Optimization of injection molding process parameters for the lining of IV hydrogen storage cylinder.

The hydrogen storage cylinder lining was taken as the research object. The injection model of the cylinder liner was developed employing 3D software, a two-cavity injection molding system was built, and Moldflow was utilized for analysis to determine the best combination of injection molding process parameters. The effects of injection process parameters (melt temperature, mold temperature, holding pressure, holding time and cooling time) on the evaluation index were analyzed by orthogonal experiment L16(45). The prediction data of IV hydrogen storage cylinder lining under different parameters were obtained by the range analysis method. The multi-objective optimization problem of injection molding process was transformed into a single-objective optimization problem by using the grey correlation analysis method. The optimal parameters such as melt temperature 270 °C, mold temperature 80 °C, packing pressure 55 MPa, packing time 20 s and cooling time 13 s were obtained. Taguchi method was adopted to obtain SNR (signal-to-noise ratio), while range and variance methods were used for analysis. The results showed that warpage was 0.4892 mm, the volume shrinkage was 12.31%, the residual stress in the first direction was 98.13 MPa, and the residual stress in the second direction was 108.1 MPa. The comprehensive index was simultaneously most impacted by the melt temperature.

Performance amelioration of single basin solar still integrated with V- type concentrator: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Solar desalination is one of the most sustainable solutions to produce freshwater from brackish water. The present research work aims to experimentally investigate the effect of a V-shape concentrator integrated with solar still (SS). The V-shape concentrator integrated with the conventional solar still (CSS) is used to supply the saline water at elevated temperature to the basin of SS, which augments the freshwater yield compared to CSS. The experimental investigation was performed at different brackish water depths of 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03 m, respectively. The SS system was evaluated based on water yield, energy, exergy, concentrator efficiency, and economic analysis. The freshwater yield of the solar still integrated with V-shape concentrator (SSVC) was found to be 5.47, 5.10, and 4.89 L/m2.day, whereas the yield of the CSS was 3.73, 3.27, and 2.91 L/m2 .day at the water depths of 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03 m, respectively. The daily energy and exergy efficiency of CSS were 38.5, 33.5, and 29.4% and 1.9, 1.5, and 0.97 % in the case of 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03m water depth , respectively. However, the integration of concentrator significantly augmented the energy efficiency to 57.4, 51.7, and 44.9% and exergy efficiency to 3.8, 3.3, and 2.8% for the respective water depths . Life cycle studies demonstrated that the freshwater cost per liter for CSS and SSVC were 0.0102 $ and 0.0117 $ respectively, at a water depth of 0.01 m. It was concluded that the addition of V-shape concentrator and minimum water depth is useful to augment the energy efficiency, exergy efficiency, and yield of the SS in the very economical way.