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Experimental Study of Low Swirl Burners Interferences
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Farshchi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
One of the problems associated with lean premixed combustion is their stability. Low swirl flame is a modern technology for reducing NOx emissions and increasing stability.In this thesis, first, the effect of geometric parameters on the flame stability was investigated. This study was carried out in high fuel and oxidizer mixture flow rate. Having find, the most stable burner, two other burners with the same geometrical parameters were built. Stability of these three burners were analyzed. Second, they were located in a ring together in three different relative positions. In each configuration stability and NOx emissions of the burners were determined.The study shows that NOx and CO...
Speech Activity Detection Using Deep Networks
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Sameti, Hossein (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new dataset for SAD and evaluate certain common methods such as GMM, ANN, and RNN on it. We have collected our dataset in a semi-supervised approach, using subtitled movies, with a labeling accuracy of 95%. This semi-automatic method can help us collect huge amounts of labeled audio data with very high diversity in language, speaker, and channel. We model the problem of SAD as a classification task to two classes of speech and non-speech. When using GMM for this problem, we use two separate mixtures to model speech and non-speech. In the case of neural networks, we use a softmax layer at the end of the network, with two neurons which represent speech and...
Large eddy simulation of low swirl flames under external flow excitations
, Article Flow, Turbulence and Combustion ; Volume 100, Issue 1 , 2018 , Pages 249-269 ; 13866184 (ISSN) ; Farshchi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Netherlands
2018
Abstract
Low swirl flame characteristics under external flow excitations are numerically investigated using large eddy simulations with a dynamically thickened flame combustion model. A finite volume scheme on a Cartesian grid with a dynamic one equation eddy viscosity subgrid scale model is used for large eddy simulations. The excitations are imposed on inlet velocity profiles by a sinusoidal forcing function over a wide range of amplitudes and frequencies. Present investigation shows that although, the swirling motion of the low swirl flame is not intense enough to induce a recirculation zone in ensemble averaged results, external flow excitations increase the local swirl number upstream of the...
Low Swirl Flame Dynamic under Vortical Flow Disturbances
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Farshchi, Mohammad (Supervisor)
Abstract
Lean premixed combustion is highly susceptible to thermoacoustic instabilities. Such instabilities are compounded in low swirl flames by the fact that low swirl flames are stabilized aerodynamically at a relatively considerable distance downstream of the burner rim, such stabilization mechanism makes the flame more prone to both vertical and acoustic perturbations. The main objective of the present thesis is to evaluate effects of acoustic and hydrodynamic perturbations on low swirl flame features. To such aim, first, low swirl flame characteristics and stabilization mechanism are studied using large eddy simulations along with thickened flame combustion model. The obtained results show that...
Dynamics and Heat transfer of Two-phase Non-Newtonian Fluids in Superhydrophobic Channels
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Moosavi, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
When the fluid passes through the microchannel, some energy is lost due to drag force and pressure drop. One of the methods used in the last few decades to optimize energy consumption is creating superhydrophobic surfaces in microchannels. These surfaces, with their features such as increasing the contact angle and reducing the contact angle hysteresis, can reduce energy loss, which is due to the presence of unevenness on the surface, and by trapping air and creating a two-phase flow, they reduce the drag force. On the other hand, the air trapped inside these irregularities will also affect the heat transfer of the passing fluid in the microchannel, which by creating resistance in the...
Greenhouse gas emission measurement and economic analysis of Iran natural gas fired power plants
, Article Energy Policy ; Volume 60 , 2013 , Pages 200-207 ; 03014215 (ISSN) ; Kiyoumarsioskouei, A ; Asheri, M. H ; Naemi, S ; Shahsavari Alavije, H ; Basirat Tabrizi, H ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
This study attempts to examine the natural gas fired power plants in Iran. The required data from natural gas fired power plants were gathered during 2008. The characteristics of thirty two gas turbine power plants and twenty steam power plants have been measured. Their emission factor values were then compared with the standards of Energy Protection Agency, Euro Union and World Bank. Emission factors of gas turbine and steam power plants show that gas turbine power plants have a better performance than steam power plants. For economic analysis, fuel consumption and environmental damages caused by the emitted pollutants are considered as cost functions; and electricity sales revenue are...
Opportunistic Fair Resource Allocation for Multi-Cell Wireless Networks
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Hossein Khalaj, Babak (Supervisor)
Abstract
In recent years, introduction of new technologies has highlighted the need to more data rate in mobile networks. Classical methods of resource allocation in mobile networks cannot respond to this huge demand for data rate because of their limitations. Resource allocation, as one of the operators’ tasks, plays a key role in the network efficiency and users’ data rate. Opportunistic resource allocation and scheduling have gained attention in recent years. On the other, using single-channel (frequency reuse-1) networks is also one of the methods to improve data rate in mobile networks. It is expected that the use of opportunistic scheduling in single-channel networks can repond to the huge...
Speech activity detection using deep neural networks
, Article 2017 25th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, ICEE 2017, 2 May 2017 through 4 May 2017 ; 2017 , Pages 1564-1568 ; 9781509059638 (ISBN) ; Sameti, H ; Hadian, H ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new dataset for SAD and evaluate certain common methods such as GMM, DNN, and RNN on it. We have collected our dataset in a semi-supervised approach, using subtitled movies, with a labeling accuracy of 95%. This semi-automatic method can help us collect huge amounts of labeled audio data with very high diversity in language, speaker, and channel. We model the problem of SAD as a classification task to two classes of speech and non-speech. When using GMM for this problem, we use two separate mixtures to model speech and non-speech. In the case of neural networks, we use a softmax layer at the end of the network, with two neurons which represent speech and...
Synthesis of Modified Nanocomposite Based on Metal Organic Frameworks for Kinetic Study of Environmental Pollutant Elimination
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Gholami, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor)
Abstract
An environmentally friendly heterogeneous ternary carbon dots (CDs)/MIL-88B (Fe)/Bi2S3 nanocomposite was synthesized by a multistep method. In this study, we have studied low-temperature calcination with relatively inexpensive reactants. Fabricated nanocomposite structures were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, EIS, SEM, BET, and TGA techniques, demonstrating the decoration of the Bi2S3 on the CDs/MIL-88B (Fe) nanocomposite surface. MOF templating has been chosen as a systemic method for limited size CD formation inside MIL-88B (Fe) pores. The CD arrays also revealed an excellent efficacy for catalytic and photocatalytic applications. According to the experimental results, CDs/MIL-88B (Fe)/Bi2S3...
Multi-quality of service routing and spectrum assignment in elastic optical networks
, Article IEEE International Conference on Communications, 21 May 2017 through 25 May 2017 ; 2017 ; 15503607 (ISSN) ; 9781467389990 (ISBN) ; Beyranvand, H ; Salehi, J. A ; Sharif University of Technology
2017
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate multi-quality of service (QoS) routing and spectrum assignment in elastic optical networks (EONs) by utilizing network state information in terms of bandwidth usage and holding time of established connections. Toward this aim, two types of traffic, namely big data traffic (BDT) requests, and fixed rate flow requests (FLRs) are considered, where BDTs can tolerate a pre-determined initial delay while FLRs must be served immediately without any delay. We assume that both frequency and time usage of optical bandwidth is slotted, and accordingly optical resources are defined in a two-dimensional (2D) time/frequency domain, where the smallest resource is specified...
Large eddy simulations of unconfined non-reacting and reacting turbulent low swirl jets
, Article Flow, Turbulence and Combustion ; Volume 98, Issue 3 , 2017 , Pages 817-840 ; 13866184 (ISSN) ; Farshchi, M ; Arabnejad, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Netherlands
2017
Abstract
The low swirl flow is a novel method for stabilizing lean premixed combustion to achieve low emissions of nitrogen oxides. Understanding the characteristics of low swirl flows is of both practical and fundamental interest. In this paper, in order to gain better insight into low swirl stabilized combustion, large eddy simulation and dynamically thickened flame combustion modeling are used to characterize various features of non-reacting and reacting low swirl flows including vortex breakdown, shear layers’ instability, and coherent structures. Furthermore, four test cases with different equivalence ratios are studied to evaluate the effects of equivalence ratio on the flame and flow...
Joint cell muting and user scheduling in multicell networks with temporal fairness
, Article Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing ; Volume 2018 , 2018 ; 15308669 (ISSN) ; Akar, N ; Khalaj, B. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Hindawi Limited
2018
Abstract
A semicentralized joint cell muting and user scheduling scheme for interference coordination in a multicell network is proposed under two different temporal fairness criteria. In the proposed scheme, at a decision instant, each base station (BS) in the multicell network employs a cell-level scheduler to nominate one user for each of its inner and outer sections and their available transmission rates to a network-level scheduler which then computes the potential overall transmission rate for each muting pattern. Subsequently, the network-level scheduler selects one pattern to unmute, out of all the available patterns. This decision is shared with all cell-level schedulers which then forward...
In-Vivo Body Thermometry Using Electromagnetic Waves
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Shishegar, Amir Ahmad (Supervisor)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to estimate the temperature distribution of the internal body organs using electromagnetic waves. When the external electromagnetic field propagates in biological tissues under a process like microwave hyperthermia, the temperature of the tissue at the field concentration area increases. Due to temperature and frequency dependence of the tissue dielectric, the tissue permittivity changes; thus, the electric field scattered by the tissue changes. Therefore, by measuring the field scattered from the object, dielectric changes of the tissue structure can be calculated. Since the biological tissues’ dielectric coefficient at frequencies lower than 2GHz is linear,...
Time-cost-quality trade-off in project scheduling with linguistic variables
, Article World Applied Sciences Journal ; Volume 18, Issue 3 , 2012 , Pages 404-413 ; 18184952 (ISSN) ; Modarres, M ; Tavakkoli Moghaddam, R ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
Time, cost and quality are among the crucial aspects of each project. In recent years, the demands of project stakeholders regarding reductions in the total cost and time of a project along with achieving the acceptable quality of the project have risen significantly. This leads researchers to developing models that incorporate the quality factor to previously existing time cost trade-off models.We develop a model for discrete time-cost-quality trade-off problem. For each activity, an execution mode can be selected from a number of possible ones. The time and cost of each mode are assumed to be crisp but the quality of each mode is a linguistic variable. Therefore, in this paper, fuzzy logic...
Numerical anaysis of a thermopneumatic micropump
, Article ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Collocated with 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, ICNMM2010, 1 August 2010 through 5 August 2010, Montreal, QC ; 2010 , Pages 1135-1140 ; 9780791854501 (ISBN) ; Shafii, M. B ; Saidi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
2010
Abstract
Thermopneumatic micropump is one type of positive displacement micropump, which has many applications due to its relatively large stroke volume, low working voltage, and simple fabrication in microscale. In this paper, a numerical study of heat transfer and fluid flow in a valveless thermopneumatically driven micropump is presented. For rectifying the bidirectional flow, a nozzle and a diffuser are used as the inlet and outlet channels of the chamber. Since the fluid flow is induced by the motion of a diaphragm, the numerical simulation includes fluid structure interaction, which requires applying a dynamic mesh. The domain of solution is divided into two sections; the actuator unit, which...
A viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model considering damage evolution for time dependent materials: Application to asphalt mixes
, Article International Journal of Damage Mechanics ; Volume 25, Issue 7 , 2016 , Pages 921-942 ; 10567895 (ISSN) ; Naghdabadi, R ; Baghani, M ; Sohrabpour, S ; Sharif University of Technology
SAGE Publications Ltd
2016
Abstract
In this paper, employing the definition of an effective configuration in the continuum damage mechanics, mechanical response of a compressible viscoelastic-viscoplastic material is investigated. We present a phenomenological viscoelastic-viscoplastic-viscodamage constitutive model, developed within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. The formulation is based on the additive decomposition of the total strain into elastic, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic parts in the effective configuration. Thus, the Helmholtz energy is partitioned into elastic, elastic-viscoelastic, and viscoplastic parts. Then, each one is divided into deviatoric and volumetric energies. Considering the...
Continuum damage-healing constitutive modeling for concrete materials through stress spectral decomposition
, Article International Journal of Damage Mechanics ; Volume 25, Issue 6 , 2016 , Pages 900-918 ; 10567895 (ISSN) ; Baghani, M ; Sohrabpour, S ; Naghdabadi, R ; Sharif University of Technology
SAGE Publications Ltd
2016
Abstract
Self-healing concrete materials have the capability to recover a part of the weakened mechanical properties induced by damage. In this paper, a constitutive model is proposed to investigate damage and healing phenomena in concrete materials. In order to consider the different behavior of concretes in tension and compression, a spectral decomposition of the stress is utilized. In addition, employing the Clausius-Duhem inequality and considering the irreversible thermodynamics, conjugate forces of the damage and healing are expressed. The Gibbs potential energy is decomposed into three parts: elastic, damage and healing. In this regard, damage and healing behavior are distinguished from the...
A finite deformation viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model for self-healing materials
, Article Smart Materials and Structures ; Volume 25, Issue 12 , 2016 , Pages 1DUMMY- ; 09641726 (ISSN) ; Naghdabadi, R ; Baghani, M ; Sohrabpour, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Physics Publishing
2016
Abstract
In this paper, employing the Hencky strain, viscoelastic-viscoplastic response of self-healing materials is investigated. Considering the irreversible thermodynamics and using the effective configuration in the Continuum Damage-Healing Mechanics (CDHM), a phenomenological finite strain viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive model is presented. Considering finite viscoelastic and viscoplastic deformations, total deformation gradient is multiplicatively decomposed into viscoelastic and viscoplastic parts. Due to mathematical advantages and physical meaning of Hencky strain, this measure of strain is employed in the constitutive model development. In this regard, defining the damage and healing...
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Ascending Accelerated Motion of Single Bubble in Quiescent Newtonian and Non-newtonian Liquids
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Firoozabadi, Bahar (Supervisor) ; Afshin, Hossein (Supervisor)
Abstract
The gas-liquid interaction is one of the most important and common phenomenons in chemical, biochemical and mineral industries which is generally observed as liquid in a gas stream (droplet) or gas in a liquid stream (bubble). Although bubbles produced in the industrial applications are in the form of a group of bubbles, understanding the hydrodynamics of a single bubble in a quiescent liquid provides a starting point for studying bubble groups. It should be noted that changes in the velocity and drag coefficient of the bubbles in various fluids are essential parameters for designing gas-liquid systems. In the present research, in order to examine the effect of system parameters and...
A thermodynamically consistent viscoelastic–viscoplastic constitutive model for self-healing materials
, Article Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures ; Volume 29, Issue 6 , 2018 , Pages 1065-1080 ; 1045389X (ISSN) ; Baghani, M ; Naghdabadi, R ; Sohrabpour, S ; Sharif University of Technology
SAGE Publications Ltd
2018
Abstract
Self-healing materials, as a class of intelligent materials, are capable to recover a part of the weakened mechanical properties induced by damage. In this article, based on the thermodynamics of irreversible processes, employing the effective configuration in the continuum damage-healing mechanics, a viscoelastic–viscoplastic constitutive model is presented. In the constitutive model development, we adopt an additive decomposition of the total strain into elastic, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic parts. In this regard, defining the damage and healing variables and employing the strain energy equivalence hypothesis, stress and strain tensors in the effective configuration are obtained....