简介:Inertialconfinementfusiontargetsarecomplexsystemsdesignedtoallowfinecontroloftemperatureandpressureformakingprecisesphericalicelayersofhydrogenisotopesatcryogenictemperatures.Wediscussthevarioustechnicalconsiderationsforamaximumleakratebasedonheatloadconsiderations.Thismaximumflowrateturnsouttobe5×10~(-6)standardccpersecond,whichcanbecausedbyanorificelessthanhalfamicronindiameter.Thismakestheidentificationofthelocationandresolutionoftheleakasignificantchallenge.Toillustratethis,weshowcaseoneexampleofapeculiarfailuremodethatappearedsuddenlybutpersistedwherebytargetproductionyieldwasseverelylowered.Identificationoftheleaksourceandtherootcauserequiresverycarefulanalysisofmultiplethermomechanicalaspectstoensurethattheendsolutionisindeedtherightremedyandisrobust.
简介:Cavitationisoneofthetroublesomeproblemsinrocketturbopumps,andsincemostofhigh-efficiencyrocketpropellantsarecryogenicfluids,socalled'thermodynamiceffect'becomesmoreevidentthaninwater.Inthepresentstudy.numericalandexperimentalstudyofliquidnitrogencavitationin2DLavalnozzlewascarriedout,sothattheinfluenceofthermodynamiceffectwasexamined.Itwasrevealedthattemperatureandcavitationhavestronginter-relationshipwitheachotherinthermo-sensitivecryogenicfluids.
简介:Inordertoovercometheinconvenienceofmanualbubblecounting,abubblecounterbasedonphotoelectrictechniqueaimingforautomaticallydetectingandmeasuringminutegasleakageofcryogenicvalvesisproposed.Experimentshavebeenconductedonaself-builtapparatus,testingtheperformancewithdifferentgasinletstrategies(bottomgas-inletstrategyandsidegas-inletstrategy)andtheinfluenceofgaspipelength(0,1,2,4,6,8,10m)andleakagerate(around10,20,30,40bubbles/min)onfirstbubbletimeandbubblerate.Abufferof110cm3isinsertedbetweenleakagesourceandgaspipetosimulatethedown-streamcavumadjacenttothevalveclack.Basedonanalyzingtheexperimentaldata,experientialparametershavealsobeensummarizedtoguideleakagedetectionandmeasurementforengineeringapplications.Apracticalsystemhasalreadybeensuc-cessfullyappliedinacryogenictestingapparatusforcryogenicvalves.
简介:Ininertialfusionenergy(IFE)research,aconsiderableattentionhasrecentlybeenfocusedontheissueoflargetargetfabricationforMJ-classlaserfacilities.Theignitionandhigh-gaintargetdesignsrequireacondenseduniformlayerofhydrogenfuelontheinsideofasphericalshell.Inthisreport,wediscussthecurrentstatusandfurthertrendsintheareaofdevelopingthelayeringtechniquesintendedtoproduceignition,andlayeringtechniquesproposedtohighrepetitionrateandmassproductionofIFEtargets.
简介:Anexperimentalmethodispresentedtoanalyzethedynamicstabilityofthegasbearingforsmallcryogenicturbo-expanders.Therotationimbalanceresponseandtheshapeoftherotororbitwereobtainedfordifferentspeedsupto110,000rpm,andthecriticalspeedoftherotor-bearingsystemwasdeterminedbyaBodediagram.AnFFTsignalanalyticalmethodwasappliedtoidentifytheresonancefrequency,andthewaterfallplotwaspresented.Duringthewholeprocessofspeedinguptothedesignedspeedof110,000rpm,therotor-bearingworksstablywithnowhirlinstability,whichisvalidatedinawaterfallplot.Also,thetestedrotor-bearingmodelwasanalyzedtheoretically.Itwasprovedthattheexperimentalresultswerehighlyconsistentwiththoseoftheoreticalcalculations.Thustheexperimentalmethodproposedheretoanalyzethedynamicstabilityofthegasbearingisfeasible.
简介:DeepcryogenictreatmenttechnologyofelectrodesisputforwardtoimproveelectrodelifeofresistancespotweldingofaluminumalloyLF2.Deepcryogenictreatmentmakeselectrodelifeforspotweldingaluminumalloyimprove.Thespecificresistivityofthedeepcryogenictreatmentelectrodesistestedandexperimentalresultsshowthatspecificresistivityisdecreasedsharply.ThetemperaturefieldandtheinfluenceofdeepcryogenictreatmentontheelectrodetiptemperatureduringspotweldingaluminiumalloyisstudiedbynumericalsimulationmethodwiththesoftwareANSYS.Theaxisymmetricfiniteelementmodelofmechanical,thermalandelectricalcoupledanalysisofspotweldingprocessisdeveloped.Thenumericalsimulationresultsshowthattheinfluenceofdeepcryogenictreatmentonelectrodetiptemperatureisverylarge.
简介:Adiode-pumpedmasteroscillatorpoweramplifiersystembasedonacryogenicYb:YAGactive-mirrorlaserhasbeendeveloped.Theperformancesofthelaseramplifieratlowtemperatureandroomtemperaturehavebeeninvestigatedtheoreticallyandexperimentally.Amaximumoutputenergyof3.05Jwithanoptical-to-opticalefficiencyof14.7%hasbeenachievedbyusingthemasteramplifiersystem.
简介:Usingcryogeniclasertechnology,itisnowpossibletodesignanddemonstratelasersthathaveconcomitanthighaverageandpeakpowers,withnear-diffraction-limitedbeamquality.WerefertothesenewlasersystemsasHAPPlasers.Inthispaper,wereviewimportantlasercrystalmaterialspropertiesatcryogenictemperature,withanemphasisonYblasers,anddiscusstheimportantdesignconsiderations,includingthelaser-induceddamagethreshold,nonlineareffectsandthermaleffects.Acomprehensivemodelispresentedtodescribediodepulsedpumpingwitharbitrarydurationandrepetitionrate,andisusedwiththeFrantz–Nodvikequationtodescribe,tofirstorder,theperformanceofHAPPlasersystems.Acomputercodewithrepresentativeresultsisalsodescribed.
简介:RamanpeaksofvarioushydratesintheH2O-NaCl-CaCl2systemhavebeenpreviouslyidentified,butaquantitativerelationshipbetweentheRamanpeaksandXNaCl(i.e.,NaCl/(NaCl+CaCl2))hasnotbeenestablished,mainlyduetothedifficultytofreezethesolutions.Thisproblemwassolvedbyaddingaluminapowdertothesolutionstofacilitatenucleationofcrystals.Cryogenic(-185oC)Ramanspectroscopicstudiesofalumina-spicedsolutionsindicatethatXNaClislinearlycorrelatedwiththetotalpeakareafractionofhydrohalite.Capsulesofsolutionsmadefromsilicacapillarywerepreparedtosimulatefluidinclusions.Mostoftheseartificialfluidinclusionscouldnotbetotallyfrozenevenattemperaturesaslowas-185oC,andthetotalpeakareafractionofhydrohaliteisnotcorrelatedlinearlywithXNaCl.However,thedegreeofdeviation(?XNaCl)fromthelinearcorrelationestablishedearlierisrelatedtotheamountofresidualsolution,whichisreflectedbytheratio(r)ofthebaseline"bump"area,resultingfromtheinterstitialunfrozenbrinenear3435cm-1,andthetotalhydratepeakareabetween3350and3600cm-1.Alinearcorrelationbetween?XNaClandrisestablishedtoestimateXNaClfromcryogenicRamanspectroscopicanalysisforfluidinclusions.