Overview on the hydrodynamic conditions found in industrial systems and its impact in (bio) fouling formation

S Fernandes, IB Gomes, LC Simões… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofouling is the unwanted accumulation of deposits on surfaces, composed by organic and
inorganic particles and (micro) organisms. Its occurrence in industrial equipment is …

Numerical analysis on laminar forced convection improvement of hybrid nanofluid within a U-bend pipe in porous media

H Moghadasi, E Aminian, H Saffari… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids and porous media have offered a feasible approach to develop heat transfer
within industrial systems. The application of porous substances with high thermal …

Thermo-fluidic characteristics of ice slurry flows in U-bend pipes for cold thermal energy storage

M Rezaei, HA Pakravan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage plays an important role in improving the efficiency of refrigeration
systems. Ice slurries have a high potential for thermal energy storage due to their high latent …

Experimental investigation of heat transfer to supercritical pressure R410a in a U-tube

S Yuan, X Zhou, H Wang, Z Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
To properly guide the design of vapor generators in transcritical organic Rankine cycles,
heat transfer characteristics of supercritical pressure R410a in a horizontal U-tube was …

Experimental study of buoyancy and centrifugal effects on supercritical heat transfer in U-bend and contiguous straight tubes

X Zhou, S Yuan, Z Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
The buoyancy-induced thermal non-uniformity in heat transfer of supercritical fluids is a
major issue that must be addressed in transcritical systems like organic Rankine cycle. In …

The feasibility of using magnetic refrigeration cycles in the thermal management of rechargeable batteries in electric cars

O Haddad, L Al-Samamah - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This is the first study that intends to check the feasibility of using a magnetic refrigerator (MR)
in the thermal management of rechargeable batteries instead of other conventional …

Numerical investigations of pipe flow downstream a flow conditioner with bundle of tubes

G Yin, MC Ong, P Zhang - Engineering Applications of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Flow conditioners are widely utilized in pipeline systems to improve the precision of flow rate
measurement in the pipeline systems of the offshore and subsea oil and gas industry. There …

The uptake behavior of acid dye on silk fabric under laminar flow in a coloration circular pipe

YY Zhu, JJ Long - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
To achieve a highly efficient and cleaner dyeing production, the uptake behavior of acid dye
molecules on silk fabric under laminar flow status was explored for the first time by using a …

Heat Transfer Characteristics of Turbulent Flow in Double-90°-Bend Pipes

Y Kato, K Fujimoto, G Guo, M Kawaguchi, M Kamigaki… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study evaluates the heat dissipation and Nusselt number for an S-shaped double-bend
pipe, for which an experimental evaluation is lacking. In terms of the velocity field, the mean …

Numerical study of heat transfer and pressure drop of nanofluids in a combined porous media of hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces

A Babaei, E Aminian, H Saffari - … Part A: Journal of Power and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study provides a 3D numerical research on the hydro-thermal performance of
water-Al2O3/CuO nanofluids and water/Al2O3-CuO hybrid nanofluid inside a U-bend tube …