The dissertation investigates typical operation modes of the heat storage tank in the small-scale cogeneration (CHP) plant, analyses formation of thermal stratifi-cation in such storage tank and presents the simulation of the stratification. The main aim of the dissertation is to investigate peculiarities of operation modes of heat storage tank in small-scale CHP plant, develop an algorithm allowing to choose the storage tank volume and present a model allowing determination of thermal stratification in the storage tank at any time of its operation. / Disertacijoje nagrinėjami būdingi šilumos akumuliacinės talpos veikimo režimai, susiformuojantys nedidelės galios kogeneracinėje jėgainėje, tiriamas šiluminės stratifikacijos susidarymas tokioje talpoje ir atliekamas jos modeliavimas. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas – ištirti nedidelės galios kogeneracinės jėgainės šilumos akumuliacinės talpos veikimo režimų ypatumus, sudaryti algoritmą, padedantį parinkti tokios talpos tūrį ir pateikti modelį, leidžiantį nustatyti šiluminę stratifikaciją akumuliacinėje talpoje bet kuriuo jos veikimo metu.

The thermal efficiency of gas turbines increases with the temperature of the gas entering its turbine component. To enable high inlet temperatures, even those that far exceed the melting point of the turbine materials, the turbine must be cooled. One way is by internal cooling, where cooler air passes through U-ducts embedded inside turbine vanes and blades. Since the flow and heat transfer in these ducts are highly complicated, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on RANS have been used extensively to explore and assess design concepts. However, RANS have been found to be unreliable – giving accurate results for some designs but not for others. In this study, large-eddy simulations (LES) were performed for a U-duct with a trapezoidal cross section to assess four widely used RANS turbulence models: realizable k-ε (k-ε), shear-stress transport (SST), Reynolds stress model with linear pressure strain (RSM-LPS), and the seven-equation stress-omega full Reynolds stress model (RSM).<div><br></div><div>When examining the capability of steady RANS, two versions of the U-duct were examined, one with a staggered array of pin fins and one without pin fins. Results obtained for the heat-transfer coefficient (HTC) were compared with experimental measurements. The maximum relative error in the predicted “averaged” HTC was found to be 50% for k-ε and RSM-LPS, 20% for SST, and 30% for RSM-τω when there are no pin fins and 25% for k-ε, 12% for the SST and RSM-τω when there are pin fins. When there are no pin fins, all RANS models predicted a large separated flow region downstream of the turn, which the experiment does show to exist. Thus, all models predicted local distributions poorly. When there were pin fins, they behaved like guide vanes in turning the flow and confined the separation around the turn. For this configuration, all RANS models predicted reasonably well.<br></div><div><br></div><div>To understand why RANS cannot predict the HTC in the U-duct after the turn when there are no pin fins, LES were performed. To ensure that the LES is benchmark quality, verification and validation were performed via LES of a straight duct with square cross section where data from experiments and direct numerical simulation (DNS) are available. To ensure correct inflow boundary condition is provided for the U-duct, a concurrent LES is performed of a straight duct with the same trapezoidal cross section and flow conditions as the U-duct. Results obtained for the U-duct show RANS models to be inadequate in predicting the separation due to their inability to predict the unsteady separation about the tip of the turn. To investigate the limitations of the RANS models, LES results were generated for the turbulent kinetic energy, Reynolds-stresses, pressure-strain rate, turbulent diffusion, pressure diffusion, turbulent transport, and velocity-temperature correlations with focus on understanding their behavior induced by the turn region of the U-duct. As expected, the Boussinesq assumption was found to be incorrect, which led to incorrect predictions of Reynolds stresses. For RSM-τω, the modeling of the pressure-strain rate was found to match LES data well, but huge error was found on modeling the turbulent diffusion. This huge error indicates that the two terms in the turbulent diffusion – pressure diffusion and turbulent transport – should be modeled separately. Since the turbulent transport was found to be ignorable, the focus should be on modeling the pressure diffusion. On the velocity-temperature correlations, the existing eddy-diffusivity model was found to be over simplified if there is unsteady separation with shedding. The generated LES data could be used to provide the guidance for a better model.<br></div>

<div>Metallic components and metal-dielectric interfaces appear widely in modern electronics and the thermal management is an important issue. A very important feature that has been overlooked in the conventional Fourier's equations analyses is the nonequilibrium thermal transport induced by selective electron-phonon (e-p) coupling and phonon-phonon (p-p) coupling. It signicantly affects many processes such as laser heating and ignoring this phenomenon can lead to wrong or misleading predictions. On the other hand, as devices shrink into nano-scale, heat generation and dissipation at the interfaces between different components start to dominate the thermal process and present a challenge for thermal mitigations. Many unresolved issues also arise from interfaces, such as the unexpected high interfacial thermal conductance (ITC) at metal-diamond interfaces. Both of these require a deep understanding of the physics at interfaces.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Therefore in this work, I present multi-scale simulations in metals/dielectrics and interfaces based on two-temperature model (TTM) and establish the new multitemperature model (MTM). The methods are combined with Fourier's Law, molecular dynamics (MD), Boltzmann transport equations (BTE) and implemented to predict the thermal transport in several materials and interfaces where e-p coupling and p-p coupling are important. First-principles studies based on density functional theory (DFT) are also presented as predictive approaches to acquire the properties, as well as investigating the new physical phenomenon of non-local e-p coupling in metals. This research seeks to provide general, sophisticated but also simple simulation approaches which can help people accurately predict the thermal transport process. It also seeks to explore new physics which cannot be captured and predicted by conventional analyses based on Fourier's Law and can advance our understanding as well as providing new insights in the current thermal analysis paradigm.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>The rst part of this thesis focuses on the non-equilibrium thermal transport in metals and across metal-dielectric interfaces based on TTM. First of all, nonequilibrium thermal transport in metal matrix composites (MMC) is investigated. Metal particle is usually added to polymer matrix for enhanced thermal performance. Here we apply TTM calculations and manifest a \critical particle size" above which the thermal conductivity of the composite material can be enhanced. MD simulations are performed to predict the thermal properties. TTM-Fourier and TTM-BTE calculations are conducted as comparisons. The widely used Au-SAM (self-assemblymonolayers) material pair is chosen to demonstrate our models. For a 1-D SAMAu-SAM sandwich system, the two calculation approaches present almost identical results, and the critical particle size is 10.7 nm. A general interpretation of thermal transport in sandwiched metal thin lms between two dielectric materials is also presented. It is found that when the lm thickness is on the order of several nanometers, due to strong e-p non-equilibrium the thermal transport is dominated by phonons</div><div>and electrons hardly contribute.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Then the e-p non-equilibrium thermal transport across metal-dielectric interfaces is investigated using TTM-MD. One possible explanation to the unexpected ITC at metal-diamond interfaces is the cross-interface e-p coupling mechanism, which is based on the hypothesis that electrons can couple to phonons within a certain distance rather than just those at the same location. Therefore we extend TTM-MD by modifying its governing equation to a non-local integral form. Two models are proposed to describe the coupling distance: the \joint-phonon-modes" model and the \phonon-wavelength" model. A case study of thermal transport across Cu-Si interfaces is presented, and both models predict similar coupling distances of 0.5 nm in Cu and 1.4 nm in Si near the interfaces. The cross-interface e-p coupling can increase the ITC by 20% based on our models. Based on the results, we construct a new mixed series-parallel thermal circuit. It is shown that such a thermal circuit is essential for understanding metal-nonmetal interfacial transport, while calculating a single resistance without solving temperature proles as done in most previous studies is generally incomplete.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Inspired by the previous work, we investigate further into the physics of nonlocal e-p coupling. First-principles calculations based on DFT is used due to their predictive feature without assumptions or adjustable parameters. By calculating the e-p coupling in metal lms of different sizes, we nd that e-p coupling has size effect which can only be explained by a non-local coupling picture. Results show that in Al, electrons and phonons can couple to each other in a range of up to 2 lattice-constants, or 0.8 nm. The coupling strength between electrons and phonons in adjacent atomic layers still has 75% of that in the same layer. Comparative studies are also performed on Cu and Ag. Results show that their non-local e-p coupling is not as signicant as in Al, with coupling distances of 0.37 nm for Cu and 0.49 nm for Ag. Similar results in Cu and Ag also indicate that materials with similar electronic structures have similar non-local e-p coupling properties.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>In TTM, it is assumed that phonons are in thermal equilibrium and have a common temperature. In the second part of this thesis we go beyond TTM to investigate the non-equilibrium between phonons as well. TTM is extended to a general MTM with e-p coupling strength for each phonon branch. An averaged scattering lattice reservoir is dened to represent p-p scattering. The thermal transport process in single-layer graphene under constant and pulse laser irradiation is investigated. Results show that the phonon branches are in strong non-equilibrium. A comparison with TTM reveals that MTM can increase the thermal conductivity prediction by 50% and the hot electron relaxation time by 60 times. We also perform MTM simulations on Si-Ge interfaces to investigate the effect of non-equilibrium thermal transport on ITC. Results show that thermal non-equilibrium between phonons will introduce additional resistance at the interfaces, which is similar with e-p non-equilibrium's impact on ITC at metal-dielectric interfaces.</div></div>

<p>A 6082 aluminium alloy has been characterized with regard to the influence of surface roughness on fatigue strength.</p><p>Fatigue life testing of smooth specimens was used to establish reference curves for the material in extruded and forged T6 condition. The extruded material was found to have better fatigue strength than the forged material, although the cyclic stress-strain response was similar for both. The forged material was tested in T5, T6 and T7 tempers, showing no significant difference in fatigue strength.</p><p>Surface roughness was created by circumferential grinding of cylindrical test specimens, and the surface topography was measured using a white light interferometry microscope. The measurements proved to be accurate, although errors were observed for certain surface features. Residual stresses were quantified by X-ray diffraction. Compressive residual stresses of around 150 MPa were found in both rough and smooth specimens. Load cycling did not significantly alter the surface residual stresses.</p><p>Stress solutions ahead of all major surface grooves were found using a linear elastic material model. Estimates of cyclic stresses and strains were calculated in the notch roots using different Neuber corrections of the linear solution. The results were compared to finite element analysis employing a bilinear kinematic hardening model. A generalized version of the Neuber correction was found to be within 20% of the nonlinear finite element results.</p><p>Several empirical models for the notch sensitivity factor were investigated. These were found to be unable to describe the notch influence on fatigue life and initiation life. In order to follow this approach, it was recommended that different test specimens should be used where the short fatigue crack growth could be monitored.</p><p>It was shown that microstructural fracture mechanics theories could be used to estimate the fatigue limit of rough surfaces. In some cases, initiation from material defects or weaknesses would override the influence of surface geometry. In one specimen, the initiation appeared to have started as at a de-bonded grain, while in other cases, initiation was thought to have started at larger second phase particles embedded in notch roots. Further work in this area should focus on statistical descriptions of surface roughness, inherent material defects, and their interaction.</p>

A 6082 aluminium alloy has been characterized with regard to the influence of surface roughness on fatigue strength. Fatigue life testing of smooth specimens was used to establish reference curves for the material in extruded and forged T6 condition. The extruded material was found to have better fatigue strength than the forged material, although the cyclic stress-strain response was similar for both. The forged material was tested in T5, T6 and T7 tempers, showing no significant difference in fatigue strength. Surface roughness was created by circumferential grinding of cylindrical test specimens, and the surface topography was measured using a white light interferometry microscope. The measurements proved to be accurate, although errors were observed for certain surface features. Residual stresses were quantified by X-ray diffraction. Compressive residual stresses of around 150 MPa were found in both rough and smooth specimens. Load cycling did not significantly alter the surface residual stresses. Stress solutions ahead of all major surface grooves were found using a linear elastic material model. Estimates of cyclic stresses and strains were calculated in the notch roots using different Neuber corrections of the linear solution. The results were compared to finite element analysis employing a bilinear kinematic hardening model. A generalized version of the Neuber correction was found to be within 20% of the nonlinear finite element results. Several empirical models for the notch sensitivity factor were investigated. These were found to be unable to describe the notch influence on fatigue life and initiation life. In order to follow this approach, it was recommended that different test specimens should be used where the short fatigue crack growth could be monitored. It was shown that microstructural fracture mechanics theories could be used to estimate the fatigue limit of rough surfaces. In some cases, initiation from material defects or weaknesses would override the influence of surface geometry. In one specimen, the initiation appeared to have started as at a de-bonded grain, while in other cases, initiation was thought to have started at larger second phase particles embedded in notch roots. Further work in this area should focus on statistical descriptions of surface roughness, inherent material defects, and their interaction.

Enormous quantities of heat are available in air, soil, water, exhaust air from buildings, and in waste water of any kind. However these heat sources are use-less for heating purposes since their temperatures are lower than the tempera-ture required for heating. Heat pumps can be used to extract heat from these sources with a small expenditure of additional energy and up-grade and deliver the energy as useful heat for room heating. The heat pump cycle employs the well-known vapour compression cycle. The amount of heat delivered by a heat pump is equal to the amount of energy extracted from the heat source plus the heat equivalent to the compression work of the heat pump. Heat pumps, of course, are being generally accepted as outstanding energy saving units due their coefficient of performance (COP). Heat pumps for house heating have been used extensively in many countries and are especially common in Sweden. The annual growth rate of heat pump usage in Sweden is the same as in rest of Europe. According to the Swedish heat pump association, between 1986 to August 2003, the number of installed heat pump units in Sweden was 332,309. The demand for heat pumps started to increase from the year 1995 and in the year 2002, approximately 40,000 heat pump units were installed. Among the many types available, single-family heat pumps providing heating capacity of about 5 kW are widely popular. The main drawbacks of heat pumps are the complexity of the systems, high cost, need of technical knowledge, safety hazards and environmental effects of certain refrigerants, etc. An efficient heat pump with small refrigerant charge would have less of some of these drawbacks and could be a competitive alterna-tive to other heating processes. In this study, methods of refrigerant charge minimisation without reducing the performance of a small capacity (5 kW) heat pump have been investigated. Work has been focused on finding refrigerant charge distribution in different components of the heat pump, on finding out the solubility of refrigerant (pro-pane) with different compressor lubrications oils, on testing different types of compact heat exchangers, on constructing new minichannel heat exchangers and on finding correlations for calculating the heat transfer of minichannel heat exchangers. The results included in this thesis have been presented in four con-ference papers and five journal papers of which two were published and three were submitted for publication. / QC 20100707

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjamos pastatų energijos vartojimo efektyvumo problemos. Ieškoma būdų, kaip galima būtų dar projektavimo arba renovacijos stadijoje sukurti energetiškai efektyvų pastatą naudojant naujoviškus metodus. Darbe atlikta literatūros, susijusios su kompiuteriniu energetiniu modeliavimu, analizė, atliktas kelių populiariausių energetinio modeliavimo programų palyginimas ir tolesniems skaičiavimams pasirinkta geriausia dinaminio modeliavimo programa – EnergyPlus. Buvo užsibrėžtas tikslas ištirti šios panaudojimo programos galimybes sprendžiant hipotetinio administracinės paskirties pastato modelį. Buvo užsibrėžti pagrindiniai uždaviniai – ištirti šio modelio šildymo/šaldymo galios priklausomybes per projektinę parą nuo įvairių faktorių. Sukūrus duomenų rinkmeną, aprašančią pastatą, buvo atliktas modeliavimas įvairiems įstiklinimo plotams, įvairioms pastato orientacijoms ir įvairioms stiklo rūšims. Buvo nustatyta atskirai šių faktorių įtaka pastato šildymo/šaldymo galiai. Tam, kad būtų galima įvertinti potencialų energijos sąnaudų sumažėjimą, kuris gali būti pasiektas taikant modeliavimą, buvo išanalizuotos dvi skirtingos to paties pastato modifikacijos: blogiausias ir geriausias variantas. Skirtumas tarp jų buvo gautas didelis, ypatingai potencialios šalčio santaupos. EnergyPlus apskaičiuota šildymo galia taip pat buvo palyginta su dviem kitomis paprastesnėmis skaičiavimo metodikomis. EnergyPlus paskaičiuota galia žymiai mažesnė, nei kitais dviem... [to full text] / In this final Master paper were analyzed problems, related with buildings energy consumption and energy efficiency. For further analysis were chosen innovative tools – energy simulation programs, which help to save energy before building is built or renovated. After literature, related with building energy simulation, was analyzed, comparison of the most popular energy simulation programs was done. After this, EnergyPlus was chosen as the best dynamic energy simulation program. The main purpose of this paper – to investigate adaptability of the program in our applications. For investigation was chosen model of hypothetical office building. The main tasks were to calculate, how different factors influence building heating/cooling loads during design days. Main data file, describing building, was created and were made simulations for different cases of glazing, building orientations and glass types. After the influence of these factors was defined, for evaluating potential energy saving through energy simulation, was created the best and the worst case for the same building. Difference between cases was very big, especially in cooling loads. EnergyPlus calculation results were also compared with results of two simpler, often used heating power calculation methods. Heating power, calculated with EnergyPlus, was much smaller, than in other two cases. After all was made conclusion, that EergyPlus is adaptable in our appliances and, just through using dynamic energy simulation... [to full text]

Analizuojamos esamo gyvenamojo kvartalo, nutolusio nuo pagrindinės gyvenvietės aprūpinimo šilumine energija galimybės Širvintų mieste. Įvertinama esama gyvenamojo kvartalo geografinė padėtis bei specifika. Analizuojami kvartalo aprūpinimo šilumine energija būdai. Vertinama esamų trasų renovacija, bei dujomis arba malkomis kūrenamos katilinės šalia analizuojamo kvartalo įrengimas. Pateikiamas išlaidų, susijusių su trasų renovavimu bei katilinių įrengimu, vertinimas bei palyginimas. Pateikiamas katilinių poveikio aplinkai skaičiavimas. / In the final master work I have analyzed the supplying thermal energy to the existing residential quarter in Sirvintai city which is moved away from the main city. Also there is evaluated the existing geographical situacion and specific features of this residential quarter. The means of the suppling thermal energy to the residential quarter also is analyzing in this work. The revovation of existing tracks and the mounting the boiler-houses where the gas or wood is used and which are close to the residential quarter are evaluated in this paper work too. The expenses which is retaled to the renovation of heating tracks and boiler-houses mounting are estimated and compared. The calculation of the boiler-houses influence to the environment is also presented in this work.

Šio darbo tyrimo tikslas – ištirti elektros energijos apskaitos prietaisų, indukcinių ir elektroninių, charakteristikas. Buvo atlikta informacijos šaltinių analizė apie indukcinių ir elektroninių elektros energijos skaitiklių ir srovės matavimo transformatorių parametrus, apsprendžiančius jų charakteristikas. Remiantis informacijos šaltinių apibendrinimu suformuota hipotezė: ne visos elektroninių elektros energijos prietaisų charakteristikos geresnės už indukcinių elektros energijos apskaitos prietaisų charakteristikas. Suformuoti tyrimo uždaviniai: ištirti elektroninių ir indukcinių elektros energijos prietaisų paklaidų priklausomybes nuo apkrovos srovės, galios koeficiento, eksploatacijos laiko, pasvyros kampo ir srovės matavimo transformatorių srovinės paklaidas. Padarytos išvados, nurodomas naudotos literatūros sąrašas. / The aim of this paper is to investigate the electricity metering devices, i.e. inductive and electronic, characteristics. It was made the analysis of the sources about the inductive and electricity meters and current transformers for measuring the parameters that define their characteristics. According to sources of information was formed the hypothesis: not all electronic power devices characteristics are better than inductive energy metering devices characteristics. The study objectives are to investigate experimentally the electronic and inductive power devices values of the load current, power factor, operating time, against an adverse list angle and current measuring transformer errors stream. Findings are discussed; the list of references is presented.

Tyrimo tikslas – ištirti medienos džiovyklos, kūrenamos biokuru, energijos sąnaudas ir energinį efektyvumą. Tyrimo uždaviniai – išanalizuoti biokuro katilinės technologinį procesą, nustatyti biokuro charakteristikas ir biokuro poreikius medienos džiovinimui, sudaryti džiovinamos medienos elektros ir šiluminės energijos sąnaudų skaičiavimo metodiką. Eksperimentinio tyrimo metu nustatytas biokuro (pjuvenų) šilumingumas (9,3 MJ/kg) ir jo drėgnis (47,0 %). Nustatytos katilinės elektros įrenginių ir medienos džiovyklos suminės energijos sąnaudos, kurios siekia 686 MJ/m3 išdžiūvusios medienos. / The aim – to investigate wood drying, burning biofuels, energy consumption and energy efficiency. Objectives of the study – to analyse the biofuel boiler process that determine the characteristics of biofuels and biofuel needs of timber drying, consist of dried wood of electrical and thermal energy cost calculation methodology. Results of experimental investigation shows that calorific value of biofuel (saw dust) is 9,3 MJ/kg and humidity – 47,0 %. The total energy consumption of electrical installations and wood drying machine has been determined, which shows the total energy input of 686 MJ/m3 dried wood.