Conceptual design of a high-efficiency absorption cooling cycle

The search for high-efficiency, gas-fired cooling cycles has led to the development of dual-loop absorption machines with cooling coefficients of performance (COPs) in the 1.2 to 1.7 range. This increased performance may call for high generator temperatures, new working fluids or new materials of construction. In most cases, two different sets of working fluids are required. The conceptual design presented here is aimed at obtaining high efficiencies with relatively low temperatures, employing only one set of fluids. The concept consists of two loops coupled in a configuration aimed at minimizing the loss of thermodynamic availability incurred when transferring refrigerant between the loops. The working fluid pair is a solution of lithium bromide-water. The calculated COPs are of the order of 1.8. The cycle relies on an elaborate evaporator-absorber combination. The paper presents the conceptual design, the critical assumptions, and the performance calculations for the concept.     

Continuous formation of slurry ice by cooling water–oil emulsion in a tube

Water-silicone oil emulsion with an additive, (C₂H₅O)₃SiC₃H₆NH₂, was examined as a heat storage material. A spiral tube used as a heat exchanger was immersed in a low temperature bath and the emulsion was circulated in the tube to make ice continuously. Ice was separated from the ice–liquid suspension in an outlet tank. The amount of formed ice, the temperatures of the inlet and the outlet of the heat exchanger, and the temperatures in the tube wall were measured and the overall heat transfer coefficient and the heat flux through the tube were calculated. Experiments were carried out, varying the flow rate, the temperature of cooling brine, and the thickness of tube wall. The condition under which slurry ice was formed continuously without adhesion of ice to the cooling wall was clarified. Though decrease in the thermal resistance of the tube increased the rate of ice formation or raised the brine temperature, it narrowed the range of the flow rate and of the brine temperature in which slurry ice was formed continuously.     

污垢对冷水机组的影响

通过对两个工程实例的冷水机组测试结果对比分析，得出污垢对冷水机组造成了热阻增加，接热效果变差，制冷量减少以及制冷效率下降等严重后果，并推算出机组由此所带来的运行费用的增加。运行管理人员应该注意对机组加强清洗保养工作，以提高机组的经济运行水平。     

Calculation methods for comparing the performance of pure and mixed working fluids in heat pump applications

Three methods for comparing cycle performance of working fluids, pure as well as non-azeotropic mixtures, are investigated for two applications and for two mixture pairs, HCFC22-CFC114 and HCFC22-HCFC142b, and their pure components. The methods differ in the way of calculating the heat exchange processes. They assume, respectively, equal minimum approach temperatures, equal mean temperature differences and equal heat transfer areas. Changes of coefficient of performance (COP) with composition are explained for all methods. It is shown that transport properties must be taken into account when making rigorous comparisons between working fluids. To predict the relations between fluids with high accuracy, one must use the method with equal heat transfer areas. By the method with equal mean temperature differences, the COP can be estimated with the same accuracy for mixtures as for pure fluids, and can be used for rough estimations of the COP level with different fluids. The method of equal minimum approach temperatures should be avoided for non-azeotropic mixtures.     

双参数Bézier曲线的升二次扩展

本文以二次Bernstein基函数为例,首次提出了含双参数基函数的新扩展——αβQ—Bern-stein基函数,此类基函数具有新的特点,即基函数的扩展次数一次性升高两次,且包含了二次多项式和带一个参数的三次多项式基函数的所有性质。基于这组基函数定义了αβQ—Bézier曲线,该曲线也含有参数,具有形状可调性,当α与β取某些值时曲线能达到C4连续或在某个端点处C0连续。最后与含两个参数的升一次Bézier曲线进行比较,该曲线具有调节范围广、灵活性更强的优势。     

自适应布谷鸟搜索算法

为了使布谷鸟搜索算法(Cuckoo Search,CS)在保持强大的全局搜索能力的同时,尽可能地提高局部搜索能力,在深入分析CS算法机理的基础上,将CS算法中影响布谷鸟搜索路径步长的参数β和布谷鸟蛋被发现(淘汰)的概率p_a由固定值改为随搜索过程自适应变化的动态参数,将越界的鸟窝折返回边界内、在当前代最优鸟窝附近的区域随机建立1个新的鸟窝、而非折返回边界上重新建立鸟窝,以提高算法的局部搜索能力和收敛速度。改进后的CS算法称为自适应布谷鸟搜索算法(Adaptive Cuckoo Search,ACS)。通过8个标准测试函数分别测试了CS算法和ACS算法的性能,结果表明,无论是简单的单峰函数还是复杂的多峰函数,无论是小型的低维函数还是大型的高维函数,ACS算法的寻优性能均超过CS算法。     

三次Bézier曲线的α扩展

利用一个对称的调配函数,结合NURBS曲线中权的思想,在曲线控制顶点处引进调配参数,将三次Bézier曲线进行扩展,得到的新曲线比原来的曲线有更强的描述能力,并且包含了原曲线形式。讨论了扩展曲线的基表示及曲线的性质,调配参数可以用来控制曲线的局部形状,特别适用于自由曲线曲面的设计,在CAD/CAM中具有很好的应用前景。     

带有给定切线多边形的G2连续Bézier闭曲线

描述了一种与给定多边形相切的五次Bézier曲线的算法。在算法中,所有的五次Bézier曲线的控制点可以通过对多边形的顶点简单计算产生。所构造的曲线对多边形具有保形性,曲线可以局部修改,最后给出了一个算例。     

具有分布时滞的Liénard型方程周期解的存在性

考察了具有分布时滞的Liénard型方程,利用重合度理论研究其周期解问题,得到了该方程周期解存在的充分条件,结论丰富了现有文献的结果．     

带有Lévy Flight机制的引力搜索算法

引力搜索算法（gravitational search algorithm,GSA）是模拟万有引力定律进行搜索的一种新颖的优化算法,已有研究表明GSA算法相比一些传统的优化算法拥有较好的收敛性能,但其缺乏有效的全局寻优机制,易于被局部极值吸引,从而陷入早熟收敛。因此提出了一种基于Lévy Flight和权值惯性递减的引力搜索算法QmuGSA,以加强算法的全局寻优能力。该算法通过Lévy Flight独特的不均匀随机游走的机制扩大粒子的搜索范围,增加种群多样性,从而更容易跳出局部最优点。通过4个标准测试函数对所提算法进行了仿真测试,结果表明所提算法能够有效克服基本引力搜索算法易早熟、收敛精度低等缺陷,具有较好的寻优精度和全局收敛性能,能够解决一些复杂函数的优化问题。