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Nano thermo-hydrodynamics method for investigating
cell membrane fluidity
YANG Yang, LIU Jing
Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China - Selected Publications from Chinese Universities. 2008, 2 (2): 121-128.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-008-0033-2
As a barrier to compartmentalize cells, membranes form the interface between a cell and its surroundings. The essential function of a membrane is to maintain a relatively stable environment in the cell, exchange substances selectively and transfer energy and information continually from the outside. It is intriguing that above the phase transition temperature, the membrane lipid molecule will have three modes–lateral diffusion, rotational movement and flip-flop activity. These thermodynamic processes are vital to cell existence, growth, division, differentiation and are also responsible for hundreds of thousands of phenomena in life. Previously, species transport across the membrane was interpreted mainly from a phenomenological view using a lumped system model. Therefore, detailed flow processes occurred in the membrane domain and clues related to life mechanism were not sufficiently tackled. Such important issues can be clarified by modeling nano scale thermal hydrodynamics over the gap space of a cell membrane. Previously observed complex membrane behaviors will be shown in this paper and explained by the thermally induced fluidic convections inside the membrane. A correlation between nano scale hydrodynamics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and cell membrane activities is set up. The disclosed mechanisms are expected to provide a new viewpoint on the interaction between intracellular and extracellular processes through the membrane.
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First law-based thermodynamic analysis on Kalina
cycle
ZHANG Ying, HE Maogang, JIA Zhen, LIU Xun
Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China - Selected Publications from Chinese Universities. 2008, 2 (2): 145-151.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-008-0021-6
Based on the first law of thermodynamics, and adopting the Peng-Robinson equation (P-R equation) as the basic equation for the properties of ammonia-water mixtures, a thermodynamic analysis on a single-stage distillation Kalina cycle is presented. A program to calculate the thermodynamic properties of ammonia-water mixtures, and that for calculating the performance of Kalina cycles, were developed, with which the heat-work conversion particulars of Kalina cycles were theoretically calculated. The influences on the cycle performance of key parameters, such as the pressure and temperature at the inlet of the turbine, the back pressure of the turbine, the concentration of the working solution, the concentration of the basic solution and the cycle multiplication ratio, were analyzed.
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Experimental study for the stratified to slug
flow regime transition mechanism of gas-oil two-phase flow in horizontal
pipe
LIU Yiping, YANG Weilin, WANG Jing
Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China - Selected Publications from Chinese Universities. 2008, 2 (2): 152-157.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-008-0012-7
Theoretical relations that predict the transition from a stratified pattern to a slug pattern, including a one-dimensional wave model that contains less empiricism than the commonly used Taitel-Dukler model, and the ideal model for stratified flow for the gas-liquid flow in horizontal pipes are presented. Superficial velocities of each phase, as the onset of slugging occurs, were predicted, and theoretical analysis was conducted on the stratified to slug flow regime transition. The friction, existing between the fluid and pipe wall, and on the interface of two phases, was especially taken into account. A theoretical model was applied to an experiment about air-oil two-phase flow in a 50 mm horizontal pipe. The effect of pipe diameter on the transition was also studied. The results show that this approach gives a reasonable prediction over the whole range of flow rates, and better agreement has been achieved between predicted and measured critical parameters.
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Effect of ignition timing and hydrogen fraction
on combustion and emission characteristics of natural gas direct-injection
engine
WANG Jinhua, HUANG Zuohua, LIU Bing, ZENG Ke, YU Jinrong, JIANG Deming
Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China - Selected Publications from Chinese Universities. 2008, 2 (2): 194-201.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-008-0035-0
An experimental study on the combustion and emission characteristics of a direct-injection spark-ignited engine fueled with natural gas/hydrogen blends under various ignition timings was conducted. The results show that ignition timing has a significant influence on engine performance, combustion and emissions. The interval between the end of fuel injection and ignition timing is a very important parameter for direct-injection natural gas engines. The turbulent flow in the combustion chamber generated by the fuel jet remains high and relative strong mixture stratification is introduced when decreasing the angle interval between the end of fuel injection and ignition timing giving fast burning rates and high thermal efficiencies. The maximum cylinder gas pressure, maximum mean gas temperature, maximum rate of pressure rise and maximum heat release rate increase with the advancing of ignition timing. However, these parameters do not vary much with hydrogen addition under specific ignition timing indicating that a small hydrogen fraction addition of less than 20% in the present experiment has little influence on combustion parameters under specific ignition timing. The exhaust HC emission decreases while the exhaust CO2 concentration increases with the advancing of ignition timing. In the lean combustion condition, the exhaust CO does not vary much with ignition timing. At the same ignition timing, the exhaust HC decreases with hydrogen addition while the exhaust CO and CO2 do not vary much with hydrogen addition. The exhaust NOx increases with the advancing of ignition timing and the behavior tends to be more obvious at large ignition advance angle. The brake mean effective pressure and the effective thermal efficiency of natural gas/hydrogen mixture combustion increase compared with those of natural gas combustion when the hydrogen fraction is over 10%.
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