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View article: Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels
Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels Open
Contrail cirrus are a major contributor to the climate forcing from aviation. Yet, the number of contrail ice crystals forming behind aircraft with modern lean-burn engines is unknown. Theory spans a five orders of magnitude range in ice c…
View article: Numerical Simulation of Indoor Living Wall Effects Using an Evapotranspiration Model in Hygroscopic Porous Medium
Numerical Simulation of Indoor Living Wall Effects Using an Evapotranspiration Model in Hygroscopic Porous Medium Open
The potential effect of a living wall on the indoor temperature and humidity of a room is numerically modeled and investigated through a novel approach. The studied room has a dimension of \(10 m\times 6 m\times 3 m\) with part of the wall…
View article: Structural Analysis of the Zigzag Channel Pche as an Ihx in a Htgr Power Plant
Structural Analysis of the Zigzag Channel Pche as an Ihx in a Htgr Power Plant Open
View article: An Investigation of the Effects of Volume Fraction on Drag Coefficient of Non-Spherical Particles Using PR-DNS
An Investigation of the Effects of Volume Fraction on Drag Coefficient of Non-Spherical Particles Using PR-DNS Open
Prediction of the drag coefficient is required in gas-particle multiphase flow modeling and simulation. Experimental data and correlations on the fixed-bed system of spherical particles with high volume fractions for various possible arran…
View article: Computational Simulation and Analysis of Major Control Parameters of Time-Dependent PV/T Collectors
Computational Simulation and Analysis of Major Control Parameters of Time-Dependent PV/T Collectors Open
In order to improve performance of photovoltaic/thermal (or PV/T for simplicity) collectors, this paper firstly validated a previous computational thermal model and then introduced an improved computational thermal model to investigate the…
View article: Assessment of Iron Oxide (III)–Therminol 66 Nanofluid as a Novel Working Fluid in a Convective Radiator Heating System for Buildings
Assessment of Iron Oxide (III)–Therminol 66 Nanofluid as a Novel Working Fluid in a Convective Radiator Heating System for Buildings Open
This work investigates the use of iron oxide (III)–therminol 66 oil-based nanosuspensions in a convective heating system with potential heating applications in the buildings sector. In an experimental study, characteristics of nanofluids w…
View article: Numerical Simulation and Validation of Thermoeletric Generator Based Self-Cooling System with Airflow
Numerical Simulation and Validation of Thermoeletric Generator Based Self-Cooling System with Airflow Open
In this paper, a general numerical methodology is developed and validated for the simulation of steady as well as transient thermal and electrical behaviors of thermoelectric generator (TEG)-based air flow self-cooling systems. The present…
View article: Special Issue: Advances in Nanofluids: Modeling and Applications (ANMA)
Special Issue: Advances in Nanofluids: Modeling and Applications (ANMA) Open
Heat transfer enhancement in heat-exchange devices is one of the key factors affecting energy savings and compact designs in wide variety of engineering applications. Pioneering heat transfer research has been carried out leading to the de…
View article: Flue Gas Water Vapor Latent Heat Recovery for Pressurized Oxy-Combustion
Flue Gas Water Vapor Latent Heat Recovery for Pressurized Oxy-Combustion Open
This final report presents the results of a three-year technology development project carried out by a team of participants sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE). This is addressing the FOA Area of Interest 2: Enabling Combustion Tec…
View article: Numerical modeling and analysis of Transport Membrane Condensers for waste heat and water recovery from flue gas
Numerical modeling and analysis of Transport Membrane Condensers for waste heat and water recovery from flue gas Open
View article: Modeling and simulation of cross-flow transport membrane condenser heat exchangers
Modeling and simulation of cross-flow transport membrane condenser heat exchangers Open
View article: AHP-based design method of a lightweight, portable and flexible air-based PV-T module for UAV shelter hangars
AHP-based design method of a lightweight, portable and flexible air-based PV-T module for UAV shelter hangars Open
The use of renewable energy is spreading also to the military field. Its implementation in army forward bases has three clear advantages: an economic benefit lowering consumptions, an environmental profit reducing emissions, and a strategi…
View article: Design and development of a PV-T test bench based on Arduino
Design and development of a PV-T test bench based on Arduino Open
View article: A heat transfer and friction factor correlation for low air-side Reynolds number applications of compact heat exchangers (1535-RP)
A heat transfer and friction factor correlation for low air-side Reynolds number applications of compact heat exchangers (1535-RP) Open
In this article, an experimental investigation of the heat transfer and pressure drop of compact heat exchangers with louvered fins and flat tubes was conducted within a low air-side Reynolds number range of 20< ReLp < 200. Using an existi…
View article: Nanoporous membrane tube condensing heat transfer enhancement study
Nanoporous membrane tube condensing heat transfer enhancement study Open