Bo Chen¹, Mingjun Wang², Bo Liu^3,*, Chunping Lu⁴, Guohai Jia¹, Yong Chao⁵, Chao Zhong¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.12, No.1, pp. 119-129, 2024, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.031521

Abstract In order to study the combustion characteristics of tar in biomass gasifier inner wall and gasification gas, “tobacco stem semi-tar inside furnace”, “tobacco stem tar inside furnace” and “tobacco stem tar out-of-furnace” were subjected to thermogravimetric experiments, and the combustion characteristics and kinetic characteristics were analyzed. The result shows that “tobacco stem semi-tar inside furnace” has the highest value and “tobacco stem tar out-of-furnace” is has the lowest value on ignition characteristics, combustion characteristics and combustible stability; “tobacco stem semi-tar inside furnace” has the lowest value and “tobacco stem tar outside furnace” has the highest value on burnout characteristics; “tobacco… More > Graphic Abstract

Jiangshuai Wang^1,*, Chuchu Cai¹, Pan Fu^2,3, Jun Li^4,5, Hongwei Yang⁴, Song Deng¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 537-546, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.030430

Abstract Multi-gradient drilling is a new offshore drilling method. The accurate calculation of the related wellbore temperature is of great significance for the prediction of the gas hydrate formation area and the precise control of the wellbore pressure. In this study, a new heat transfer model is proposed by which the variable mass flow is properly taken into account. Using this model, the effects of the main factors influencing the wellbore temperature are analyzed. The results indicate that at the position where the separation injection device is installed, the temperature increase of the fluid in the drill pipe is mitigated due… More >

Karim Ragui¹, Mengshuai Chen^1,2, Lin Chen^1,2,3,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.010378

Abstract The ambiguous dynamics associated with heat and mass transfer of invading carbon dioxide in sub-critical and supercritical states, as well as the response of pore-scale resident fluids, play a key role in understanding CO₂ capture and storage (CCUS) and the corresponding phase equilibrium mechanisms. To this end, this paper reveals the transport mechanisms of invading supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) in polluted micromodels using a variant of Lattice-Boltzmann Color Fluid model and descriptive experimental data. The breakthrough time is evaluated by characterizing the displacement velocity, the capillary to pressuredifference ratio, and the transient heat and mass diffusion at a series of… More >

Foued Chabane^a,b,*,†, Noureddine Moummi^a,b, Abdelhafid Brima^a,b, Said Benramache^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 1-6, 2013, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3006

Abstract This paper presents an experimental thermal efficiency analysis for a novel flat plate solar air heater with several mass flow rates. The aims are to review of designed and analyzed a thermal efficiency of flat-plate solar air heaters. The measured parameters were the inlet and outlet temperatures, the absorbing plate temperatures, the ambient temperature, and the solar radiation. Further, the measurements were performed at different values of mass flow rate of air in flow channel duct. After the analysis of the results, the optimal value of efficiency is higher level of mass flow rate equal to 0.0202 kg/s in flow… More >

Odelu Ojjela^*, N. Naresh Kumar

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.5, pp. 1-12, 2014, DOI:10.5098/hmt.5.22

Abstract This article deals the Hall and ion slip currents on free convection flow, heat and mass transfer of an electrically conducting couple stress fluid through porous channels with chemical reaction, Soret and Dufour effects. Assume that there is symmetric suction or injection along the expanding or contracting walls, which are maintained at different constant temperatures and concentrations. The governing partial differential equations are reduced to nonlinear dimensionless ordinary differential equations using the similarity transformations and solved numerically by the method of quasilinearization. The effects of various parameters on non-dimensional velocity components, temperature distribution and concentration are discussed in detail and… More >

Shaik Jaffrullah¹, Sridhar Wuriti^1,*, Raghavendra Ganesh Ganugapati², Srinivasa Rao Talagadadevi¹

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.21, pp. 407-426, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2023.043305

Abstract In this particular study, we have considered the flow of Casson fluid over inclined flat and cylindrical surfaces, and have conducted a numerical analysis taking into account various physical factors such as mixed convection, stagnation point flow, MHD, thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, heat generation, Joule heating effect, variable thermal conductivity and chemical reaction. Flow over flat plate phenomena is observed aerospace industry, and airflow over solar panels, etc. Cylindrical surfaces are commonly used in several applications interacting with fluids, such as bridges, cables, and buildings, so the study of fluid flow over cylindrical surfaces is more important. Due to the… More >

B. Rushi Kumar^* , T. Sravan Kumar, A .G Vijaya Kumar

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.6, pp. 1-9, 2015, DOI:10.5098/hmt.6.12

Abstract The objective of this study is to investigated thermal diffusion and radiation effects on unsteady free convection chemically reacting fluid flow past an accelerated infinite inclined plate with variable temperature and mass diffusion under the influence of uniform transverse magnetic field when the magnetic lines of force are fixed relative to the fluid or to the plate studied in two cases, (i) when magnetic field fixed relative to the fluid (K=0), (ii) and the magnetic field fixed relative to the plate (K=1) have been considered. A general exact solution of the dimensionless governing partial differential equation is obtained by the… More >

R.R. Kairi^a, Ch. RamReddy^b,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.6, pp. 1-7, 2015, DOI:10.5098/hmt.6.6

Abstract In this paper, we investigated the influence of melting on mixed convection heat and mass transfer from the vertical flat plate in a non-Newtonian nanofluid saturated porous medium. The wall and the ambient medium are maintained at constant, but different, levels of temperature and concentration. The Ostwald–de Waele power-law model is used to characterize the non-Newtonian nanofluid behavior. A similarity solution for the transformed governing equations is obtained. The numerical computation is carried out for various values of the non-dimensional physical parameters. The variation of temperature, concentration, heat and mass transfer coefficients with the power-law index, mixed convection parameter, melting… More >

Viraj S. Shirodkar^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.7, pp. 1-8, 2016, DOI:10.5098/hmt.7.5

Abstract Urea-water solution droplet evaporation is modelled using multi-component droplet evaporation approach. The heat and mass transfer process of a multi-component droplet is implemented in the Langrangian framework through a custom code in ANSYS-Fluent R15. The evaporation process is defined by a convection-diffusion controlled model which includes the effect of Stefan flow. A rapid mixing model assumption is used for the droplet internal physics. The code is tested on a single multi-component droplet and the predicted evaporation rates at different ambient temperatures are compared with the experimental data in the literature. The approach is used to model the injection of urea-water… More >

Nazia Afrin^a, Yijin Mao^a, Yuwen Zhang^a,*, J. K. Chen^a, Robin Ritter^b, Alan Lampson^b, Jonathan Stohs^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.7, pp. 1-8, 2016, DOI:10.5098/hmt.7.7

Abstract A three-dimensional numerical simulation is conducted for a complex process in a laser-material system, which involves heat and mass transfer in a compressible gaseous phase and chemical reaction during laser irradiation on a urethane paint coated on a stainless steel substrate. A finite volume method (FVM) with a co-located grid mesh that discretizes the entire computational domain is employed to simulate the heating process. The results show that when the top surface of the paint reaches a threshold temperature of 560 K, the polyurethane starts to decompose through chemical reaction. As a result, combustion products CO₂, H₂O and NO₂ are… More >