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A.R. Balakrishnan

Other affiliations: University of Waterloo
Bio: A.R. Balakrishnan is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heat transfer & Nucleate boiling. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1592 citations. Previous affiliations of A.R. Balakrishnan include University of Waterloo.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical study to investigate the steady laminar natural convection flow in a square cavity with uniformly and non-uniformly heated bottom wall, and adiabatic top wall maintaining constant temperature of cold vertical walls has been performed.

297 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation on the nucleation density during nucleate pool boiling of saturated pure liquids at low to moderate heat fluxes is described, where the surface-liquid interaction during the boiling phenomena and its effect on nucleation site density and thereby the heat flux is examined.

182 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a model based on an additive mechanism of heat transfer is proposed for pool boiling of single component systems, and the authors estimate the nucleation site density from a literature correlation that includes the boiling surface characteristics.

110 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of low frequency oscillations on flow rate and pressure drop in a vertical tube has been studied experimentally in the presence of a 1.75m-long vertical tube of inner diameter 0.016m.

94 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an analysis of the stratification decay in thermally stratified vertical cylindrical cool storage systems using a one dimensional conjugate heat conduction model.

90 citations


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01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: This chapter introduces the finite element method (FEM) as a tool for solution of classical electromagnetic problems and discusses the main points in the application to electromagnetic design, including formulation and implementation.
Abstract: This chapter introduces the finite element method (FEM) as a tool for solution of classical electromagnetic problems. Although we discuss the main points in the application of the finite element method to electromagnetic design, including formulation and implementation, those who seek deeper understanding of the finite element method should consult some of the works listed in the bibliography section.

1,820 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants is presented.

1,031 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of transient conduction in pool boiling and concluded that the change of surface characteristics during boiling due to trapped particles on the surface is the cause for the shift of the boiling characteristics in the negative direction.

954 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of available latent heat thermal energy storage technologies is presented, including material, encapsulation, heat transfer, applications and new phase change material (PCM) technology innovation.
Abstract: Thermal energy storage has recently attracted increasing interest related to thermal applications such as space and water heating, waste heat utilization, cooling and air-conditioning. Energy storage is essential whenever there is a mismatch between the supply and consumption of energy. Use of phase change material (PCM) capsules assembled as a packed bed is one of the important methods that has been proposed to achieve the objective of high storage density with higher efficiency. A proper designing of the thermal energy storage systems using PCMs requires quantitative information about heat transfer and phase change processes in PCM. This paper reviews the development of available latent heat thermal energy storage technologies. The different aspects of storage such as material, encapsulation, heat transfer, applications and new PCM technology innovation have been carried out.

782 citations

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01 Feb 2018-Energy
TL;DR: In this article, a wide scope of thermal energy storage field is discussed and the role of TES in the contexts of different thermal energy sources and how TES unnecessitates fossil fuel burning are explained.

707 citations