Enhanced turbulent convective heat transfer in helical twisted Multilobe tubes

KL Liaw, JC Kurnia, ZA Putra, M Aziz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing heat transfer performance has been the main interest in the thermal engineering
field. Various enhancement methods have been proposed, including twisted and Multilobe …

Thermal performance promotion of a novel double-tube heat exchanger by helical fin with perforations

KW Song, YT He, Q Zhang, X Wu, AL He… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Double-tube heat exchangers are widely used in many fields. A novel double-tube heat
exchanger with a perforated helical fin on the annulus side is proposed in this paper for …

A non-destructive model for thermal-hydraulics of wire-wrapped rod bundle and wire-rod contact corner microscopic behavior

J Hou, Q Song, H Leng, C Xue, Y Yuan… - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wire-wrapped rod bundle numerical simulation relates to multiscale parameters, such as
axial length of the rod bundle (600 mm) and wire-rod contact corner (0.4 mm). The existing …

Hydrothermal and energy-saving performances in a mini-channel heat sink under different wire coil inserts induced swirling flow

Z Feng, Q Zhang, Z Li, Y Bian, Z Hu, J Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy conservation and emission reduction are crucial international policies. For
micro/mini-channel heat exchangers, improving their thermal performances while …

Multicomponent gas mixture parametric CFD study of condensation heat transfer in small modular reactor system safety

PK Bhowmik, JP Schlegel - Experimental and Computational Multiphase …, 2023 - Springer
Safety is always the primary concern for designing and analyzing nuclear reactor systems.
The requirements for the safety margin for advanced small modular reactor (SMR) systems …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of tube Dimples-Protrusions on the thermo-fluidic properties of turbulent forced-convection

S Farsad, M Mashayekhi, MH Zolfagharnasab… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the techniques offered to improve the efficiency of heat exchangers, the Dimpled
surfaces were repeatedly reported as an applicable solution. In this regard, the current study …

Study the effect of innovative active and passive methods on thermal characteristics and turbulent flow behaviour in a heat exchanger pipe

S Banihashemi, M Assari, S Javadi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2024 - Springer
Turbulators are used in oil and gas industries, steel, power plants and air conditioning to
improve energy performance. For example, to decrease gas consumption in the heater of …

Porous media model simulates thermal-hydraulics of nuclear research reactors with flat and curved plate fuel assembly

MH Tusar, PK Bhowmik, K Kobayashi, SB Alam… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of nuclear research reactors hinges on precise thermal-hydraulic
analyses, especially when reactors undergo potential design modifications or power …

Thermohydraulic performance investigation of a heat exchanger with combined effect of ribbed insert and Therminol55/MXene+ Al2O3 nanofluid: A numerical two …

L Das, N Aslfattahi, K Habib, R Saidur, A Das… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
MXene-based nanofluids are novel trends with improved dispersion stability and
thermophysical characteristics over previously established nanofluids. In the present work …

Analysis of enhanced heat transfer characteristics of coaxial borehole heat exchanger

L Sun, B Fu, M Wei, S Zhang - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coaxial borehole heat exchangers provide a practical method for geothermal energy
extraction, but heat transfer efficiency is low. In order to address this problem, three coaxial …