scholarly journals Exact analytical solution of the influence of an external centrifugal field and the heat transfer on a confined gas between two plates in the unsteady state

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 168781402097588
Author(s):  
Taha Zakaraia Abdel Wahid

This paper aims to study the non-stationary situation of the effectiveness of an external centrifugal force (ECF) and the heat transfer (HT) on the manner of neutral gas (NG). We solve a system of non-linear non-stationary partial differential equations, which represents an enormous task. Our model is examined to follow the manner of the macroscopic properties of the NG that bounded between two parallel horizontal rigid fixed plane plates (HRFPPs). The moment method and the traveling wave method are utilized. The draw an analogy among the perturbed distribution function (DF), and the equilibrium DF with time is studied. The thermodynamic predictions are calculated. System internal energy change (IEC) is investigated. We applied the results for laboratory helium NG. We detected that in specific conditions, we could compensate for the decreasing of particles’ number adjacent to the lower HRFPP because of the centrifugation process, with other particles adjacent to the higher heated HRFPP. We did that with the help of the reverse heat current from the heated upper HRFPP, which gave us a considerable enhancement and development of gases isotope separation processes. Furthermore, we approved that our model is compatible with the second law of thermodynamics, the rule of Le Chatelier, and the H-Theorem of Boltzmann. Those investigations were done with a non-restricted range of the temperatures ratio factor, the centrifugal Mach number, and the Knudsen numbers. The significance of this study was due to its vast applications in numerous fields, such as in physics, engineering, biomedical, and various commercial and industrial applications.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5933
Author(s):  
Wei-Jen Chen ◽  
I-Ling Chang

This study investigated the thermal transport behaviors of branched carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with cross and T-junctions through non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations. A hot region was created at the end of one branch, whereas cold regions were created at the ends of all other branches. The effects on thermal flow due to branch length, topological defects at junctions, and temperature were studied. The NEMD simulations at room temperature indicated that heat transfer tended to move sideways rather than straight in branched CNTs with cross-junctions, despite all branches being identical in chirality and length. However, straight heat transfer was preferred in branched CNTs with T-junctions, irrespective of the atomic configuration of the junction. As branches became longer, the heat current inside approached the values obtained through conventional prediction based on diffusive thermal transport. Moreover, directional thermal transport behaviors became prominent at a low temperature (50 K), which implied that ballistic phonon transport contributed greatly to directional thermal transport. Finally, the collective atomic velocity cross-correlation spectra between branches were used to analyze phonon transport mechanisms for different junctions. Our findings deeply elucidate the thermal transport mechanisms of branched CNTs, which aid in thermal management applications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor N. Murphy ◽  
Paul R. Eastham

Abstract Lasers, photovoltaics, and thermoelectrically-pumped light emitting diodes are thermodynamic machines which use excitons (electron-hole pairs) as the working medium. The heat transfers in such devices are highly irreversible, leading to low efficiencies. Here we predict that reversible heat transfers between a quantum-dot exciton and its phonon environment can be induced by laser pulses. We calculate the heat transfer when a quantum-dot exciton is driven by a chirped laser pulse. The reversibility of this heat transfer is quantified by the efficiency of a heat engine in which it forms the hot stroke, which we predict to reach 95% of the Carnot limit. This performance is achieved by using the time-dependent laser-dressing of the exciton to control the heat current and exciton temperature. We conclude that reversible heat transfers can be achieved in excitonic thermal machines, allowing substantial improvements in their efficiency.


2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. C01049
Author(s):  
G. Costa ◽  
M.P. Anania ◽  
A. Biagioni ◽  
F.G. Bisesto ◽  
M. Del Franco ◽  
...  

Abstract Plasma-based technology promises a tremendous reduction in size of accelerators used for research, medical, and industrial applications, making it possible to develop tabletop machines accessible for a broader scientific community. The use of high-power laser pulses on gaseous targets is a promising method for the generation of accelerated electron beams at energies on the GeV scale, in extremely small sizes, typically millimetres. The gaseous target in question can be a collimated supersonic gasjet from a nozzle. In this work, a technique for optimising the so generated plasma channel is presented. In detail, a study on the influence of the nozzle throat shape in relation to the uniformity and density of the generated plasma profile is reported. These considerations are discussed first of all from a theoretical point of view, by means of a stationary one-dimensional mathematical model of the neutral gas, thus exploiting the possibility of comparing the properties of the output flow for different nozzle geometries. This is combined with an experimental approach using interferometric longitudinal density measurements of the plasma channel. The latter is generated by a high-power laser pulse focused on a helium gasjet, in the SPARC_LAB laboratories.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Shokouhmand ◽  
M. Moghaddami ◽  
H. Jafari

Fins are widely utilized in many industrial applications for example, fins are used in air cooled finned tube heat exchangers like car radiators, heat rejection devices, refrigeration systems and in condensing central heat exchangers. In this paper, heat transfer inside the fin system composed of a primary rectangular fin with a number of rectangular fins (secondary fins), which are attached on its surface, is modeled and analyzed numerically. The length of the secondary fins decreases linearly from the base of the primary fin to its tip. This modified triangular fin is a kind of improved tree fin networks. The effectiveness of the modified triangular fin is compared with the effectiveness of triangular fin which is calculated analytically. The results show that adding secondary fins increases the effectiveness of triangular fin significantly. Also, it is found that increasing the number of secondary fins in a constant length of primary fin will increase the effectiveness. In addition, by comparing the results it can be concluded that by shortening the length of the primary fin in modified triangular fin, the effectiveness will increase significantly to the contrary of the triangular fin, so smaller heat exchangers can be built by using the modified triangular fin. It is found that in a constant length of primary fin, there is an optimum thickness of secondary fins which maximize the effectiveness of the fin.


1982 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 642-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Kaminskii ◽  
V. M. Vetsko ◽  
G. A. Tevzadze ◽  
O. A. Devdariani ◽  
G. A. Sulaberidze

Heat exchangers are prominent industrial applications where engineering science of heat transfer and Mass transfer occurs. It is a contrivance where transfer of energy occurs to get output in the form of energy transfer. This paper aims at finding a solution to improve the thermal performance in a heat exchanger by using passive method techniques. This experimental and numerical analysis deals with finding the temperature outlets of cold and hot fluid for different mass flow rates and also pressure drop in the tube and the annular side by adding an elliptical leaf strip in the pipe at various angles. The single elliptical leaf used in experiment has major to minor axes ratios as 2:1 and distance of 50 mm between two leaves are arranged at different angular orientations from 0 0 to 1800 with 100 intervals. Since it’s not possible to find the heat transfer rates and pressure drops at every orientation of elliptical leaf so a generalized regression neural network (GRNN) prediction tool is used to get outputs with given inputs to avoid experimentation. GRNN is a statistical method of determining the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The values obtained from experimentation and GRNN nearly had precise values to each other. This analysis is a small step in regard with encomiastic approach for enhancement in performance of heat exchangers


2021 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 04007
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Boutra ◽  
Seddik Kherroubi ◽  
Abderrahmane Bourada ◽  
Youb Khaled Benkahla ◽  
Nabila Labsi ◽  
...  

Flow and heat transfer analysis in ventilated cavities is one of the most widely studied problems in thermo-fluids area. Two-dimensional mixed convection in a ventilated rectangular cavity with baffles is studied numerically and the fluid considered in this study is hot air (Pr = 0.71). The horizontal walls are maintained at a constant temperature, higher than that imposed on the vertical ones. Two very thin heat-conducting baffles are inserted inside the enclosure, on its horizontal walls, to control the flow of convective fluid. The governing equations are discretized using the finite volume method and the SIMPLER algorithm to treat the coupling velocity–pressure. Line by line method is used to solve iteratively the algebraic equations. The effect of the Richardson number Ri (0.01- 100) and the location of the baffles within the cavity on the isothermal lines, streamlines distributions and the average Nusselt number (Nu) has been investigated. The result shows that the location opposite the baffles, close to the fluid outlet, is the optimal choice to be considered for industrial applications.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6458
Author(s):  
Liaqat Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Mahabat Khan ◽  
Manzar Masud ◽  
Fawad Ahmed ◽  
Zabdur Rehman ◽  
...  

Jet impingement is considered to be an effective technique to enhance the heat transfer rate, and it finds many applications in the scientific and industrial horizons. The objective of this paper is to summarize heat transfer enhancement through different jet impingement methods and provide a platform for identifying the scope for future work. This study reviews various experimental and numerical studies of jet impingement methods for thermal-hydraulic improvement of heat transfer surfaces. The jet impingement methods considered in the present work include shapes of the target surface, the jet/nozzle–target surface distance, extended jet holes, nanofluids, and the use of phase change materials (PCMs). The present work also includes both single-jet and multiple-jet impingement studies for different industrial applications.


Water SA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2 April) ◽  
Author(s):  
IA Obiora-Okafo ◽  
OD Onukwuli ◽  
NC Eli-Chukwu

Dye usage for industrial applications has been on the increase and these activities generate large amounts of dye-constituted wastewater that should be treated before environmental discharge or reuse. Various studies have shown the application of natural organic polymer (NOP) coagulants in dye removal from industrial wastewater. In this research, the coagulation performances of Vigna unguiculata (VU) and Telfairia occidentalis (TO) for colour removal from crystal Ponceau 6R dye synthetic wastewater was studied. The proximate compositions, structure, and surface morphologies of the coagulants were investigated using standard methods, i.e. Fourier-Transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Colour removal was evaluated through the time-dependent decrease in particle concentration and thus growth of flocs. Effects of the process parameters, including pH, coagulant dosage, dye concentration (DC), settling time, and temperature were preliminarily tested and the best range experimentally determined. The optimal operating conditions established were pH 2, 800 mg∙L−1 coagulant dosage, 100 mg∙L−1 dye concentration, 300 min, and 303 K. The order of greatest removal was VUC > TOC with optimum efficiency of 93.5% and 90.7%, respectively. The values of K and α obtained for VUC and TOC were 8.09 x 10−4 L∙mg−1∙min−1, 1.7 and 9.89 x 10-4 L∙mg−1∙min−1, 1.6, respectively. Coagulation time, Tag, calculated and deduced from the particle distribution plot, showed a rapid coagulation process. Coagulation-adsorption kinetics indicated agreement with the pseudo-second-order model deducing that chemisorption is the rate-controlling step. It further indicates that particle adsorption on the polymer surfaces occurred mostly as a mono-molecular layer and according to the chemisorption mechanism. Cross-validation showed good prediction of the experimental data. The selected coagulants have the potential for application as efficient coagulants while also showing significant adsorption characteristics. The application of kinetics and modelling in separation processes involving particle transfer is especially required in wastewater treatment.


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