A mixed-mode forced-convection solar dryer(MMFCSD)is a device that utilizes both direct and indirect solar energy.The solar col-lector,which stores thermal energy for indirect solar uses,is an essential component of t...A mixed-mode forced-convection solar dryer(MMFCSD)is a device that utilizes both direct and indirect solar energy.The solar col-lector,which stores thermal energy for indirect solar uses,is an essential component of the dryer.Unfortunately,the thermal effi-ciency of this device is generally low.In this study,a technique was employed to improve the heat transfer of the solar collector in a MMFCSD.The technique involved adjusting the air flow pattern into a swirling flow to disturb the thermal boundary layer on the absorber plate under forced convection by using stainless wire mesh.The experiment was conducted under actual conditions and bananas were used as the drying sample.The experimental results of the thermal efficiency of the solar collector(ƞ_(solar))and the drying efficiency(ƞ_(drying))are presented.The results indicated that the air outlet temperature andƞsolar of the solar collector with stainless wire mesh were higher than the case without stainless wire mesh,reaching a maximum temperature of 46.22°C and 37.97°C,and average ƞ_(solar) of 0.26±0.02 and 0.14±0.01,respectively.The MMFCSD with stainless wire mesh had a higher ƞ_(drying) than the case without stain-less wire mesh,with values of 0.048±0.004 and 0.039±0.003,respectively,resulting in an~23.07%increase.This was attributed to the air swirling flow through the stainless wire mesh and the heat accumulation in the drying chamber,which led to an increase in the drying chamber temperature from 54.03°C to 63.60°C,an increase in the effective moisture diffusivity from 7.28×10^(-7) to 1.19×10^(-6) m^(2)/s and a decrease in the drying time of 5 h 30 min.However,further research is needed to investigate the quality of the dried sam-ples and their economic value.展开更多
In this paper,a second-order singularly perturbed differential-difference equation involving mixed shifts is considered.At first,through Taylor series approximation,the original model is reduced to an equivalent singu...In this paper,a second-order singularly perturbed differential-difference equation involving mixed shifts is considered.At first,through Taylor series approximation,the original model is reduced to an equivalent singularly perturbed differential equation.Then,the model is treated by using the hybrid finite difference scheme on different types of layer adapted meshes like Shishkin mesh,Bakhvalov–Shishkin mesh and Vulanovi′c mesh.Here,the hybrid scheme consists of a cubic spline approximation in the fine mesh region and a midpoint upwind scheme in the coarse mesh region.The error analysis is carried out and it is shown that the proposed scheme is of second-order convergence irrespective of the perturbation parameter.To display the efficacy and accuracy of the proposed scheme,some numerical experiments are presented which support the theoretical results.展开更多
In this paper the authors discuss the numerical simulation problem of threedimensional compressible contamination treatment from nuclear waste.The mathematical model is defined by an initial-boundary nonlinear convect...In this paper the authors discuss the numerical simulation problem of threedimensional compressible contamination treatment from nuclear waste.The mathematical model is defined by an initial-boundary nonlinear convection-diffusion system of four partial differential equations:a parabolic equation for the pressure,two convection-diffusion equations for the concentrations of brine and radionuclide and a heat conduction equation for the temperature.The pressure appears within the concentration equations and heat conduction equation,and the Darcy velocity controls the concentrations and the temperature.The pressure is solved by the conservative mixed volume element method,and the order of the accuracy is improved by the Darcy velocity.The concentration of brine and temperature are computed by the upwind mixed volume element method on a changing mesh,where the diffusion is discretized by a mixed volume element and the convection is treated by an upwind scheme.The composite method can solve the convection-dominated diffusion problems well because it eliminates numerical dispersion and nonphysical oscillation and has high order computational accuracy.The mixed volume element has the local conservation of mass and energy,and it can obtain the brine and temperature and their adjoint vector functions simultaneously.The conservation nature plays an important role in numerical simulation of underground fluid.The concentrations of radionuclide factors are solved by the method of upwind fractional step difference and the computational work is decreased by decomposing a three-dimensional problem into three successive one-dimensional problems and using the method of speedup.By the theory and technique of a priori estimates of differential equations,we derive an optimal order result in L^(2) norm.Numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and practicability and the composite method is testified as a powerful tool to solve the well-known actual problem.展开更多
In this paper,we introduce new stable mixed finite elements of any order on polytopal mesh for solving second-order elliptic problem.We establish optimal order error estimates for velocity and super convergence for pr...In this paper,we introduce new stable mixed finite elements of any order on polytopal mesh for solving second-order elliptic problem.We establish optimal order error estimates for velocity and super convergence for pressure.Numerical experiments are conducted for our mixed elements of different orders on 2D and 3D spaces that confirm the theory.展开更多
Removal of single component and binary mixtures of benzene and m-xylene using a multi-pin-mesh reactor was studied to find the decomposition characteristics, carbon balance and CO2 selectivity. The decomposition rate ...Removal of single component and binary mixtures of benzene and m-xylene using a multi-pin-mesh reactor was studied to find the decomposition characteristics, carbon balance and CO2 selectivity. The decomposition rate of benzene in mixture was approximately 16% lower than that of single component benzene. However, the decomposition rate of m-xylene in mixture was slightly higher than that of single component m-xylene. Carbon balance of the mixture decomposition process achieved a lower level than that of single component benzene/m-xylene. Increase in the specific input energy was helpful to improve CO2 selectivity in the single component decomposition process, while the specific input energy had a negligible effect on CO2 selectivity in the mixture decomposition process. By changing the oxygen content in background gas, we found that different types of radicals showed different reaction activities toward benzene and m-xylene. Benzene was more likely to react with nitrogen-containing radicals, while m-xylene was more likely to react with oxygen-containing radicals.展开更多
基金This research project is supported by the Science Research and Innovation Fund(contract no.FF66-P1-134).We would like to thank the Development in Technology of Porous Material Research Laboratory(DiTo-Lab),Department of Mechanical Engineering,Faculty of Engineering and Technology,Rajamangala University of Technology Isan for support and permission to use the place for the research and also thank Mr Bancha Chapakdee and Mr Sila Boonsitoum,an undergraduate student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering,for collection of experimental results.
文摘A mixed-mode forced-convection solar dryer(MMFCSD)is a device that utilizes both direct and indirect solar energy.The solar col-lector,which stores thermal energy for indirect solar uses,is an essential component of the dryer.Unfortunately,the thermal effi-ciency of this device is generally low.In this study,a technique was employed to improve the heat transfer of the solar collector in a MMFCSD.The technique involved adjusting the air flow pattern into a swirling flow to disturb the thermal boundary layer on the absorber plate under forced convection by using stainless wire mesh.The experiment was conducted under actual conditions and bananas were used as the drying sample.The experimental results of the thermal efficiency of the solar collector(ƞ_(solar))and the drying efficiency(ƞ_(drying))are presented.The results indicated that the air outlet temperature andƞsolar of the solar collector with stainless wire mesh were higher than the case without stainless wire mesh,reaching a maximum temperature of 46.22°C and 37.97°C,and average ƞ_(solar) of 0.26±0.02 and 0.14±0.01,respectively.The MMFCSD with stainless wire mesh had a higher ƞ_(drying) than the case without stain-less wire mesh,with values of 0.048±0.004 and 0.039±0.003,respectively,resulting in an~23.07%increase.This was attributed to the air swirling flow through the stainless wire mesh and the heat accumulation in the drying chamber,which led to an increase in the drying chamber temperature from 54.03°C to 63.60°C,an increase in the effective moisture diffusivity from 7.28×10^(-7) to 1.19×10^(-6) m^(2)/s and a decrease in the drying time of 5 h 30 min.However,further research is needed to investigate the quality of the dried sam-ples and their economic value.
基金The work is supported by DST,Government of India under Grant No.EMR/2016/005805.
文摘In this paper,a second-order singularly perturbed differential-difference equation involving mixed shifts is considered.At first,through Taylor series approximation,the original model is reduced to an equivalent singularly perturbed differential equation.Then,the model is treated by using the hybrid finite difference scheme on different types of layer adapted meshes like Shishkin mesh,Bakhvalov–Shishkin mesh and Vulanovi′c mesh.Here,the hybrid scheme consists of a cubic spline approximation in the fine mesh region and a midpoint upwind scheme in the coarse mesh region.The error analysis is carried out and it is shown that the proposed scheme is of second-order convergence irrespective of the perturbation parameter.To display the efficacy and accuracy of the proposed scheme,some numerical experiments are presented which support the theoretical results.
基金The authors express their deep appreciation to Prof.J.Douglas Jr,Prof.R.E.Ewing,and Prof.L.S.Jiang for their many helpful suggestions in the series research on numerical simulation of energy sciences.Also,the project is supported by NSAF(Grant No.U1430101)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Grant No.ZR2016AM08)National Tackling Key Problems Program(Grant Nos.2011ZX05052,2011ZX05011-004,20050200069).
文摘In this paper the authors discuss the numerical simulation problem of threedimensional compressible contamination treatment from nuclear waste.The mathematical model is defined by an initial-boundary nonlinear convection-diffusion system of four partial differential equations:a parabolic equation for the pressure,two convection-diffusion equations for the concentrations of brine and radionuclide and a heat conduction equation for the temperature.The pressure appears within the concentration equations and heat conduction equation,and the Darcy velocity controls the concentrations and the temperature.The pressure is solved by the conservative mixed volume element method,and the order of the accuracy is improved by the Darcy velocity.The concentration of brine and temperature are computed by the upwind mixed volume element method on a changing mesh,where the diffusion is discretized by a mixed volume element and the convection is treated by an upwind scheme.The composite method can solve the convection-dominated diffusion problems well because it eliminates numerical dispersion and nonphysical oscillation and has high order computational accuracy.The mixed volume element has the local conservation of mass and energy,and it can obtain the brine and temperature and their adjoint vector functions simultaneously.The conservation nature plays an important role in numerical simulation of underground fluid.The concentrations of radionuclide factors are solved by the method of upwind fractional step difference and the computational work is decreased by decomposing a three-dimensional problem into three successive one-dimensional problems and using the method of speedup.By the theory and technique of a priori estimates of differential equations,we derive an optimal order result in L^(2) norm.Numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and practicability and the composite method is testified as a powerful tool to solve the well-known actual problem.
基金supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant DMS-1620016supported in parts by HKSAR grant Q81Q and JRI of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
文摘In this paper,we introduce new stable mixed finite elements of any order on polytopal mesh for solving second-order elliptic problem.We establish optimal order error estimates for velocity and super convergence for pressure.Numerical experiments are conducted for our mixed elements of different orders on 2D and 3D spaces that confirm the theory.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50678031)
文摘Removal of single component and binary mixtures of benzene and m-xylene using a multi-pin-mesh reactor was studied to find the decomposition characteristics, carbon balance and CO2 selectivity. The decomposition rate of benzene in mixture was approximately 16% lower than that of single component benzene. However, the decomposition rate of m-xylene in mixture was slightly higher than that of single component m-xylene. Carbon balance of the mixture decomposition process achieved a lower level than that of single component benzene/m-xylene. Increase in the specific input energy was helpful to improve CO2 selectivity in the single component decomposition process, while the specific input energy had a negligible effect on CO2 selectivity in the mixture decomposition process. By changing the oxygen content in background gas, we found that different types of radicals showed different reaction activities toward benzene and m-xylene. Benzene was more likely to react with nitrogen-containing radicals, while m-xylene was more likely to react with oxygen-containing radicals.
