Browsing Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications by Title
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Occurrence of Dry-Out Phenomenon in an Auto Refrigerant Cascade Refrigerator Operating With Zeotropic Mixtures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Auto refrigerant cascade (ARC) refrigerators are used extensively in the semiconductor manufacturing industry to provide refrigeration in the temperature range of 80–150 K. The performance of the ARC refrigerator depends ... -
Olive Leaf-Synthesized Nanofluids for Solar Parabolic Trough Collector—Thermal Performance Evaluation
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This study presents a novel performance evaluation of the commercially available LS-2 collector operating with an oil-based olive leaf-synthesized nanofluid. The nanoparticles were synthesized experimentally from olive ... -
On Crack Control Strategy in Near Field Microwave Drilling of Soda Lime Glass Using Precursors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Processing of glass is indeed challenging owing to its chemical passivity; it is prone to cracking while processing through mechanical and thermal modes without appropriate strategies. Nearfield microwave drilling is a ... -
On Defect Minimization During Microwave Drilling of Borosilicate Glass at 2.45 GHz Using Flowing Dielectric and Optimized Input Power
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Microwave drilling is a machining process that utilizes microwave energy for removing the target material through ablation. In the present work, simulation and experimental studies were carried out to understand the effect ... -
On Model for Three-Dimensional Flow of Nanofluid With Heat and Mass Flux Boundary Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)The present paper examines magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) three-dimensional (3D) flow of viscous nanoliquid in the presence of heat and mass flux conditions. A bidirectional nonlinearly stretching surface has been employed to ... -
On the Design of an Aero-Engine Nose Cone Anti-Icing System Using a Rotating Heat Pipe
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The feasibility of using a rotating heat pipe to anti-ice the nose cones of small turbofan aero-engines is investigated. A stationary jacket evaporator design was used to transport heat into ... -
On the Merkel Equation: Novel ε-Number of Transfer Unit Correlations for Indirect Evaporative Cooler Under Different Lewis Numbers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)An innovative relationship between the effectiveness (ε) and number of transfer unit (NTU) was presented in this work for indirect evaporative cooler (IEC). This relationship is featured by its simplicity in use and has ... -
On the Replacement of Shoe Wheel Brakes by Pad Disk for Railroad Freight Cars
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Most of railroad freight cars use brake shoes directly applied onto the wheels. This system causes wheel heating, which in turn gives rise to thermal stresses and loss of mechanical strength. An alternate solution is a ... -
On the Stability of Planar Premixed Flames Under Nonadiabatic Conditions and Preferential Diffusion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In this paper, we provide a numerical study of the stability analysis of a planar premixed flame. The interaction of preferential diffusion and heat loss for a planar premixed flame is investigated using a thermodiffusive ... -
On the Thermal Performance of a Microparallel Channels Heat Exchanger
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents the experimental and theoretical analysis of a micro heat exchanger designed for the waste heat recovery from a high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) system. A test bench was built to analyze the thermal ... -
On the Use of Solid Curtains Near Smoke Extraction Vents to Control Smoke Spread Resulting From Fire in Road Tunnels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The effectiveness of the smoke control strategy plays an important role in increasing safety levels when fire accidents occur in road tunnels. This paper introduces clarifications about how the efficiency of smoke extraction ... -
Onboard Device Encapsulation With Two-Phase Cooling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)Onboard liquid cooling of electronic devices is demonstrated with liquid delivered externally to the point of heat removal through a conformal encapsulation. The encapsulation creates a flat microgap above the integrated ... -
One-Dimensional Model of Natural Convection in Differentially Heated Partitioned Enclosures With Conducting External Walls and Vertical Partitions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Natural convection in partitioned enclosures is extensively investigated due to its importance in many applications. Real enclosures have diffusive walls and partitions. A method has been developed ... -
Operational Time and Melt Fraction Based Optimization of a Phase Change Material Longitudinal Fin Heat Sink
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)In the present study, the numerical investigation has been performed for a phase change material (PCM)-based longitudinal fin heat sink. The fins are taken as an integral part of the heat sink and are made up of aluminum. ... -
Optimal Arrangement of Combined Hole for Improving Film Cooling Effectiveness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Film cooling technique is widely used to protect the components from being destroyed by hot mainstream in a modern gas turbine. Combining roundholes is a promising way of improving film cooling effectiveness. A DoE (design ... -
Optimal Configuration of Vortex Generator for Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Plate-Fin Channel
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Optimal Design of Three-Dimensional Heat Flow Structures for Power Electronics Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Design optimization of a three-dimensional (3D) heat flow structure for power electronics gate drive circuit thermal management is described. Optimization methods are described in the creation of several structural concepts ... -
Optimal Design of Wavelength Selective Thermal Emitter for Thermophotovoltaic Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)We theoretically and numerically demonstrate optimal design of wavelength selective thermal emitter using one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) metal-dielectric gratings for thermophotovoltaic (TPV) applications. ... -
Optimization Design and Analysis of Multilayer Lightweight Thermal Protection Structures Under Aerodynamic Heating Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)The purpose of thermal protection system (TPS) is to maintain the structural temperature of the hypersonic aircraft within acceptable limits due to intense aerodynamic heating during reentering earth's atmosphere. In the ... -
Optimization of a Phase Change Thermal Storage Unit
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Several options exist to collect thermal energy from the sun for domestic use. This study examines a system integrating evacuated tube collectors with heat pipes with a storage unit using ...