Research on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nano-Porous Silica Aerogel Material and its Application on Mars Surface Mission

2014 ◽  
Vol 924 ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Hang Li ◽  
Shi Chen Jiang ◽  
Zheng Ping Yao ◽  
Song Sheng ◽  
Xin Jian Jiang ◽  
...  

Based on the nanoporous network structure features of silica aerogel, the gas-solid coupled heat transfer model of silica aerogel is analyzed, and the calculation formulas of the gas-solid coupled, the gas thermal conductivity and the heat radiation within the aerogel are derived. The thermal conductivity of pure silica aerogel is calculated according to the derived heat transfer model and is also experimentally measured. Moreover, measurements on the thermal conductivities of silica aerogel composites with different densities at ambient conditions are performed. And finally, a novel design of silica aerogel based integrated structure and thermal insulation used for withstanding the harsh thermal environment on the Martin surface is presented.

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Lei ◽  
Hongfang Ma ◽  
Haitao Zhang ◽  
Weiyong Ying ◽  
Dingye Fang

Abstract The heat conduction performance of the methanol synthesis reactor is significant for the development of large-scale methanol production. The present work has measured the temperature distribution in the fixed bed at air volumetric flow rate 2.4–7 m3 · h−1, inlet air temperature 160–200°C and heating tube temperature 210–270°C. The effective radial thermal conductivity and effective wall heat transfer coefficient were derived based on the steady-state measurements and the two-dimensional heat transfer model. A correlation was proposed based on the experimental data, which related well the Nusselt number and the effective radial thermal conductivity to the particle Reynolds number ranging from 59.2 to 175.8. The heat transfer model combined with the correlation was used to calculate the temperature profiles. A comparison with the predicated temperature and the measurements was illustrated and the results showed that the predication agreed very well with the experimental results. All the absolute values of the relative errors were less than 10%, and the model was verified by experiments. Comparing the correlations of both this work with previously published showed that there are considerable discrepancies among them due to different experimental conditions. The influence of the particle Reynolds number on the temperature distribution inside the bed was also discussed and it was shown that improving particle Reynolds number contributed to enhance heat transfer in the fixed bed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7345
Author(s):  
Linlin Zhang ◽  
Zhonghua Shi ◽  
Tianhao Yuan

In this paper, a dynamic heat transfer model for the vertical double U-tube borehole heat exchanger (BHE) was developed to comprehensively address the coupled heat transfer between the in-tube fluid and the soil with groundwater advection. A new concept of the heat transfer effectiveness was also proposed to evaluate the BHE heat exchange performance together with the index of the heat transfer rate. The moving finite line heat source model was selected for heat transfer outside the borehole and the steady-state model for inside the borehole. The data obtained in an on-site thermal response test were used to validate the physical model of the BHE. Then, the effects of soil type, groundwater advection velocity, inlet water flow rate, and temperature on the outlet water temperature of BHE were explored. Results show that ignoring the effects of groundwater advection in sand gravel may lead to deviation in the heat transfer rate of up to 38.9% of the ground loop design. The groundwater advection fosters the heat transfer of BHE. An increase in advection velocity may also help to shorten the time which takes the surrounding soil to reach a stable temperature. The mass flow rate of the inlet water to the BHE should be more than 0.5 kg·s−1 but should not exceed a certain upper limit under the practical engineering applications with common scale BHE. The efficiency of the heat transfer of the double U-tube BHE was determined jointly by factors such as the soil’s physical properties and the groundwater advection velocity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 214 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaofeng Wang ◽  
Man Yao ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
Xiaobing Zhang ◽  
Longsheng Yang ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 112-115
Author(s):  
Ming Zhi Yu ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Xiao Fei Yu ◽  
Zhao Hong Fang

A two dimensional numerical heat transfer model of buried geothermal heat exchanger has been established by finite element method. This model is used to analyse the heat transfer between buried vertical pipes and the ground, and determine the ground thermal properties together with parameters estimation method. The ground thermal conductivity of an actual project was measured and the analysis shows that the results can be used for engineering design.


2016 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 90-93
Author(s):  
Alexander Yu. Chebotarev ◽  
Andrey E. Kovtanyuk

A boundary multiplicative control problem for a nonlinear steady-state heat transfer model accounting for heat radiation effects is considered. The aim of control consists in obtaining a prescribed temperature or radiative intensity distributions in a part of the model domain by controlling the boundary reflectivity. The solvability of this control problem is proved, and optimality conditions are derived.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-577
Author(s):  
Kaliramesh Siliveru ◽  
Mark E. Casada ◽  
R. P. Kingsly Ambrose

Abstract. DDGS is often transported in railcars and trucks from the ethanol plants to the feed mills and animal farms. During unloading, flowability of DDGS is often reduced due to caking of DDGS bulk. Based on published research, the environmental relative humidity, DDGS glass transition temperature, syrup content, and duration of cooling of DDGS piles influence the caking behavior of DDGS. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a heat transfer model for predicting the cooling pattern of DDGS piles. A finite volume method approach was used to develop the heat transfer model. Ergun’s equation was used to implement airflow resistance in the porous media of the DDGS bulk. The heat transfer inside the pile was simulated for winter (6°C) and summer (24°C) ambient conditions. The model agreed well with the experimental temperature measurements from the three sets of experiments with two sizes of experimental piles. The overall predicted temperatures were 2.7°C and 0.7°C higher than the observed temperatures for small- and medium-size experimental piles, respectively. This heat transfer model could be used to predict the temperature variations in DDGS bulk during storage and as a measure to predict the caking behavior. Keywords: Caking, DDGS, Finite volume method, Heat transfer.


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