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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer is an open access and peer-reviewed online journal that provides a central vehicle for the exchange of basic ideas in heat and mass transfer between researchers and engineers around the globe. It disseminates information of permanent interest in the area of heat and mass transfer. Theory and fundamental research in heat and mass transfer, numerical simulations and algorithms, experimental techniques, and measurements as applied to all kinds of current and emerging problems are welcome. Contributions to the journal consist of original research on heat and mass transfer in equipment, thermal systems, thermodynamic processes, nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, energy and power applications, as well as security and related topics.
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.1
Abstract Inserting the jet plate between the bottom plate and absorber plate in a flat plate solar air heater has been proposed as an excellent option to enhance
the performance of the conventional solar air heater. This research work presents an experimental study of flow and heat transfer in a jet plate solar air
heater. Results are presented for the different mass flow rates of air ṁ1 and ṁ2, Reynolds number Reja2, streamwise pitch of the holes to jet hole diameter
X/D, depth of upper channel to jet hole diameter Z2/D, fixed number of jet hole N and angle of tilt… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.2
Abstract This study has examined some important aspects of the engineered smoke control system, namely the shape of smoke reservoirs and the quantity and
distribution of smoke extract points within a smoke compartment. Three different shapes of smoke reservoirs have been selected for analysis, namely
square, rectangular, and T-shaped. The shape of the smoke reservoir has been varied, but the area, length and height have been kept identical. Four
different configurations of extract points have been used in each shape of the reservoir: a single extract point located at the corner of the smoke
reservoir, a single extract point located at… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.3
Abstract The household batch reactor using cow manure as the substrate generates methane gas used as fuel. This paper presents two-dimensional (3D)
axisymmetric using commercial COMSOL 5.5 Multiphysics software. This is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model based on conservation
equations with the chemical reaction model of anaerobic digestion (AD) processes to investigate the influence of different horizontal circular extended
surfaces augmented to the inside digesters on the performance of the anaerobic digestion. Using four batch digesters, D1 with no extended surfaces
and D2, D3, and D4 have augmented with four horizontal circular extended surfaces of width 2,4 and 6 cm,… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-10, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.4
Abstract Unsteady flow of fractionalized Jeffrey fluid over a plate is considered. In addition, thermo diffusion and slip effects are also used in the problem. The
flow model is solved using Constant proportional Caputo fractional derivative. Initially, the governing equations are made non-dimensional and then
solved by Laplace transform. From the Figs., it is observed that Prandtl and Smith numbers have decreasing effect on fluid motion, whereas thermodiffusion have increasing effect on fluid motion. Moreover, comparison among fractionalized and ordinary velocity fields is also
drawn. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.5
Abstract The aim of present study is an influence of viscous dissipation and heat source on an unsteady MHD mixed convective, fluid flow past an impulsively
started oscillating plate embedded in a porous medium in presence of magnetic field, heat and mass transfer. The modeling equations are converted to
dimensionless equations then solved through Galerkin finite element method and discussed in the flow distributions with the help of MATLAB.
Numerical results for the velocity, temperature and concentration distributions as well as the skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number and Sherwood
number are discussed in detail and displayed graphically for various physical parameters. It… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-12, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.6
Abstract In this work, the demeanour of heat transfer in a cooled upstanding turbulent flow condition of supercritical carbon dioxide SC- CO2 was investigated
and analyzed. Several scenarios were adopted to handle the experimental data acquired by applying a perpendicular pipe with bending tape used in the
examination model. The outcomes were presented using a typical method 'the dimensionless constitution'. Also, a modification was achieved to improve
the relationship among the parameters for the processes of up and down flows. The achieved results will help address this research gap on turbulent
perpendicular compound heat load based on cooling conditions. Finally, the… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.7
Abstract In this paper, we study the behavior of heat transfer of Casson fluid at the magnetohydrodynamic stagnation point with thermal radiation over a
continuous moving sheet. The appropriate similarity transfer is used to transfer the governing differential equations into the ordinary differential
equation and then solved by the collocation method based on spline function. The obtained results are investigated with the existing literature by direct
comparison. We found that an increment in the value of the shrinking parameter, magnetic parameter, and Casson fluid parameter enhances the velocity
distribution and depreciate the temperature profile both Casson and Newtonian fluids. Furthermore, the… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.8
Abstract Ram pumps employ renewable energy in the form of water head to pump water, but they have performance issues that require difficult on-site testing
and tuning, hence limiting their application. The current research developed a low-cost lab-scale testing system for small ram pumps’ performance
evaluation, tuning and leak testing. The developed system is made from available, low-cost, sensors and components. It conserves test water by
setting the supply head through continuous circulation of water. The system was tested on a low-cost small sized ram pump, specially built using
plumbing components. Test results demonstrated the capacity of the developed testing system. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-5, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.9
Abstract A study to examine the effect of evaporator diameters on the performances of a custom air-water generator had been conducted in naturally room air
temperatures. Performances in this study consisted of fresh water production, coefficient of performance, and total heat transfer from the air. The
freshwater was attained from the dew that dropped from the evaporator walls. It was from water vapour in the air that condensed due to the low
temperature of the evaporator walls. The evaporator which had dimensions of 285 mm x 12.7 mm x 480 mm was placed in an open box (top and
bottom). It… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.10
Abstract In order to explore the thermal characteristics of a small nozzle flowmeter in the solid domain when transporting medium with different temperatures,
the steady and transient thermal characteristics of each component of the nozzle flowmeter are calculated based on the finite element method. Results
showed that the numerical calculation method could effectively reveal the internal thermal characteristics. When transporting high temperature
medium, there was an obvious temperature stratification near the inner wall; when the inner wall temperature rose from 50 °C to 700 °C, the heat
flow field at the inlet and outlet of the flowmeter increased significantly with the… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-5, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.11
Abstract In this paper, based on the Mixture model, the numerical computations of the internal flow field in a sewage pump are carried out. Through
numerical simulation, the turbulence flow characteristics in the sewage pump are obtained. Results show that when the particle diameter is 0.10 mm,
the solid-phase concentration on the volute surface is high, and the wear is more severe. When the particle diameters are 0.15 mm and 0.20 mm, the
solid-phase concentration on the volute surface is significantly higher, especially when the over-current cross-section enlarges constantly. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-4, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.12
Abstract This paper analyzes the power generation technology of coke dry quenching (CDQ) waste heat boiler, and compares the exergy efficiency of medium
temperature medium pressure boiler and high temperature high pressure boiler. The scheme of high temperature ultrahigh pressure primary intermediate
reheat boiler to further improve the power generation efficiency of CDQ waste heat is put forward, and the exergy efficiency is analyzed. The bottleneck
problem of further improving power generation efficiency by CDQ waste heat power generation and the exergy efficiency limit under the current
process conditions are obtained. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.13
Abstract In the actual operation of wet gas pipeline, liquid accumulation is easy to form in the low-lying and uphill sections of the pipeline, which leads to a
series of problems such as reduced pipeline transportation efficiency, increased pipeline pressure drop, hydrate formation, slug flow and intensified
corrosion in the pipeline. Accurate calculation of liquid holdup is of great significance to the research of flow pattern identification, pipeline corrosion
evaluation and prediction, and gas pipeline transportation efficiency calculation. Based on the experimental data of liquid holdup in horizontal pipeline,
a commonly used BP neural network (BPNN) model is established in this… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.14
Abstract Taking the ladle used by a factory as an example, a three-dimensional finite element model of the ladle was established, and the temperature distribution
law of the lining during the ladle transportation was studied using the finite element analysis software ANSYS, which verified the good thermal
insulation performance of the nano thermal insulation layer, and analyzed and compared the temperature and distribution law of the refractory lining
under the two working conditions of the heavy ladle and the empty ladle. The results show that due to the change of the boundary conditions in the
empty ladle state, the temperature change… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-7, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.15
Abstract In this study, numerical investigations are performed on a partially premixed flame of methane and air in two- and three-dimensional models. Nonlinear
method is adopted to illustrate the asymmetric phenomenon that affects the flame stability under various co-flow velocities. According to the results,
the mathematical relationship between the flame flickering frequency Stanton number and the dimensionless velocity Froude number has been
summarized as St=0.7Fr-0.46. The bifurcation phenomena under different Reynold numbers are found to have significant influence on the system
stability. Two critical bifurcation points, which is when Re=300 and Re=1200, are determined as the onset of breaking the flame… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-8, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.16
Abstract The flow and heat transfer behaviour of channels with dimples and protrusions of spherical and piriform shapes was numerically explored by solving
the Navier-Stokes and energy equations with a CFD software, the ANSYS Fluent 19.3, in the range of Reynolds numbers from 8,500 to 59,000. The
values of the Nusselt number and friction factors were estimated and the non-dimensional Performance Evaluation Criterion (PEC) was determined to
measure the thermal-hydraulic performance. The results reveal that the piriform protruded channel demonstrated a higher thermal performance with
Nusselt number values of 36%, 15%, 23%, and 9% than the smooth, spherical dimpled, piriform dimpled,… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-7, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.17
Abstract Transferring thermal energy efficiently necessitates utilizing a heat exchanger capable of producing the full thermal power of the energy supply at
lowest possible cost and time. Therefore, in the present investigation, the impact of corrugated helical coil concentric tube-in-tube heat exchanger on
the thermal performance is investigated experimentally. As a continuous in our issue of heat exchanger, the corrugated helical tube-in-tube is carried
out and compared with smooth helical tube-in-tube for free convection heat transfer. The set-up of the experimental apparatus are designed and utilized
to be appropriate for the cooling and heating systems of working fluid. The impacts of… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.18
Abstract In the Heat Transfer process, many innovations were introduced aiming to obtain the most optimum behavior of the cooling process using nanofluids
as coolant liquids. These nanofluids have gained much attention in cooling systems due to their special rheological and thermal performance. In this
work, an experimental evaluation is conducted for nanofluids Al2O3, SiO2, CuO, ZnO, and TiO2 nanoparticles applied to a mini-channel. The nanofluid
particles were entirely spread out in purified water (size of 15 nm) before being passed to the heat sink through a confined inflow channel. The obtained
results showed that the achieved improvement rates are 25%,20%,… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-4, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.19
Abstract This paper numerically simulates the combustion in a 300MW tangentially fired pulverized high-alkali coal boiler under low-load conditions. The
combustion process, temperature distribution and the thermal load in the furnace at different height are analyzed under three different load conditions,
which are 30%, 45% and 60% of full load. The temperature distribution and the variation of NOx concentration under different load conditions are
investigated, as well. The results show that the combustion processes of pulverized high-alkali coal in the furnace are similar under different load
conditions, but the positions of the fuel’s full combustion are related to the loads. With… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-14, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.20
Abstract This work involves a numerical investigation on free convection heat transfer occurred by a hot cylinder immersed in a square duct cooled from one
side under different temperatures. Simulations have been done for a large ranges of Rayleigh number (103
≤ Ra ≤107
) and right wall temperature (0≤Tr
≤0.75). The results displayed that Nu is enhanced with rising in Ra and decreasing in Tr. The value of Nu is decreased with rising in Tr, where the
maximum reduction in Nu is about 32% for Tr=0.75 as compared to Tr=0. The maximum enhancement range for Nu is found between 50%… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.21
Abstract This study will demonstrate the performance of a photovoltaic (PV) powered vapour compression cooling system connected to a Phase Change Material
(PCM) storage tank. Three options were studied, namely (a) PV vapour compression with a PCM storage tank and an air-conditioned room with chilled
water circulation with transparent membrane/desiccant; (b) PV vapour compression with a PCM storage tank and an air-conditioned room with chilled
air dehumidification; and (c) PV vapour compression with a PCM storage tank and an air-conditioned room chilled by combined water circulation, a
transparent membrane/desiccant, and air duct dehumidification. Simulation using TRNSYS, TRNBuild, and EES programmes has… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-10, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.22
Abstract In order to grasp the reverse startup characteristics of a small radial vane pump in the case of misoperation, a circulation piping system that includes
the pump is established. Numerical simulation of the full three-dimensional unsteady incompressible viscous flow is performed based on the slip-grid
technique and user-defined functions (UDF). According to the results, the static pressure fluctuation is small at the inlet of the centrifugal pump
during the reverse startup, which differs significantly from the forward startup. Compared to the impeller rotational speed, the time required for the
shaft power, head and flow curves to reach stability is lagged,… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-14, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.23
Abstract This paper presents an exact analytical solution to the extended Graetz problem in microchannels and microtubes, including axial heat conduction,
viscous dissipation, and rarefaction effects for an imposed constant wall temperature. The flow in the microchannel or microtube is assumed to be
hydrodynamically fully developed. At the same time, the first-order slip-velocity and temperature jump models represent the wall boundary conditions.
The energy equation is solved analytically, and the solution is obtained in terms of Kummer functions with expansion constants directly determined
from explicit expressions. The local and fully developed Nusselt numbers are calculated in terms of the Péclet number,… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.24
Abstract To maintain the maximum temperature and temperature difference of batteries in electric vehicles within a reasonable range, a battery thermal
management system combining closed air-cooling with phase change material(PCM) is proposed and investigated. A three-dimensional numerical
model is developed and validated by experiment. The results indicate that the temperature rise of batteries decreases with the increase of ambient
temperature. The increasing filling amount of PCM reduces the maximum temperature difference of batteries as well as the effect of the airflow rate
on maximum temperature of batteries. The energy consumption is minimum when the filling amount of PCM is 0.28kg. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.25
Abstract This study focused on the heat and mass transfer in radio (RF) assisted heat pump (HP) drying of carrots. The experimental drying of carrot by RF
assisted HP drying method was conducted to evaluate the effect of RF power on drying efficiency including drying rate and heating rate. The input
drying parameters were drying air temperature of 45oC, drying air velocity of 2.5 m/s and RF power of 0, 0.5 and 1.5 kW, in which, RF power of 0
was corresponding to HP drying method. The experimental drying results showed that in RF assisted HP drying method, the drying rate… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.26
Abstract The cyclone separator has remarkable amplification effect, which is an important factor affecting its separation efficiency and pressure drop. The
numerical simulation of Stairmand cyclone separators with cylinder diameters of 200, 280, 400, 480 and 600mm after geometric similarity amplification
was carried out by ANSYS software. RSM model was used for gas phase and DPM model was used for particle phase. The results show that after the
cyclone size is enlarged geometrically, the tangential velocity tends to increase with the increase of the cyclone barrel diameter at the same inlet gas
velocity, which leads to the increase of turbulence energy… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-12, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.27
Abstract Innovative technologies necessitate extra energy, which can be captured from environmentally sustainable, renewable solar energy. Here, heat and
mass transfer through stirring nanofluids in solar collectors for direct absorption of sunlight are pronounced. The similarity transformation served to
turn mathematically regulated partial differential equations into sets of nonlinear higher-order ordinary differential equations. These equations have
been resolved by the homotopy analysis method manipulating, BVPh2.0 package in Mathematica 12.1. Validations are justified through comparison.
Afterward, stronger magnetic field interactions delay the nanofluids mobility. Temperature increases with thermal radiation and Biot numbers.
Entropy formation and nanoparticle concentration dwindle when Schmidt’s number surges. More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-10, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.28
Abstract The requirement for sustainable development for buildings is to have environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems. The utilization of phase
change materials (PCM) in the cooling system is a potential solution for minimizing active power requirements as well as for reducing the size of
components of a vapor compression refrigeration VCR system. A prototype of an Air-PCM (T25™) heat exchanger was fabricated and tested in actual
environmental conditions. Experimental trials using a salt hydrate as PCM have shown the maximum cooling effect of 2.05 kW when 75% of the PCM
was solidified. Based on the results, it is found that… More >
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.29
Abstract The conversion of solid biomass waste into energy continues to be developed at this time to reduce dependence on fossil energy. Energy conversion
can be carried out using several technologies commercialized by several industries, including the fluidized-bed combustor (FBC). This FBC
technology has also been developed in several ways, such as the modification or unique modelling. In particular, the perforated plate modelling
applied in this study is to provide excess air supply so that complete combustion can be achieved. In addition, modifying the perforated plate
increases efficiency and radiation and reduces heat loss in the FBC combustion chamber. This research… More >
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