This book contains papers originally presented at the Tenth International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Heat Transfer, arranged into the following topic areas: Natural and forced convection; Advances in computational methods; Heat and mass transfer; Modelling and experiments; Heat exchanges and equipment; Radiation heat transfer; Energy systems; Micro and nano scale heat and mass transfer; Thermal material characterization; Renewable and sustainable energy; Energy balance and conservation.
Author(s): B. Sunden, C. A. Brebbia, B. Sunden, C. A. Brebbia
Series: WIT transactions on engineering sciences 61
Publisher: WIT
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: Southampton; Boston
Cover......Page 1
Advanced Computational Methods and Experiments in Heat Transfer X......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
Section 1: Natural and forced convection......Page 18
Numerical investigation of transient single phase forced convection of nanofluids in circular tubes......Page 20
Numerical investigation of natural convection of air in vertical divergent channels......Page 30
Section 2: Heat exchangers......Page 40
Numerical simulation of fluid flow in a monolithic exchanger related to high temperature and high pressure operating conditions......Page 42
Scalar characteristics of a lean premixed turbulent V-shape flame (air-butane)......Page 54
Numerical simulation of incompressible laminar fluid flow in tubes with wire coil inserts......Page 64
Section 3: Advances in computational methods......Page 74
LBM mesoscale modelling of porous media......Page 76
Chemical reacting transport phenomena and multiscale models for SOFCs......Page 86
Heat transfer between shell and rigid body through the thin heat-conducting layer taking into account mechanical contact......Page 98
Section 4: Heat recovery......Page 108
An experimental feasibility study of using diesel exhaust for space heating in Alaskan Villages......Page 110
Heat recovery with low temperature spray drying for thermochemical hydrogen production......Page 122
Section 5: Heat transfer......Page 132
Peculiarities of heat transfer from in-line tube bundles to upward aqueous foam flow......Page 134
Heat transfer in reactive Co/Al nanolaminates......Page 144
Heat transfer and pressure drop experimentation inside single minichannels......Page 154
Section 6: Modelling and experiments......Page 164
Advances in gas turbine blade cooling technology......Page 166
Thermal investigation of light emitting diodes......Page 176
Nucleate boiling flow – experimental investigations and wall heat flux modelling for automotive engine applications......Page 186
Air curtains of open refrigerated display cases revisited: a new technique for infiltration rate measurements......Page 196
Performance testing of reflective insulation applied in a prototype experimental chamber in Greece: experimental results for summer and winter periods......Page 208
A measuring method based on photodiodes for the diagnostic of optimal combustion conditions......Page 218
Author Index......Page 228
