Showing papers in "International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer in 2004"

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of small particles that are heavier than water on the stability of a suspension of motile gyrotactic microorganisms in a horizontal fluid layer of finite depth was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the heat and mass transfer by steady laminar boundary layer flow of a Newtonian viscous fluid over a vertical flat plate embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium in the presence of the thermophoresis particle deposition effect is dealt with.

TL;DR: In this article, the energy and exergy analyses of the drying process of thin layer of red pepper slices are investigated using the first law of thermodynamics, energy analysis was carried to estimate the ratios of energy utilization, exergy analysis was accomplished to determine type and magnitude of exergy losses during process.

TL;DR: In this paper, a finite-volume based numerical analysis is performed to investigate the effect of attaching a high conducting thin baffle on the hot wall of a square cavity, where the horizontal walls are kept insulated.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation carried out in corrugated tubes for laminar and transitional flow was carried out, where a wide range of flow conditions was covered in order to use these results under the typical flow conditions of the chemical and food industry.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated direct contact condensation heat transfer occurring around a stable steam plume in subcooled water and determined the heat transfer coefficients at the steam-water interface using three different models, that is, the interfacial transport model due to the turbulent intensity, the surface renewal model, and the shear stress model.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of the position and aspect ratio of a heated plate on heat transfer and flow in a square cavity with a heating plate built-in vertically and horizontally.

TL;DR: In this paper, an electromagnetic induction heating is developed to achieve a rapid mold surface heating, where both a circular coil and a rectangular coil of single turn were properly designed for induction heating experiments on a flat steel mold plate.

TL;DR: In this article, the second law analysis of heat transfer of a laminar falling liquid film along an inclined heated plate is investigated and the upper surface of the liquid film is considered free and adiabatic.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of small solid particles on the steady-state bioconvection plume caused by up-swimming of motile gyrotactic micro-organisms is investigated numerically.

TL;DR: In this article, the steady-state solutions for the strongly exothermic decomposition of a combustible material uniformly distributed between symmetrically heated parallel plates under Bimolecular, Arrhenius and Sensitised reaction rates, neglecting the consumption of the material were examined.

TL;DR: In this article, the problem of laminar mixed convection boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting micropolar fluid from a constantly rotating cone is analyzed, taking into account the effects of Hall current and Ohmic heating.

TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of a suspension of motile gyrotactic microorganisms in a system that consists of superimposed fluid and porous layers is investigated, and a correlation for the critical Rayleigh number is obtained.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the nature of entropy generation along with heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics inside a cavity made of two horizontal straight walls and two vertical wavy walls.

TL;DR: In this paper, a single face of water-cooled flat plates suspended vertically in a cylindrical test section as steam and mixtures of steam and air flowed over it was used to compare film-wise and drop-wise condensations.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of thermal conductivity and permeability of different foam materials on heat transfer were analyzed and the uniformity of the local temperature distributions for both steady and oscillating flows were compared.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of viscous dissipation on the steady free convection in a square cavity filled with a porous medium is numerically studied and the finite volume numerical method is used to solve the non-dimensional governing equations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Adomian decomposition method is applied to determine the temperature distribution within a single fin with a temperature dependent heat transfer coefficient, and a temperature-dependent temperature transfer coefficient is calculated for each fin.

TL;DR: In this article, momentum and heat transfer in laminar boundary layer of a non-Newtonian power-law flow fluid flowing past a stretching surface with uniform surface heat flux, are analyzed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of variations of minimum height, amplitude and wavelength on fluid flow and heat transfer in a sine-shaped wavy channel has been studied numerically by solving two-dimensional Navier-Stokes and energy equations.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the flow index and dimensionless shear rate parameter of a modified power-law fluid, the relative velocity of the moving plate and Brinkman number on the temperature distribution and Nusselt number are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical model describing the oscillation characteristics of slug flow in a capillary tube is presented, where the vapor bubble is considered as the gas spring for the oscillating motions of the slug flow, including effects of capillary force, gas spring constant, dimensions, and initial pressure distribution of the working fluid.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the physical significance of entropy production in plate film condensation and showed that entropy provides a useful parameter in the optimization of a two-phase system.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of heat transfer rates of swirl generators with holes for the entrance of fluid were investigated by placing them at the entrance section of inner pipe of heat exchanger, where hot air and cold water were passed through the inner pipe and annulus respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors numerically studied the fluid dynamic effects on water in a converter-shaped vessel of air injection from a submerged tuyere, and the time dependent and three dimensional simulations of the bi-phase system were carried out using the volume of fluid and the standard κ-e turbulence models implemented in the commercial solver Fluent.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis for heat transfer to MHD flow of a micropolar fluid from an isothermal stretching sheet with suction through a porous medium in the presence of radiation and variable viscosity is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simulation study was made for determination of the convective heat transfer coefficients of eight agricultural products, namely, mulberry, strawberry, apple, garlic, potato, pumpkin, eggplant and onion under forced convection drying.

TL;DR: In this article, the unsteady velocity is solved exactly for the incompressible Couette flow with porous plates, and the steady state temperature distributions are also presented, where the transient velocity and the heat transfer at the walls are analyzed and discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical investigation of the laminar fluid flow and heat transfer in the entrance region of a two dimensional horizontal channel, with in-line ribs, is carried out.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the thermal development of forced convection in a circular tube filled by a saturated porous medium, with uniform wall temperature, and with the effects of viscous dissipation included.