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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 9,774 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 9,247 1 View
Dear Foamers I have a 2D case of a reciprocating engine simulation, and the mesh is of moving type and the area of cylinder keeps changing. Since the cylinder geometry is complex, and for further...
15 June 2021 3,760 2 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 5,433 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 1,091 3 View
I couldn't find a book about heat transfer for narrow rectangular channel? Can you share with me?
08 June 2021 1,721 3 View
Hello everyone, we added a new 3D-printer for coextruding PA6 and carbon fiber rovings to our lab equipment. Since we do not have any material data regarding this kind of manufacturing method we...
31 May 2021 3,719 0 View
What is the best Programming language for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) coding and modeling?
30 May 2021 2,859 23 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 7,782 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 1,830 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 9,343 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 3,589 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 7,623 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 3,470 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 2,304 15 View
Hey everyone, I am working on enzymatic glucose sensing using glucose oxidase. To find the concentration of glucose, we can either do it by measuring the oxygen consumed, or by measuring the...
27 April 2021 5,811 0 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 2,344 1 View
I know it would be better to use a bomb calorimeter, but we have a differential scanning calorimeter and I would like to know if it's possible to calculate the specific energy (in J/kg) of any...
10 April 2021 881 2 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 224 5 View
I have been searching for previous works about the electrospun PCL polymer for air filtration application to check its compatibility but could find much works done with this polymer for that...
09 April 2021 5,549 3 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 425 3 View
I want to electrospin PCL polymer to use it for air filtration application. I am looking for some nanoparticle to add with to make the fiber mechanically stronger and electronically charger for...
08 April 2021 5,970 1 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 6,098 8 View
If only have data as below: -Assume fine bubble aeration tank system - Operating temp at 30 degree C - Max air flow of fine bubble diffuser is 5 m3/h (at STD 20 degree C) - SOTE = 6.5% per meter...
31 March 2021 1,709 3 View