Inducing swirl flow inside the pipes of flat-plate solar collector by using multiple nozzles for enhancing thermal performance

Y Cao, H Ayed, M Hashemian, A Issakhov, F Jarad… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this numerical study, an attempt has been made to improve the thermal performance of
the flat-plate solar collector (FPSC) by inducing the swirl flow inside the tube by the …

Numerical simulation of the thermal-hydraulic performance of solar collector equipped with vector generators filled with two-phase hybrid nanofluid Cu-TiO2/H2O

M Niknejadi, A Alizadeh, H Zekri, B Ruhani… - … Analysis with Boundary …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, the effect of vortex generators (VGs) with various geometric shapes and Cu-
TiO 2/H 2 O nanofluid (NF) on thermal-hydraulic (TH) performance, energy efficiency and …

CFD-based irreversibility analysis of avant-garde semi-O/O-shape grooving fashions of solar pond heat trade-off unit

C Liu, M Hashemian, A Shawabkeh, HS Dizaji… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To attain a full-fledged design of a spiral piping system utilized in solar ponds, making a
balance between thermal and frictional factors is a critical but difficult task. The present study …

PEM fuel cell cathode-side flow field design optimization based on multi-criteria analysis of liquid-slug dynamics

Y Cao, H Ayed, S Jafarmadar, MAA Abdollahi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Since the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) clearance and the residence time of produced
water in gas channels remarkably affect the proper operation of proton exchange membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Entropic analysis of a double helical tube heat exchanger including circular depressions on both inner and outer tube

Y Cao, H Ayed, HS Dizaji, M Hashemian… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, entropic analysis of a double helical tube heat exchanger including circular
depressions on both inner tube and outer tube is provided. Experimentally validated 3D …

Design-eligibility study of solar thermal helically coiled heat exchanging system with annular dimples by irreversibility concept

Y Cao, M Hashemian, H Ayed, A Shawabkeh… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This is a numerical research that aims to design several helically grooved coils for solar
water heating systems and compare them based on the irreversibility concept. To this end …

Thermal/frictional performance of spiral pipe with ring-shape depression used as in-pond heat exchanger

Y Cao, H Ayed, M Hashemian, A Issakhov… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present numerical study the ring-shape depressions were created on the wall of spiral
pipe that can be employed as a heat exchanger in the solar ponds. Unlike available …

Enhanced thermal performance of tubular heat exchanger using triangular wing vortex generator

VR Sharma, MN, M MS - Cogent Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Enhancement of heat transfer for turbulent flow in a circular tube heat exchanger using
triangular wing v ortex generators (TWVG) is presented using Computational Fluid …

Simulating the turbulent hydrothermal behavior of oil/MWCNT nano fluid in a solar channel heat exchanger equipped with vortex generators

R Maouedj, Y Menni, M Inc, YM Chu… - … in Engineering & …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Re-engineering the channel heat exchangers (CHEs) is the goal of many recent studies,
due to their great importance in the scope of energy transport in various industrial and …

Thermal, frictional and exergetic analysis of non-parallel configurations for plate heat exchangers

YA Al-Turki, H Moria, A Shawabkeh… - … and Processing-Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parallel configuration is the main common and conventional structure of the plate heat
exchangers. However, this paper focuses on non-parallel configuration for these types of …