MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.3390/machines12040271
Jianjie Yao, Xiangyou Lu, Yuanlai Xie, Qianxu Wang, Xiao Liu
{"title":"A Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Circulation Unit: Its Design and a Performance Study","authors":"Jianjie Yao, Xiangyou Lu, Yuanlai Xie, Qianxu Wang, Xiao Liu","doi":"10.3390/machines12040271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040271","url":null,"abstract":"A liquid nitrogen cooling circulating unit is a necessary condition for the stable operation of a cryogenic oscillator, which can provide a stable working environment for the oscillator. In this paper, according to the user’s functional requirements and performance parameters, a closed cooling system with supercooled liquid nitrogen as the medium was designed using SOLIDWORKS 2021 software, which can provide a suitable working environment for the cryogenic oscillator. Combined with the system heat load analysis, theoretical calculation for and the design of the coil heat exchanger, one of the core pieces of equipment of the unit, were carried out. The performance of the designed nitrogen exhaust heater was studied using FLUENT 2021 software, and the velocity field and temperature field of the nitrogen exhaust heater were analyzed. The results show that the outlet temperature of the nitrogen exhaust heating device can reach up to 310 K, and the outlet flow rate of the heating device is 0.01528 kg/s. The experiments on the liquid nitrogen circulating unit using the simulated load equipment show that the refrigeration power of the unit can reach a design index of 600 W, and the temperature of the liquid nitrogen at the liquid outlet of the unit can reach 77.8 K. The experiments also show that the unit meets the design requirements.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140687494","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.3390/machines12040270
Weipeng Zhao, Liang Gu
{"title":"RBF-Based Fractional-Order SMC Fault-Tolerant Controller for a Nonlinear Active Suspension","authors":"Weipeng Zhao, Liang Gu","doi":"10.3390/machines12040270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040270","url":null,"abstract":"Active suspension control technologies have become increasingly significant in improving suspension performance for driving stability and comfort. An RBF-based fractional-order SMC fault-tolerant controller is developed in this research to guarantee ride comfort and handling stability when faced with the partial loss of actuator effectiveness due to failure. To obtain better control performance, fractional-order theory and the RBF algorithm are discussed to solve the jitter vibration problem in SMC, and the RBF is exploited to obtain a more appropriate switching gain. First, a half-nonlinear active suspension model and a fault car model are presented. Then, the design process of the RBF-based fractional-order SMC fault-tolerant controller is described. Next, a simulation is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy. According to the simulation, the proposed method can improve performance in the case of a healthy suspension, and the fault-tolerant controller can guarantee the capabilities when actuators go wrong.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":" 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140688449","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.3390/machines12040272
J. Travieso-Torres, A. Ricaldi-Morales, N. Aguila-Camacho
{"title":"Robust Combined Adaptive Passivity-Based Control for Induction Motors","authors":"J. Travieso-Torres, A. Ricaldi-Morales, N. Aguila-Camacho","doi":"10.3390/machines12040272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040272","url":null,"abstract":"The need for industrial and commercial machinery to maintain high torque while accurately following a variable angular speed is increasing. To meet this demand, induction motors (IMs) are commonly used with variable speed drives (VSDs) that employ a field-oriented control (FOC) scheme. Over the last thirty years, IMs have been replacing independent connection direct current motors due to their cost-effectiveness, reduced maintenance needs, and increased efficiency. However, IMs and VSDs exhibit nonlinear behavior, uncertainties, and disturbances. This paper proposes a robust combined adaptive passivity-based control (CAPBC) for this class of nonlinear systems that applies to angular rotor speed and stator current regulation inside an FOC scheme for IMs’ VSDs. It uses general Lyapunov-based design energy functions and adaptive laws with σ-modification to assure robustness after combining control and monitoring variables. Lyapunov’s second method and the Barbalat Lemma prove that the control and identification error tends to be zero over time. Moreover, comparative experimental results with a standard proportional–integral controller (PIC) and direct APBC show the proposed CAPBC’s effectiveness and robustness under normal and changing conditions.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140689938","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.3390/machines12040268
D. Rondon, Simon Pääjärvi, J. Aidanpää, R. Gustavsson, Peter Jeppsson
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Modeling for Mechanical Analysis of Hydropower Generators with Floating Rotor Rim","authors":"D. Rondon, Simon Pääjärvi, J. Aidanpää, R. Gustavsson, Peter Jeppsson","doi":"10.3390/machines12040268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040268","url":null,"abstract":"Hydropower generators withstand multiple forces from diverse sources during operation. To ensure their stability and safe performance, numerical tools are developed to characterize their dynamic properties. Traditionally, generators are assumed to be rigid in rotordynamic analyses. However, the measurements in power stations challenge this assumption. This article proposes a novel approach to modeling hydropower generators with floating rotor rims using a three-dimensional (3-D) Finite Element Method, aiming to study their dynamic performance and properties, including natural frequencies, the modes of vibrations, and expansion due to centrifugal and electromagnetic forces, with the goal of improving the reliability of modern designs. Both this approach and employing a two-dimensional (2-D) model using curved beams result in similar in-plane natural frequencies and the expansion of the rotor rim due to centrifugal forces. However, the 3-D model can be used to calculate the out-of-plane natural frequencies and modes, to model the dynamics of complex geometries, and to perform stress evaluation and fatigue analysis.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"29 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140694256","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.3390/machines12040267
Haocheng Sun, Z. Yan, Shibo Wu, Ze Liu, Yuanyuan Jiang
{"title":"A Study on the Cavitation Effect of Elastic Material with Textured Surfaces under Fluid Lubrication Conditions","authors":"Haocheng Sun, Z. Yan, Shibo Wu, Ze Liu, Yuanyuan Jiang","doi":"10.3390/machines12040267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040267","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the effect of the elastic surface micro-texture on the cavitation and lubrication characteristics of the friction pairs through theoretical and experimental research. Through numerical simulations and experiments, the influences of the elastic modulus and sliding speed on the lubrication performance of the friction pair are studied. The results show that under certain speed and load conditions, the friction coefficient of the elastic texture is smaller, and the lubrication performance is better than that of the rigid texture. Increasing the sliding speed and texture spacing properly can improve the lubrication performance of elastic friction pairs. In addition, as the elastic modulus decreases, the elastic deformation and oil film thickness increase, and the cavitation phenomenon becomes more significant. Thus, the lubrication performance of the friction pair is improved.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140693556","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.3390/machines12040269
Enzhe Bi, Shuangxi Li, Jiangteng Zhang, An Liu
{"title":"Study on the Evolution of Sealing Performance during the Start-Up Process of Dynamic Pressure Seals Based on Three-Dimensional Fractal Functions","authors":"Enzhe Bi, Shuangxi Li, Jiangteng Zhang, An Liu","doi":"10.3390/machines12040269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040269","url":null,"abstract":"A model based on a three-dimensional fractal function is developed and used in conjunction with experiments to analyze the evolutionary pattern of sealing performance during the start-up process of dynamic pressure seals, and the influence of end-face microscopic features on the evolution law is discussed. It is found that the opening state of the seal is divided into three stages: the non-opened stage, transition stage, and full-opened stage. The isotropic dimensions of the cavities have a coupling effect on the leakage, and they diminish as the speed increases. In order to enhance the sealing performance during start-up, it is suggested that the seal faces have a fractal dimension of 2.4 to 2.6, and a characteristic factor of less than 1 × 10−9 m.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140690993","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.3390/machines12040265
Sergey Sychev, A. Batako
{"title":"A Study of Sliding Friction Using an Acoustic Emission and Wavelet-Based Energy Approach","authors":"Sergey Sychev, A. Batako","doi":"10.3390/machines12040265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040265","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this work is to study the mechanism of running-in during friction and to determine the informative parameters characterizing the degree of its completion. During friction, contact interaction of rough surfaces causes various wave phenomena covering a wide range of frequencies, the subsequent frequency analysis can provide information about the sizes of wave sources and thereby clarify the mechanism of interaction between surface roughness. The using of the wavelet transform for processing the signals of audible acoustic emission made it possible to determine the beginning and the end of the change in the frequency ranges of the interaction of roughness. The code developed by the authors was used to analyze the acoustic emission signals by using wavelet energy and entropy criteria. The mother wavelet was chosen by carefully evaluating the effectiveness of 54 preliminary candidates for the mother wavelet from 7 wavelet families, according to three criteria: (1) maximum wavelet energy; (2) Shannon entropy minimum; and (3) maximum energy-to-Shannon entropy ratio.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"70 s314","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140694553","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.3390/machines12040266
Jingzhou Dai, Ling Tian, Haotian Chang
{"title":"An Intelligent Diagnostic Method for Wear Depth of Sliding Bearings Based on MGCNN","authors":"Jingzhou Dai, Ling Tian, Haotian Chang","doi":"10.3390/machines12040266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040266","url":null,"abstract":"Sliding bearings are vital components in modern industry, exerting a crucial influence on equipment performance, with wear being one of their primary failure modes. In addressing the issue of wear diagnosis in sliding bearings, this paper proposes an intelligent diagnostic method based on a multiscale gated convolutional neural network (MGCNN). The proposed method allows for the quantitative inference of the maximum wear depth (MWD) of sliding bearings based on online vibration signals. The constructed model adopts a dual-path parallel structure in both the time and frequency domains to process bearing vibration signals, ensuring the integrity of information transmission through residual network connections. In particular, a multiscale gated convolution (MGC) module is constructed, which utilizes convolutional network layers to extract features from sample sequences. This module incorporates multiple scale channels, including long-term, medium-term, and short-term cycles, to fully extract information from vibration signals. Furthermore, gated units are employed to adaptively assign weights to feature vectors, enabling control of information flow direction. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the traditional CNN model and shallow machine learning model, offering promising support for equipment condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"3 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140695501","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.3390/machines12040262
Lei Zhang, Wei Jiang, Luotao Xie, Guobing Chen
{"title":"Research on the Aerodynamic Performance and Collaborative Optimization Design of the Full-Scale Compact Inlet Chamber of a Nuclear-Powered Steam Turbine","authors":"Lei Zhang, Wei Jiang, Luotao Xie, Guobing Chen","doi":"10.3390/machines12040262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040262","url":null,"abstract":"In nuclear-powered steam turbines, the aerodynamic performance of the inlet chamber tends to be contradictory to the compact design, which makes it difficult to achieve optimal efficiency and power in a nuclear-powered steam turbine. In this study, the quantitative correlation between compact design and aerodynamic performance was investigated to reveal the interaction mechanism between the aerodynamic performance of the inlet chamber of the steam turbine with its compactness. First, the effects of peripheral quantity and arrangement of inlets in the chamber inlet on its aerodynamic performance were studied. The results indicated that the proposed cross configuration exhibited optimized aerodynamic performance in multiple aspects. Then, the effects of two compactness indices (inlet/outlet area ratio and axial spacing at outlet) on the aerodynamic performance of the inlet chamber were investigated. The results indicated that the volume of the inlet chamber was proportional to the inlet/outlet area ratio, and an appropriate design of the inlet chamber can achieve compactness without significantly affecting its aerodynamic performance. In addition, the influencing mechanism of the compact optimization design on the aerodynamic performances of the inlet chamber was revealed. This study provides references for optimization designing an effective and compacted inlet chamber of steam turbines.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"19 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140700956","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}
MachinesPub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.3390/machines12040260
Kan Zhu, Diming Lou, Yunhua Zhang, Yedi Ren, Lanlan Fan
{"title":"Effect of Variable-Nozzle-Turbocharger-Coupled Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Natural Gas Engine Emissions and Collaborative Optimization","authors":"Kan Zhu, Diming Lou, Yunhua Zhang, Yedi Ren, Lanlan Fan","doi":"10.3390/machines12040260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12040260","url":null,"abstract":"Equivalent combustion natural gas engines typically utilize exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems to tackle their high thermal burden and NOx emissions. Variable nozzle turbochargers (VNT) can increase the engine intake and EGR rate simultaneously, resulting in NOx reduction while ensuring robust power performance. Using a VNT along with engine bench testing, the impact of VNT- and EGR-coordinated control on the performance and emissions of equivalent combustion natural gas engines was investigated under different operating conditions. Subsequently, multi-objective optimization was performed using a support vector machine. The results demonstrated that the use of VNTs in equivalent combustion natural gas engines could bolster the capacity to introduce EGR under several operative conditions and extend the scope of EGR regulation, thereby decreasing the engine’s thermal burden, improving fuel efficiency, and curbing emissions. Owing to the implementation of a multi-objective optimization method based on a support vector regression model and NSGA-II genetic algorithm, VNT and EGR control parameters could be optimized to slightly improve the economy and significantly reduce NOx emissions while maintaining the original engine power performance. At 20 operating points optimized for validation, brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) and NOx decreased by 0.94% and 47.0%, respectively, and CH4 increased by 3.7%, on average.","PeriodicalId":509264,"journal":{"name":"Machines","volume":"279 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140704148","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}