Estimation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Porous Media Utilizing Inverse Heat Transfer Analysis on Cylindrical Configuration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Fabela ◽  
Sandeep Patil ◽  
Siddarth Chintamani ◽  
Brian H. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Inverse Heat Transfer ◽  
Method Show

This paper describes the application of inverse analysis to estimate the thermal conductivity of a porous material using temperature measurements at the surfaces. Finite volume analysis code is utilized to solve the steady state axisymmetric heat transfer governing energy equation. The analysis code is coupled with a numerical optimization method and is utilized to predict thermal conductivity constant using the measurements. An experimental setup was developed to test a porous media composed of a mixture of small pellets and air. Semi Analytic Complex Variable Method (SACVM) is used to determine the sensitivity of the predicted material properties on the error in temperature measurements. Temperature obtained from experiments, is used as input to inverse method. The objective function is minimization of least squares error between measured experimental and predicted temperatures. Conjugate Gradient Method (CGM) is used to solve the resulting problem. Accurate sensitivities for the CGM were computed by SACVM. Material properties predicted from this method show close agreement with literature.

Characterization of Tissue Thermal Conductivity During a Tissue Joining Process

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che-Hao Yang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Roland K. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Tissue Sample ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Vessel Sealing ◽  
Inverse Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Spread ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Postoperative Problems ◽  
Joining Process

Electrosurgical vessel sealing, a tissue joining process, has been widely used in surgical procedures, such as prostatectomies for bleeding control. The heat generated during the process may cause thermal damages to the surrounding tissues which can lead to detrimental postoperative problems. Having better understanding about the thermal spread helps to minimize these undesired thermal damages. The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes of tissue thermal conductivity during the joining process. We propose a hybrid method combining experimental measurement with inverse heat transfer analysis to determine thermal conductivity of thin tissue sample. Instead of self-heating the tissue by the thermistor, we apply an external cold boundary on the other side of the tissue sample to stimulate a higher temperature gradient without denaturing the tissue in comparison to the heated method. The inverse heat transfer technique was then applied to determine the tissue thermal conductivity. Tissue thermal conductivity at different levels (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) of the joining process was measured. The results show a decreasing trend in tissue thermal conductivity with increasing joining level. When the tissue is fully joined, an average of 60% reduction in tissue thermal conductivity was found.

Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat Evaluation of Tissue Using Laser

2020 ◽  
Vol 1002 ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Sudad Issam Younis ◽  
Haqi I. Qatta ◽  
Mohammed Jalal Abdul Razzaq ◽  
Khalid S. Shibib
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Iterative Procedure ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Maximum Error ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Long Wavelength ◽  
Inverse Heat Transfer

In this work, an inverse heat transfer analysis was used to determine thermal conductivity and specific heat of tissue using special iteration. A laser with a long wavelength was utilized to impose heat to the tissue. The heat that induced in the sample causes an increase in the temperature of a tissue which is measured by a thermocouple. The readings were used together with that analytically obtained from the solution of the heat equation in an iterative procedure to obtain the thermal properties of tissue. By using this method, accurate thermal conductivity and specific heat of tissue could be obtained. It was found that the maximum error in output result and the error in input data were in the same order and that there was a linear relationship between output and input errors.

Inverse Heat Transfer Analysis of Grinding, Part 1: Methods

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Guo ◽  
S. Malkin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Estimation Accuracy ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Workpiece Surface ◽  
Inverse Heat Transfer ◽  
Accuracy And Stability

Thermal analyses of the grinding process generally require assumptions concerning the distributions of the heat flux to the workpiece within the grinding zone and convective cooling outside the grinding zone. The present work is concerned with the use of inverse heat transfer methods to estimate the heat flux and convection heat transfer coefficient distributions on the workpiece surface during straight surface grinding from temperature measurements within the workpiece. In the present paper, three inverse heat transfer methods are developed: temperature matching, integral, and sequential methods. Each method is evaluated for accuracy and stability using simulated temperature data. The selection of the sampling frequency of the temperature measurements and location of the temperature sensor are found to be critical for both estimation accuracy and stability. In a second paper, these inverse heat transfer methods are applied to estimate the distributions of the heat flux and convection heat transfer coefficients on the workpiece surface for grinding of steels with aluminum oxide and CBN abrasive wheels.

scholarly journals The numerical simulation of enhanced heat transfer on a Linear Fresnel molten salt-type receiver tube filled with porous media

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 01041
Author(s):  
Chenggang Yang ◽  
Yuning Zhang ◽  
Fenghe Yan ◽  
Wenguang Zhang ◽  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Molten Salt ◽  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Heat Transfer Fluid ◽  
Filling Rate

In this paper, three-dimensional numerical simulation was taken on a Linear Fresnel solar receiver tube using molten salt as heat transfer fluid (HTF), in which the porous media was filled to enhance the heat transfer efficiency. The simulation was to analyze the influence of the different conditions (filling rate, porosity and thermal conductivity) on heat transfer effect and wall temperature difference. The results revealed that the Nu (Nusselt number) increased firstly and then decreased with the increasing filling rate in both center filling and annular filling types. The optimal thermal performance were obtained when filling rate were 0.8 and 0.2 in center filling and annular filling, respectively. The Nu were about 1.7 and 1.5 times as the clear receiver. The circumferential temperature difference decreased firstly and then increased with filling rate increasing in both center filling and annular filling types. The lowest circumferential temperature differences were achieved at the filling rate 0.8 and 0.4 in center filling and annular filling types, and temperature difference decreased 15.88°C and 22°C compared with clear receiver, respectively. The Nu and PEC both decreased with porosity increasing. However, the thermal conductivity of porous media had little influence to the Nu and circumferential wall temperature.

Heat transfer analysis of a ventilated room with a porous partition: LB-MRT simulations

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 20904
Author(s):  
Zouhira Hireche ◽  
Lyes Nasseri ◽  
Djamel Eddine Ameziani
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Darcy Number ◽  
The Other ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Maximum Deviation ◽  
Important Conclusion

This article presents the hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics of transfers by forced, mixed and natural convection in a room ventilated by air displacement. The main objective is to study the effect of a porous partition on the heat transfer and therefore the thermal comfort in the room. The fluid flow future in the cavity and the heat transfer rate on the active wall have been analyzed for different permeabilities: 10−6 ≤ Da ≤ 10. The other control parameters are obviously, the Rayleigh number and the Reynolds number varied in the rows: 10 ≤ Ra ≤ 106 and 50 ≤ Re ≤ 500 respectively. The transfer equations write were solved by the Lattice Boltzmann Multiple Relaxation Time method. For flow in porous media an additional term is added in the standard LB equations, to consider the effect of the porous media, based on the generalized model, the Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy model. The most important conclusion is that the Darcian regime start for small Darcy number Da < 10−4. Spatial competition between natural convection cell and forced convection movement is observed as Ra and Re rise. The effect of Darcy number values and the height of the porous layer is barely visible with a maximum deviation less than 7% over the ranges considered. Note that the natural convection regime is never reached for low Reynolds numbers. For this Re values the cooperating natural convection only improves transfers by around 10% while, for the other Reynolds numbers the improvement in transfers due to natural and forced convections cooperation is more significant.

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