Karam H. Mohammed¹, Ashraf E. Al-Mirani¹, Bashar Mahmood Ali², Omar Rafae Alomar^1,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 839-854, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.052671

Abstract This work involves an experimental study on the performance of automobile air-conditioning systems by adding AlO nanoparticles to oil compressors to investigate their impacts on the enhancement of the speed cooling of refrigeration systems and to compare it with the system operated using only oil. The AlO nanoparticles have been added to the oil compressor for different ranges of mass concentration (Ø = 0.1%, Ø = 0.15% and Ø = 0.2%). The stability of AlO nanoparticles has been tested by direct observation for different time periods. The results indicated that the air conditioning system that More >

Yang Cao^*, Xuhui Meng

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.2, pp. 583-595, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.049111

Abstract In this paper, a new approach called the Eulerian species method was proposed for simulating the convective and/or boiling heat transfer of nanofluids. The movement of nanoparticles in nanofluids is tracked by the species transport equation, and the boiling process of nanofluids is computed by the Eulerian multiphase method coupled with the RPI boiling model. The validity of the species transport equation for simulating nanoparticles movement was verified by conducting a simulation of nanofluids convective heat transfer. Simulation results of boiling heat transfer of nanofluids were obtained by using the commercial CFD software ANSYS Fluent More >

Kadhum Audaa Jehhef¹, Ali J. Ali², Salah H. Abid Aun¹, Akram H. Abed^3,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.2, pp. 557-581, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.047814

Abstract The cavity with lid-driven is greatly used in mixing, coating, and drying applications and is a substantial issue in the study of thermal performance rate and fluid field. A numerical approach is presented to study the thermal distribution and passage of fluid in a lid-driven cavity with an upper oscillating surface and an attached baffle. The walls of a cavity at the left and right were maintained at 350 and 293 K, respectively. The upper oscillating surface was equipped with a variable height to baffle to increase the convection of the three kinds of TiO,… More >

Ritesh Singh¹, Abhishek Gupta¹, Akshoy Ranjan Paul¹, Bireswar Paul¹, Suvash C. Saha^2,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.4, pp. 835-848, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.046849

Abstract A parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) converts solar radiation into thermal energy. However, low thermal efficiency of PTSC poses a hindrance to the deployment of solar thermal power plants. Thermal performance of PTSC is enhanced in this study by incorporating magnetic nanoparticles into the working fluid. The circular receiver pipe, with dimensions of 66 mm diameter, 2 mm thickness, and 24 m length, is exposed to uniform temperature and velocity conditions. The working fluid, Therminol-66, is supplemented with Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoparticles at concentrations ranging from 1% to 4%. The findings demonstrate that the inclusion of nanoparticles… More >

Fawziea M. Hussien¹, Atheer S. Hassoon^2,*, Ghaidaa M. Ahmed¹

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 175-191, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2023.047177

Abstract A heat exchanger’s performance depends heavily on the operating fluid’s transfer of heat capacity and thermal conductivity. Adding nanoparticles of high thermal conductivity materials is a significant way to enhance the heat transfer fluid's thermal conductivity. This research used engine oil containing alumina (Al₂O₃) nanoparticles and copper oxide (CuO) to test whether or not the heat exchanger’s efficiency could be improved. To establish the most effective elements for heat transfer enhancement, the heat exchangers thermal performance was tested at 0.05% and 0.1% concentrations for Al₂O₃ and CuO nanoparticles. The simulation results showed that the percentage increase… More >

R. J. Johnson^∗, R. Pitchumani^†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2010, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v1.1.3007

Abstract Much research is currently being performed with carbon nanotube additives to neat resin systems to enhance properties such as thermal and electrical conductivity, strength, modulus and damping. Fabrication of parts based on carbon nanotube filled resin systems requires information on their cure kinetics and rheology, which has been relatively less studied so far. This work presents an extensive experimental study that systematically characterizes the cure kinetics and viscosity as a function of degree of cure and temperature of EPON 815C/EPICURE 3274 epoxy resin system laden with carbon nanotubes. Studies are conducted to determine the effects More >

Jiwon Yu^a , Seok-Won Kang^a, Saeil Jeon^b, Debjyoti Banerjee^a,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2012, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v3.1.3004

Abstract Experiments were performed to study the forced convective heat transfer of de-ionized water (DI water) and aqueous nanofluids in a microchannel and temperature measurements were obtained using an array of nanosensors (i.e., thin film thermocouples or “TFT”). Heat flux values were calculated from the experimental measurements for temperature recorded by the TFT array. The experiments were performed for the different test fluids where the flow rate, mass concentration (of silica nanoparticles ~10-30 nm diameter) in the colloidal suspension and the wall temperature profile (as well as applied heat flux values) were varied parametrically.
Anomalous enhancement… More >

Zan Wu^a, Zhaozan Feng^b, Bengt Sundén^a,*, Lars Wadsö^c

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.5, pp. 1-10, 2014, DOI:10.5098/hmt.5.18

Abstract Thermal conductivity and rheology behavior of two aqueous nanofluids, i.e., alumina and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanofluids, were experimentally investigated and compared with previous analytical models. Information about the possible agglomeration size and interfacial thermal resistance in the nanofluids were obtained and partially validated. By incorporating the effects of interfacial thermal resistance, a revised model was found to accurately reproduce the experimental data based on the agglomeration size extracted from the rheology analysis. In addition, the thermal conductivity change of the alumina/water nanofluid with elapsed time was investigated. Thermal conductivity measurements were also conducted for More >

Seyed Milad Mirabedin^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.7, pp. 1-6, 2016, DOI:10.5098/hmt.7.17

Abstract This work focuses on numerical validation of natural convection heat transfer of TiO2-water nanofluids in a cylindrical container using COMSOL. The main aim of this study is to examine different available approaches to calculate effective thermal conductivity and compare them with experimental data available in the literature. Simulation results show that for considered mixture, average Nusselt number decreases by increasing Rayleigh number and particle volume fraction. It has been found that only one model was able to represent similar trends for given particle volume fractions, compared to experimental results. More >

Yasir Khan¹, Safia Akram^2,*, Maria Athar³, Khalid Saeed⁴, Alia Razia², A. Alameer¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.138, No.2, pp. 1501-1520, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.029878

Abstract The application of mathematical modeling to biological fluids is of utmost importance, as it has diverse applications in medicine. The peristaltic mechanism plays a crucial role in understanding numerous biological flows. In this paper, we present a theoretical investigation of the double diffusion convection in the peristaltic transport of a Prandtl nanofluid through an asymmetric tapered channel under the combined action of thermal radiation and an induced magnetic field. The equations for the current flow scenario are developed, incorporating relevant assumptions, and considering the effect of viscous dissipation. The impact of thermal radiation and double… More >