Microencapsulated phase change material suspensions have many potential applications in the fields of energy storage, air-conditioning and exchanger, etc. In this paper, stable microencapsulated phase change material suspensions are prepared with the water–propanol mixture as the base fluid and the addition of...
A novel supercritical compressed air energy storage (SC-CAES) system is proposed by our team to solve the problems of conventional CAES. The system eliminates the dependence on fossil fuel and large gas storage cavern, as well as possesses the advantages of high efficiency by employing the special properties of...
A novel integral method is proposed to quickly assess the effectiveness on stability improvement with end-wall casing treatments. With this low-cost method, efficacies for various casing treatment configurations can be evaluated instead of calculating the entire performance curves, which can be used in place of...
With the considerations of the complex kinetic mechanisms of the methanol steam reforming using Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst, in this paper a multiphysics coupling model that integrates the mass, momentum and energy conservation governing equations is proposed to investigate the thermophysical performances of the mid-...
The flow boiling characteristics were experimentally studied in smooth horizontal tube for pure R245fa and one of its mixtures, R134a/R245fa with 0.82/0.18 in mass fraction, which was regarded as a promising working fluid for Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The flow boiling heat transfer coefficient and pressure d...
This article presents an experimental investigation of the heat transfer characteristics as well as energy and exergy performance for a pressurized volumetric solar receiver under variable mass flow rate conditions. During a two-hour period of continuous operation in the morning, the solar irradiance is relativ...
The thermodynamic performance of a proposed split-type vapor compression refrigerator (SVCR) for heat hazard control in a deep mine was numerically analyzed. The thermodynamic characteristics of the suction process of the proposed system were also simulated and analyzed. In the suction direction, the pressure, ...
Calcium looping process (CLP) is one kind of carbonaceous material gasification process applied in the H2 rich syngas production and CO2 separation. In this research, a transport reactor with efficient heat and mass transfer and better gas and solid mixing was applied as the gasifier to produce H2 rich syngas w...
Two solar-biomass hybrid combined cycle power generation systems are proposed in this work. The first system employs the thermochemical hybrid routine, in which the biomass gasification is driven by the concentrated solar energy, and the gasified syngas as a solar fuel is utilized in a combined cycle for genera...
The solar receiver/reactor is a key component that influences the conversion efficiency in the solar thermochemical process. A thermochemical solar reactor/receiver consisting of a porous Cu / ZnO / Al2O3 catalyst bed is studied in this paper. A three-dimensional thermochemical coupling model that incorporates ...