scholarly journals Heat and mass transfer in a metal hydride reactor: combining experiments and mathematical modelling

2021 ◽  
Vol 2057 (1) ◽  
pp. 012122
Author(s):  
D O Dunikov ◽  
V I Borzenko ◽  
D V Blinov ◽  
A N Kazakov ◽  
I A Romanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Porous Metal ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Variable Permeability ◽  
Flow Control Device ◽  
Porous Domain

Abstract Heat transfer in porous metal hydride (MH) beds determines efficiency of MH devices. We present a COMSOL Multiphysics numerical model and experimental investigation of heat and mass transfer in a MH reactor filled with 4.69 kg of AB5 type alloy (Mm0.8La0.2Ni4.1Fe0.8Al0.1). To achieve an agreement between the model and experiments it is necessary to include a flow control device (inlet valve or flow regulator) into the model. We propose a simplified and easy-to-calculate boundary condition based on a porous domain with variable permeability at reactor inlet. The permeability of the domain is connected with hydrogen mass flow by a PID controller. Thus, boundary conditions for the inlet pressure and mass flow are coupled and heat transfer inside the reactor could be calculated without additional assumptions applied to heat and mass transfer in the MH bed.

Numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer during hydrogen sorption in a mixture of AB2 – AB5 metal hydride for hydrogen storage

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mapula Lucey Moropeng ◽  
Andrei Kolesnikov ◽  
Mykhaylo Lototskyy ◽  
Avhafunani Mavhungu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Sorption Process ◽  
Hydrogen Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Sorption

AbstractThis paper presents the investigation of a two dimensional coupled model of heat and mass transfer in a mixture of AB2 – AB5 metal hydride (MH) systems of a cylindrical configuration during hydrogen sorption using COMSOL 5.3a commercial software. The parametric study on the sorption process has been studied with variation of heat transfer coefficient (HTC), and activation energy (AE) to understand the effects they have on the reaction kinetics of the sorption process. The simulation results demonstrate the importance of mutual dependence between the temperature propagation in the body of metal hydride, the absorbed concentration of the hydrogen gas, and the gas pressure for the absorption of hydrogen gas in metal hydrides. The decrease in the activation energy is found to have significant effect on the dynamic performances of hydrogen absorption in the MH reactors with an increased amount of hydrogen conversion, whilst the variation of heat transfer coefficient displayed insignificant change in hydrogen conversion. The simulated results show good agreement with the experimental results obtained from HYSA Systems and were implemented for use in the STILL RX60-30L electric forklift fuel cell applications designed by HYSA Systems in the University of the Western Cape.

scholarly journals Modeling of heat and mass transfer in LaNi5 matrix during hydrogen absorption-desorption cycle

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaitan L Akanji ◽  
Andrei V Kolesnikov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Porous Metal ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Packed Bed ◽  
Porous Matrix ◽  
Packed Bed Reactor ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Desorption Cycle

Packed bed reactors using metal hydride are attracting a lot of attention as potential hydrogen storage systems. Some operational and design variables are major constraints to obtain a proper infl ow/outfl ow of hydrogen into a metal hydride reactor. These variables include packed bed thermal conductivity, porosity, pressure and temperature distributions in the reactor during the absorption/desorption cycle. They also cause a mechanical stress induced by temperature gradient. In this paper, two dimensional models are implemented in COMSOL multiphysics to simulate the hydrogen fl ow, pressure and temperature distributions in the packed bed reactor during absorption/desorption cycle. Also, stresses in porous metal hydride induced by temperature variation in the heating/cooling cycle were evaluated. A possible effect of stress induced, porosity changes on diffusion and heating of hydrogen in both radial and axial direction in packed bed is discussed. The model consists of a system of partial differential equations (PDE) describing structural mechanics of stress, heat and mass transfer of hydrogen in the porous matrix of the packed bed reactor.

scholarly journals Impact of Binary Chemical Reaction and Activation Energy on Heat and Mass Transfer of Marangoni Driven Boundary Layer Flow of a Non-Newtonian Nanofluid

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 702
Author(s):  
Ramanahalli Jayadevamurthy Punith Gowda ◽  
Rangaswamy Naveen Kumar ◽  
Anigere Marikempaiah Jyothi ◽  
Ballajja Chandrappa Prasannakumara ◽  
Ioannis E. Sarris
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Velocity Gradient ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Porosity Parameter ◽  
Layer Flow

The flow and heat transfer of non-Newtonian nanofluids has an extensive range of applications in oceanography, the cooling of metallic plates, melt-spinning, the movement of biological fluids, heat exchangers technology, coating and suspensions. In view of these applications, we studied the steady Marangoni driven boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics of a nanofluid. A non-Newtonian second-grade liquid model is used to deliberate the effect of activation energy on the chemically reactive non-Newtonian nanofluid. By applying suitable similarity transformations, the system of governing equations is transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations. These reduced equations are tackled numerically using the Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg fourth-fifth order (RKF-45) method. The velocity, concentration, thermal fields and rate of heat transfer are explored for the embedded non-dimensional parameters graphically. Our results revealed that the escalating values of the Marangoni number improve the velocity gradient and reduce the heat transfer. As the values of the porosity parameter increase, the velocity gradient is reduced and the heat transfer is improved. Finally, the Nusselt number is found to decline as the porosity parameter increases.

CFD-based structure optimization of plate bundle in plate-fin heat exchanger considering flow and heat transfer performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Li ◽  
Haiqing Si ◽  
Jingxuan Qiu ◽  
Yingying Shen ◽  
Peihong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
High Specific Surface Area ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Air Separation ◽  
Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Heat Transfer Efficiency

Abstract The plate-fin heat exchanger has been widely applied in the field of air separation and aerospace due to its high specific surface area of heat transfer. However, the low heat transfer efficiency of its plate bundles has also attracted more attention. It is of great significance to optimize the structure of plate-fin heat exchanger to improve its heat transfer efficiency. The plate bundle was studied by combining numerical simulation with experiment. Firstly, according to the heat and mass transfer theory, the plate bundle calculation model of plate-fin heat exchanger was established, and the accuracy of the UDF (User-Defined Functions) for describing the mass and heat transfer was verified. Then, the influences of fin structure parameters on the heat and mass transfer characteristics of channel were discussed, including the height, spacing, thickness and length of fins. Finally the influence of various factors on the flow field performance under different flow states was integrated to complete the optimal design of the plate bundle.

An Overview: Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in Fractal Media by Fractal Geometry and Technique

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boming Yu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Fractal Geometry ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Fractal Media ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer

In the past three decades, fractal geometry and technique have received considerable attention due to its wide applications in sciences and technologies such as in physics, mathematics, geophysics, oil recovery, material science and engineering, flow and heat and mass transfer in porous media etc. The fractal geometry and technique may become particularly powerful when they are applied to deal with random and disordered media such as porous media, nanofluids, nucleate boiling heat transfer. In this paper, a summary of recent advances is presented in the areas of heat and mass transfer in fractal media by fractal geometry technique. The present overview includes a brief summary of the fractal geometry technique applied in the areas of heat and mass transfer; thermal conductivities of porous media and nanofluids; nucleate boiling heat transfer. A few comments are made with respect to the theoretical studies that should be made in the future.

Heat Transfer on Nanofluid Flow With Homogeneous–Heterogeneous Reactions and Internal Heat Generation

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Nandkeolyar ◽  
Peri K. Kameswaran ◽  
Sachin Shaw ◽  
Precious Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Internal Heat Generation ◽  
Heterogeneous Reactions ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Fluid Properties

We investigated heat and mass transfer on water based nanofluid due to the combined effects of homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions, an external magnetic field and internal heat generation. The flow is generated by the movement of a linearly stretched surface, and the nanofluid contains nanoparticles of copper and gold. Exact solutions of the transformed model equations were obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions. To gain more insights regarding subtle impact of fluid and material parameters on the heat and mass transfer characteristics, and the fluid properties, the equations were further solved numerically using the matlab bvp4c solver. The similarities and differences in the behavior, including the heat and mass transfer characteristics, of the copper–water and gold–water nanofluids with respect to changes in the flow parameters were investigated. Finally, we obtained the numerical values of the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients.

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