A Numerical Study on Mass Transfer and Methanol Conversion Efficiency According to Porosity and Temperature Change of Curved Channel Methanol-Steam Reformer

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 745-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Seok Seong ◽  
Chung Ho Lee ◽  
Jeong Se Suh
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Temperature Change ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Methanol Conversion ◽  
Curved Channel ◽  
Steam Reformer

Numerical Study of the Combined Free-Forced Convection and Mass Transfer Flow Past a Vertical Porous Plate in a Porous Medium with Heat Generation and Thermal Diffusion

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Alam ◽  
M. M. Rahman ◽  
M. A. Samad
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Porous Plate ◽  
Integration Scheme ◽  
Suction Parameter ◽  
Transfer Flow

The problem of combined free-forced convection and mass transfer flow over a vertical porous flat plate, in presence of heat generation and thermaldiffusion, is studied numerically. The non-linear partial differential equations and their boundary conditions, describing the problem under consideration, are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations by using usual similarity transformations. This system is solved numerically by applying Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique together with Runge-Kutta sixth order integration scheme. The effects of suction parameter, heat generation parameter and Soret number are examined on the flow field of a hydrogen-air mixture as a non-chemical reacting fluid pair. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the flow field is significantly influenced by these parameters.

Flow and Mass Transfer of Pyrolytic Aviation Kerosene in Curved Channel

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyu Gong ◽  
Yong Cao ◽  
Yu Feng ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Jiang Qin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Curved Channel ◽  
Aviation Kerosene

scholarly journals Numerical Study of a Cooling System Using Phase Change of a Refrigerant in a Thermosyphon

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3634
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Czerwiński ◽  
Jerzy Wołoszyn
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Relaxation Parameter ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Transfer Time ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Time Relaxation

With the increasing trend toward the miniaturization of electronic devices, the issue of heat dissipation becomes essential. The use of phase changes in a two-phase closed thermosyphon (TPCT) enables a significant reduction in the heat generated even at high temperatures. In this paper, we propose a modification of the evaporation–condensation model implemented in ANSYS Fluent. The modification was to manipulate the value of the mass transfer time relaxation parameter for evaporation and condensation. The developed model in the form of a UDF script allowed the introduction of additional source equations, and the obtained solution is compared with the results available in the literature. The variable value of the mass transfer time relaxation parameter during condensation rc depending on the density of the liquid and vapour phase was taken into account in the calculations. However, compared to previous numerical studies, more accurate modelling of the phase change phenomenon of the medium in the thermosyphon was possible by adopting a mass transfer time relaxation parameter during evaporation re = 1. The assumption of ten-fold higher values resulted in overestimated temperature values in all sections of the thermosyphon. Hence, the coefficient re should be selected individually depending on the case under study. A too large value may cause difficulties in obtaining the convergence of solutions, which, in the case of numerical grids with many elements (especially three-dimensional), significantly increases the computation time.

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