Yashwant Singh^a , Rajesh Maithani^b , Sunil Kumar^a , Ehsan Gholamalizadeh^c , Anil Kumar^a,d,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-16, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.33

Abstract Nanofluids play important roles in the heat transfer and flow characteristics in ribbed square channels. Systematic experiments are conducted to measure heat transfer enhancement and TiO₂-H₂O based nanofluid flow characteristics on a protruded with combined V-type ribbed square channel. Reynolds number studied in the channel range from 4000-18000. Investigational parameters of square channel contain, volume fraction range of 1.0- 4.0%, particle diameter range of 30nm-45nm, relative protruded rib height range of 0.10-0.25, ratio of protruded height to print diameter range of 0.8- 2.0, relative protruded rib pitch ratio range of 2.0-3.5 and angle of attack of… More >

Yongbin Zhang^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-5, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.32

Abstract A tree-type nanoporous filtering membrane with complex pores is proposed. The membrane consists of three kinds of concentric cylindrical pores across the membrane thickness i.e. the four branch pores for filtration, the one flow-collecting pore and the one flow resistance-reducing pore. The ratio of the radius of the flow resistance-reducing pore to that of the filtration pore is optimized for yielding the highest flux of the membrane. The dimensionless lowest flow resistance of the membrane in the optimum condition was typically calculated for different filtration pore radii and different passing liquid-pore wall interactions. The capability More >

M. S. Dada^∗ , S. A. Agunbiade, E. O. Titiloye

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-12, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.31

Abstract Diffusion-thermo and thermal-diffusion effects on unsteady, incompressible Rivlin-Ericksen rotatory convective flow of a magnetic conducting electrical fluid with time dependent suction between two vertical plates of which one is permeable are investigated. The uniform angular velocity rotates about an axis normal to the plate. The equations governing the flow model are non-dimensionalised, perturbed for simplification and solved by Adomian decomposition method. Graphical illustrations of the fluid parameters on velocity, temperature, concentration are presented and discussed. The effect of skin-friction, Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are presented in tabular forms and it is discovered from the results More >

Sanjib Sengupta^a,*, Amrit Karmakar^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-13, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.30

Abstract In this paper an analysis on heat and mass transfer is made to study magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convective flow of an incompressible viscous fluid flowing past an inclined plate. A magnetic field of uniform strength is applied to the plate to influence the flow. Due to weak voltage differences caused by the very low polarization charges, the influence of electric field is considered to be neglected. Again large temperature gradient ensures cross diffusion effect like thermo-diffusion (Soret) in the field. The governed set of non-linear partial differential equations is solved by developing a multi-parameter asymptotic… More >

Amnart Boonloi^a, Withada Jedsadaratanachai^b,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-16, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.29

Abstract Numerical predictions on flow and heat transfer in a square channel heat exchanger placed with V-baffle are examined. The gap spacing between the V-baffle and channel wall is varied for all baffle heights. The laminar regime with Re = 100 – 1000 is considered. The numerical model for the square channel heat exchanger placed with V-baffle is validated. The preliminary result reveals that the computational domain has reliability to predict flow and heat transfer in the channel. The mechanisms on flow and heat transfer in the heat exchanger channel are illustrated at the numerical result… More >

Ravi Shankar Prasad^a , S.N. Singh^b , Amit Kumar Gupta^c,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-15, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.28

Abstract This paper presents the results of numerical analysis of steady laminar natural convection and surface radiation in the two dimensional partially right side open square cavity filled with natural air (Pr = 0.70) as the fluid medium. The cavity has left isothermal hot wall with top, bottom and right adiabatic walls. In the present study, the governing equations i.e. Navier-Stokes Equation in the stream function – vorticity form and Energy Equation are solved for a constant thermophysical property fluid under the Boussinesq approximation. For discretization of these equations, the finite volume technique is used. For More >

Mohammed A. Tashkandi^a , Abdelkarim Aydi^b,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-6, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.27

Abstract In this work, a computational study of convective heat transfer in a hybrid CNT-Al2O3/water nanofluid cavity filled. The main considered parameters are the Rayleigh number and nanoparticles volume fraction. Results are presented in terms of flow structure, temperature field, and average Nusselt number. Since CNT and Al₂O₃ have different shapes to models are used to evaluate the effective thermal conductivity. It was found that both increasing Rayleigh number and nanoparticles volume fraction increase the heat transfer intensify the flow and affect the temperature field. Adding nanoparticles enhances the heat transfer due to the enhancement of the More >

Yongbin Zhang_*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-5, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.26

Abstract The paper analytically studies the performance of the optimized tree-type cylindrical-shaped nanoporous filtering membranes with 9 or 10 branch pores in each pore tree. The optimum ratio of the radius of the trunk pore to the radius of its branch pore was found. The corresponding lowest flow resistances of the membranes were typically calculated respectively for weak, medium and strong liquid-pore wall interactions. For liquid-liquid separations, the optimum radii of the trunk pore in the membranes were calculated according to the weak liquid-pore wall interaction. The capability of the liquidliquid separation of the membranes was More >

Yongbin Zhang^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-7, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.25

Abstract A tree-type cylindrical-shaped nanoporous filtering membrane is optimized with two levels of branches and a lot of branch pores. In this membrane, the branch pores are parallel with their trunk pore and their radius More >

Hong Hu^a,*, J. N. Chung^a,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.11, pp. 1-8, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.11.24

Abstract A new architecture for absorption refrigeration systems (ARSs) that enables a significant enhancement of heat and mass transport processes has been proposed. This enhancement in performance is expected to translate into a significant reduction is size and cost of ARSs. The key innovation in the new approach is the use of ultrathin liquid films constrained by highly permeable nanostructured membranes. This approach enables far greater performance than those in the existing macroscale. For example, in the new absorber design, the thin film of LiBr solution is constrained by hydrophobic porous membranes and the inner wall… More >