Analysis of Entropy Generation During Mixed Convective Heat Transfer of Nanofluids Past a Rotating Circular Cylinder

The entropy generation due to mixed convective heat transfer of nanofluids past a rotating circular cylinder placed in a uniform cross stream is investigated via streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin based finite element method. Nanosized copper (Cu) particles suspended in water are used with Prandtl number (Pr)=6.9. The computations are carried out at a representative Reynolds number (Re) of 100. The dimensionless cylinder rotation rate, a, is varied between 0 and 2. The range of nanoparticle volume fractions (phi) considered is 0 <= phi <= 5%. Effect of aiding buoyancy is brought about by considering two fixed values of the Richardson number (Ri) as 0.5 and 1.0. A new model for predicting the effective viscosity and thermal conductivity of dilute suspensions of nanoscale colloidal particles is presented. The model addresses the details of the agglomeration-deagglomeration in tune with the pertinent variations in the effective particulate dimensions, volume fractions, as well as the aggregate structure of the particulate system. The total entropy generation is found to decrease sharply with cylinder rotation rates and nanoparticle volume fractions. Increase in nanoparticle agglomeration shows decrease in heat transfer irreversibility. The Bejan number falls sharply with increase in alpha and phi.

Effect of Channel Confinement on Mixed Convective Flow Past an Equilateral Triangular Cylinder

The present work investigates the mixed convective flow and heat transfer characteristics past a triangular cylinder placed symmetrically in a vertical channel. At a representative Reynolds number, Re = 100, simulations are carried out for the blockage ratios beta = 1/3; 1/4; and 1/6. Effect of aiding and opposing buoyancy is brought about by varying the Richardson number in the range -1.0 <= Ri <= 1.0. At a blockage ratio of 1/3, suppression of vortex shedding is found at Ri = 1, whereas von Karman vortex street is seen both at beta = 1/4 and 1/6, respectively. This is the first time that such behavior of blockage ratio past a triangular cylinder in the present flow configuration is reported. Drag coefficient increases progressively with increasing Ri and a slightly higher value is noticed at beta = 1/3. For all b, heat transfer increases with increasing Ri. Flattening of Nu(avg)-Ri curve beyond Ri > 0: 75 is observed at beta = 1/3.

Transport properties of solution processed Cu2SnS3/AZnO heterostructure for low cost photovoltaics

Cu2SnS3 thin films were deposited by a facile sot-gel technique followed by annealing. The annealed films were structurally characterized by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The crystal structure was found to be tetragonal with crystallite sizes of 2.4-3 nm. Texture coefficient calculations from the GIXRD revealed the preferential orientation of the film along the (112) plane. The morphological investigations of the films were carried out using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and the composition using electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The temperature dependent current, voltage characteristics of the Cu2SnS3/AZnO heterostructure were studied. The log I-log V plot exhibited three regions of different slopes showing linear ohmic behavior and non-linear behavior following the power law. The temperature dependent current voltage characteristics revealed the variation in ideality factor and barrier height with temperature. The Richardson constant was calculated and its deviation from the theoretical value revealed the inhomogeneity of the barrier heights. Transport characteristics were modeled using the thermionic emission model. The Gaussian distribution of barrier heights was applied and from the modified Richardson plot the value of the Richardson constant was found to be 47.18 A cm(-2) K-2. (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

液–固脉冲流化床中浓度波传播与衰减

采用数值计算和实验验证相结合的方法研究液一固脉冲流化床中浓度波的传播和衰减。当脉仲开半周期乃和闭半周期乃都远大于颗粒弛豫时间吊时,两相的惯性力之差在一个周期的绝大部分时间中相对于重力很小,可忽略,这时由双流体模型的动量方程可推导出推广的Richardson-Zaki公式,双流体模型简化为局部平衡模型。采用五阶精度WENO格式求解浓度波传播方程,得到了脉冲流化过程中浓度波传播与衰减的规律,与实验结果符合良好。

BipA: a tyrosine-phosphorylated GTPase that mediates interactions between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and epithelial cells.

We report the functional characterization of BipA, a GTPase that undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation in an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain. BipA mutants adhere to cultured epithelial cells but fail to trigger the characteristic cytoskeletal rearrangements found in cells infected with wild-type EPEC. In contrast, increased expression of BipA enhances actin remodelling and results in the hyperformation of pseudopods. BipA appears to be the first example of a new class of virulence regulator, as it also controls flagella-mediated cell motility and resistance to the antibacterial effects of a human host defence protein. Its striking sequence similarity to ribosome-binding elongation factors suggests that it uses a novel mechanism to modulate gene expression.

Dynamics Of Fine Particles In Liquid-Solid Fluidized Beds

On the basis of the Local Equilibrium Model (LEM), fine particles with large Richardson-Zaki exponent n show, under certain conditions during bed expansion and collapse, different dynamic behavior from particles with small n. For an expansion process there may be a concentration discontinuity propagating upward from the distributor, and, on the contrary, for a collapse process there may be a progressively broadening and upward-propagating continuous transition zone instead of discontinuity. The predictions of the bed height variation and the discontinuity trace have been validated experimentally. (c) 2007 Chinese Society of Particuology and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Novel experimental phenomena of fine-particle fluidized beds

The dynamic response of bed height and concentration waves in liquid-solid fluidized beds to a step change in the fluidization velocity is considered. We experimentally study the liquid-solid fluidized beds, spherical beadings, with sizes ranging from 230 to 270 mesh and the inner diameter of columns made from glass is 2.4 mm. Experimental results find that under certain conditions, fine particles with large Richardson-Zaki exponent n display different dynamic behavior from usual particles with smaller n during expansion and collapse of the fluidized state. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

双螺旋尾涡结构和内波实验研究

密度分层流体中物体统流的实验研究从六十年代中期起蓬勃开展起来。在1967年Mowbray和Rarity发表了三张纹影照片,但是没有涉及到尾涡结构。在这期间,不少学者研究了水平运动产生的内波,到了1977年Pao和Kao首先报导了用弱分层的方法揭示了在小Richardson数R_i=0.215和雷诺数Re=4×10~3～2×10~4情况下在均匀流中圆球的尾涡具有封闭末端双螺旋结构。Merzkirch和他的学生用光学技术得到清晰的内波波型照片,对圆柱垂直运动实验和理论结果作了比较。近些年来,稳定性研究和三维分离流动中流面分叉及涡构架研究有新进展。为了搞清楚密度分层流体中的尾涡结构、内波和尾涡的关系、内波产生的机理,在1983年我们建立了分层流水箱设备。从实验中我们发现:在低雷诺数Re≈10~2情况下,分层流体中圆柱绕流的尾涡具有双螺旋结构,双螺旋的二支以相反的方向连续地缠绕在一起。这与Pao和Kao水平运动圆球尾流中涡结构有类似的现象。在有倾角情况下,涡管在运动中发生变形。可以认为,实验结果有助于剪切流动现象的研究以及对湍流的发生、发展和衰变机制的进一步理解。 本实验使用直径D=20mm,长度70mm的不锈钢圆柱模型,该模型水平地悬挂在分层流水箱框架中的带有滚珠轴承滑块上。圆柱与水平轴成45°和90°倾角向上和向下被拖着

Potential energy model for turbulent entrainment across density interface in a linearly stratified fluid

A potential energy model is developed for turbulent entrainment in the absence of mean shear in a linearly stratified fluid. The relation between the entrainment distance D and the time t and the relation between dimensionless entrainment rate E and the local Richardson number are obtained. An experiment is made for examination. The experimental results are in good agreement with the model, in which the dimensionless entrainment distance D is given by DBAR = A(i)(SBAR)-1/4(fBAR)1/2(tBAR)1/8, where A(i) is the proportional coefficient, S is the dimensionless stroke, fBAR is the dimensionless frequency of the grid oscillation, tBAR the dimensionless time.

Growth of zero-mean-shear turbulent-mixed layer with suspended particles in a 2-layer fluid system

The growth behaviour of zero-mean-shear turbulent-mixed layer containing suspended solid particles has been studied experimentally and analysed theoretically in a two-layer fluid system. The potential model for estimating the turbulent entrainment rate of the mixed layer has also been suggested, including the results of the turbulent entrainment for pure two-layer fluid. The experimental results show that the entrainment behaviour of a mixed layer with the suspended particles is well described by the model. The relationship between the entrainment distance and the time, and the variation of the dimensionless entrainment rate E with the local Richardson number Ri1 for the suspended particles differ from that for the pure two-layer fluid by the factors-eta-1/5 and eta-1, respectively, where eta = 1 + sigma-0-DELTA-rho/DELTA-rho-0.