Heated Air Flow Research Articles

Experimental analysis of conductive drying of paper and board

The primary heat transfer source in the conventional multi-cylinder drying of paper and board is conduction. Conduction is facilitated by high-tension contact with steam-heated cylinders, while convective drying, the main mass transfer source, operates as heated air flows over the article web in the pockets. This conduction process occurs at elevated temperatures and contact pressures to ensure effective contact between the wet paper web and the heated cylinders. The contact pressures and temperatures of the hot surface significantly influence the conductive drying characteristics. This research paper presents an experimental study that involves designing a simple lab-scale setup with in-situ and continuous sensing capabilities for various commercially available grades of paper and board. Embedded thermocouples measure the temperatures of the heated platen and the sheet, allowing the collection of flux data to determine heat transfer characteristics. The goal of this study is to ascertain the instantaneous contact coefficients for different basis weights as a function of moisture content. The acquired data will provide valuable insights and information toward process development, design, and simulation of the article drying process.

KHz Rate Fs/Ps-CARS Thermometry For Supersonic H_2/Air Combustion Studies

Accurate flow field measurements are essential to probe the phenomena involved in aeronautical engines undergoing high temperature and high turbulences. Indeed, reliable experimental datasets are needed to compare and validate numerical models. Among other laser diagnostics, Coherent Anti-stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) is a well-established non-linear spectroscopic technique used to probe harsh environments, since it provides non-intrusive local point measurements of chemical composition and temperature. We report here hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (fs/ps-CARS) thermometry campaign performed on N 2 in a supersonic H2 /air combustion. We used a mobile and compact laser architecture that shapes, synchronize and generates the laser beams necessary for CARS spectroscopy. The instrument was moved to a large-scale facility representative of a scramjet combustor (ONERA LAERTE/LAPCAT-II bench). H2 /air was injected during several burst at 0,12 and 0,15 equivalent ratios. Using kHz single-shot measurements combined with motorized translation stages, spatial and temporal resolution were obtained to probe the flow and the combustion at various positions upstream and downstream the hydrogen injectors. At these positions, horizontal and vertical temperature profiles were retrieved and compared with a numerical unsteady fluid dynamic simulation using delayed detached eddy simulations (DDES) developed at ONERA (CEDRE). The position of the combustion inside the combustion chamber could be identified through several horizontal and vertical profile temperature measurements. The signal-to-noise ratio of the detection was optimized by empirically adjusting the number of averaged laser shots based on the level of flow turbulence. For instance, far downstream the H2 injection, averaging over 10 to 100 pulses was possible as the heated air flow was steady. This was confirmed by the good agreement with numerical simulations although some distortion could still be observed and will be used to adjust the numerical simulation algorithm. However, averaging was no longer possible close to the injectors, where a highly turbulent H2 /air combustion was observed. Nevertheless, taking advantages of the high rate single-shot capacity of the spectroscopic technique, temperature could still be retrieved inside this area. These measurements provided a valuable experimental database for comparing and refining computational fluid dynamics modeling.

DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE AIR-SCREW GRAIN DRYER

The article studies the issue of grain drying and its importance in agriculture. Various methods of grain drying are considered, analyzed to determine their effectiveness and applicability. There is a risk of problems associated with improper drying of grain and negative consequences for the safety of grain and its further processing. For timely and qualitative cleaning and drying of grain an innovative design is offered - mobile air-screw dryer for grain. This device cleans grain from light weed impurities by means of air flow and removes surface moisture from grain by blowing it with heated air flow. The paper describes in detail the design and principle of operation of the dryer. The results of preliminary experiments confirming the performance of the dryer are given.

Convective heat transfer correlation for a single surrogate firebrand and a simplified firebrand pile on a flat plate using naphthalene sublimation in heated air flow

Previous studies have shown that most structure ignitions in wildland urban-interface fires are due to firebrand deposition and ignition. The heat transfer mechanisms involved in firebrand deposition need further study and characterization for better understanding of the firebrand ignition process. In particular, convective heat transfer correlations over a single firebrand and a pile of firebrands are lacking. Using the heat-mass transfer analogy, naphthalene sublimation experiments were conducted to determine convective heat transfer correlations for a single naphthalene cylinder (a surrogate firebrand) and an idealized three-firebrand pile resting on flat plates from mass loss measurements. These experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel using a heated (50 °C) or room temperature air flow (0.5 m/s to 2.1 m/s). There was good agreement between the Nusselt number correlation obtained using heated air and results with unheated airflows. Experiments using heated airflow reduced the experimental run times and uncertainty in mass loss measurements significantly. In general, the single firebrand had higher Nusselt numbers than the individual firebrands in the pile. In the three-firebrand pile, the firebrand at the top of the pile exhibited the highest heat transfer. The naphthalene sublimation technique can be easily extended to obtain convective heat transfer correlations for various firebrand geometries and configurations.

KINERJA GAS PENUKAR PANAS ALIRAN BALIK SHELL AND TUBE UNTUK PENGERING PERTANIAN

Abstract—One of the important post-harvest processes of rice is drying. Drying is divided into two, namely natural drying (using sunlight) and artificial drying (using tools). In this study drying utilizes heat from a biomass furnace and a configuration of heat exchanger pipes. Where the utilization of heat and the configuration of heat exchanger pipes in the design can increase thermal efficiency because the exhaust hot air mixed with smoke can still be used for drying. The configuration of the heat exchanger pipe greatly influences the expected moisture content level. The purpose of this study was carried out to determine the performance of the shell and tube counter flow heat exchanger for agricultural dryer gases with a heat source from biomass and to find the effect of the configuration of the heat exchanger pipe arrangement on the working process of the drying machine. This research is an experimental test of the performance of heat exchange pipes with a heat source from a biomass furnace. The exchange pipe performance parameters that must be known are temperature and time. The method used in this study refers to experimental and descriptive methods, namely research conducted in a systematic, factual and accurate manner. The results of this study are that the heated air flow rate affects LMTD, heated air outlet temperature, heat transfer coefficient, and efficiency, with variations in the heated air flow rate of 0.11 kg/s, 0.16 kg/s, 0.20kg/s, 0.24kg/s. Highest efficiency of 94% at a heated air flow rate of 0.24 kg/s. and the smallest efficiency of 74% is found in the value of the heated air flow rate of 0.11 kg/s.
 Keywords : dewatering, biomass, pipe configuration, heat exchanger pipe

Spallation of Carbon Ablators in Arcjet Facility Experiments

Spallation is the mostly undesirable phenomenon where solid particles are ejected from ablative materials leaving less mass to be decomposed at the ablator surface. The exact mechanisms and conditions that promote spallation as well as the extent of it are unclear to this date. This paper presents the results of an extensive test campaign targeted at measuring spallation of carbonaceous ablator materials in an arc heated air flow of . The employed diagnostic methods are photogrammetric surface measurements, high-speed imaging, thermography, and two-color-ratio pyrometry using the raw digital single-lens reflex camera images from the photogrammetry setup. Data from the high-speed camera show a much higher spallation rate for the carbon preform Calcarb than for carbon-phenolic ablators. Temperature measurements show a difference of up to 300 K between carbon fibers and surrounding matrix. The pyrolysis gas from the phenolic resin is found to decrease the spallation rate of the carbon-phenolic ablator ZURAM compared to Calcarb, and the pyrolysis gas pressure slightly increases the distance that particles travel upstream after ejection from the front surface.

Real-Time Correction of a Laser Beam Wavefront Distorted by an Artificial Turbulent Heated Airflow

This paper presents a FPGA-based closed-loop adaptive optical system with a bimorph deformable mirror for correction of the phase perturbation caused by artificial turbulence. The system’s operating frequency of about 2000 Hz is, in many cases, sufficient to provide the real-time mode. The results of the correction of the wavefront of laser radiation distorted by the airflow formed in the laboratory conditions with the help of a fan heater are presented. For detailed consideration, the expansion of the wavefront by Zernike polynomials is used with further statistical analysis based on the discrete Fourier transform. The result of the work is an estimation of the correction efficiency of the wavefront distorted by the turbulent phase fluctuations. The ability of the bimorph adaptive mirror to correct for certain aberrations is also determined. As a result, it was concluded that the adaptive bimorph mirrors, together with a fast adaptive optical system based on FPGA, can be used to compensate wavefront distortions caused by atmospheric turbulence in the real-time mode.

A Thermofluid Scanner for Simultaneous Visualization Measurement of Velocity and Temperature Fields of a Heated Airflow

A Thermofluid Scanner for Simultaneous Visualization Measurement of Velocity and Temperature Fields of a Heated Airflow

Research of the modernized intake system of the gasoline engine

Problem. In recent years, Ukraine has seen a sharp decline in ambient temperature, especially in the winter. Accordingly, this has a negative impact on the performance of car engines (difficult to start and prolonged warm-up), as the lion's share of private sector cars are parked in open areas and are subject to sudden temperature and humidity changes. Therefore, to partially solve this problem, our attention was focused on the air lines of the intake system of the gasoline engine, as this system is easily accessible and does not require significant design changes for its modernization. Goal. The purpose of the work is to ensure the ease of starting the gasoline engine and reduce the time to warm up. Methodology. Operation of the car in the conditions of the lowered temperatures, essentially promotes deterioration of its fuel economy. The basis of such a negative process of fuel consumption is incomplete combustion of the working mixture. And this is the deterioration of spraying and evaporation of fuel and increasing the duration of engine warm-up. At such low ambient temperatures, the effective operation of the car in a garage depends significantly on the method of its preparation (which should at a minimum cost of fuel and energy resources to ensure rapid and reliable engine start and accelerated warm-up). We decided to obtain thermal energy to heat the inlet air at no additional cost. This is the installation of a gasoline engine with a spark ignition of the incandescent coil in the intake air line, which will receive power from the battery. Such modernization of the system does not require major design changes and significant financial investments Unresolved issues remain to assess the effectiveness of the process of heating the air entering the combustion chamber of the engine to create a working mixture. It should be noted that the optimal heating of the engines is most appropriate to carry out (ie heating the coolant and oil in the engine lubrication system) not to the temperature of the operating thermal mode, but to the temperature that ensures its reliable start. Results. The scheme of connection of a heater of intake air in an onboard electric network of the car is presented. The results of the heat balance of the studied gasoline engine (using cold and heated air flow) during its heating are obtained. The optimum temperature of the warmed-up engine at which further economical operation of the car is possible is established. Originality. This spiral heater was first used to heat the intake air charge during the start-up and warm-up of a gasoline engine. Practical value. The developed heating equipment can be used for both gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines. It should be switched on only during engine start-up and warm-up.

Investigation of aerodynamics and heat transfer of the modular jet recuperator

A study of the aerodynamics and heat transfer of a jet modular recuperator with a change in its geometric characteristics has been carried out. The influence of the in-line and staggered arrangement of the blowing holes, as well as the diameter of the perforated pipe is considered. In all considered variants, the number of holes, their diameter and gas flow rate through the recuperator remained unchanged. Numerical modeling of the problem was carried out in a three-dimensional setting using the ANSYS Fluent 15.0 software package. It was found that with the in-line arrangement of the blowing holes, secondary flows are formed between their longitudinal rows in the form of swirling jets of opposite rotation directed towards the outlet section of the recuperative device, through which the main part of the heated air flows out. With the staggered arrangement of the blowing holes, the formation of spiral vortices is disturbed, the air flow is carried out along the entire cross section of the annular channel, increasing the drift effect of the flow on the impact jets, which leads to a decrease in the intensity of heat transfer and its uniformity along the length of the working surface. An increase in the diameter of the inner perforated pipe leads to a decrease in the drift effect of the cocurrent flow on the jets, an increase in the distribution uniformity of the heat flux along the length of the heat transfer surface, and an increase in the heat transfer coefficient.

An experimental investigation into the fuel oil-free start-up of a coal-fired boiler by the main solid fossil fuel with additives of brown coal, biomass and charcoal for ignition enhancement

The research is focused on the ignition of solid fuels in a heated air flow. The experimental conditions correspond closely to solid fuel combustion in coal-fired boiler furnaces. Charcoal, wood, brown and bituminous coals were used as independent solid fuels and as fuel mixture components. The particle sizes of these fuels were less than 40 μm, 40–140 μm, 140–250 μm, 250–375 μm and 375–800 μm. They were ignited under the conditions of radiant-convective heating as they were moving in a heated air flow with a temperature of 500–800 °C and at a velocity of 5 m/s. The ignition delay time was the main investigated characteristic, recorded by a high-speed video camera. The induction period of bituminous coal shortens by 25–35% when 25–50% brown coal or wood in an air-dry state is added. The lowest ignition delay times were established for the fuel mixtures of bituminous coal with dry charcoal. The experimental curves of the ignition delay times of fuels and their mixtures versus the heated air temperature were presented as approximation equations. Based on the conducted research findings, a muffle burner design with a vortex structure of the fuel-air flow was proposed for the fuel oil-free start-up of coal-fired boilers.

Assessment of digital image correlation vibrometry in the presence of thermal flow disturbance

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is an image-based method for measuring displacement and/or stain on the surface of a structure. When coupled with a stereo pair of highspeed cameras, DIC can also capture three-dimensional dynamic deformation of a structure under vibratory loading. However, high frequency and small amplitude displacement typically associated with structural vibrations mean that extra care is required during measurement and data processing. It becomes more challenging when thermal disturbances are present in the optical path, for example from a heated air flow, which introduces extraneous noise due to disturbances in the refractive index. In the present study, a simple composite plate was vibrated under a shaker excitation and stereo DIC measurements were performed. The obtained vibratory displacement results were compared against accelerometers and a laser Doppler vibrometer. Heated air flow was introduced in front of the plate to observe the effects of thermal disturbances on the DIC measurements. Although the contributions from the thermal disturbances were clearly visible in the DIC displacement data, it was shown that the vibratory deflections of the structure could still be extracted by post processing of the DIC data.

Development and validation of a heated drying air diffusion system to optimize rotary dryers and final coffee quality

The final quality of pre-processed coffees is influenced by the applied drying technology. Thus, the aim of the study was to develop and validate a heated air flow diffusion system to optimize and reduce the drying time of rotary dryers and improve the final quality of coffee. Computational fluid dynamics was used for the simulation of the air fluid dynamics in the combustion chamber of the heat generator. It was observed that the energy losses in the upper and lower walls of the heat generator chamber were higher with an increase in the convective heat transfer coefficient. It was found that the rate of fluid flow presented a fully developed profile, in which the higher speed value was found in the central region of the outlet. The reduction in moisture content during coffee drying was directly proportional to the increase in temperature. The Midilli model shows the best fit to describe the drying curves of the coffee. The effective diffusion coefficient increases with increasing temperature of the drying air. It was observed that the adjustments of the fluid dynamics in the burning of gas and the adaptation of the diffuser system significantly influenced the drying time and final quality of naturally processed and pulped coffees. In conclusion, the adapted technological set, a rotary dryer with gas heating and diffusion of heated air, had a high performance in the final quality of the coffee, and for this reason it is recommended to producers and the industry.

Large eddy simulation of a supersonic lifted jet flame in the high-enthalpy coflows

The stabilization mechanism of a supersonic lifted jet flame in the heated coflows should be attributed to the competition between autoignition and the propagation of active kernels at the flame base. As a result, the characteristics of the lifted hydrogen jet combustion gradually vary along the axial direction, which have not yet been deeply addressed in the previous studies. Highly-resolved large eddy simulation of a hydrogen jet injection into the air flow is carried out in this paper, the particular emphasis of which is placed on the evolution process of the turbulent structures as well as the flameholding mechanism. To analyze the effect of turbulence on the chemistry, an assumed probability density function method is adopted to close the source term of the governing equations. And the temporal and spatial resolution of the numerical schemes is high enough to capture the unsteady motion inside the supersonic reactive flowfeild. Predicted concentration of some important species agrees well with that measured by the experimental methods, demonstrating the responsibility of numerical results. From the instantaneous images, large eddy simulation reproduces the three-dimensional flowfield generated by the interaction of the inner jet and heated air flow. According to the time-averaged analysis, the combustion flowfield can be divided into three stages, namely the initial mixing, autoignition and subsequent turbulent flame. Evidently, the supersonic reactive flow passes through the transition from autoignition to the partially premixed flame, and the statistical features along the axial direction change correspondingly. Further, the effect of small-scale turbulent fluctuations on the reactive front within the shear layer is analyzed in detail, and the significant founding is propitious to understand the turbulent combustion regime in high-enthalpy conditions.

Measurements of the gas composition in the flame during evaporating diesel fuel combustion with steam injection

This paper presents a study of the effect of superheated water steam on the combustion of liquid hydrocarbons such as diesel fuel. An experimental study of the content of intermediate components of the combustion process along the axis of flame symmetry inside the burner and in the external torch was carried out using a vaporizing burner with a forced superheated water steam supply to the area of incomplete oxidation of liquid hydrocarbon fuel. The values of oxygen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide content were also obtained. It is shown that the content of flame intermediate components of the burner depends on operating parameters such as the steam flow rate or heated air flow rate and the type of the supplied substance.

A virtual laboratory setup for studying the drying process of a wide range of bulk solid fractions in fluidized bed apparatuses

The paper presents a software package for the simulation of the processes of gas flow dynamics and bulk solids drying in vertical fluidized bed systems. The fluidized bed system technology processes, mathematical methods, as well as stages of experiments carried out in the virtual laboratory are described in detail. Fluidized bed behaviors in varied heated air flow rates are described. An algorithm for the operation of the virtual unit is presented including modules containing mathematical models of complex heat transfer systems, gas flow dynamics and control of the drying process, as well as interaction with expandable databases with information on the physical and chemical properties of feed materials, purge gases, and ready-made design solutions. The process of comparing the results obtained in the virtual and real low-temperature simulation models is described.

Models validation and code profiling in state-to-state simulations of shock heated air flows

The objective of this study is to examine various combinations of vibration-chemical coupling models in high-temperature air and oxygen flows behind shock waves. Simulations are carried out in the frame of the state-to-state approach for detailed vibrational and chemical kinetics in the Euler approximation. Great variety of state-resolved models for the rate coefficients of vibrational energy transitions and chemical reactions are assessed and validated against experimental data; among them are first-order perturbation (SSH) and forced harmonic oscillator (FHO) models; well-known Marrone–Treanor dissociation model with parameters either obtained empirically or by fitting quasiclassical trajectory calculations; new models for state-specific Zeldovich reactions. To validate the models, the results of numerical flow simulations are compared with experimental investigations in a wide range of initial mixture compositions and shock wave velocities. Among numerous model variants, a few models providing the best agreement with the experimental data on the vibrational temperature in oxygen flows and measured NO radiation in air flows are recommended for different sets of free stream conditions. The impact of NO excited states produced in Zeldovich reactions is evaluated; it is shown that neglecting the vibrational excitation of NO molecules may lead to significantly underpredicted maximum of NO number density. In the framework of the code performance study, Matlab and Fortran implementations were compared, the most significant bottlenecks procedures were identified by profiling analysis, and remarkable speed-up was achieved by code optimisation.

Temperature Fields of the Droplets and Gases Mixture

In this research, we obtain gas–vapor mixture temperature fields generated by blending droplets and high-temperature combustion products. Similar experiments are conducted for droplet injection into heated air flow. This kind of measurement is essential for high-temperature and high-speed processes in contact heat exchangers or in liquid treatment chambers, as well as in firefighting systems. Experiments are conducted using an optical system based on Laser-Induced Phosphorescence as well as two types of thermocouples with a similar measurement range but different response times (0.1–3 s) and accuracy (1–5 °C). In our experiments, we inject droplets into the heated air flow (first scheme) and into the flow of high-temperature combustion products (second scheme). We concentrate on the unsteady inhomogeneous temperature fields of the gas–vapor mixture produced by blending the above-mentioned flows and monitoring the lifetime of the relatively low gas temperature after droplets passes through the observation area. The scientific novelty of this research comes from the first ever comparison of the temperature measurements of a gas–vapor–droplet mixture obtained by contact and non-contact systems. The advantages and limitations of the contact and non-contact techniques are defined for the measurement of gas–vapor mixture temperature.

Applicability of pulsed 2cLIF-EET for micro-droplet internal thermometry under evaporation conditions

The relatively new thermometry technique “pulsed 2cLIF with MDR-enhanced energy transfer” is tested for the first time on micro-droplet streams in a heated air flow. The method allows simultaneous measurements of the droplet internal temperature-field, droplet size and droplet velocity. Plausibility of the measurement results is evaluated by comparing results of various experimental conditions among each other and by comparison with analytic modeling. Overall, measurement results are plausible. However, measured temperature-fields are biased by the integral fluorescence signal and initial conditions of the models are limited by the Rayleigh jet breakup that creates the droplet stream.Graphic abstract

Heat exchange of an evaporating water droplet in a high-temperature environment

In this research, we present the results of experiments capturing the characteristics of high-temperature heating and evaporation of water droplets. The experimental parameters are as follows: initial droplet radius 1–2.5 mm, temperature 20–1100 °C, air flow velocity 0–5 m/s. We use two schemes of water droplet fixation in the heated air flow. In the experiments, we record the heating and evaporation of free-falling droplets so that the holder does not interfere with the experimental results. Typical water droplet heating rates range from 0.4 to 92.4 °C/s and evaporation rates from 0.003 to 0.178 kg/(m2s). Criterial processing of our experimental data is based on the classical equations formulated by Ranz and Marshall and equations proposed by a set of research groups and scientists. We determine the variation ranges of the Reynolds numbers, in which one can only use a limited set of Nu(Re,Pr) correlations. Adjustment coefficients are proposed to take into account the droplet surface temperatures and evaporation rates as functions of the gas medium temperature. Finally, we hypothesize as to how modern mathematical models can be modified to bring the simulation results closer to the experimental data in droplet heating and evaporation rates during fast heat supply.