Dalia S. Makki¹, Hasan Sh. Majdi², Amer A. Abdulrahman¹, Abbas J. Sultan^1,3,*, Zahraa W. Hasan¹, Laith S. Sabri^1,3, Bashar J. Kadhim¹, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan³

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.10, pp. 2613-2637, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.028081 - 25 June 2023

Abstract Bubble and slurry bubble column reactors (BCRs/SBCRs) are used for various chemical, biochemical, and petrochemical applications. They have several operational and maintenance advantages, including excellent heat and mass transfer rates, simplicity, and low operating and maintenance cost. Typically, a catalyst is present in addition to biochemical processes where microorganisms are used to produce industrially valuable bio-products. Since most applications involve complicated gas-liquid, gas-liquid-solid, and exothermic processes, the BCR/SBCR must be equipped with heat-exchanging tubes to dissipate heat and control the reactor’s overall performance. In this review, past and very recent experimental and numerical investigations on More >

Le Anh Duc^a , Pham Van Kien^b,*, Nguyen Thanh Tan^b, Doan Thanh Son^b, Nhanh Van Nguyen^c, Ngoc Xuan Nguyen^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, pp. 1-6, 2023, DOI:10.5098/hmt.20.25

Abstract This study focused on the heat and mass transfer in radio (RF) assisted heat pump (HP) drying of carrots. The experimental drying of carrot by RF assisted HP drying method was conducted to evaluate the effect of RF power on drying efficiency including drying rate and heating rate. The input drying parameters were drying air temperature of 45oC, drying air velocity of 2.5 m/s and RF power of 0, 0.5 and 1.5 kW, in which, RF power of 0 was corresponding to HP drying method. The experimental drying results showed that in RF assisted HP… More >

Aziz Khan¹, Sana Ullah², Kamal Shah^1,3, Manar A. Alqudah⁴, Thabet Abdeljawad^1,5,*, Fazal Ghani²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.2, pp. 1473-1486, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.023019 - 06 February 2023

Abstract In this work, We are looking at the characteristics of micropolar flow in a porous channel that’s being driven by suction or injection. The working of the fluid is described in the flow model. We can reduce the governing nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) to a model of coupled systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity variables (ODEs). In order to obtain the results of a coupled system of nonlinear ODEs, we discuss a method which is known as the differential transform method (DTM). The concern transform is an excellent mathematical tool to obtain More > Graphic Abstract

Tounsi Chati^a,* , Kouider Rahmani^b, Toufik Tayeb Naas^c, Abdelkader Rouibah^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.18, pp. 1-11, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.18.19

Abstract Numerical results of turbulent natural convection and mass transfer in an open enclosure for different aspect ratios (AR = 0.5, 1, and 2) with a humidair are carried out. Mass fraction and local Nusselt number were proposed to investigate the heat and mass transfer. A heat flux boundary conditions were subjected to the lateral walls and the bottom one make as an adiabatic wall, while the top area was proposed as a free surface. Effect of Rayleigh numbers (10⁶ ≤ More >

K.S. Balamurugan^a,*, N. Udaya Bhaskar Varma^b, J.L. Ramaprasad^c, J. Prakash^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.18, pp. 1-6, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.18.11

Abstract Current work reports heat and mass transfer effects on unsteady free convection flow past a linearly accelerated isothermal inclined plate with variable temperature and mass diffusion with thermal radiation. The fluid is gray and non-scattering medium. When time t>0, the plate is accelerated with velocity u0 t, the plate temperature is raised linearly with respect to time and the mass is diffused from the plate linearly with time. The Mathematical equations represent the present flow problem are solved by Laplace transform method. The influences of significant involved parameters on velocity, temperature and concentration are tested. More >

P. Madhu Sravanthi^a,b, M. Radha Madhavi^a,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.19, pp. 1-9, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.19.40

Abstract In this paper, reaction of magnetic field and activation energy is applied on nanoparticles and swimming gyrotactic microorganisms under the viscous dissipation is inspecting. The effect of thermophoresis and Brownian motion is also considered. The PDEs are naturalized into ODEs by using similarity transformations. To solving the PDEs by using RK-Fehlberg with shooting approach by MATLAB software. The effect of magnetic parameter, Schmidt number, Prandtl number, Brownian motion, thermophoresis, Peclet number, porosity parameter, on velocity, temperature, concentration, motile microorganism density portrait is in detailed it is discussed and the eventualities are demonstrated in graphs. The More >

Muhammad Ramzan^a,*, Zaib Un Nisa^b , Mudassar Nazar^a,c,†

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.19, pp. 1-9, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.19.12

Abstract A magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flow of fractional Maxwell fluid past an exponentially accelerated vertical plate is considered. In addition, other factors such as heat generation and chemical reaction are used in the problem. The flow model is solved using Caputo fractional derivative. Initially, the governing equations are made non-dimensional and then solved by Laplace transform. The influence of different parameters like diffusion thermo, fractional parameter, Magnetic field, chemical reaction, Prandtl number and Maxwell parameter are discussed through numerous graphs. From figures, it is observed that fluid motion decreases with increasing values of Schmidt number and chemical More >

Yiding Cao

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.19, pp. 1-16, 2022, DOI:10.5098/hmt.19.2

Abstract This paper introduces a novel air-water thermal power plant working at low temperatures and employing hot water as a heat-supply fluid to produce utility-scale power with high second-law efficiency. The air-water power plant uses both air and water as working fluids and employs a direct-contact mass and heat transfer packing to facilitate latent heat (in terms of vapor) and sensible heat transfer from the hot water to moist air for expansion in a gas turbine to produce power. A cycle analysis indicates that with a heat source temperature of around 100o C, the power plant… More >

Muhammad Shoaib Arif^1,2,*, Muhammad Jhangir², Yasir Nawaz², Imran Abbas², Kamaleldin Abodayeh¹, Asad Ejaz²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.133, No.2, pp. 303-325, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020979 - 21 July 2022

Abstract The numerous applications of Maxwell Nanofluid Stagnation Point Flow, such as those in production industries, the processing of polymers, compression, power generation, lubrication systems, food manufacturing and air conditioning, among other applications, require further research into the effects of various parameters on flow phenomena. In this paper, a study has been carried out for the heat and mass transfer of Maxwell nanofluid flow over the heated stretching sheet. A mathematical model with constitutive expressions is constructed in partial differential equations (PDEs) through obligatory basic conservation laws. A series of transformations are then used to take… More >

Tao Zeng^1,3, Lisheng Deng^1,3,*, Jiechao Chen^2,*, Hongyu Huang^1,3, Hanli Zhuang²

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.7, pp. 1845-1858, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018803 - 07 March 2022

Abstract A numerical study on the conjugated heat-mass transfer of helical hollow fiber membrane tube bank (HFMTB) for seawater desalination was carried out. Physical and mathematical models of fluid flow, temperature and humidity distribution were constructed to investigate the influences of flow type, Reynolds number, and temperature on the conjugated heat-mass transfer performance of hollow fibers in the distillation membrane module. The conjugated heat-mass transfer characteristics of HFMTB were discussed by utilizing the friction coefficient, Nusselt number (Nu), and Sherwood number (Sh). Results demonstrate that a distillation efficiency enhancement of 29% compared to the straight HFMTB… More >