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Abstract Nanofluids have emerged as promising heat transfer media due to their superior thermal performance associated to conventional fluids, yet their behavior under mutual impacts of radiation, heat source/sink, and m...

BackgroundThe thermal diffusivity and vertical seepage velocity of porous media are critical to characterizing the mechanisms underlying subsurface heat transfer. These two parameters are typically determined through inv...

Porous metallic structures such as Kelvin cells have attracted increasing attention due to their high surface-to-volume ratio and design flexibility, making them promising candidates for lightweight and efficient heat ex...

Abstract The development of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is actively progressing; however, increasing battery capacity remains difficult, and the required driving range has not been achieved. Consequently, methods to...

"The thermal properties of a phase change material (PCM), together with its environmental health risks and natural abundance are important aspects to consider when choosing one for a domestic application. In this work, a...

In chilling and/or freezing of foods by hydrofluidization (HF), the liquid refrigerant is pumped through orifices or nozzles, creating agitating jets. The objectives of this work were to design and build a HF system of p...

The methodology and results of experimental studies on the heat transfer efficiency of new surfaces with mesh-wire finning under low-pressure axial fan airflow are presented. Their performance is compared with experiment...

Significant research interest in hybrid nanofluids stems from their extensive applications in areas like industrial cooling and biomedical engineering. The present investigation focuses on a hybrid Casson nanofluid, a no...

The semi-underground double-storey squat silo (SDSS) is innovative storage structure. The underground section of SDSS uses shallow geologic energy for low-temperature storage, indicating its potential suitability for lon...

In the work, the regularities of high-temperature heat-mass exchange in two-fraction gas suspensions of carbon particles in heated air are studied. These studies are relevant for predicting high-temperature processes in ...

Este trabajo esta dedicado a mostrar los primeros resultados obtenidos en simulación de problemas acoplados de dinámica de fluidos y de transferencia de calor usando el método de partículas llamado Smoothed Particle ...

The braking system is a critical safety component in land vehicles, relying on efficient deceleration during operation. Among its elements, the brake disc plays a central role in dissipating the heat generated by frictio...

This article examines the startup period of a natural gas pipeline cryogenic reduction unit (CRU) within a gas distribution station (GDS). The objective of the study is to determine the temperature distribution within a ...

Abstract Metamaterials are defined as artificially designed micro-architectures with unusual physical properties, including optical, electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal characteristics. This study investigates the c...

Abstract The inherently low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs) stills a major limitation for their use in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) units, as it significantly reduces the charging proc...

This study investigates the heat transfer performance of tilted fin arrays due to temperature-dependent, viscous dissipation, and material properties. Tilted fin arrays are crucial in thermal management systems such as e...

Abstract This study examines the flow and heat transfer behavior of a tri-hybrid nanofluid over an exponentially stretching/shrinking surface, incorporating the influences of thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, inter...

Abstract Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an advanced manufacturing technology; however, inappropriate LPBF process parameters may cause printing defects in materials. In the present work, the LPBF process of Ti-6.5Al-3...

Abstract Durum wheat breeding increasingly requires tools that can anticipate how genotypes respond to the shifting mix of heat and drought typical of Mediterranean drylands. In this study, we explored whether a multimod...

Spray burners form an essential part of any liquid propulsion system as they are responsible for injecting, atomizing, mixing and combusting the liquid fuel. Spray combustion used in aerospace applications like the liqui...

We propose systems that allow a tuning of the phonon transmission function T(ω) in graphene nanoribbons by using C13 isotope barriers, antidot structures, and distinct boundary conditions. Phonon modes are obtained by a...

The aim of this work is to create the scientific foundations of microwave extractors implementing the effect of mechanodiffusion discovered by the authors, as well as visual, kinetic, and energy substantiation of the fun...

Geothermal energy pile is the new pile technology that combines the ground source heat pump technology and building pile foundation. Due to the pile as the heat transfer carrier of ground source heat pumps, the bearing c...

Abstract The conversion of solar radiation into thermal energy has gained increasing attention due to the growing demand for renewable sources of heat and electricity. Nanofluids, owing to their enhanced heat transfer ca...