火积理论在高炉冷却壁性能评价中的应用

基于火积理论分析得出了高炉冷却壁的火积平衡方程式以及冷却壁中的火积耗散.在此基础上定义了高炉冷却壁的热阻.根据最小热阻原理,提出用高炉冷却壁的热阻来评价其传热性能的优劣的观点,通过实例说明了高炉冷却壁热阻的计算方法,比较了不同冷却水管间距下冷却壁热面最高温度及热阻之间的关系.结果表明,随着冷却水管间距的改变,冷却壁热阻与热面最高温度有相同的变化趋势.在一定的边界条件下,高炉冷却壁的热阻可以评价其传热性能的优劣.     

Constructal optimization on T-shaped cavity based on entransy dissipation minimization

The entransy dissipation extremum principle provides new warranty and criterion for optimization of heat transfer. For a heat transfer model of a rectangular solid wall with an open T-shaped cavity, a dimensionless equivalent thermal resistance based on entransy dissipation is taken as optimization objective, and constructal optimization for the model is carried out when the system volume, the cavity volume and the volume of rectangle occupied by T-shaped cavity are fixed. Numerical results indicate that the optimal geometry construct of cavity can be schemed out based on entransy dissipation extremum principle. The formulation of dimensionless global （maximum） thermal resistance presented in a literature is modified; some new rules which are different from those reported in the literature are obtained based on the minimization of the modified objective. Comparisons of the numerical results show that the optimal system constructs deduced respectively from the two thermal resistance objectives are very different. The optimization by taking equivalent thermal resistance minimization as objective can more effectively reduce mean temperature difference of heat transfer than the optimization by taking maximum thermal resistance minimization as objective, so that the performance of heat transfer for the total system can be improved. The more freedom the cavity has, the better the total system performance is. The correlations of the equivalent thermal resistance and the maximum thermal resistance of the system and three geometric degrees of freedom are found by using function fitting.     

An equation of entransy transfer and its application

Entransy is a physical quantity describing heat transfer ability, and heat transfer is accompanied by entransy transfer. Thermal energy is conserved in its transfer process, while entransy is dissipated because of the irreversibility of its transfer process. As a result, entransy transfer must have its rules which are different from those of thermal energy transfer. Based on the definition of entransy, an entransy transfer equation is derived, which describes the entransy transfer processes of a multi-component viscous fluid subject to heat transfer by conduction and convection, mass diffusion and chemical reactions. The expressions of entransy flux and entransy dissipation are obtained simultaneously, and their physical mechanism is clarified. And further, the theory and method of optimizing heat transfer applying the entransy transfer equation to the steady-state convection heat transfer process are expounded. The minimum thermal resistance principle and the entransy dissipation extremum principle are obtained by applying the steady-state entransy transfer equation to the steady-state convection heat transfer process. The cases of the single-component steady-state convection heat transfer and the steady-state heat conduction show the application of the theory and method.     

The extremum principle of mass entransy dissipation and its application to decontamination ventilation designs in space station cabins

In terms of the analogy between mass and heat transfer phenomena, a new physical quantity, i.e. mass entransy, is introduced to represent the ability of an object for transferring mass to outside. Meanwhile, the mass entransy dissipation occurs during mass transfer processes as an alternative to measure the mass transfer irreversibility. Then the concepts of mass entransy and its dissipation are used to develop the extremum principle of mass entransy dissipation and the corresponding method for convective mass transfer optimization, based on which an Euler＇s equation has been deduced as the optimization equation for the fluid flow to obtain the best convective mass transfer performance with some specific constraints. As an example, the ventilation process for removing gaseous pollutants in a space station cabin with a uniform air supply system has been optimized to reduce the energy consumption of the ventilation system and decrease the contaminant concentration in the cabin. By solving the optimization equation, an optimal air velocity distribution with the best decontamination performance for a given viscous dissipation is firstly obtained. With the guide of this optimal velocity field, a suitable concentrated air supply system with appropriate air inlet position and width has been designed to replace the uniform air supply system, which leads to the averaged and the maximum contaminant concentrations in the cabin been decreased by 75% and 60%, respectively, and the contaminant concentration near the contaminant source surface been decreased by 50%, while the viscous dissipation been reduced by 30% simultaneously.     

Analysis of condenser venting rates based on the air mass entransy increases

Condenser thermal performances, such as the back pressure and venting rate, are strongly affected by the tube arrangement. Condensers have three irreversible pro- cesses for the fluid flow, heat transfer and mass diffusion. The condenser venting rate is studied here based on an air mass entransy analysis. The air mass entransy increment rate for the steam and air mixture on the condenser shell side is expressed as a function of the distributed air mass fraction and the steam condensation rate to define the relationship between the condenser venting rate and the flow parameters. Condensers with three typical tube arrangements were analyzed numerically using the porous medium model. The results show that a bigger venting rate always corresponds to a smaller air mass entransy incre- ment rate. The air mass entransy generally decreases in the air concentration region and increases in the air cooling region under the combined action of the air diffusion and steam condensation. The numerical results indicate that the air cooling region of a condenser should be carefully designed and the cooling tubes should be properly arranged to guide the steam flow so as to weaken air concentration, and consequently to decrease the venting rate.     

Generalized thermal resistance for convective heat transfer and its relation to entransy dissipation

In order to further analyze and optimize convective heat transfer process further, the concepts of heat flux weighted average heat temperature and heat flux weighted average heat temperature difference in multi-dimensional heat transfer system were introduced in this paper. The ratio of temperature differ- ence to heat flux is defined as the generalized thermal resistance of convective heat transfer processes, and then the minimum thermal resistance theory for convective heat transfer optimization was devel- oped. By analyzing the relationship between generalized thermal resistance and entansy dissipation in convective heat transfer processes, it can be concluded that the minimum thermal resistance theory equals the entransy dissipation extremum theory. Finally, a two-dimensional convective heat transfer process with constant wall temperature is taken as an example to illustrate the applicability of generalized thermal resistance to convective heat transfer process analysis and optimization.     

Entransy and entropy revisited

Entransy, a recently developed concept, is the central physical quantity characterizing heat transfer processes not related to heat-to-work conversions. The entransy of an object pertains to the nature of the potential energy of heat in a thermal field and describes its heat transfer ability. In the present study, we revisit this concept, and develop its relationship to state and process quantities. This then enables a direct comparison to the more familiar concept, entropy, the central physical quantity in thermody- namics. The comparison helps to identify the role entransy has in heat transfer processes and highlight under what conditions state and process quantities related to entransy can be distinguished in such processes. As to embody the entransy loss due to work expended between the system and its environment for the irreversible heat conduction in gases, new quantities, available entransy flow and available system entransy are introduced. Both the entransy of solids and the available system entransy of gases are state quantities and their changes correspond to the entransy flow and the available entransy flow respectively. Thus there is no need to stress the difference between process quantity and state quantity in heat transfer.     

Entransy dissipation number and its application to heat exchanger performance evaluation

Based on the concept of the entransy which characterizes heat transfer ability, a new heat exchanger performance evaluation criterion termed the entransy dissipation number is established. Our analysis shows that the decrease of the entransy dissipation number always increases the heat exchanger effectiveness for fixed heat capacity rate ratio. Therefore, the smaller the entransy dissipation number, the better the heat exchanger performance is. The entransy dissipation number in terms of the number of exchanger heat transfer units or heat capacity rate ratio correctly exhibits the global performance of the counter-, cross- and parallel-flow heat exchangers. In comparison with the heat exchanger performance evaluation criteria based on entropy generation, the entransy dissipation number demonstrates some distinct advantages. Furthermore, the entransy dissipation number reflects the degree of irreversibility caused by flow imbalance.     

非直接蒸发冷却系统

提出一种双侧强化非直接蒸发冷却系统，并对其传热降温特性作了实验研究和全面评价，研究表明，该系统在相对湿度比较小的空气环境中降温效果非常明显，可完全起到空气调节的作用。     

Constructal entransy dissipation rate minimization for a heat generating volume cooled by forced convection

The geometry of a heat generating volume cooled by forced convection is optimized by applying the entransy dissipation extremum principle and constructal theory, while the optimal spacing between the adjacent tubes and the optimal diameter of each tube are obtained based on entransy dissipation rate minimization. The results of this work show that the optimal constructs based on entransy dissipation rate minimization and maximum temperature difference minimization, respectively, are clearly different. For the former, the porosity of the volume of channels allocated to the heat generating volume is 1/2; while for the latter, the larger the porosity is, the better the performance will be. The optimal construct of the former greatly decreases the mean thermal resistance and improves the global heat transfer performance of the system compared with the optimal construct of the latter. This is identical to the essential requirement of the entransy dissipation extremum principle that the required heat transfer temperature difference is minimal with the same heat transfer rate (the given amount of heat generated in the heat generating volume) based on the entransy dissipation extremum principle.     

水平管降膜换热器性能规律研究进展

水平管降膜换热器具有热质传递效率高、阻力小、结构简单等优点，被广泛应用于化工等传统领域及能源利用的节能减排领域。降膜换热器内部发生复杂的流动及传热传质相互耦合过程。介绍了实验及模拟研究手段的进展，综述了不同操作参数（气体温度、流向及流量，溶液流量、温度及浓度，内部媒介流量及温度等）与结构参数（管径、管间距等）对水平管降膜管间流型、液膜厚度与润湿性等流动特性的影响规律，以及对蒸发传热特性、吸收传热传质特性等换热器性能的影响规律，包括整体性能和局部微细特征，为水平管降膜换热器的性能优化提供理论支撑。指出在不同气流特征以及多因素相互作用下多维度的局部流动与传热传质性能的耦合影响规律以及强化换热手段会是水平管降膜换热器未来研究的重点方向。     

并行蒸发器两相冷却系统支路散热不平衡性的实验研究

 对并行蒸发器机械泵驱动两相流冷却系统各个支路散热量不平衡条件下散热特性进行实验研究,结果表明并行蒸发段各支路的流量分配同管路的阻力有关,当上下两侧蒸发器的热量不平衡时,质量流量的分配始终是一个动态的变化过程,其中,热负荷较大的一侧,阻力不断增加,流量逐渐减小,而热负荷较小的一侧流量在不断变大,并且热量差越大,流量差变化越快;当减小并行支路的热量差有利于蒸发段的散热平衡,热量差越小,系统散热稳定性越强。同毛细泵驱动的两相冷却系统相比,机械泵驱动的两相流冷却系统的散热性好,等温性高,热不平衡处理能力强,并行支路热负荷之差可以达到100多倍,并且能够保持较长的稳定运行。     

Entransy-dissipation-based thermal resistance analysis of heat exchanger networks

Heat exchanger network optimization has an important role in high-efficiency energy utilization and energy conservation. The thermal resistance of a heat exchanger network is defined based on its entransy dissipation. In two-stream heat exchanger networks, only heat exchanges between hot and cold fluids are considered. Thermal resistance analysis indicates that the maximum heat transfer rate between two fluids corresponds to the minimum entransy-dissipation-based thermal resistance; i.e. the minimum thermal resistance principle can be exploited in optimizing heat exchanger networks.     

超临界CO2热泵蛇形管气冷器传热特性研究

为了减少能源消耗、提高CO₂热泵的效率,基于Fluent软件,采用数值模拟方法对超临界CO₂在蛇形管气冷器中的传热特性进行研究。主要探究蛇形管内超临界CO₂的流动特性,通过改变操作压力、CO₂和冷却水的质量流量,分析蛇形管的传热性能。结果表明,蛇形管中离心力周期反向,会使温度和速度梯度呈周期性的内侧和外侧交互扩散的趋势;超临界CO₂压力越靠近临界点,平均传热系数越高,压力为8 MPa下的平均传热系数相较于9 MPa和10 MPa分别提高了24.37%和42.53%;超临界CO₂的平均传热系数随着CO₂质量流量的增加而增大,随着冷却水质量流量的增加而降低,冷却水质量流量的增加不会对峰值点的传热系数产生影响,但会使峰值点出现的位置提前。研究结果为超临界CO₂热泵蛇形管气冷器的设计、运行及热效率的提升提供了理论依据。     

流过管束的流动换热与结构的综合性能评价

对于流过管束的流动换热过程以给定换热结构使换热量最大为条件导出经济结构尺寸与换热参数间的关系式,并借助于换热准则关系得出其与流动参数间的关系式;进而以过程中相对炯损失率最小为条件导出该流动换热过程最佳流动参数的表达式．联立上述两个关系式就可得出使过程的结构尺寸、流动特征与换热性能间综合优化的最佳管排与给定热流和管径间的关系式,以此作为性能分析与评估的判据,这里以流过叉排管束为例进行综合性能的分析与评价,     

Constructal entransy dissipation rate minimization for heat conduction based on a tapered element

Based on constructal theory,the structure of a tapered element and high-conductivity link is optimized by taking the minimization of the entransy dissipation rate as the optimization objective.The results show that the mean temperature difference of the heat transfer cannot always decrease when the internal complexity of the control-volume increases.There exists an optimal constructal order leading to the minimum mean temperature difference for heat transfer.The thermal current density in high-conductivity links with variable shapes does not linearly depend on the length.Therefore,the optimized constructs based on the minimization of the entransy dissipation rate are different from those based on the minimization of the maximum temperature difference.Compared with the construct based on the minimization of the maximum temperature difference,the construct based on the minimization of the entransy dissipation rate can reduce the mean temperature difference,and improve the heat transfer performance significantly.Because entransy describes the heat transfer ability more suitably,various constructal problems in heat conduction may be addressed more effectively using this basis.     

大型电厂2×1000MW机组间接空冷系统环境风影响分析

间接空冷系统作为一种有效的节水型火力发电冷却技术、是我国西北等缺水地区新建采用的主要电厂冷却系统形式之一.间接空冷系统在环境风特别是高温大风条件下的散热能力及变化规律值得深入研究.利用计算流体力学方法,对一个2×1 000MW大型电厂间接空冷系统实例进行了计算.通过对空冷塔及周围速度场温度等流场细节的分析,从经济型和安全性两个方面分析了系统散热能力的变化规律.结果表明,小风条件下间接空冷系统散热能力较好,背压波动幅度很小;大风条件下散热能力迅速恶化,高温大风条件下机组难以满发.     

Relationship between microstate number and available entransy

Based on the relationship between entransy and microstate number, we discuss the variations of the available transport entransy, the unavailable transport entransy, the available conversion entransy and the unavailable conversion entransy with the microstate number. We focus on physical processes in which heat is used for heating/cooling or doing work. When heat is transported for heating or cooling, the available transport entransy increases if the increase in microstate number is due to the increase in internal energy of the system, and decreases if the increase in microstate number is due to spontaneous heat transfer. When heat is used to do work, both the available conversion entransy and the unavailable conversion entransy increase if the increase in microstate number relates to the growth in internal energy of the system. The available conversion entransy decreases and the unavailable conversion entransy increases if the increase in microstate number results from spontaneous heat transfer.     

冷中子源逆布雷顿循环氦制冷机性能分析和优化

运用能量守恒和(火用)分析方法,对冷中子源氦制冷逆布雷顿循环过程进行热力分析和(火用)分析.找出了系统(火用)效率和各部件(火用)损失随着压缩机压比、膨胀机等熵效率、跑冷量、换热器冷热流体平均温差变化的规律,并提出减小循环跑冷量、换热器内冷热流体温差,以及提高压缩机压比、膨胀机等熵效率、物料分配均匀度以提高循环性能和系统(火用)效率的措施.基于换热器内部冷热流体温差分布对循环性能影响的分析,设计了膨胀机预冷循环方案,该方案的(火用)效率相对于基本循环提高了24 %.     

Progress in entransy theory and its applications

The entransy and entransy dissipation extremum principle proposed have opened up a new direction for the heat transfer optimi-zation. The emergence and development of entransy theory are reviewed. Entransy theory and its applications are summarized from several aspects, such as heat conduction, heat convective, heat radiation, heat exchanger design and mass transfer, etc. The emphases are focused on four aspects, i.e., the comparison between entropy generation rate and entransy dissipation rate, the combination of entransy dissipation extreme principle with finite time thermodynamics, the combination of entransy dissipation extreme principle with the heat conduction constructal theory, and the combination of entransy dissipation extreme principle with the heat convective constructal theory. The scientific features of entransy theory are emphasized.