Showing papers in "Applied Thermal Engineering in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion of the possible applications of flow boiling in microchannels in order to highlight the challenges in the thermal management for each application is presented. But, several fundamental issues are still not understood and this hinders the transition from laboratory research to commercial applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a thermal system numerical solutions of the flow velocity field, temperature field, mass transfer and heat conduction had been produced out as functions of the viscoelastic number (E), Prandtl number (Pr) and buoyancy parameters (Gc, Gt), etc.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation on the effects of hybrid nano-additives, composed of magnesium oxide (MgO) and functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (FMWCNTs), on the thermal conductivity of ethylene glycol (EG) is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of graphite and copper oxide micro-flakes with different concentrations, different basin water depths, and different film cooling flow rates is experimentally investigated in an attempt to improve the performance of solar still.

TL;DR: In this paper, a liquid cooling based thermal management system for cylindrical lithium-ion battery module with variable contact surface is designed, which can effectively transfer heat from battery to cooling water.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed comprehensive study of the recent development trends of the supercritical CO2 power cycle and the different applications of S-CO2 power cycles in various energy industries, especially nuclear energy and solar energy, is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal properties of beeswax/graphene as a phase change material were analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal conductivity measurement apparatus.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide guidance for selecting appropriate solid-solid phase change materials (SS-PCMs) for various applications and tailoring the synthesis of SS-PCM with desired thermal, physical and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: Topology optimization (TO) is a promising numerical technique for designing optimal engineering designs in many industrial applications as discussed by the authors, and it is expected that it might become an unavoidable engineering tool for many new rising technologies such as the additive manufacturing or metal 3D printing.

TL;DR: In this article, phase change material (PCM) based pin-fin heat sinks are used to increase reliability, to ensure sufficiently lower temperature, to stretch the operating duration and to improve the functionality of installed features.

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative study of the temperature and velocity distributions within the mini-channel cold plates placed on a prismatic lithium-ion battery cell using experimental and numerical techniques is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a commercial parabolic trough collector (Eurotrough ET-150) is investigated for a great temperature range from 300 k to 1300 k, and the performance of all the working fluids is analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the thermal effects on the geophysical properties of granite and show that the dynamic strength decreases linearly as temperature increases but increases as the impact pressure increases.

TL;DR: In this article, a probabilistic framework based on a scenario method, which is considered for load demand and price signals, is employed to overcome the uncertainties in the optimal energy management of the MG.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors deal with the measurement of thermal conductivity of SWCNTs-MgO/EG hybrid nanofluids and the modeling of experimental data using artificial neural network (ANN).

TL;DR: In this paper, thermal damage in Beishan granite subjected to high temperature treatment (from 100°C to 800°C at different heating rates, ranging from 1 to 15°C/min) is studied in order to assess the thermal effect on physical and mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel cogeneration system including a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator, a supercritical carbon dioxide recompression Brayton cycle and an organic Rankine cycle is reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of all correlations and experimental studies available in the literature to determine the heat transfer coefficient of supercritical CO2 flowing in heat exchangers is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the battery module with phase change material/water cooling-plate was designed and numerically analyzed based on the energy conservation and fluid dynamics and the results showed that the water cooling plate set close to the near-electrode area of battery removed the majority of heat generated during discharging and decreased the maximum temperature efficiently.

TL;DR: In this article, a minichannel cooling system designed at the battery module level and the investigation on its efficacy on the mitigation of thermal runaway is presented. But, it is concluded that minichannels cooling at cell level cannot cease thermal runaway in a single cell, but it can prevent battery fratricide due to thermal runaway propagation between cells.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated numerical model was established to solve the complex energy transfer in a parabolic trough collector (PTC) by combining Monte Carlo ray tracing and finite volume method, and the thermal performance of the PTC using supercritical CO 2 (s-CO 2 ) as the heat transfer fluid (HTF) was studied and analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the thermal conductivity of ZnO-MWCNT/EG-water hybrid nanofluid at solid volume fractions of 0.02-1% and temperatures of 30-50°C.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of a new challenging use of Aluminum Oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) and Carbon Black (CB) nanoparticles to enhance the thermal properties: thermal conductivity, specific heat, and latent heat of pure paraffin waxes.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of double pipe heat exchanger has been presented, where the development procedure and heat transfer enhancement methods in aforementioned heat exchangers have been analyzed in details and correlations of mostly Nusselt number and pressure drop coefficient are also presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the application of a new generation of heat transfer fluids, nanofluids, to electronic devices is analyzed, which could be one of the key elements that could give an important impulse to further miniaturization of electronic devices and at the same time increase their energy efficiency.

TL;DR: In this article, a single factor analysis and orthogonal test method was used to optimize the battery thermal management system for electric vehicles, and the best cooling performance was obtained under the condition of 2.5° air-inlet angle, 2.4° airoutlet angle and equal channels width.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined integrated thermal energy storage (TES) solutions for a domestic-scale solar combined heat and power (S-CHP) system based on an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) engine and low-cost non-concentrating solar-thermal collectors.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of 1-hexanol addition on combustion and emission characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine were investigated using three blends of 1hexanol viz., HEX10, HEX20 and HEX30 obtained by mixing 10, 20 and 30% by vol. as blend component with diesel respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the physical parameters governing polymer and composite thermal conductivity, as well as the latest research on augmenting thermally conductive composite composites with carbon or metal.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal conductivity of five polyurethane foam samples formed by blowing agents of CP, CP+IP, CP−+-245fa and CP+−245fa+LBA were measured using transient plane source method under various environment.