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A study on mass transfer modelling in SOFC anode: Comparison of diffusion mass transfer models for estimation of diffusion overpotential

Ramakrishnan P., Sahoo Abanti

Chemical and Process Engineering : New Frontiers

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2023

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Vol. 44, nr 1

art. no. e4

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The mathematical approach to SOFC modelling helps to reduce dependence on the experimental approach. In the current study, six different diffusion mass transfer models were compared to more accurately predict the process behavior of fuel and product diffusion for SOFC anode. The prediction accuracy of the models was extensively studied over a range of parameters. New models were included as compared to previous studies. The Knudsen diffusion phenomenon was considered in all the models. The stoichiometric flux ratio approach was used. All the models were validated against experimental data for a binary (CO-CO2) and a ternary fuel system (H2-15 H2O-Ar). For ternary system, the pressure gradient is important for pore radius below 0.6 μm and current density above 0.5 A/cm2. For binary system, the pressure gradient may be ignored. The analysis indicates that the MBFM is identified to be the best performing and versatile model under critical SOFC operating conditions such as fuel composition and cell temperature. The diffusive slip phenomenon included in MBFM is useful in SOFC operating conditions when fuel contains heavy molecules. The DGMFM is a good approximation of DGM for the binary system.

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Numerical analysis on the influence of the twisted blade on the aerodynamic performance of turbine

Jin J., Wang Z., Cao L.

Polish Maritime Research

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2016

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S 1

86--90

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With the gradual increase of the thermal power unit capacity, the inlet steam parameters and flow of the turbine also increase gradually, which causes considerable secondary flow loss. Therefore, studying the causes and distribution of secondary flow loss within the level is of great significance to effectively improve the stage internal efficiency of turbine. Take high-pressure stage moving blade of a turbine as the research object, and adopt the k-ωSST model, the SIMPLEC algorithm to numerically simulate the formation and development process of leakage vortex between the tip clearance of the positive bending twisted blade and its effect on the secondary flow of cascade passage. Results show that relative to the conventional twisted blade, the scope of influence of leakage vortex which the steam flow formed near the suction surface of positive bending twisted blade and the disturbance to passage mainstream become smaller, and the increase of tip clearance has weakened the „C” type pressure gradient of suction surface of the positive bending twisted blade, increased the thickness of the boundary layer at both ends of blades and the loss of the blade end.

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Parametric sensitivity of a CFD model concerning the hydrodynamics of trickle-bed reactor (TBR)

Janecki D., Burghardt A., Bartelmus G.

Chemical and Process Engineering

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2016

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Vol. 37, nr 1

97--107

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the sensitivity of a multiphase Eulerian CFD model with respect to relations defining drag forces between phases. The mean relative error as well as standard deviation of experimental and computed values of pressure gradient and average liquid holdup were used as validation criteria of the model. Comparative basis for simulations was our own data-base obtained in experiments carried out in a TBR operating at a co-current downward gas and liquid flow. Estimated errors showed that the classical equations of Attou et al. (1999) defining the friction factors Fjk approximate experimental values of hydrodynamic parameters with the best agreement. Taking this into account one can recommend to apply chosen equations in the momentum balances of TBR.

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LES of Converging-Diverging Channel Flow with Separation

Kuban L., Elsner W., Tyliszczak A.

TASK Quarterly : scientific bulletin of Academic Computer Centre in Gdansk

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2010

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Vol. 14, No 3

283-295

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The paper presents the results of LES simulation of two different turbulent channels with inlet conditions corresponding to the Reynolds number Re =395. In both cases a varying pressure gradient was obtained by an adequate curvature of one of the walls. The first case is treated as a benchmark and is used to validate the numerical procedure. This case is characterized by the same cross-section area at the inlet and outlet and a bump of a smooth profile located on one of the walls designed to be identical to the one used in the experiment conducted at Laboratorie de Mecanique de Lille (LML) (Marquillie et al., 2008). The second case corresponds to the geometry which reproduces the real geometry of the turbomachinery test section of the Czestochowa University of Technology. The test section was created in such a way as to produce the pressure gradient which would correspond to the conditions present in the axial compressor blade channel. The shape of both channels produced initially favorable (FPG) and then adverse pressure gradients (APG), and in this way created conditions for boundary layer separation. Due to a reverse flow where the turbulence transport is dictated by the dynamics of the large-scale eddies such a case is well suited to demonstrate predictive features of the LES technique.

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Anechoic measurements of particle-velocity probes compared to pressure gradient and pressure microphones

Woszczyk W., Iwaki M., Sugimoto T., Ono K., de Bree H. E.

Archives of Acoustics

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2007

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Vol. 32, No. 3

643--658

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The Microflown is an acoustic particle velocity sensor invented at the University of Twente in Holland in 1994 and commercialized in 1997 [1, 9]. The sensor directly measures particle velocity rather than pressure-gradient as do most unidirectional and bidirectional microphones. The sensor has several interesting operational characteristics however few measurements of the Microflown have been published until now making it difficult for a potential user to assess the merits of this transducer in comparison to high quality condenser microphones commonly used in music and speech recording. This paper offers some insight by presenting anechoic measurements of particle velocity probes compared to the measurements of pressuregradient and pressure microphones (of condenser type) made under identical acoustical conditions at varying distances from a point source having a wide frequency range. Detailed frequency response measurements show how the characteristics of these transducer types are dependent on their distance to the source, and highlight the need of transducer calibration with respect to distance. Very few microphone manufacturers publish frequency response data for more than one reference distance to the source although distance is often used to modify the applied response of the microphone. An additional goal for making these measurements is to establish the relationship between particle velocity and pressure gradient values using the same acoustical conditions. The measurements were made in the large anechoic chamber of the NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) in Tokyo during the April-May of 2006.

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Oscillating magnetohydrodynamic flow past a rigid plane wall

Poria S., Mazumdar H. P.

Journal of Technical Physics

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2002

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Vol. 43, no 3

343-350

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In this paper, the effects of a magnetic field acting perpendicularly to the direction of an oscillatory, viscous, conducting, incompressible fluid stream past a fixed plane wall is investigated. The problem is first converted to the Stokes second problem by introducing a new coordinate system and prescribing the appropriate forms for the pressure gradient corresponding to two sets of boundary and initial conditions. Solutions to the problem are then obtained by invoking an invariance principle, and computed numerically for different values of a magnetic parameter. The effects of the transversal magnetic field on the velocity profiles are finally discussed.

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Linked S2 and S1 design with experimental and CFD verification

Waggott J., Maier W.

Zeszyty Naukowe. Cieplne Maszyny Przepływowe - Turbomachinery / Politechnika Łódzka

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1999

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nr 115

405--412

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A precise method of deriving advantageous meridional (S2) flowpath shapes is presented. This design method eliminates radial, or "potential surface" pressure gradients, refines secondary flow, and improves efficiency. The derivation is based on two-dimensional (S1) airfoil or vane shapes and can be applied to most types of turbomachinery. The elimination of radial pressure gradients in high specific speed machines allows the use of airfoils or vanes with less hub to shroud variation. Both CFD calculations and experimental results show that aerodynamic improvements extend far beyond flowpath regions where this design technique is applied.