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The effect of Dixon rings on direct contact heat transfer performance: Comparison of counter and co-current evaporation
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In this article, the authors compared direct contact evaporation in both co-current and counter-current flow were compared with pentane as dispersed phase and water as continuous phase and added Dixon rings were also added into the column to enhance heat transfer in those two different contact ways.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2017-05-05. It has received 8 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer coefficient & Water flow.read more
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Modeling heat transfer properties in an ORC direct contact evaporator using RBF neural network combined with EMD
TL;DR: A novel approach that combines multi-input radial basis function (RBF) neural network (NN) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method improves the forecasting accuracy of VHTC noticeably comparing with existing models.
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Interplay of fluids mixing and heat transfer in a dual-loop ORC direct contact heat exchanger used for waste heat utilization:
TL;DR: By bringing two immiscible fluids at different temperatures into a direct contact heat exchanger (DCHE), bubble swarms are produced in the dual-loop ORC direct contact boiling heat transfer process as discussed by the authors.
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Prospective Evaluation of Spent Sulfuric Acid Recovery by Process Simulation
TL;DR: In this paper, azeotropic distillation and multiple-effect evaporation both in co-current and counter-current modes were compared, and the main aspects of the comparison were energy consumption and heat efficiency.
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Construction of high gravity direct contact evaporation system and research of evaporation performance
Huan Li,Hui Ren,Youzhi Liu +2 more
TL;DR: In this article , a high gravity direct contact evaporation (HG-DCE) technology was developed to improve efficiency and performance of heat and mass exchange in seawater desalination and wastewater treatment.
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Application of infrared thermography for the determination of the overall heat transfer coefficient (U-Value) in building envelopes
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of the determination of the overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) with the use of IR thermography for building envelopes are presented, and the obtained U-values are validated by means of measurements performed using a thermohygrometer for two seasons (summer and winter).
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Direct-contact heat transfer with change of phase: Evaporation of drops in an immiscible liquid medium
Samuel Sideman,Yehuda Taitel +1 more
TL;DR: The transfer characteristics of volatile liquid drops evaporating while rising in a column of immiscible liquid are presented in this paper, where a study of cine-camera films taken during the heat-transfer process rendered information regarding the velocities and evaporation rates of butane and pentane drops.
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The effect of the type of illumination on the energy harvesting performance of solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the illumination type on the performance of photovoltaic energy harvesting for application in buildings was investigated under illumination from incandescent, fluorescent, white light LED and RGB colour-controllable LED light sources.
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Total heat recovery of gas boiler by absorption heat pump and direct-contact heat exchanger
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new technology which combines the absorption heat pump and the direct-contact heat exchanger, focusing upon removing heat from the flue gas to a point where it can be below the dew point as significant to realizing the total heat recovery for the gas boiler.
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Multi-turbine wind-solar hybrid system
TL;DR: In this article, a new type of wind-solar hybrid system was proposed, in which multiple small wind turbines took the place of a bigger one, and the electricity performance of the multi-turbine wind-Solar hybrid systems was studied in comparison with the traditional system.
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