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New energy vehicle (NEV) is a significant solution to the energy crisis and global warming. The promotion and widespread use of NEVs will depend on developing and modernizing their core technologies and components. As the three core systems of NEVs, the thermal management of the battery, motor, and electric control systems is increasingly essential. Herein, the precharge circuit's thermal management strategy is improved by studying the precharge resistor's thermal performance. Both intermittent and continuous high voltages are applied to the precharge resistor to study its temperature‐rising characteristics. It is demonstrated that thickening electrode can lengthen the precharge resistor's short‐circuit durability, increase its transient heat storage capacity during a short circuit of the precharge circuit, and reduce the maximum temperature of the resistor's shell and resistance wire. When the thickness is 3 mm, and the eccentricity is 18.5 mm, the heat storage capacity of the resistor under continuous high voltage can be increased by up to 82.32%, and that under intermittent high voltage can be increased by up to 52.92%.

Electrowetting technology, one of the microfluidic technologies, has attracted more and more attentions in recent years, and it has a broad prospect in terms of microdroplet drive. In this paper, the dynamic contact angle theory is used to develop a numerical model to predict the droplet dynamic contact behavior and the internal flow field under electrowetting. In particular, based on the established computational model of droplet force balance, the dynamic process of a droplet under electrowetting is analyzed, with the perspective of pressure variation and force balance inside the droplet. The results show that when the alternating current frequency increases from 50Hz to 500Hz, the amplitude of the oscillation waveform after droplet stabilization is 0.036mm, 0.016mm, 0.013mm, 0.002mm, while the relevant droplet oscillation periods T are 11ms, 4ms, 2ms, 1ms, respectively. It is also found that the initial phase angle does not affect the droplet oscillation amplitude. In addition, the pressure on the droplet surface under alternating current electrowetting increases rapidly to the maximum value, with resonant waveform oscillation, and the droplet will present different resonance modes under voltage stimulation. The higher the resonance mode is, the smaller the droplet oscillation amplitude is, and the streamline at the interface will present eddy current, in which the number of vortices matches the resonance mode. The high resonance mode corresponds to the small droplet amplitude, while there are more vortices with smaller size.

The Maisotsenko gas turbine cycle (MGTC) introduces the M-cycle in the aftercooling process, thereby adding a larger mass flow rate to the saturator. However, this imposes strict requirements on the lightweight design of the aftercooling saturator, for which detailed manufacturing information is currently scarce. This paper presents a comprehensive MGTC that combines intercooling, aftercooling, and regenerative, and considers the reuse of cooling water and energy recovery. The thermodynamic indicators are obtained by establishing energy and mass conservation models for each component. A heat and mass transfer model is developed for the aftercooling saturator, and the actual dimensions and internal temperature, relative humidity, and humidity ratio changes are calculated using the finite difference method. The response patterns of channel length to changes in parameters such as pressure ratio, dew point efficiency, and extraction ratio are analyzed. The results show that with a pressure ratio of 16, a dew point efficiency of 0.8, and an extraction ratio of 1/3, a channel length of 5.526m is required, with a corresponding channel number and total heat transfer area of 317 and 1752m2, respectively, and a thermal efficiency of 48.63%. The study provides a key thermal design scheme for the aftercooling saturator.