Abstract: For solar Rankine cycle combined heat and power systems for residential buildings and other small-scale applications (producing 1–10 kWe), a low manufacturing cost, robust, and durable expander ...

Abstract: Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell flooding can be detrimental to energy generation performance due to its role in reducing gas diffusion layer (GDL) oxygen transport. Previous transport ...

Abstract: Numerous studies have compared the merits of different working fluids for use in Rankine power systems. Most often, however, these have considered a limited number of specific fluids for which ...

Abstract: This paper summarizes the results of an experimental investigation of the performance characteristics of a gravity/capillary driven heat pipe using water/alcohol mixtures as a working fluid. This ...

Abstract: Rapid heating of a liquid at the wall of a micropassage may produce homogeneous nucleation of vapor in the liquid in contact with the surface. In such circumstances, nucleation is generally ...

Abstract: Chip power consumption and heat dissipation have become important design issues because of increased energy costs and thermal management limitations. As a global compute utility evolves, seamless ...

Abstract: The modeling of recirculation patterns in air-cooled data centers is of interest to ensure adequate thermal management of computer racks at increased heat densities. Most metrics that describe ...