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Hi I have been trying to find the Nusselt number to calculate the convective heat transfer coefficient for nano fluids (SiO2) in PVT applications. This convective heat transfer coefficient is...
04 July 2021 9,763 3 View
I have double pipe heat exchanger and I want to calculate numerically the local temperature reference that used for calculation heat transfer coefficient locally .If the heat flux is constant are...
25 June 2021 9,234 1 View
Fluent can also handle heat transfer with fluid flow analysis and it accounts for all modes of heat transfer. Now my question is then why we need steady state thermal or transient thermal analysis...
14 June 2021 5,415 2 View
No matter if I chose topology or shape optimization tasks (or whether they are condition-based or general) I can not see any thermally related variable to select as my design responses for heat...
10 June 2021 1,073 3 View
I couldn't find a book about heat transfer for narrow rectangular channel? Can you share with me?
08 June 2021 1,710 3 View
If fluid flows over a flat vertical plate, it doesn't spread uniformly. I am looking for pattern design plates on which fluid can spread uniformly. If anyone can suggest me literature related to...
14 May 2021 7,771 2 View
From the literature, I saw different methods ( Kumar et al., Sharples and Charlesworth, Wattmuff et al., and McAdams) but I am confused and couldn't understand which method is appropriate for me.
13 May 2021 1,818 4 View
During microwave pyrolysis inside a reactor (made of nickel alloy) , the biomass is being heated due to microwave radiation. Does the heated biomass at a high temperature also radiate heat from...
08 May 2021 9,331 4 View
I have a gas flowing down a tube which has walls at constant temperature, and I am wondering what the temperature profile of this gas is along the tube. I know that temperature will vary with...
06 May 2021 3,575 3 View
Hot air of 200deg C is passed inside a box with certain mass flow rate and exits at same mass flow rate, it heats up content (metal object) in the box, what will be the heat dissipated through the...
05 May 2021 7,606 3 View
I am trying to model a battery pack of Li-ion cylindrical cells. I read somewhere that heat transfers significantly along the plane of electrodes. means in the cylindrical cell, more heat transfer...
30 April 2021 3,457 3 View
Hello researchers, I'm doing a gasification simulation, the problem I'm having is finding an equation that describes the pyrolysis reaction kinetics of the biomass I'm working on. Please give me...
30 April 2021 2,294 15 View
Dears, I am performing a heat transfer model where there are 3 different material in contact. I have 2 quetions: -how can I set an initial temperature for each part? -how can I solve this...
13 April 2021 2,331 1 View
I have a metal printer that can process a variety of material; inconel, titanium, stainless tell, etc. Could you advise which material is best to print smoothly and yield good thermal and...
09 April 2021 207 5 View
A simple problem in heat transfer can be solved for getting temperature and heat flow by writing equations. For solving certain problems in heat transfer, some means has to be made use of to get...
08 April 2021 407 3 View
I need to know the heat flow equation produced at the level of the alternator of a gas cycle power plant to calculate the power required Qcold produced by a cooling system to control its temperature.
03 April 2021 6,086 8 View
Hello, everyone! I am looking for some references and/or experimental data for a system when steam enters into a cylindrical pipe with a very low mass flow rate and condenses in it due to heat...
30 March 2021 7,250 3 View
I am trying to solve the problem with dimensionless numbers. But while I tried, I failed to find all the parameters from the papers. How can I include the nanofluid properties in the simulation? I...
27 March 2021 5,376 5 View
I would like to know about the heat transfer equation for atmospheric air to endless thickness i.e. ground surface. For example, the Atmospheric temperature is 25 degrees C, and the ground...
25 March 2021 6,867 3 View
I want to understand the theoretical relationship between the functionality of the alternator and its heat generation by Joule effect and mechanical friction.
24 March 2021 5,082 4 View
Hello everyone, I have two graphs which I need to find explanations for the physicalities, however I am finding difficulties for one of them, heat flow related. I'll post both here because one...
16 March 2021 6,623 4 View
Hello Fluent & ICEM cfd users, I have a geometry of a cylinder with tangential rectangular component as shown in below figures. Please guide me how to improve the mesh quality at the sharp...
27 February 2021 5,314 7 View
I'm building a cfx model of thermoplastic pultrusion process on ansys and i have a doubt on how is the proper way to set this parameter in a porous medium
25 February 2021 2,122 1 View
Hi I am working recently on a project where I have to study how the thermal properties or heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids as the volume fraction changes, or if a magnetic field is applied...
23 February 2021 1,141 2 View