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RISEnhanced Performance of Solar Diffusion Driven Desalination
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This study concerns an improvement in the solar diffusion driven desalination process under dynamic operating conditions for decentralized water production. The utilization of a heat exchanger for the solar diffusion driven ...
Heat Transfer Evaluation on Curved Boundaries in Thermal Lattice Boltzmann Equation Method
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An efficient and accurate approach for heat transfer evaluation on curved boundaries is proposed in the thermal lattice Boltzmann equation (TLBE) method. The boundary heat fluxes in the discrete velocity directions of the ...
The Hoodoo: A New Surface Structure for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The hoodoo is introduced as a beneficial surface structure for enhancing boiling heat transfer. A full parametric study was conducted to determine which attributes of the hoodoo structure promote boiling heat transfer ...
An Investigation of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Single Crystal Surfaces and a Dense Array of Cylindrical Cavities
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The pool boiling heat transfer characteristics of smooth single crystal and densely packed cylindrical cavity surfaces were investigated using two highly wetting fluids, perfluoronhexane (FC72) and nhexane. Three single ...
A Simplified Numerical Approach to Characterize the Thermal Response of a Moving Bed Solar Reactor
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Concentrated solar thermochemical storage in the form of a zero-emission fuel is a promising option to produce long-duration energy storage. Solar fuel is produced using a cavity reactor that captures concentrated solar ...
A Forward Feedback Control Scheme for a Solar Thermochemical Moving Bed Counter-Current Flow Reactor
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Pelletized thermochemical energy storage media has a potential for long-duration energy storage. Production of solid-state energy storage media can be done within a cavity chemical reactor that captures concentrated solar ...
Supersonic Two Phase Impinging Jet Heat Transfer
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The experimental heat transfer rates from a supersonic twophase impinging air jet with disperse droplets are presented. The experimental configuration consists of an expanding disperse mixture of air and water through a ...
Implementation of a Model Predictive Control Strategy to Regulate Temperature Inside Plug-Flow Solar Reactor With Countercurrent Flow
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Solar-driven thermochemical energy storage systems are proven to be promising energy carriers (solar fuels) to utilize solar energy by using reactive solid-state pellets. However, the production of solar fuel requires a ...
Design of a Combined Proportional Integral Derivative Controller to Regulate the Temperature Inside a High-Temperature Tubular Solar Reactor
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Solar fuels are proven to be promising candidates for thermochemical energy storage. However, the transient nature of solar radiation is an obstacle to maintaining a stable operational temperature inside a solar reactor. ...
Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Conductivity Measurements of a Reactive Magnesium Manganese Oxide Porous Bed Using a Transient Hot Wire Method
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Pelletized magnesium manganese oxide shows promise for high temperature thermochemical energy storage. It can be thermally reduced in the temperature range between 1250 °C and 1500 °C and re-oxidized with air at typical ...