C8.3, in self-ignition, original version powered by diesel fuel, and its modified version—a spark-ignition engine powered by methane fuel) under various operating conditions in approval tests. The sensitivity of the engine properties, especially pollutant emissions, to its operating states were studied. In the case of a Cummins 6C8.3 modified engine, a significant reduction in the pollutant emission owing to the use of methane fuel, relative to the original self-ignition engine, was found. The emission of carbon oxide decreased by approximately 30%, hydrocarbons by approximately 70% and nitrogen oxide by approximately 50%, as well as a particulate matter emission was also eliminated. Specific brake emission of carbon oxide is the most sensitive to the operating states of the engine: 0.324 for a self-ignition engine and 0.264 for a spark-ignition engine, with the least sensitive being specific brake emission of nitrogen oxide: 0.121 for a self-ignition engine and 0.097 for a spark-ignition engine. The specific brake emission of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons for stationary engines was higher in comparison with both versions of Cummins 6C8.3 engine. However, the emission of nitrogen oxide for stationary engines was lower than for Cummins engines.

Numerical Investigation on the Leakage and Static Stability Characteristics of Pocket Damper Seals at High Eccentricity Ratios

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Zhenping Feng
Keyword(s):  
Static Stability ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Static Stiffness ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Experiment Data ◽  
High Eccentricity ◽  
Stiffness Coefficients ◽  
Direct Stiffness ◽  
Gas Seals

Annular gas seals for compressors and turbines are designed to operate in a nominally centered position in which the rotor and stator are at concentric condition, but due to the rotor–stator misalignment or flexible rotor deflection, many seals usually are suffering from high eccentricity. The centering force (represented by static stiffness) of an annular gas seal at eccentricity plays a pronounced effect on the rotordynamic and static stability behavior of rotating machines. The paper deals with the leakage and static stability behavior of a fully partitioned pocket damper seal (FPDS) at high eccentricity ratios. The present work introduces a novel mesh generation method for the full 360 deg mesh of annular gas seals with eccentric rotor, based on the mesh deformation technique. The leakage flow rates, static fluid-induced response forces, and static stiffness coefficients were solved for the FPDS at high eccentricity ratios, using the steady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes solution approach. The calculations were performed at typical operating conditions including seven rotor eccentricity ratios up to 0.9 for four rotational speeds (0 rpm, 7000 rpm, 11,000 rpm, and 15,000 rpm) including the nonrotating condition, three pressure ratios (0.17, 0.35, and 0.50) including the choked exit flow condition, two inlet preswirl velocities (0 m/s, 60 m/s). The numerical method was validated by comparisons to the experiment data of static stiffness coefficients at choked exit flow conditions. The static direct and cross-coupling stiffness coefficients are in reasonable agreement with the experiment data. An interesting observation stemming from these numerical results is that the FPDS has a positive direct stiffness as long as it operates at subsonic exit flow conditions; no matter the eccentricity ratio and rotational speed are high or low. For the choked exit condition, the FPDS shows negative direct stiffness at low eccentricity ratio and then crosses over to positive value at the crossover eccentricity ratio (0.5–0.7) following a trend indicative of a parabola. Therefore, the negative static direct stiffness is limited to the specific operating conditions: choked exit flow condition and low eccentricity ratio less than the crossover eccentricity ratio, where the pocket damper seal (PDS) would be statically unstable.

Prediction of the Flow and Force Characteristics of Safety Relief Valves

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Dempster ◽  
C. K. Lee ◽  
J. Deans
Keyword(s):  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Relief Valve ◽  
Good Correspondence ◽  
Geometry Modeling ◽  
Valve Opening ◽  
Satisfactory Prediction ◽  
Force Characteristics

The design of safety relief valves depends on knowledge of the expected force-lift and flow-lift characteristics at the desired operating conditions of the valve. During valve opening the flow conditions change from seal-leakage type flows to combinations of sub-sonic and supersonic flows It is these highly compressible flow conditions that control the force and flow lift characteristics. This paper reports the use of computational fluid dynamics techniques to investigate the valve characteristics for a conventional spring operated 1/4” safety relief valve designed for gases operating between 10 and 30 bar. The force and flow magnitudes are highly dependent on the lift and geometry of the valve and these characteristics are explained with the aid of the detailed information available from the CFD analysis. Experimental determination of the force and flow lift conditions has also been carried out and a comparison indicates good correspondence between the predictions and the experiment. However, attention requires to be paid to specific aspects of the geometry modeling including corner radii and edge chamfers to ensure satisfactory prediction.

Prediction of Threshold Sand Rates from Acoustic Monitors Using Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Vieira ◽  
Bohan Xu ◽  
Asad Nadeem ◽  
Ahmed Nadeem ◽  
Siamack A. Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Noise Level ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Pipe Wall ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Background Noise Level ◽  
Input Parameters

Abstract Solids production from oil and gas wells can cause excessive damage resulting in safety hazards and expensive repairs. To prevent the problems associated with sand influx, ultrasonic devices can be used to provide a warning when sand is being produced in pipelines. One of the most used methods for sand detection is utilizing commercially available acoustic sand monitors that clamp to the outside of pipe wall and measures the acoustic energy generated by sand grain impacts on the inner side of a pipe wall. Although the transducer used by acoustic monitors is especially sensitive to acoustic emissions due to particle impact, it also reacts to flow induced noise as well (background noise). The acoustic monitor output does not exceed the background noise level until a sufficient sand rate is entrained in the flow that causes a signal output that is higher than the background noise level. This sand rate is referred to as the threshold sand rate or TSR. A significant amount of data has been compiled over the years for TSR at the Tulsa University Sand Management Projects (TUSMP) for various flow conditions with stainless steel pipe material. However, to use this data to develop a model for different flow patterns, fluid properties, pipe, and sand sizes is challenging. The purpose of this work is to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) methodology using machine learning (ML) models to determine TSR for a broad range of operating conditions. More than 250 cases from previous literature as well as ongoing research have been used to train and test the ML models. The data utilized in this work has been generated mostly in a large-scale multiphase flow loop for sand sizes ranging from 25 to 300 μm varying sand concentrations and pipe diameters from 25.4 mm to 101.6 mm ID in vertical and horizontal directions downstream of elbows. The ML algorithms including elastic net, random forest, support vector machine and gradient boosting, are optimized using nested cross-validation and the model performance is evaluated by R-squared score. The machine learning models were used to predict TSR for various velocity combinations under different flow patterns with sand. The sensitivity to changes of input parameters on predicted TSR was also investigated. The method for TSR prediction based on ML algorithms trained on lab data is also validated on actual field conditions available in the literature. The AI method results reveal a good training performance and prediction for a variety of flow conditions and pipe sizes not tested before. This work provides a framework describing a novel methodology with an expanded database to utilize Artificial Intelligence to correlate the TSR with the most common production input parameters.

A REVIEW OF PRACTICAL METHODS FOR REDUCING UNDERWATER NOISE POLLUTION FROM LARGE COMMERCIAL VESSELS

2021 ◽  
Vol 154 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Leaper ◽  
M R Renilson
Keyword(s):  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Underwater Noise ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Marine Life ◽  
Propeller Design ◽  
Widespread Agreement ◽  
Noise Measurements ◽  
Considerable Concern

Underwater noise pollution from shipping is of considerable concern for marine life, particularly due to the potential for raised ambient noise levels in the 10-300Hz frequency range to mask biological sounds. There is widespread agreement that reducing shipping noise is both necessary and feasible, and the International Maritime Organization is actively working on the issue. The main source of noise is associated with propeller cavitation, and measures to improve propeller design and wake flow may also reduce noise. It is likely that the noisiest 10% of ships generate the majority of the noise impact, and it may be possible to quieten these vessels through measures that also improve efficiency. However, an extensive data set of full scale noise measurements of ships under operating conditions is required to fully understand how different factors relate to noise output and how noise reduction can be achieved alongside energy saving measures.

Avoiding Sedimentation and Air Entrainment in Pump Sump for Wet Pit Pumping Stations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Abou Ackl ◽  
Andreas Swienty ◽  
Flemming Lykholt-Ustrup ◽  
Paul Uwe Thamsen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Pumping Station ◽  
Pumping Stations ◽  
Pump Sump ◽  
Pump Stations

In many places lifting systems represent central components of wastewater systems. Pumping stations with a circular wet-pit design are characterized by their relatively small footprint for a given sump volume as well as their relatively simple construction technique [1]. This kind of pumping stations is equipped with submersible pumps. These are located in this case directly in the wastewater collection pit. The waste water passes through the pump station untreated and loaded with all kind of solids. Thus, the role of the pump sump is to provide an optimal operating environment for the pumps in addition to the transportation of sewage solids. Understanding the effects of design criteria on pumping station performance is important to fulfil the wastewater transportation as maintenance-free and energy efficient as possible. The design of the pit may affect the overall performance of the station in terms of poor flow conditions inside the pit, non-uniform und disturbed inflow at the pump inlet, as well as air entrainment to the pump. The scope of this paper is to evaluate the impact of various design criteria and the operating conditions on the performance of pump stations concerning the air entrainment to the pump as well as the sedimentation inside the pit. This is done to provide documentation and recommendations of the design and operating of the station. The investigated criteria are: the inflow direction, and the operating submergence. In this context experiments were conducted on a physical model of duplex circular wet pit wastewater pumping station. Furthermore the same experiments were reproduced by numerical simulations. The physical model made of acrylic allowed to visualize the flow patterns inside the sump at various operating conditions. This model is equipped with five different inflow directions, two of them are tangential to the pit and the remaining three are radial in various positions relative to the pumps centerline. Particles were used to enable the investigation of the flow patterns inside the pit to determine the zones of high sedimentation risk. The air entrainment was evaluated on the model test rig by measuring the depth, the width and the length of the aerated region caused by the plunging water jet and by observing the air bubbles entering the pumps. The starting sump geometry called baseline geometry is simply a flat floor. The tests were done at all the possible combinations of inflow directions, submergence, working pump and operating flow. The ability of the numerical simulation to give a reliable prediction of air entrainment was assessed to be used in the future as a tool in scale series to define the scale effect as well as to analyze the flow conditions inside the sump and to understand the air entrainment phenomenon. These simulations were conducted using the geometries of the test setup after generating the mesh with tetrahedral elements. The VOF multiphase model was applied to simulate the interaction of the liquid water phase and the gaseous air phase. On the basis of the results constructive suggestions are derived for the design of the pit, as well as the operating conditions of the pumping station. At the end recommendations for the design and operating conditions are provided.

scholarly journals The influence of centrial forces on crankshaft bearing lubrication is in emergency modes of the engine of the car

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Khrulev ◽  
◽  
Olexii Saraiev ◽  
Iryna Saraieva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Connecting Rod ◽  
Oil Supply ◽  
Technical Expert ◽  
The Difference

The analysis of the crankshaft bearing condition of the automotive internal combustion engines in the case of insufficiency and breakage of oil supply to them is carried out. It is noted that this fault is one of the most common causes of damage to rubbing pairs in operation. At the same time, the different groups of bearings are often damaged, which cannot be explained within the framework of existing models of plain bearing lubrication. The objective of the work is to develop a mathematical model of oil supply to connecting rod bearings in emergency mode, taking into account the characteristic features of the bearing design. The model also, depending on the nature of the damage, should help to determine and explain the causes of bearing failures if they occur in different modes when operating conditions are broken. A computational model has been developed that makes it possible to assess the effect of design differences in the features of oil supply and the action of the centrifugal forces during crankshaft rotation on the oil column in the lubrication hole where oil is supplied to the conrod bearing. Calculations of the change in time of the oil supply pressure to the connecting rod bearings for the various designs of the crankshaft lubrication holes have been performed. It is shown that, depending on the operating mode of the engine and its design, the oil pressure in front of the connecting rod bearings does not disappear immediately after oil supply failure to crankshaft. Moreover, the lower the crankshaft speed is, the longer the lubrication of the conrod bearings will continue. The calculation results are confirmed by the data of the expert studies of the engine technical condition, in which the crankshaft was wedged in the damaged main bearings was found in the absence of serious damage to the connecting rod ones. It has been found that such features of the damage correspond to an rapid breakage of the oil supply to the crankshaft in the case of such operational damage as the oil pump and pressure reducing valve failure, the oil filter seal and oil pan destruction, etc. The developed model explains the difference in lubrication conditions and in the damage feature to the main and connecting rod bearings in the emergency cases of the oil supply breakage, which are observed during operation, and helps to clarify the failure causes. This makes it possible to use the model and the obtained data when providing auto technical expert studies of the failure causes of automobile internal combustion engines This makes it possible to use the model and the obtained data when providing auto technical expert studies of the failure causes of automobile internal combustion engines when the operating conditions are broken.

Compressor Design for Multi-Point Operating Conditions of Turbocharged Gasoline Engines

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Chen ◽  
Yangjun Zhang ◽  
Xinqian Zheng ◽  
Weilin Zhuge
Keyword(s):  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Compressor Design ◽  
Operating Points ◽  
Load Conditions

Turbocharger compressor design is a major challenge for performance improvement of turbocharged internal combustion engines. This paper presents a multi-point design methodology for turbocharger centrifugal compressors. In this approach, several design operating condition points of turbocharger compressor are considered according to total engine system requirements, instead of one single operating point for traditional design method. Different compressor geometric parameters are selected and investigated at multi-point operating conditions for the flow-solutions of different design objectives. The method has been applied with success to a small centrifugal compressor design of a turbocharged gasoline engine. The results show that the consideration of several operating points is essential to improve the aerodynamic behavior for the whole working range. The isentropic efficiency has been increased by more than 5% at part-load conditions while maintaining the pressure ratio and flow range at full-load conditions of the gasoline engine.

Dynamic performance of optimized microwave assisted extraction to obtain Eucalyptus essential oil: energy requirements and environmental impact

2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lainez-Cerón ◽  
Aurelio López-Malo ◽  
Enrique Palou ◽  
Nelly Ramírez-Corona
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Energy Requirements ◽  
Microwave Assisted Extraction ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Assisted Extraction ◽  
Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Abstract The dynamic performance of a microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was studied during the extraction of eucalyptus essential oil. The effect of different process variables such as solid/liquid ratio (1:1, 1:3, or 1:5), stirring speed (0, 200, or 400 rpm), and power microwave output (360, 450, or 540 W) on obtained yield, energy requirements and environmental impact were assessed. The maximum yield was 1.26 ± 0.01% and the steam generation velocities between 4.8 and 8.8 g/min favor the extraction. In terms of environmental impact, the lowest EI99 value obtained was 6.93 ± 0.1 mPT/g. A multi-response optimization was performed to identify the operating conditions that maximize yield, while minimize energy requirements and environmental impact. Temperature dynamics and extraction kinetics were fitted to a second-order transfer function model, aimed to evaluate the role of heating patterns on the process performance. Finally, a controlled temperature experiment was carried out under the optimal conditions.

scholarly journals The use of thermography in the diagnosis of ship piston internal combustion engines

2018 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 01027
Author(s):  
Jan Monieta
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Thermography ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Internal Combustion ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Combustion Engines ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Fault State ◽  
Floating Objects

The intensity of infrared radiation emitted by objects depends mainly on their temperature. One of the diagnostic signals may be the temperature field. In infrared thermography, this quantity is used as an indicator of the technical condition of marine objects. The article presents an overview of the use of infrared thermography for the diagnosis mainly of marine piston floating objects and various types of reciprocating internal combustion engines as well as examples of own research results. A general introduction to infrared thermography and common procedures for temperature measurement and non-destructive testing are presented. Experimental research was carried out both in laboratory conditions and in the operating conditions of sea-going vessels. Experimental studies consisted of the presentation of photographs of the same objects made in visible light and the use of infrared thermography. The same objects were also compared, but for different cylinders of the tested internal combustion engines as well as for the up state and fault state. The characteristics of the temperature values at selected points were taken depending on the engine load along with the approximation mathematical models of these dependencies.

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