通过心脏循环启发的管道流动来抑制流
D Scarselli1, J M Lopez1,2, A Varshney1,3
1Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Nature
|September 6, 2023
概括
模仿心脏节奏的脉动流可以显著降低管道系统的流. 这种方法降低了能量损失和摩擦,为流体运输提供了更有效的替代品.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学
- 流研究
- 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 管道中的流会导致大量的摩擦损失和能源消耗.
- 脉动性流动,就像主动脉血流一样,尽管速度很快,但保持低流水平.
- 高流会损害血管中敏感的内皮细胞.
研究的目的:
- 通过脉冲式驾驶来研究管道流动中的流减小.
- 为了比较脉动流和稳定流的效率.
主要方法:
- 模拟心脏波形特征的管道中的脉动流动.
- 分析各种雷诺兹数的流和阻力.
主要成果:
- 脉动性流动在很大程度上抑制了大动脉血液流动的雷诺兹数.
- 在较高的速度下,流阻力降低了25%以上.
- 脉冲式操作比稳定驾驶更有效.
结论:
- 类似心脏的脉动流是一种有效的管道系统流缓解方法.
- 这种方法与传统的稳定流量方法相比,可以大大节省能源.
- 潜在的应用包括工业流体运输和生物医学系统.
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