Heat Transfer XIII

Contents Section 1: Heat transfer enhancements Ribbed double pipe heat exchanger: experimental analysis; A numerical study of heat diffusion using the Lagrangian particle SPH method and the Eulerian Finite-Volume method: analysis of convergence, consistency and computational cost; The effect of flow pulsation on the heating performance of panel radiators in central heating systems: CFD analysis; Entropy generation analysis of engineered heat transfer fluids under a constant surface temperature; The investigation of radiative heat transfer across molten mold flux film during the continuous casting of steels; An investigation into the influence of micro structures on nucleate boiling processes; Carbon nanotubes suspended in ethylene glycol yield nanofluids with enhanced heat transfer properties Section 2: Heat recovery The thermal conductance of collection tubes in geothermal energy systems; Waste energy recovery analysis of a diesel engine exhaust system; The simulation of a Rankine based Waste Heat Recovery system for a heavy duty diesel engine Section 3: Heat exchangers Analysis of the boundary conditions for pyramidal spine fins in extended surface heat transfer; An experimental investigation into the effects of fin structure and surface type on the efficiency of heat exchangers used for dehumidification; A concept for the integrated 3D flow, heat transfer and structural calculation of compact heat exchangers Section 4: Heat transfer in energy producing devices A numerical simulation of the combustion processes of wood pellets; A heat transfer model of a PV panel integrated with a "Rainscreen Cladding System"; Heat transfer optimization in a fluidized bed biomass gasification reactor; The efficiency of a two-phase nozzle as a motion force for power generation from low-temperature resources; Identification of the objective function for optimization of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage system Section 5: Heat and mass transfer The computational simulation of coupled heat and moisture transport as a tool for predicting the degradation of sedimentary porous rocks in historical masonry; CFD simulation and analysis of a gas to water two-phase closed thermosyphon-based heat exchanger; Simulation of binary mixtures condensation using higher order methods; Finite element analysis of the sap flow measurement method with continuous needle heating in the sapwood of trees; The thermal and mechanical performance of cement-based composites with enhanced thermal insulation properties Section 6: Convection and radiation A comparison of the efficacy of greenhouse gas forcing and solar forcing; A parallel finite-volume spatial/angular agglomeration multigrid method for radiative heat transfer computation; Conditioning systems by radiant surfaces: comparative analysis of thermal ceramic panels versus the conventional systems in a museum; The underhood aerothermal management of leakage zones: temperature measurements Section 7: Multiphase flow heat transfer The thermal performance of thermosyphons employing nanofluids; Flow instabilities in a vertical tube reboiler; The experimental determination of heat transfer and pressure drop during condensation in a plate heat exchanger with corrugated plates; The cavitation phenomenon: a literature survey; Experiments and volume-of-fluid (VOF) simulations of a three-fluid dam-break Section 8: Modelling and experiments Modelling of the thermal behaviour of heat pipes; The modelling of air supply system efficiency in refrigerated vehicles; Heat flux from stagnation-point hydrogen-methane-air flames: experiment and modelling; Sensitivity analysis of the Kunzel model: application to the study of the hygrothermal transfer in a tuffeau wall; Numerical simulation for the drying shrinkage of autoclaved aerated concrete; Characterization of the temperature dependent behavior of snappy phenomenon by the switching-off of GaAs power diode structures; The temperature reduction of components in the induction hobs of domestic kitchens by numerical and visualization models; Fuel temperature estimation and energy balance within an UAV integral wing fuel tank; A numerical analysis of heating tissue using the two-temperature model Section 9: Experimental and measuring technologies Quantitative measuring methods applied for the mixing phenomena of film cooling; The experimental determination of the thermal conductivity of melting chocolate: thermal resistance analogies and free convection boundary conditions; Is the performance of a virtual sensor employed for the prediction of the ledge thickness inside a metallurgical reactor affected by the thermal contact resistance?