In this master thesis an input-model of a Nordic BWR power plant has been developed in APROS. The plant model contains key systems and major thermohydraulic components of the steam cycle, including I&C systems (i.e. power, pressure, level and flow controls). The plant model is primarily designed for balance of plant studies at discrete power levels. The input-model of the power plant focuses especially on the steam cycle which is crucial for analysing water and steam behaviour and its influence on the reactor power. At the current stage, the model primarily handles steady-state conditions of full-power operation, which has been the design point. It has also been shown that reduced-power operation can be simulated with a reasonable trendline of pressure and temperature progression over facility components. / Inom ramen för examensarbete har en indatafil (modell) av en nordisk kokvattenreaktor, BWR, utvecklats i simuleringsverktyget APROS. Anläggningsmodellen är främst utformad för att simulera diskreta effektnivåer och innehåller viktiga system och termohydrauliska komponenter som ingår i ångcykeln, inklusive instrumenterings- och kontrollutrustning (dvs. effekt-, tryck-, nivå- och flödesreglering). Fokus har lagts särskilt på att få till en bra representation av ångcykeln, vilket är avgörande för analys av vatten- och ångbeteendet och dess påverkan på reaktoreffekten. Modellen kan främst användas för simulering av jämviktstillstånd vid full effektdrift och till en viss grad även reducerad effektdrift.

No description available.

No description available.

No description available.

Growing environmental concerns are causing a large transformation within the energy industry. Within the gas turbine industry, there is a large drive to develop improved modern dry-low emission combustion systems. The aim is to enable gas turbines to run on green fuels like hydrogen, while still keeping emission as NOx down. To design these systems, a thorough understanding of the aerothermal and kinetic processes within the combustion system of a gas turbine is essential. The goal of the thesis was to develop a one-dimensional general network model of the combustion system of Siemens Energy SGT-700, which accurately could predict pressure losses, mass flows, key temperatures, and emissions. Three models were evaluated and a code that emulated some aspects of the control system was developed. The models and the code were evaluated and compared to each other and to test data from earlier test campaigns performed on SGT-700 and SGT-600. Simulations were also carried out with hydrogen as the fuel.  In the end, a model of the SGT-700 combustion chamber was developed and delivered to Siemens Energy. The model had been verified against test data and predictions made by other Siemens Energy thermodynamic calculation software, for a range of load conditions. The preforms of the model, when hydrogen was introduced into the fuel mixture, were also tested and compared to test data / En växande medvetenhet kring klimatfrågan, har medfört stora förändringar i energibranschen. I och med detta behöver även gasturbinindustrin förbättra de nuvarande dry-low emissions systemen och göra det möjligt för gasturbiner att förbränna gröna bränslen som väte. Samtidigt måste också utsläppen av NOx hållas nere. För att kunna utforma dessa system behövs en fullständig förståelse för de aerotermiska och kinetiska processerna i en gasturbins förbränningskammare. Målet med detta examensarbete var att utveckla en endimensionell generell nätverksmodell för förbränningssystemet i Siemens Energys SGT-700. Modellen skulle noggrant kunna förutsäga tryckförluster, massflöden, viktiga temperaturer samt utsläpp. Tre modeller utvärderades och en kod som emulerade vissa aspekter av styrsystemet utvecklades också. Modellerna och koden utvärderades och jämfördes mot varandra och även mot testdata från tidigare testserier som utfördes på SGT-700 och SGT-600. Simuleringar utfördes också med väte som bränsle. Slutligen levererades en modell av SGT-700 förbränningskammaren till Siemens Energy. Modellen har verifierats för en rad olika lastfall, mot testdata och data som genererats av andra termodynamisk beräkningsprogram som utvecklats av Siemens Energy. Hur modellen uppförde sig när väte var introducerat in i olika lastfall jämfördes också mot testdata

Für die Simulation technischer Bauteile mit Hilfe der Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM) werden tensorielle Stoffgesetze benötigt, die zu einem beliebigen dreidimensionalen Verzerrungszustand und gegebenenfalls der Belastungsvorgeschichte und -geschwindigkeit des Materials die zugehörige Spannungsantwort liefern. Die Entwicklung derart komplexer Materialmodelle verläuft oftmals über Zwischenstufen, die zunächst nur Vorhersagen für den einachsigen Zug-/Druckversuch erlauben. Zur automatischen Verallgemeinerung solcher eindimensionaler Materialbeschreibungen zu vollständig dreidimensionalen Stoffgesetzen für die Finite-Elemente-Methode wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit das Konzept repräsentativer Raumrichtungen vorgeschlagen, welches auf der Integration einachsiger Spannungszustände über eine diskrete Anzahl gleichmäßig verteilter (repräsentativer) Raumrichtungen basiert. Zur Untersuchung der grundlegenden Eigenschaften des Algorithmus wurden verschiedene inelastische tensorielle Beispielstoffgesetze herangezogen, deren eindimensionale Formulierung als Eingangsmodell für die repräsentativen Raumrichtungen dient. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass die wesentlichen Materialeigenschaften des jeweiligen uniaxialen Eingangsmodells bei der Verallgemeinerung vollständig erhalten bleiben. Weiterhin werden einige wichtige Effekte vom Konzept automatisch generiert, wie z. B. die anisotrope Entfestigung technischer Gummiwerkstoffe oder die formative Verfestigung metallischer Werkstoffe, was eine realitätsnahe Simulation dieser Materialklassen ohne zusätzlichen Arbeitsaufwand erlaubt. Das Konzept wurde zusätzlich auf Stoffgesetze angewendet, die ausschließlich in Form einer eindimensionalen Materialbeschreibung vorliegen und somit konkrete Anwendungsfällle darstellen. Darüber hinaus wurden für einige ausgewählte Stoffgesetze in repräsentativen Raumrichtungen Vergleiche mit Ergebnissen aus experimentellen Versuchen vorgenommen, wobei sich stets eine gute Übereinstimmung zwischen Experiment und Simulation ergibt. Das Konzept repräsentativer Raumrichtungen wurde in die zwei kommerziellen Finite-Elemente-Programme MSC.Marc und ABAQUS implementiert. Hiermit können Simulationen inhomogener Verzerrungs- und Spannungsverteilungen durchgeführt werden, obwohl das zugrunde liegende Stoffgesetz lediglich einachsige Spannungszustände beschreibt. In diesem Zusammenhang werden verschiedene Methoden vorgestellt, mit deren Hilfe die Effizienz einer FEM-Simulation erheblich gesteigert werden kann. Dies betrifft zum einen die Generierung einer gleichmäßigen Verteilung von repräsentativen Raumrichtungen mit Hilfe eines numerischen Algorithmus zur Simulation sich abstoßender elektrischer Punktladungen auf der Kugeloberfläche. Zum anderen besteht die Möglichkeit, die einzelnen Sätze von repräsentativen Raumrichungen in den Gaußpunkten eines finiten Elementes unterschiedlich zueinander auszurichten, was bei gleichbleibendem Rechenaufwand eine beträchtliche Erhöhung der Rechengenauigkeit erlaubt. / The simulation of technical components using the finite element method (FEM) requires tensorial constitutive models which describe the complete relation between a given three-dimensional state of strain (in some cases also the loading history and strain rate) and the corresponding state of stress. The development of such complex material models often leads to an intermediate stage that enables the prediction of uniaxial tension and compression only. The automatic generalization of those one-dimensional material descriptions to complete three-dimensional constitutive models for the finite element method can be accomplished by using the concept of representative directions which is based on the integration of uniaxial stresses over a discrete number of uniformly distributed (representative) directions in space. In order to investigate the fundamental characteristics of the algorithm several inelastic tensorial constitutive models were used, whose one-dimensional formulation serves as the input model for the use within the representative directions. In this context it becomes evident that the essential material properties of the respective uniaxial input model are completely preserved during the process of generalization. Furthermore, some important effects are produced automatically by the concept such as the anisotropic stress softening of technical rubber materials or the distortional hardening of metallic materials, which enables a realistic simulation of those material classes without spending additional effort. The concept was also applied to material models that are available in form of a one-dimensional material description only, so that these can be regarded as concrete applications. In addition, some of the material models in representative directions were compared to experimental data, whereas a good agreement between measurement and simulation can be noticed. The concept of representative directions has been implemented into the commercial finite element programs MSC.Marc and ABAQUS. This enables simulations of inhomogeneous strain and stress distributions even though the underlying material model describes uniaxial loading processes only. In this context, several methods are introduced which can be applied to increase the efficiency of a finite element simulation to a great extent. On the one hand this affects the generation of a uniform distribution of representative directions using a numerical algorithm simulating the repulsion of electric charges on the surface of a sphere. On the other hand, it is possible to adjust the sets of representative directions at the integration points of a finite element differently, which leads to an increasing computational accuracy at constant computational effort.

The general topic of the thesis is the history of the Ordinary Language Philosophy. To be more precise, it deals with the critical arguments, which were raised against is. The thesis offers a short historical and sociological review of the Ordinary Language Philosophy. Critical analysis shows two things: 1) the main reason for the rejection was a different understanding of meaning (and consequences of such a understanding); 2) critics begged the question and already assumed the justification of these rejections in their arguments. The area of this criticism was: the paradigm case argument, the empirical nature of the statements of meaning produced by the Ordinary Language Philosophy, the structural elements of meaning and the political implications of the theory of meaning. The thesis criticizes the Ordinary Language Philosophy in those parts (and in such interpretations), where its understanding of meaning does not differ from the understanding of the critics and where they share common assumptions. On the other hand, the thesis argues for an interpretation, which avoids classical understanding of meaning in all its consequences. Finally, the thesis asks how the Ordinary Language Philosophy can be useful for contemporary debates.

Le rôle du désordre sur les phases onde de densité de spin induites par le champ magnétique (ODSIC) a été étudié sur un monocristal de (TMTSF)2ClO4. Les propriétés à basse température de ce conducteur organique quasi-unidimensionnel dépendent de la vitesse de refroidissement au passage de la transition de mise en ordre des anions qu'il subit à 24 kelvins. Nous avons utilisé cet effet de cinétique pour contrôler le taux de désordre dans l'échantillon. Nos investigations ont été effectuées à l'aide de mesures calorimétriques: d'une part, des mesures simultanées de la chaleur spécifique et de l'effet magnétocalorique en champ variable, et d'autre part, des mesures de la chaleur spécifique en champ fixe. Nous avons mis en évidence un nouveau comportement multicritique en un point de la ligne de transition du second ordre, qui sépare la phase métallique et les sous-phases ODSIC. La criticité de ce point passe de "tétracritique" à bicritique lorsque le désordre augmente. Le point "tétracritique" peut être interprété comme le résultat de la superposition de deux sous phases-ODSIC adjacentes. Nous rapportons aussi un effet de dépairage de paires électron-trou induit par le désordre non magnétique Ce dépairage diffère du comportement universel. De plus l'écart par rapport à ce dernier dépend du champ magnétique. Enfin il n'est pas monotone en fonction du champ. Par ailleurs, les mesures que nous avons effectuées montrent que la mise en ordre des anions n'influence pas directement les réentrances partielles de l'état métallique dans les sous-phases ODSIC entre 3 et 7 teslas. Ceci permet de penser que, dans ce domaine de champs magnétiques, la bande interdite ouverte dans le spectre d'énergie du fait de la mise en ordre des anions ne serait pas directement responsable des réentrances.

In-situ vapor extraction is performed by applying a pressure differential across a hydrophobic porous membrane that forms a wall of the channel as a means of reducing the local quality of flow boiling within the channel. As the local quality is reduced, the heat transfer capability can be improve while large pressure drops and flow instability can be mitigated. The present study investigates the potential of vapor extraction, by examining the characteristics and mechanisms of extraction. The physics based models for transition among extraction regimes are developed which can be used as a basis for a regime-based vapor extraction rate model. The effects of vapor extraction on flow boiling in a microscale fractal-like branching network and diverging channels are studied by using a one-dimensional numerical model based on conservation of mass and energy, along with heat transfer and pressure drop correlations. The results show the improvement in reduced pressure drop and enhanced flow stability, and show the potential of heat transfer enhancement. / Graduation date: 2013 / Access restricted to the OSU Community at author's request from March 25, 2013 - March 25, 2014

Canada has the second largest proven oil reserves next to Saudi Arabia which is mostly located in Alberta and Saskatchewan but is unconventional heavy oil and bitumen. The tar sands are found at the surface and are mined, yet 80% of the 173 billion barrels of heavy oil and bitumen exist in-situ according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Two factors inhibit the economic extraction and processing of Canadian heavy oil; its enormous viscosity ranging from 1000 to over 1 million mPa.s and the asphaltene content (high molecular weight molecules containing heavy metals and sulphur). Heavy oil and bitumen were only included in the reserves estimates through the efforts of Canadian enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research. Viscosity reduction is the one common element of in-situ methods of heavy oil recovery with the exception of cold production. Currently, steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) are being used commercially in the field where the oil’s viscosity is reduced by injecting steam. Thermal methods are energy intensive requiring vast volumes of water such that any improvement would be beneficial. Solvent extraction is one alternative requiring no water, the solvent is recoverable and reusable, and depending on the mode of operation the heavy oil is upgraded in-situ. Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) and enhanced solvent extraction (N-SolvTM) are two such methods. VAPEX and N-Solv reduce the bitumen’s viscosity via mass transfer and a combination of mass and heat transfer, respectively. A light hydrocarbon solvent (instead of steam) is injected into an upper horizontal well where the solvent mixes with the heavy oil, reduces its viscosity and allows the oil to drain under gravity to a bottom production well. The idea of using solvents for heavy oil extraction has been around since the 1970s and both VAPEX and N-Solv are patented processes. However, there is still much to be learned about how these processes physically work. Research to date has focused on varying system parameters (including model dimensions, permeability, heavy oil viscosity, solvent type and injection rate, etc.) to observe the effect on oil production from laboratory scale models. Based on an early mass balance model by Butler and Mokrys (1989) and an improvement by Das (1995), molecular diffusion alone cannot account for the produced oil rates observed from laboratory models. Until recently, very little progress had been made towards qualifying and quantifying the mass transfer mechanisms with the exception of the diffusivity of light hydrocarbons in heavy oil. Mass transfer can only be by diffusion and convection. Differentiating and quantifying the contribution of each is complex due to the nature and viscosity of the oil. The goal of this thesis is to investigate the mass transfer mechanisms during the solvent recovery of heavy oil. Quantifying the diffusion of light hydrocarbon solvents has been an active topic of research with limited success since the mid 1990’s. The experimental approach presented here focused on capturing the rate of solvent mass transfer into the bitumen by measuring the bitumen swelling and the butane uptake independently. Unlike early pressure decay methods, the pressure is held constant to not violate the assumed equilibrium solvent concentration at the interfacial boundary condition. The high solubility of solvent in heavy oil complicates the physical modeling because simplifying assumptions of a constant diffusion coefficient, constant density and a quiescent liquid should not be used. The model was developed from first principles to predict the bitumen swelling. The form of the concentration dependent diffusivity was assumed and the diffusivity coefficients initially guessed. The swelling (moving boundary) was fixed by defining a new dimensionless space coordinate and the set of partial differential equations solved using the method of lines. Using the non-linear regression (lsqnonlin) function in MATLAB®, optimising for the difference in predicted and experimentally found bitumen heights and independently validating the result using the solvent uptake, the diffusivity of butane in heavy oil (at 25oC) was found to be Dsb = 4.78 x 10-6ωs + 4.91 x 10-6 cm2/s where ωs is the solvent mass fraction. Diffusion alone has proven inadequate in predicting oil recovery rates from laboratory scale models. It is logical to assume that convective mass transfer plays a role at mixing the solvent and bitumen while draining via gravity through the reservoir porous matrix. Solvent extraction experiments were conducted in etched glass micromodels to observe the pore scale phenomena. The pore scale mechanisms were found to differ depending on how the solvent extraction was operated, with non-condensing (VAPEX) or condensing (N-SolvTM) solvent. Observations show increased convective mixing and an increased rate of interface advancement when the solvent condenses on the bitumen surface. Evidence of trapped butane vapour being mobilised with the draining live oil and a technique of observing solvent extraction using UV light confirm that the draining live oil is on average one pore deep. While the interface appears from a distance to be uniform, at the pore scale it is not. Live oil can drain from one to two pores via capillary displacement mechanisms in one section of the interface and via film flow only in another area (James and Chatzis 2004; James et al. 2008). This work also shows the detrimental impact of having a non-condensable gas present during solvent extraction (James and Chatzis 2008). In summary, this work emphasises the mass transfer and drainage displacement mechanisms of non-condensing (VAPEX) and condensing (N-Solv) solvent extraction methods of heavy oil recovery.