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Materials Challenges for High Performance Magnetocaloric Refrigeration Devices
Anders Smith,Christian R.H. Bahl,Rasmus Bjørk,Kurt Engelbrecht,Kaspar Kirstein Nielsen,Nini Pryds +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the phenomenology and fundamental thermodynamics of magnetocaloric materials are discussed, as well as the hysteresis behavior often found in first-order materials.
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TauFactor: An open-source application for calculating tortuosity factors from tomographic data
TL;DR: TauFactor is a MatLab application for efficiently calculating the tortuosity factor, as well as volume fractions, surface areas and triple phase boundary densities, from image based microstructural data, without requiring high computational power.
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A review on experience feedback and numerical modeling of packed-bed thermal energy storage systems
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the key aspects of packed-bed thermal energy storage systems and compare the performance of different types of thermal storage systems, including two-tank molten salt technology and thermal stratification.
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The Prediction of the Emissivity and Thermal Conductivity of Powder Beds
Samuel Sumin Sih,Joel W. Barlow +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a simple model for estimating the emissivity of the surface of a powder bed by knowing only the bed porosity and its solid emissivities is presented, and the model is compared with experimental measurements for powder beds of alumina, silicon carbide, and iron.
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Mass-Transfer Properties of Microbubbles. 1. Experimental Studies
Marshall D. Bredwell,R M Worden +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a laser-diffraction technique to determine the interfacial area per unit gas volume, a.k.a. KL, for a synthesis-gas fermentation.
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Review of numerical studies on thermal treatment of municipal solid waste in packed bed combustion
Quynh N. Hoang,Maarten Vanierschot,Julien Blondeau,Tom Croymans,Rudi Pittoors,Jo Van Caneghem +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of MSW's chemical and thermophysical properties, and discuss the suitability of the available numerical methodologies for improving the performance of industrial waste to energy (W2E) plants.
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Modelling and simulation of wood chip combustion in a hot air generator system
TL;DR: This study focuses on modelling and simulation of horizontal moving bed/grate wood chip combustor of a medium scale biomass combustor, which was retrofitted from wood log to wood chip feeding for Tea drying in Sri Lanka, by a CFD simulation study.
Heat transfer and air flow in a domestic refrigerator
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the state-of-the-art knowledge on heat transfer and airflow by natural convection in domestic refrigerators and present an example of heat transfer analysis and numerical simulation in a typical refrigerator.
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Experimental investigation of volumetric heat transfer coefficient in vertical moving-bed for sinter waste heat recovery
TL;DR: In this paper, a volumetric heat transfer coefficient is derived for sinter vertical moving-bed, and the effect of the volume-based correlation in Nusselt number form is analyzed by dimensionless method and regression analysis.
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Potentials of Thermal Energy Storage Integrated into Steam Power Plants
Michael Krüger,Selman Muslubas,Thomas Loeper,Freerk Klasing,Philipp Knödler,Christian Mielke +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the flexibilization of coal-fired steam power plants by integrating thermal energy storage (TES) into the power plant process is investigated, and three lead concepts with different storage technologies and integration points are identified.