Enhancing steam flow efficiency through fine droplet injection in nozzles: Mitigating wetness losses and condensation shock

MJ Eghbali, M Tavakol, ET Khoei, M Tamimi… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Condensing flow stands as a vital element in industrial operations, crucial for optimizing
heat transfer and overall energy efficiency. However, the formation of droplets within such …

Enhancement of hydrogen production in a modified moving bed downdraft gasifier–A thermodynamic study by including tar

MA Adnan, H Susanto, H Binous, O Muraza… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A new approach on thermodynamic simulation of the gasification process is conducted by
considering the formation of tar using Aspen Plus. The present model shows higher …

An investigation of geometrical factors of multi-stage steam ejectors for air suction

A Mohammadi - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Given the structural limitations of ejectors, in order to enhance the flexibility of them to suit
various industries, several ejectors may be connected to each other serially. Moreover …

Development of a two-fluid model for predicting phase-changing flows inside thermal vapor compressors used in thermal desalination systems

N Sharifi, SMANR Abadi, R Kouhikamali - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of “thermal vapor compressors
(TVCs)” as one of the main components of “multi-effect distillation (MED)” systems. A single …

Optimization of VD/VOD multi-stage serial steam ejectors based on CFD

R Amini, S Kheradmand… - Ironmaking & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of this research is to optimize the first two-stage ejectors of a VD/VOD system
in order to increase the entrainment ratio (ER) of the system. By optimizing the first ejector …

Analysis and measurement of relative humidity effects on ejector performance

H Lee, S Jegal, SJ Song - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2017 - Springer
Pumping in ejectors is a measure of how much the secondary fluid is entrained by the high
momentum primary flow and is one of the crucial performance indices. In the fuel …

Pseudo shock wave in a slotted duct of constant area

VR Petha Sethuraman, A Suryan, HD Kim - Recent Asian Research on …, 2020 - Springer
The flow inside a supersonic intake comprises a series of bifurcated compression waves
and followed by an adverse pressure gradient region. This phenomenon referred to as …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical investigation on the effects of operating conditions on the performance of a steam jet-ejector

S Sabzpoushan, M Darbandi… - … of fluid flow, heat and mass …, 2018 - avestia.com
In this paper, the focus is on an existing steam jet-ejector, in which the primary flow is high
pressure superheated steam and the suction flow is a mixture of saturated steam and air …

A numerical investigation on the effects of slot geometry on shock boundary layer interaction

M Bazazzadeh, MD Menshadi… - Journal of Mechanical …, 2017 - Springer
Slot is one of the features that control Shock wave-boundary layer interaction (SBLI), which
is generally used to prevent strong interference from shockwaves to the boundary layer in …

A numerical investigation of simulating moisture in motive steam in a thermal-vapor compressor with DPM method

M Hakimi, R Kouhikamali, M Hassani… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2023 - Springer
One of the prevalent phenomena that significantly affects thermal-vapor compressors is the
moisture in the motive steam. It has a dominant effect on the thermodynamic and design …