Calorimetric assessment of activity in WWTP biomass

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Daverio
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Uptake Rate ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Ammonia Oxidation ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Bacterial Populations ◽  
Anoxic Conditions ◽  
Rate Test

A heat flux bench-scale calorimeter (Bio-RC1) has been used to assess the metabolic activity of microbial populations involved in wastewater treatment biological processes under aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic conditions. Under strictly aerobic conditions, a linear correlation was observed between oxygen uptake rate and heat flux for heterotrophic and nitrifying bacterial populations. Using the same calorimetric approach and the same apparatus, toxicity and biodegradability of a pesticides factory wastewater were investigated. The activity of heterotrophic and nitrifying aerobic communities was monitored considering both oxygen consumption and heat dissipation, whereas, under anoxic conditions, calorimetric data were compared to the traditional NUR (nitrate uptake rate) test. Heterotrophic activity was found to be 52% inhibited after toxic wastewater exposure under both aerobic and anoxic conditions and 30% inhibition was observed on autotrophic ammonia oxidation. Additionally, calorimetric measurements have been successfully applied to investigate anaerobic digestion. The thermal response of a mesophilic granular sludge to repetitive glucose pulses has been evaluated and a toxicity test has been performed by exposing the biomass to increasing concentrations of formaldehyde.

scholarly journals Pool Boiling of Nanofluids on Biphilic Surfaces: An Experimental and Numerical Study

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Eduardo Freitas ◽  
Pedro Pontes ◽  
Ricardo Cautela ◽  
Vaibhav Bahadur ◽  
João Miranda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Temperature Drop ◽  
Surface Cooling ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Gold Silver

This study addresses the combination of customized surface modification with the use of nanofluids, to infer on its potential to enhance pool-boiling heat transfer. Hydrophilic surfaces patterned with superhydrophobic regions were developed and used as surface interfaces with different nanofluids (water with gold, silver, aluminum and alumina nanoparticles), in order to evaluate the effect of the nature and concentration of the nanoparticles in bubble dynamics and consequently in heat transfer processes. The main qualitative and quantitative analysis was based on extensive post-processing of synchronized high-speed and thermographic images. To study the nucleation of a single bubble in pool boiling condition, a numerical model was also implemented. The results show an evident benefit of using biphilic patterns with well-established distances between the superhydrophobic regions. This can be observed in the resulting plot of the dissipated heat flux for a biphilic pattern with seven superhydrophobic spots, δ = 1/d and an imposed heat flux of 2132 w/m2. In this case, the dissipated heat flux is almost constant (except in the instant t* ≈ 0.9 when it reaches a peak of 2400 W/m2), whilst when using only a single superhydrophobic spot, where the heat flux dissipation reaches the maximum shortly after the detachment of the bubble, dropping continuously until a new necking phase starts. The biphilic patterns also allow a controlled bubble coalescence, which promotes fluid convection at the hydrophilic spacing between the superhydrophobic regions, which clearly contributes to cool down the surface. This effect is noticeable in the case of employing the Ag 1 wt% nanofluid, with an imposed heat flux of 2132 W/m2, where the coalescence of the drops promotes a surface cooling, identified by a temperature drop of 0.7 °C in the hydrophilic areas. Those areas have an average temperature of 101.8 °C, whilst the average temperature of the superhydrophobic spots at coalescence time is of 102.9 °C. For low concentrations as the ones used in this work, the effect of the nanofluids was observed to play a minor role. This can be observed on the slight discrepancy of the heat dissipation decay that occurred in the necking stage of the bubbles for nanofluids with the same kind of nanoparticles and different concentration. For the Au 0.1 wt% nanofluid, a heat dissipation decay of 350 W/m2 was reported, whilst for the Au 0.5 wt% nanofluid, the same decay was only of 280 W/m2. The results of the numerical model concerning velocity fields indicated a sudden acceleration at the bubble detachment, as can be qualitatively analyzed in the thermographic images obtained in this work. Additionally, the temperature fields of the analyzed region present the same tendency as the experimental results.

Thermal response of plasma sprayed tungsten coating to high heat flux

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Liu ◽  
L. Yang ◽  
S. Tamura ◽  
K. Tokunaga ◽  
N. Yoshida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
High Heat ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Tungsten Coating ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

Experimental Validation of Non-Fourier Thermal Response in Porous Media

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Agwu Nnanna ◽  
K. T. Harris ◽  
A. Haji-Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Lag Time ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Thermal Parameters ◽  
Solid Matrix ◽  
Microscale Model ◽  
Short Time

Abstract An experimental validation of non-Fourier behavior in porous media due to short time thermal perturbation is presented. The governing energy equation is formulated based on the two-equation model and the non-Fourier model. This formulation leads to the emergence of four thermal parameters: lag-time in heat flux τq, lag-time τt in temperature due to interstitial heat transfer coefficient h, and lag-time in the transient response of the temperature gradient τx in the heat flux equation. These parameters account for the microstructural thermal interaction between the fluid and neighboring solid matrix as well as the delay time needed for both phases to approach thermal equilibrium. An experimental verification of the microscale model was performed under standard laboratory conditions. The values of the aforementioned thermal parameters were determined to compute the fluid and solid temperatures. Results predicted from three models (classical Fourier, non-Fourier, and experimental) were compared. It indicates an excellent agreement between the non-Fourier and the experimental model, and a significant deviation of Fourier prediction from the experimental results.

Design and characterization of a copper microchannel heat sink for SiP cooling

2021 ◽  
pp. 2140015
Author(s):  
Min Miao ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Hejie Yu ◽  
Lili Cao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Electrical Discharge Machining ◽  
Copper Substrate ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Peak Temperature ◽  
Microchannel Heat Sink ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Electronic Hardware

With the increasing flourishing of miniaturized, multifunctional, and heterogeneously integrated system in package (SiP), heating problem is becoming more and more serious. In this paper, to meet the heat dissipation needs of the chips thus assembled and to achieve effective thermal management, linear, serpent and spiral shaped microchannel heat sinks were designed and fabricated into copper substrate by electrical discharge machining (EDM) and precision machining technology, acting both as the cooler and mounting base for passive and active SiP interposers. A test platform was set up to characterize the heat dissipation performance of the copper-based microchannel heat sink. The experimental and simulation results show that heat dissipation rate increases with the increasing heat flux density in the range 5–30 W/cm2 for the three microchannel designs, and the peak temperature can all be kept below 340 K (67[Formula: see text]C) even for the highest heat flux. The three designs are compared from the perspective of peak temperature, temperature distribution uniformity and pressure drop. In all, the solution proposed hereby provides a new and optimal option for in-situ cooling for densely integrated electronic hardware.

Two-dimensional hybrid analytical approach for the investigation of thermal aspects in human tissue undergoing regional hyperthermia therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 234 (20) ◽  
pp. 3951-3966
Author(s):  
Jaideep Dutta ◽  
Balaram Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Skin Tissue ◽  
Hyperbolic Heat Conduction ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Regional Hyperthermia ◽  
Hyperthermia Therapy ◽  
The Impact

The formation of the present work is based on the development of the exact analytical solution of two-dimensional temperature response by employing the hyperbolic heat conduction bioheat model in a single-layered human skin tissue subjected to the regional hyperthermia therapy (RHT) for cancer treatment. The mathematical approach has been utilized as a hybrid form of ‘separation of variables’ and ‘finite integral transform’ method. Three kinds of surface heat fluxes (constant, sinusoidal and cosine) have been employed as an external heat source on the therapeutic surface of the square-shaped skin tissue of 100 mm × 100 mm. An innovative form of initial condition (spatially dependent) has been implemented in the present mathematical formulation as skin tissues are highly non-homogeneous and non-uniform in structure. The present research outcome indicates that cosine heat flux would be a suitable alternative for the sinusoidal heat flux. The impact of the relaxation time lag has been clearly noted in the thermal response with the waveform-like behaviour and it justifies the postulate of hyperbolic heat conduction. The two-dimensional temperature of the skin tissue has been observed in the range of 48.1 ℃–40 ℃ (in decreasing order). Estimated peak temperatures are in the proposed spectrum of hyperthermia therapy for an exposure time of 100 s, and this fact is true in an agreement with the medical protocol of the cancer treatment. The accuracy of the mathematical modelling and in-house computer codes are justified with the published numerical models and the maximum deviation of the thermal response has been noticed in order of 1.5–3%. The two-dimensional surface thermal contours have provided a glimpse of heat flow in the physical domain of skin tissue under different heating conditions and this research output may be beneficial to establish the theoretical standard of the regional hyperthermia treatment for cancer eradication.

scholarly journals The Roseville Bomb Disaster Simulated Train Braking System Tests and Boxcar Wood Floor Ignition Experiments

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
B. Ross ◽  
P. G. Parikh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Cast Iron ◽  
Ignition Time ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Radiant Heat ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Shield Effectiveness ◽  
Wood Floor ◽  
Wood Surfaces

A massive chain of property damaging explosions involving an ammunition train occurred at the railroad yard, Roseville, California. The train had pulled into the yard after a night trip of some 100 miles across Donner Summit and down the extended Norden-Roseville grade. Physical evidence confirmed that first explosions were centered at a DODX type boxcar loaded with 250 lb. bombs. Further, bomb cook-off detonation tests established that the triggering bomb blast was not a result of shock loads but rather derived from an engulfing fire initiated in the boxcar wood plank floor under influence of extended heavy braking action on the mountain grade. It was also suspected that high friction composition brake shoes were fitted on the car as replacements for cast iron shoes but the brake mechanical linkage lever ratios had not been modified as required. Results of a comprehensive research program are presented within context of the explosion event, and include analytical computer simulation of train descent profiles on mountain grades through full scale dynamometer tests with actual rail wheels and ultimately more scientific scaled wood floor ignition experiments in the laboratory. The thermal response of a simulated DODX boxcar wood floor was studied through experiments, full scale at a rail wheel dynamometer test facility, and in the laboratory. Certain input data for the wood floor ignition test program were measured on an actual boxcar joined with a freight train consist in transit down the Norden-Roseville grade. Two series of scaled wood ignition experiments were conducted on simulated DODX boxcar floors. Objectives of these tests were to determine: Influence of a cooling air stream on the ignition behavior of radiantly heated wood surfaces, and effectiveness of DODX (stand-off) and AAR (flush) type spark shields in preventing ignition of wood surfaces under radiant heating. It was found that for radiant heat flux levels representative of high friction composition shoes under severe train braking conditions, low speed airflow (wind) exerts a dramatic influence on the wood ignition time. For example, average ignition time for a simulated boxcar floor at a heat flux level of 0.4 cal/cm2sec was determined to be 15.6 min. with a 5 mph wind as compared to 3.6 min. with no wind. In the spark shield effectiveness tests, conducted at heat flux levels representative of cast iron shoes under severe braking conditions, the DODX (stand-off) type spark shield failed to prevent spontaneous flaming ignition of a wood surface directly above it. Under identical conditions, no flaming ignition was encountered with the AAR (flush) type spark shield.

scholarly journals THERMAL EVOLUTION OF A RADIATING ANISOTROPIC STAR WITH SHEAR

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (07) ◽  
pp. 1053-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. NAIDU ◽  
M. GOVENDER ◽  
K. S. GOVINDER
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Pressure Anisotropy ◽  
Radiating Star ◽  
Anisotropic Star

We study the effects of pressure anisotropy and heat dissipation in a spherically symmetric radiating star undergoing gravitational collapse. An exact solution of the Einstein field equations is presented in which the model has a Friedmann-like limit when the heat flux vanishes. The behavior of the temperature profile of the evolving star is investigated within the framework of causal thermodynamics. In particular, we show that there are significant differences between the relaxation time for the heat flux and the relaxation time for the shear stress.

Heat dissipation measurement technique for semiconductor devices on printed circuit boards by using heat flux sensors

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (0) ◽  
pp. 0122 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Vítor Thomsen Silveira ◽  
Bolun Yang ◽  
Zidi Li ◽  
Kazuyoshi Fushinobu ◽  
Ryuta Yasui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Measurement Technique ◽  
Printed Circuit Boards ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Semiconductor Devices ◽  
Circuit Boards ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Heat Flux Sensors
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