Numerical Study of Diodicity Mechanism in Different Tesla-Type Microvalves

AbstractMicrovalve is one of the most important components in microfluidic systems and micropumps. In this paper, three-dimensional incompressible flow through a Tesla-type microvalve is simulated using FLUENT computational fluid dynamic package. The flow is laminar and SIMPLE algorithm is used. The second-order upwind method is implemented for discretizing convective terms. The diodicity mechanism is investigated in detail for three different microvalves. Effect of several series Tesla-type microvalves on diodicity is also studied. The numerical analyses reveal that the mechanism of diodicity occurs at the T-junction and side channel. If inlet and outlet channels are eliminated, diodicity can be increased by 2. Pressure field analysis shows that the pressure drop is much severe at the junction of the reverse flow compared to the forward flow. The obtained numerical results are compared with those of experimental and a good agreement between them is noticed

Data-driven prediction of laminar burning velocity for ternary ammonia/hydrogen/methane/air premixed flames

Zero-carbon fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia play a pivotal role in the energy transition by offering cleaner alternatives to natural gas (methane), especially in industrial combustion systems. Binary and ternary blends of these fuels offer a transitionary, low-carbon solution in the near future. Laminar burning velocity (LBV), as a fundamental combustion property, is significantly different for ammonia, hydrogen, and methane. Although the LBV of binary blends of these fuels is well-studied, ternary blends have not been...

Effect of syngas composition on the combustion and emissions characteristics of a syngas/diesel RCCI engine

Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) strategy uses two different fuels with different reactivities which provides more control over the combustion process and has the potential to dramatically lower combustion temperature and NOX and PM emissions. The objective of the present study is to numerically investigate the impact of syngas composition on the combustion and emissions characteristics of an RCCI engine operating with syngas/diesel at constant energy per cycle. For this purpose, different syngas compositions produced through gasification process have been chosen for comparison with the simulated syngas (mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide). The results obtained indicate that using syngas results in more soot, CO and UHC emissions compared with simulated syngas. Even though more NOX reduction can be achieved while operating with syngas, the engine could suffer from poor combustion and misfire at low loads due to the presence of nitrogen in the mixture. In terms of exergy, both syngas mixtures lead to more exergy destruction by the increase of syngas substitution. Nevertheless, the magnitude of exergy destruction for simulated syngas is less than the normal syngas

2012. Design of a composite drive shaft and its coupling for automotive application

ABSTRACT This paper presents a design method and a vibration analysis of a carbon/epoxy composite drive shaft. The design of the composite drive shaft is divided into two main sections: First, the design of the composite shaft and second, the design of its coupling. Some parameters such as critical speed, static torque, fiber orientation and adhesive joints were studied. Tsai-Hill failure criterion was implemented to control the rupture resistance of the composite shaft and then its critical speed analysis and modal analysis were carried out using ANSYS. The behavior of materials is considered nonlinear isotropic for adhesive, linear isotropic for metal and orthotropic for composite shaft. The results showed significant points about the appropriate design of composite drive shafts. The substitution of composite drive shaft has resulted in considerable weight reduction about 72% compared to conventional steel shaft. Furthermore, results revealed that the orientation of fibers had great influence on the dynamic characteristics of the composite shaft

Effect of radiation on laminar flame speed determination in spherically propagating NH<inf>3</inf>-air, NH<inf>3</inf>/CH<inf>4</inf>-air and NH<inf>3</inf>/H<inf>2</inf>-air flames at normal temperature and pressure

The use of spherically propagating flames is common for measuring the laminar flame speed in NH3-air, NH3/CH4-air and NH3/H2-air mixtures. However, the radiation-induced uncertainty in such mixtures has not been thoroughly investigated. Due to the low laminar flame speed of ammonia mixtures, it is anticipated that the radiation effect is considerable for such mixtures. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting numerical simulations using different chemical mechanisms and the adiabatic and optical thin radiation models to examine the effects of radiation on spherically propagating NH3-air, NH3/CH4-air and NH3/H2-air flames. The simulations are performed for mixtures at normal temperature and pressure (Tu=298 K and P = 1 atm) and wide range of equivalence ratios. The radiation-induced uncertainty in spherical flames is quantified and compared to planar flames. The importance of the radiation-induced flow and thermal effects in spherical flames is compared between different mixtures and a correlation is developed to determine the radiation-corrected flame speed for spherical NH3-air flames. Considering the radiation effect in NH3-air, it was found that using different mechanisms results in considerable discrepancies in laminar flame speed determination. Some mechanisms showed that the radiation-induced flame speed in spherical flames was underpredicted by more than two times compared to planar flames, and the radiation-induced uncertainty for lean and rich spherically propagating NH3-air flames exceeds 20%. However, the radiation-induced uncertainty at normal temperature and pressure in spherically propagating NH3/CH4-air and NH3/H2-air flames was less significant, not exceeding 11%. Finally, an updated correlation is proposed to determine the radiation-corrected flame speed for NH3-air flames that can be directly used in spherical flame experiments measuring the laminar flame speed