Abstract: The study of flow behavior in the simultaneously developing transitional regime of mixed convection flows is rare. It has been believed that the transitional regime will give a good compromise between pressure drop and ...

Abstract: Hydrogen release in confined spaces is an important safety issue, which is even more important in the context of severe accident in nuclear reactors. In severe accidents, hydrogen release is associated with release of steam ...

Abstract: A new mathematical model of singleblow transient testing technique is proposed for the determination of heat transfer and dispersion coefficients in plate heat exchangers (PHEs) in which the flow maldisrtibution effects ...

Abstract: Physics of ultrasoundassisted augmentation of saturated nucleate boiling through the interaction of multiphase fluid flow is revealed in the present work. Different regimes of influence of ultrasound, ranging from augmentation ...

Abstract: Solar-powered membrane distillation (SP-MD) technology has proven to be an ideal solution for providing fresh water in remote and off-grid locations. In this study, a novel solar energy-driven direct contact membrane ...

Abstract: The performance of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell strongly depends on the nature of reactant distribution and the effectiveness of liquid water removal. In this work, three different configurations of a mixed ...

Abstract: Design of effective microcooling systems to address the challenges of ever increasing heat flux from microdevices requires deep examination of real-time problems and has been tackled in depth. The most common (and apparently ...

Abstract: Heat sinks and heat exchangers based on flow boiling in mini/microchannels are expected to be more compact and efficient. One of the major challenges while using copper material for phase-change heat transfer application ...