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Using the Sensible Heat Flux Eddy Covariance-Based Exchange Coefficient to Calculate Latent Heat Flux from Moisture Mean Gradients Over Snow

In absence of the high-frequency measurements of wind components, sonic temperature and water vapour required by the eddy covariance (EC) method, Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST) is often used to calculate heat fluxes. However, MOST requires assumpti ...

2024

Experimental study of the hydrodynamic and thermal performances of ventilated wall structures

Dolaana Khovalyg, Mohammad Rahiminejad

The presence of a ventilated air gap behind the external cladding in a building envelope is known to have a tangible contribution to the overall performance of the wall assembly. In the present study, the hydrodynamic and thermal performances of ventilated ...

2023

Dynamic environmental flows using hydrodynamic-based solutions for sustainable hydropower

Giovanni De Cesare, Paolo Perona

Water diversions from rivers and torrents for anthropic uses of the resource alter the natural flow regime. As a measure, environmental flows have been prescribed and often are enforced by law to follow policies (e.g., minimal flow, proportional redistribu ...

CRC Press/Balkema2023

Flow boiling heat transfer and two-phase flow phenomena of CO2 in macro-and micro-channel evaporators: Fundamentals, applications and engineering design

John Richard Thome

The paper presents a comprehensive review of fundamentals and engineering applications of CO2 flow boiling heat transfer, flow patterns and two-phase pressure drops in macro- and micro-channel evaporators. First, distinctions of macro- and micro-channels a ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Microchannel-based Calorimeter for Rapid and Accurate Loss Measurements on High-efficiency Power Converters

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera

The difficulty in accurately measuring losses in high-frequency power converters hinders accurate breakdown of losses which is essential for device and circuit optimization. Electrical methods are often not adequate and calorimetric approaches found in the ...

IEEE2021

Fundamental study on microlayer dynamics in nucleate boiling

Lubomír Bures

Dynamics of nucleate boiling are strongly affected by the formation and behaviour of the microlayer, a layer of liquid underneath growing bubbles. As a result of its minute thickness, very high heat fluxes occur within the microlayer and its evaporation co ...

EPFL2021

General Thermosyphon Simulation Code for Electronics Cooling Applications

John Richard Thome, Filippo Cataldo

Two-phase micro-scale cooling implemented with passive, gravity-driven closed-loop thermosyphons represents a highly-reliable solution to increase heat dissipation and to maximize energy efficiency of the next-generation electronics cooling technologies. T ...

IEEE2020

On The Heat Transfer Of Holographic Type In Nanostructures

Maria-Alexandra Paun

Assimilating any nanostructure with a fractal, in the most general Mandelbrot's sense, non - differentiable behaviors in their dynamics on the heat transfer phenomena are analyzed. As such, nanostructure dynamics on the heat transfer in the form of Schrodi ...

UNIV POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST, SCI BULL2020

Continuously-fed gravity currents propagating over a finite porous substrate

Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Sara Venuleo

We present the results of laboratory investigations of continuously-fed density currents that propagate first over a smooth horizontal bed and then over a porous substrate of limited length. Inflow discharge, initial excess density, and substrate porositie ...

2019

Unsteady Radiative Heat Transfer Model of a Ceria Particle Suspension Undergoing Solar Thermochemical Reduction

Sophia Haussener

Unsteady radiative heat transfer is analyzed numerically in a directly irradiated plane-parallel medium containing a suspension of ceria particles undergoing nonstoichiometric thermal reduction. The micrometer-sized ceria particles are assumed homogenous, ...

AMER INST AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS2019

Potential and Challenges of ORC driven Heat Pumps Based on Gas Bearing Supported Turbomachinery

Violette Mounier

Electrically Driven Heat Pumps (EDHPs) have been identified as a key technology to reduce the energy consumption in the domestic space heating sector. However, since EDHPs require electrical power, they face issues related to network overload at peak-time, ...

EPFL2018

Replicated microcellular aluminium structures for thermal management

Alexandros Athanasiou-Ioannou

Open-pore aluminium foams are of interest in thermal management of power electronics due to their large specific surface area, low weight and relatively high thermal conductivity. The replication process is a low-cost and simple foam manufacturing method t ...

EPFL2017

Transient Data Processing of Flow Boiling Local Heat Transfer in a Multi-Microchannel Evaporator Under a Heat Flux Disturbance

John Richard Thome, Nicolas Lamaison, Houxue Huang

Multi-microchannel evaporators are often used to cool down electronic devices subjected to continuous heat load variations. However, so far, rare studies have addressed the transient flow boiling local heat transfer data occurring in such applications. The ...

Asme2017

High resolution local heat transfer and pressure drop infrared measurements of two-phase flow of R245fa within a compact plate heat exchanger

John Richard Thome, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

An experimental study is presented to characterize two-phase thermal and hydraulic performance of a prototype corrugated plate heat exchanger with small pressing depth. In particular, upward flow boiling of low pressure refrigerant R245fa was investigated ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Flow boiling and frictional pressure gradients in plate heat exchangers. Part 2: Comparison of literature methods to database and new prediction methods

John Richard Thome, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Farzad Vakili Farahani

In the second part of this study a sensitivity analysis on the prediction methods is performed to consider the effect of plate geometry on thermal hydraulic performance and an extensive comparison of all the two-phase pressure drop and flow boiling heat tr ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Boiling heat transfer and two-phase pressure drops within compact plate heat exchangers: Experiments and flow visualizations

John Richard Thome, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

Infrared (IR) thermography was used to measure the local heat transfer coefficients within two plate heat exchanger geometries. The chevron patterns were machined into polycarbonate and IR transparent calcium fluoride plates, both of which were electricall ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Effect of Varying Jet Diameter on the Heat Transfer Distributions of Narrow Impingement Channels

Peter Ott, Bernhard Weigand, Alexandros Terzis

The development of integrally cast turbine airfoils allows the production of narrow impingement channels in a double-wall configuration, where the coolant is practically injected within the wall of the airfoil providing increased heat transfer capabilities ...

Asme2015

On The Strategies Towards Isothermal Gas Compression And Expansion

Alfred Rufer, Sylvain Lemofouet-Gatsi, Mahbod Heidari

Isothermal compression/expansion is regarded as the most promising process in many applications and many researchers and inventors have tried different methods to achieve this goal. The current article first studies the gradual roadmap from adiabatic towar ...

2014

Effect of trailing edge shape on hydrodynamic damping for a hydrofoil

Zhifeng Yao, Mohamed Farhat, Matthieu Dreyer

Flow induced vibration on a hydrofoil may be significantly reduced with a slight modification of the trailing edge without alteration of the hydrodynamic performance. Particularly, the so called Donaldson trailing edge shape gave remarkable results and is ...

Elsevier2014

Heat transfer through cable insulation of Nb-Ti superconducting magnets operating in He II

Pier Paolo Granieri

The operation of Nb–Ti superconducting magnets in He II relies on superfluidity to overcome the severe thermal barrier represented by the cable electrical insulation. In wrapped cable insulations, like those used for the main magnets of the Large Hadron Co ...

Elsevier2013