Trend of flow enhancement

Trend of flow enhancement is a trend of engineering system evolution according to which as an engineering system evolves, flow rates of substances, energy, or information increase, and/or the flows are better utilized.

Overview

Trend of flow enhancement is one of the four mechanisms directly supporting the trend of increasing value in the hierarchy of TESE (along with the trend of transition to the supersystem, the trend of increasing degree of trimming, and the trend increasing completeness of system components).

Subtrends of the trend of flow enhancement

The trend has two main sub-trends, each further divided into specific mechanisms:

1. improving useful flows, and

2. reducing the negative impact of harmful/accidental flows.

Improving useful flows

Useful flows can be improved by two mechanisms:

A. increasing the conductivity of the flow, or

B. making better use of the flow.

Increasing the conductivity of the flow

To increase the conductivity of the useful flow, the following techniques can be applied:

reducing the number of the flow transformations,
transition to a more efficient flow type,
reducing the length of the flow,
eliminating “gray zones”,
eliminating “bottlenecks”,
creating a bypass,
increasing the conductivity of the separate parts of the flow channel,
increasing the density of the flow,
applying the useful action of one flow to another,
applying the useful action of one flow to the channel of another flow,
rearranging one flow so that it carries another flow,
assigning multiple flows to one channel,
modifying the flow to increase conductivity, or
directing the flow through a supersystem channel.

Making better use of the flow

Techniques applied to make better use of the flow can be as follows:

eliminating a stagnant zone,
utilizing impulse action,
utilizing resonance,
modulating the flow,
redistributing the flow,
combining homogeneous flows,
utilizing recirculation,
combining two different flows to obtain synergy, or
presetting the necessary substance, energy, or information.

Reducing the negative impact of harmful/accidental flows

The negative impact of harmful/accidental flows can be reduced by:

A. decreasing the conductivity of harmful or accidental flows, or

B. reducing the impact of harmful flows.

Decreasing the conductivity of harmful or accidental flows

To decrease the conductivity of harmful or accidental flows, the following techniques can be used:

increasing the number of flow transformations,
transition to a low-conductivity flow,
increasing the length of the flow,
introducing bottlenecks,
introducing stagnant zones,
reducing the conductivity of part of the flow channel, or
utilizing recirculation.

Reducing the impact of harmful flows

The following techniques are used to reduce the impact of harmful flows:

introducing gray zones,
reducing the density of the flow,
eliminating resonance,
redistributing the flow,
combining a flow and an anti-flow,
modifying the flow,
modifying the damaged object,
presetting the substance, energy, or data that will be required to neutralize the flow,
bypassing,
transferring the flow to the supersystem, or
recycling or recovering the incidental flows.