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{"title":"A numerical investigation of effects of chemical kinetic mechanisms on the structure of turbulent jet diffusion H2/air flame with Lagrangian PDF method","authors":"Senouci Mohammed, A. Bounif, H. Merouane, Mohamed Boukhelef","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.9.0753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.9.0753","url":null,"abstract":"Many physical phenomena characteristic of reactive flows are controlled by the detail of the chemical kinetics of combustion. These include, for example, the ignition and extinction of a flame and the formation of polluting species. These phenomena require the use of detailed kinetic schemes including hundreds of species and thousands of reactions.The main objective of this work is to highlight the influence of chemical kinetics on the structure of turbulent jet diffusion H2/air flame. Five improved hydrogen kinetic mechanisms have been tested in order to validate, compare and evaluate their effect on the scalar and dynamic fields of such flames. The effect of number particles used in Lagrangian PDF method on the temperature evoltution is also studied. A hybrid method, PDF Lagrangian coupled to the RSM turbulence model, is used in this work, for the numerical simulation. The micro-mixing term of the TPDF is modeled by the EMST model. This model, which describes well the physical process of mixing, has shown its capabilities to give good numerical results. The impact of these mechanisms on the numerical results of scalar and dynamic fields was discussed and compared with the experimental data. The scalar field is well influenced by the choice of the chemical kinetic mechanism. This is not the case of the dynamic field. A good agreement with experience is observed for detailed kinetic mechanisms. However, it has been noticed that simple and reduced mechanisms give also satisfactory results, particularly the reduced kinetic mechanism R12 wich includes 12 reaction and can be considered as a compromise among the five kinetic mechanisms. These mechanisms allows for a significant reduction in CPU time and storage memory. It was also observed that, for the two chemical kinetic mechanisms R12 and R27, the number of particles only affects the radial evolution.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48569899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance degradation analysis of a medium pressure superheater due to tube deactivation","authors":"Ahmad Syafiq Haqim, W. W. Wan Mohamed, Al Hassan Salami Tijjani","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.3.0747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.3.0747","url":null,"abstract":"Steam is essential in petrochemical industries for the transportation of thermal energy and usage in some reforming process. Superheaters are heat exchangers that convert saturated steam to dry steam by utilizing waste heat from the flue gas stream. Medium pressure steam superheaters are prone to tube deterioration due to service at elevated temperatures and erosion from the presence of liquid phase in the steam, leading to tube plugging after tube failure. This reduces the overall surface heating area of the superheater. Relations between the tube plugging practice and the energy dynamics of the superheaters are important for engineers to identify the responses of the superheater for operation planning, and this issue has not been extensively explored academically. This article analyses the deterioration of superheater performance due to reduction of surface heating area based on operational data of a petrochemical steam generation line. The objective is to find relations between the effect of tube plugging on the states of both steam and flue gas streams, as well as its impact on the overall energy exchange. The operating conditions of a superheater at two separate service years, before (year 2014) and after (year 2017) tube plugging, were compared through the first law energy analysis. The average steam inlet temperatures were between 248 °C and 250 °C, at flow rates between 70 and 90 ton/hour. The analysis indicated that 0.3 to 0.8 % increase in inlet energy is required for every plugged tube to compensate for the reduction of heating surface. At 3 % reduction of heating surface area, the heat exchanger effectiveness decreases by an average of 11 % that also leads to a lower steam temperature output by approximately 6% from the design operating temperature. These results would assist steam engineers to analyse changes to the energy economics of the whole plant and decide the feasibility of replacing existing superheaters with new ones. Also, another significant finding to be considered by steam engineers is that the current practice of increasing the steam flow rate does not offset the loss of energy effectiveness due to tube plugging.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47786480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Establishment of theoretical models for beam structures with particle impact damper","authors":"A. Pingale, Pravin S. Kachare","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.5.0749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.5.0749","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past few decades, research on impact dampers has grown significantly, leading to numerous analytical and experimental investigations in that field. Vibrations can harm industrial equipment and cause process errors. Particle impact damper has a significant impact on lowering vibration and has been broadly implemented in various engineering applications. This work deals with the theoretical modeling for cantilever beam and fixed-fixed beam attached with a cylindrical enclosure filled with particles. Transient and forced excitations are considered to trace the motion of the primary mass with respect to time. Also, theoretical modeling of particle arrangement in enclosure, condition for particles to detach from base or ceiling of enclosure, motion of particle after detachment from enclosure, and mechanism of collision and friction of particles are discussed and presented in detail. Theoretical models proposed in this study can be used to generate theoretical readings for practical engineering applications.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48494216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validation of scenario-based virtual safety testing using low-cost sensor-based instrumented vehicle","authors":"Jun Hong Cheok, Kah Onn Lee, V. R. Aparow, N.H. Amer, C.S.P. Peter, K. Magaswaran","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.10.0754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.10.0754","url":null,"abstract":"Autonomous vehicle (AV) requires millions of miles on road to test the reliability of safety systems. It is also difficult to test the AV for critical scenarios which are rare but will endanger road users. Therefore, virtual safety testing simulation platforms are introduced to test the safety systems of the autonomous vehicles in critical scenarios. However, developing the virtual safety testing simulation platform requires information about the environment and driving data from the real world. Besides, it is challenging to build a system to collect driving data which is normally cost intensive especially in developing countries. Paradoxically, these developing countries have poor traffic environment which can provide valuable scenarios for safety testing test cases. Therefore, in this paper, a scenario-based testing using virtual simulation platform is developed using data captured by a low-cost sensor-based instrumented vehicle. The instrumented vehicle is built by low-cost off-the-shelf components for the testing purpose. The instrumented vehicle is used for validation process in IPG CarMaker’s vehicle model using SAE standards. Then, the validated vehicle model is used as an autonomous vehicle in IPG CarMaker for the virtual scenario-based safety testing. The whole validation process from data collection to data logging is carried out using various economic sensors instead of a single industrial system. This approach greatly reduce the cost of the instrumented vehicle and the result of the scenario-based testing shows that the virtual scenarios developed in IPG CarMaker can be used for validation purpose with actual scenarios using low-cost sensor based instrumented vehicle as low as 4% root mean square percentage error.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48801874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A study on 3D printing usage among Malaysian users","authors":"I. Mat Sahat, M. R. Mat Rejab, Quanjin Ma","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.7.0751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.7.0751","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing among Malaysian users was studied. The aim of the research is to establish the demographics and use of 3D printing in Malaysia. A questionnaire was distributed among 3D printing users during a 3D printing webinar and via social media groups consisting of 3D printer users. For the demographic section, 74 males and 8 females responded to the questionnaire, with more than 90% of the respondents have tertiary education. 39% of the respondents are from Greater Klang Valley, and 33% of the respondents are self-employed. The highest application of 3D printing is for hobby (i.e., 67% of the respondents), while the highest response for experience in 3D printing is 28% with 1–3 years of experience. Creality 3D printer brand is the most selected printer brand, with 64.7% of the respondents using the brand. 33% of the respondents used the printer at a heavy usage rate of 5 days per week, which is the highest response. For the material used, 85.4% of the respondents agreed that they normally used polylactic acid, while 79.3% of the respondents selected Cura as the most used software. Furthermore, 79.3% of the respondents stated that the infill percentage setting as the most changed setting, while 63.4% of the respondents agreed that bed levelling is the most common problem in 3D printing. In the opinion section, most of the respondents believed that 3D printing technology is still new and should be taught in schools. Based on the results, the research has successfully established the demographics and usage among 3D printer users in Malaysia.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46393157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Statistical analysis, modeling and multi-objective optimization of parameters intermittent turning process of AISI D3","authors":"Fethi Khelfaoui, M. A. Yallese, N. Ouelaa, S. Chihaoui, S. Belhadi","doi":"10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.8.0752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.17.2.2023.8.0752","url":null,"abstract":"Intermittent machining is characterized by its complex and irregular context. This intermittency causes machining to occur under difficult conditions that greatly influence the technological performance parameters. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the effects of input parameters, cutting speed, Vc, depth of cut, ap, tool nose radius, r and feed rate, f, on surface roughness, Ra, tangential cutting force, Fz, motor power consumption, Pm, cutting power, Pc and material removal rate (MRR), during intermittent turning (IT) of AISI D3 tool steel. Machining was performed with a triple CVD coated carbide tool (AI2O3/TiC/TiCN) by adopting a Taguchi L9 (3^4) experimental design. The ANOVA and RSM methods were used to analyze the effects of cutting factors on the outputs parameters resulting in statistical prediction models. In addition, a multi-objective optimization of the cutting conditions exploiting the desirability function (DF) was done according to four cases of relative importance corresponding to different industrial contexts. Furthermore, the grey relational analysis (GRA) method was applied and compared with the DF method. The results show that the optimal regime found by the DF method, (r =1.6mm, Vc= 240 m/min, f = 0.084 mm/rev and ap = 0.64 mm), favors Ra and MRR. On the other hand, for the GRA method, the combination of (r = 0.4 mm, Vc = 240 m/min f = 0.08 mm/rev and ap = 0.3 mm) favors the minimization of Fz, Pm and Pc. This work presents an originality because the results found are very useful in the field of optimization for a better control of the process IT.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49624243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sliding wear characteristics of FDM-processed polylactic-acid in bovine blood serum","authors":"B. Arifvianto, A. Putra, B. T. Prayoga, R. Dharmastiti, U. A. Salim, M. Mahardika, Suyitno .","doi":"10.15282/jmes.13.4.2019.10.0466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.13.4.2019.10.0466","url":null,"abstract":"Fused deposition modelling (FDM) has so far been recognized for its reliability and simplicity for manufacturing of geometrically-complex polymeric materials with 3D printing technique. Recently, the studies concerning the properties of materials fabricated by using the FDM have been growing, including those related to their wear resistance which is considered of critical when a 3D-printed material must work sliding over the surface of another material during its application. Up to now, however, the influence of several FDM-printing parameters, including the raster orientations, on the wear resistance of the printed polymeric materials have not yet been fully understood. In this research, the influence of raster orientations on the wear resistance of FDM-processed polylactic-acid (PLA) materials in bovine blood serum were determined. A reciprocating pin-on-plate tribometer was used to evaluate wear resistance of a cylindrical PLA pin that slid over the surface of a commercially-pure titanium (Ti) plate. The results showed that the FDM-printed PLA pins with unidirectional raster orientations had higher wear factors (WF), i.e., ~1.5 ´ 10-4 mm N-1 m-1 than those with crossed raster orientations, i.e., ~0.8 ´ 10-4 mm N-1 m-1. Meanwhile, the WF values of Ti surface that slid against PLA pin with crossed raster orientations, i.e., ~0.09 ´ 10-4 mm N-1 m-1, were also significantly lower than those sliding with the pin having unidirectional raster orientation, i.e., 0.34 – 0.41 ´ 10-4 mm N-1 m-1. The result of analysis of the worn surface morphologies shows the indications of surface abrasion, fatigue and polymer film transfer as the possible wear mechanisms of both the FDM-processed PLA pin and its Ti countersurface material. On the basis of all the findings in this research, it can be concluded that the crossed raster orientation is preferable to be used as one of the parameters in printing of the wear resistant PLA rather than the unidirectional raster orientation.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47319190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Numerical studies for effect of geometrical parameters on water jet pump performance via entropy generation analysis","authors":"Muhammad Penta Helios, Wanchai Asvapoositkul","doi":"10.15282/jmes.15.3.2021.10.0654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.15.3.2021.10.0654","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presented an implementation of entropy generation analysis in the main flow field of a water jet pump via the CFD method. This study aimed to identify the inefficient location of energy conversion and to analyse entropy generation sources in each region of the water jet pump. The 2D-axisymmetric model and realisable k-ε (RKE) turbulence model at steady-state conditions were performed to validate jet pump performance and to assess the entropy generation. Likewise, the effects of the projection ratio and throat-aspect ratio as independent parameters were investigated. As a result, the throat is the most inefficient part due to the high total entropy generation rate, following by diffuser part. Also, the entropy generation rate was assessed dominant than viscous dissipation due to the turbulent dissipation, which was caused by a turbulent shear stress layer of mixing the streams. In conclusion, the projection ratio influenced the growth of the shear stress layer as well as the entropy generation. Further, the throat-aspect ratio affected the distribution of entropy generation in the throat section. An appropriate combination of both parameters has an impact on the jet pump performance improvements reducing the entropy generation rate in the future.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135090542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Numerical Study of Contra-Rotating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine H-Rotor Darrieus Type","authors":"Vivien S. Djanali","doi":"10.24191/jmeche.v20i2.22050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/jmeche.v20i2.22050","url":null,"abstract":"The new Contra-rotating Darrieus turbine configuration has been invented to enhance the V ertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) performance. This configuration increases the relative rotational speed of the generator, resulting in higher output power. It is well known that the increase can reach four times the output power. However, how the Darrieus turbine VAWT contra- rotating configuration influences its aerodynamic performance still needs to be discovered. This study investigates the aerodynamic performance of the contra-rotating configuration by comparing it to the single-rotating Darrieus turbine VAWT under the same conditions. The freestream speed is 5 m/s, with TSR varying from one to two intervals of 0.2. This research is being completed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) 3D cases with an Unsteady Reynold Average Navier-Stokes (URANS) equation as the turbulent model equation. The results of this study show that in terms of output power or Power coefficient (Cp), the contra-rotating has a greater value than the single- rotating configuration. However, in all TSR variations, contra-rotating outperforms single-rotating in terms of aerodynamic performance or moment coefficient (Cm). This is due to the fact that the aspect ratio of stage 1 contra-rotating rotor is lower than the single-rotating rotor, resulting in more significant blade tip losses in contra-rotating. Theflow was discovered through the gap between stages 1 and 2 contra-rotating, providing additional momentum. This phenomenon increases Cm at an azimuth angle of 200°-255°.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75797104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Crosslinking Degree on the Integral Membrane by using Rice Husk Ash (RHA)","authors":"N. K. Kassim Shaari","doi":"10.24191/jmeche.v20i2.22053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/jmeche.v20i2.22053","url":null,"abstract":"Rice husk ash (RHA) is a waste product from the harvesting and processing of rice that contains a high quantity of silica, approximately 95% after combustion. Membrane technology is being developed to remove impurities like heavy metals and dyes as the natural environment deteriorates and water supplies become scarce. Many researchers and developers are now adopting this type of technology. However, it has various drawbacks such as being costly and easily being fouled during the separation process. Therefor e, matrix modification of the membrane should be carried out to mitigate these problems. The incorporation of fillers from biomass materials is one of the ways. This research aims to demonstrate the significant effect of incorporating the extracted silica from rice husk ash (RHA) in a polymer-based membrane from a blend of Polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan/polysulfone on the membrane characteristics and antifouling properties. The membranes were prepared by using a phase inversion technique by the incorporation of silica from rice husk ash (RHA) at various concentrations such as 5 wt.%, 7.5 wt.%, and 10 wt.% with a fixed amount of the polymer blends. The results showed that the integral membrane M4 with 10wt.% silica has the best hydrophilicity properties and possesses excellent antifouling properties, which were portrayed through the greater value of pure water flux (PWF) of 20.38 L/m2.h and the highest flux recovery ratio of 76.32%. This study has proven the potential utilization of ricehusk ash to enhance the membrane properties for industrial wastewater treatment.","PeriodicalId":16166,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74344918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}