The 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2011)

Preface: The 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2011).- Committees.- KEYNOTE LECTURES.- Thermoacoustic engines and refrigerators.- Biomass energy: Sustainable solution for greenhouse gas emission.- Atomization of a liquid jet in a crossflow.- SESSION PRESENTATIONS.- Analysis of bouyancy-aided convection heat transfer from horizontal cylinder at low Reynolds number.- Cooling of a rectangular microchannel heat sink with ammonia gas.- Numerical prediction on the dispersion of pollutant particles.- Thermal stresses in the wall of pipes caused by periodic change of temperature of medium fluid.- Reacting shock waves characteristics for biogas compared to other gaseous fuel.- Advances in aluminum powder usage as an energetic material and applications for rocket propellant.- Characterisation of aerosol combustible mixtures generated using condensation process.- Development of vapor pressure in FR4-copper composite material during solder reflow process.- Effect of orifice diameter on characteristics of hollow cone swirl spray emanating from simplex nozzles.- The effect of flow recirculation on abdominal aortic aneurysm.- The use of least squares methods in functional optimization of energy use prediction models.- Wall Y+ approach for dealing with turbulent flow through a constant area duct.- Aerodynamics of a hybrid airship.- Analysis of single phase flow pressure drop and heat transfer in a horizontal rifled tube.- Comparison of cell centered and cell vertex scheme in the calculation of high speed compressible flows.- Computational analysis of flow field around Ahmed car model passing underneath a flyover.- Computational analysis of heat flow in computer casing.- Cubic interpolation profile Navier-Stokes numerical scheme for particle flow behaviour in triangular lid driven cavity.- Development and validation of a correlation for exit velocity of water through OP nozzle usingCFD simulation.- Experimental study the effect of speeds in wear using fourball tribotester.- Experimental study on temperature profile of fixed - bed gasification of oil-palm fronds.- Free convection in square cavity driven by discrete three source-sink pairs on one sidewall.- Assessment of thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated residential terrace house.- Heat transfer study in oil channels of a transformer ODAF cooling system based on numerical modeling.- Manipulation of operating configuration of cool air supply in buildings for reduction of cooling energy.- Analysis of partially textured slider and journal bearing.- A full three dimensional Navier-Stokes numerical simulation of flow field inside a power plant Kaplan turbine using some model test turbine hill chart points.- Computational fluid dynamics based aerodynamic optimization of the wind tunnel primaryNozzle.- Fatigue life calculation of desuperheater for solving pipe cracking issue using finite element method (FEM) software.- Modelling of diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel using engine simulation software.- Numerical study of cross flow fan performance in an indoor air conditioning unit.- A study about the split drag flaps deflections to directional motion of UiTM's blended wing body aircraft based on computational fluid dynamics simulation.- High speed flow characteristics in gun tunnel.- New empirical correlations for sizing adiabatic capillary tubes in refrigeration systems.- Simulation on effects of porosity pattern arrangement of porous media during drying.- Study on a two-evaporator system for humidity control.- The density ratio effects on the motion of a three-dimensional drop in Poiseuille flow at finite Reynolds numbers.- Thermal stresses investigation of a gas turbine blade.- Comparison of eddy dissipation model and presumed probability density function model for temperature prediction in a non-premixed turbulent methane flame.- An analysis of a viscous dissipation flow.- Highly-resolved large eddy simulation of the nonreacting flow in an asymmetric vortex combustor.- Improving the efficiency of micronozzle by heated sidewalls.- Influence of fuel injector position of port-fuel injection retrofit-kit to the performances of small gasoline engine.- Exhaust emissions of DI diesel engine using unconventional fuels.- Study on diesel-DME spray using open-source CFD (OpenFoam).- The effect of spray angles of the injector on the power of compressed natural gas direct injection (CNGDI) engine.- Aging influence on exergy destruction in an operating 320MW steam power plant.- Analysis of gas flow rate variation on fluidized bed combustor.- Analysis of water mist density profile for two nozzle interaction using image processing technique.- Computational fluid dynamics study of wind turbine blade profiles at low Reynolds numbers for various angles of attack.- Effect of flux composition on mould-magnesium reaction during in-situ melting.- Energy studies on central and variable refrigerant flow air-conditioning systems.- Gasification and effect of gasifying temperature on syngas quality and tar generation: A short review.- Thermodynamic analysis of performance improvement by reheat on the CO2 transcritical power cycle.- Wind tunnel testing of 5-bladed H-rotor wind turbine with the integration of the omni-directionguide-vane.- Thermal analysis of Malaysian double storey housing - low/medium cost unit.- Cost benefit analysis and energy savings of using compression and absorption chillers for air conditioners in hot and humid climates.- Development of thermoacoustic engine operating by waste heat from cooking stove.- Development of CNG direct injection (CNGDI) clean fuel system for extra power in small engine.- Economic evaluation of utilization of electro-feed water pump and turbo-feed water pump and compare them in a 12.5-megawatts steam unit thermal cycle and provide the optimum solution.- Effect of extrusion ratio on paraffinic mineral oil lubricant in cold forward extrusion.- Effect of palm methyl ester-diesel blends performance and emission of a single-cylinder directinjection diesel engine.- Effect of semi-circular wavy liner on performance of journal bearing.- A conceptual design of fouling deposit adhesiveness gauge.- A review on spray characteristics of effervescent atomizer under various geometrical parameters and operating condition.- An experimental investigation on spray characteristics emanating from liquid-liquid coaxial swirl atomizer.- Design and optimization of resistance wire electric heater for hypersonic wind tunnel.- Determination of correlation between backflow volume and mitral valve leaflet young modulus from two dimensional echocardiogram images.- Experimental study on sintered powder wick loop heat pipe.- Investigation of contact resistance for fin-tube heat exchanger by means of tube expansion.- Modeling and simulation of vortex induced vibration on the subsea riser/pipeline (GRP pipe).- Processes in an air ejector with pulsating primary flow.- Computational simulation of flow in stenotic artery using cubic interpolation profile scheme.- Effects of irregular cerebrospinal fluid production rate in human brain ventricular system.- Effect of anastomosis angle on hemodynamic of side-to-end radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (RCAVF).- Evaluation of the entropy consistent euler flux on 1D and 2D test problems.- PART TWO.- SESSION PRESENTATIONS (CONTINUED).- Extension of SMAC scheme for variable density flows under strong temperature gradient.- Flow modeling of actual human nasal cavity for various breathing conditions.- Investigation on aerodynamic characteristics of baseline-II E-2 blended wing-body aircraft with canard via computational simulation.- Minimum volume fraction of vapor for liquid-vapor interphase transfer of flow boiling in microchannel.- Numerical analysis of natural convection in porous media using constrained interpolated profile method.- Numerical investigation of turbulence mixed convection heat transfer of water and drilling mud inside a square enclosure by finite volume method.- Numerical simulation of mixed convection of nanofluids in a ventilated square cavity.- Parametric study on hydromagnetic flow and heat/mass transfer past a semi-infinite inclined plate in the presence of variable thermal conductivity and reactive index: A group theory approach.- Preliminary studies of airflow around vehicle front windscreen.- Study of two-dimensional laminar flow in a polar cavity by Ansys Fluent.- Unsteady pressure fluctuation for internal flow in a cylinder using LES model.- Numerical investigation of 2D lid driven cavity using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method.- Numerical investigation of flow through a curved annular diffuser.- One-dimensional high-order compact method for solving Euler's equations.- One-dimensional analysis of the behaviour of wet steam at different inlet conditions.- Simulation of cavitating flows with isentropic one-fluid model.- Microwave induced fast pyrolysis of scrap rubber tires.- Microwave irradiation biodiesel processing of waste cooking oil.- Numerical analysis of air-flow and temperature field in a passenger car compartment.- Numerical investigation of flow through porous media using lattice Boltzmann method.- Parametric analysis of a double-effect steam absorption chiller.- Performance investigation of a cogeneration plant with the efficient and compact heat recovery system.- The effect of ambient temperature on a gas turbine performance in part load operation.- A new method to maintain lubricant layer in extrusion process.- A study of minimum quantity lubricant of refined bleached deodorized palm stearin in plane strain extrusion.- Effects of hard particles on friction coefficients and particle embedment in brake system during hard braking.- Evaluation of oleic acid as additive in automatic transmission fluid.- Extreme pressure properties investigation of palm olein using four ball tribotester.- Wear resistance evaluation of palm fatty acid distillate using four-ball tribotester.- Computational fluid dynamics analysis of external recirculation flow at updraft gasifier using ejector.- Combustion performance of cellulosic biomass in a gasifier-based cookstove.- Dynamic stall analysis of horizontal-axis-wind-turbine blades using computational fluid dynamics.- Emission of a compression ignition engine fuelled by diesel and imitated syngas.- Feasibility study of gasification oil palm fronds in an updraft gasifier.- Prediction of biomass conversion process for oil palm fronds in a downdraft gasifier.- Wear characteristic of RBD palm olein using four-ball tribotester.- Experimental evaluation of automotive air-conditioning using HFC-134a and HC-134a.- Performance of different photovoltaic cells operating under the meteorological conditions of Singapore.- Numerical prediction of dynamics of solid particle in lid-driven cavity flow.- Particle movement in shear cavity flow for different Stokes number using lattice Boltzmannmethod.- Simulation of multicomponent multiphase flow using lattice Boltzmann method.- Splitting solver with immersed boundary extension for the analysis of backward-facing step flow.- The effect of loading condition on the formation of residual swirl in tangentially-fired boiler.- Use of fuzzy logic for condition monitoring of motor driven machineries.- Velocity measurement and flow field simulation of a sit-type water closet.- Vortex structure in a two dimensional triangular lid-driven cavity.- An improved film evaporation correlation for saline water at sub-atmospheric pressures.- PIV wave propagation investigation of non-linear losses through 90 degree bends in a thermoacoustic engine's feedback loop.- Review of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion engines and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) effects on HCCI.- Simultaneous effects of inlet stagnation pressure and heat transfer to the water vapor condensing flow of supersonic laval nozzle.- Study on zigzag maneuver characteristics of V-U very large crude oil (VLCC) tankers.- The application of gas ejector for road transport air conditioning system.- The comparison of various gas turbine inlet aircooling methods for various ambient condition trough energy and exergy analysis.- The study of palm oil methyl ester and its corrosiveness.- A study of ethanol low grade as an alternative fuel for small engine.- Abrasive wear: The efects of fibres size on oil palm empty fruit bunch polyester composite.- An integrated CFD simulation tool in naval architecture and offshore (NAO) engineering.- Bio-based lubricants for numerical solution of elastohydrodynamic lubrication.- Effect of stern hull shape on turning circle of ships.- Elemental and thermo-chemical analysis of oil palm fronds for biomass energy conversion.- Experimental investigation of a multi-stage impedance pumping system.- Experimental studies on oil palm frond drying using swirling fluidized bed dryer.- The effect of contact angle on triangular shape interrupted microchannel heat sinks performance.- Computational study of triangular waveform oscillation mode to the temperature distribution of a heated wall impinged by a synthetic jet.- Correlation of refrigerant mass flow rate through adiabatic capillary tubes using mixture refrigerant carbondioxide and ethane for low temperature applications.- Development of a compact freeze vacuum drying for jelly fish (Schypomedusae).- Direct thrust force measurement of pulse detonation engine.- Effects of pouring temperature and slurry viscosity on heat transfer and surface roughness in lost foam casting.- Planet's magnetic field and thermoelectric driven spacecraft heat transport-A green solution.- Simulation of a cabinet-type forced-convective dryer.- Solar thermal organic rankine cycle for micro-generation.- The effect of unburned gas axial velocity on the characteristics of rotational flame during flashback.- Flashback of laminar premixed flame in rotating burner.- Optimized heat exchanger unit in a thermoacoustic refrigerator.- Effect of diluted and preheated oxidizer on the emission of methane flameless combustion.- The effect of guar gum on fluid friction in spiral pipe.- Geometry effects on cooling in a standing wave cylindrical thermoacousic resonator.- Effect of tracheal stenosis at different locations on airflow in the trachea and main bronchi.- Active technique by suction to control the flow structure over a van model.