Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for transportation applications have relatively large active areas to meet the power demand and they require thermal management not only to maintain a proper operating temperature but also to manage the temperature distribution within the fuel cell. In...

In order to study the refrigeration performances of the resorption refrigeration technology, the resorption working pair of BaCl2–MnCl2–NH3, which has the similar working requirements for the heat source and cooling source, and also could satisfy the similar refrigeration requirements with...

In this paper, heat transfer and flow in a lean-to passive solar greenhouse has been studied. A mathematical model based on energy equilibrium and a one-dimensional mathematical model for the unsaturated porous medium have been founded and developed to predict the temperature and moisture...

This paper presents an analysis of the energy exchange resulting from a 2D steady magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) flow past a permeable surface with partial slip in the presence of the viscous dissipation effect under convective heating boundary conditions. A magnetic field can effectively control...

This paper investigates the optimization of the performance of a solar powered Stirling engine based on finite-time thermodynamics. Heat transference in the heat exchangers between a concentrating solar collector and the Stirling engine is studied. The irreversibility of a Stirling engine is...

The closed greenhouse is an innovative concept in sustainable energy management. In principle, it is designed to maximize the utilization of solar energy through the seasonal storage. In a fully closed greenhouse, there is not any ventilation window. Therefore, the excess sensible and latent...

The building envelope’s insulating efficiency is always a key element regarding the energy consumption control of the whole building. This article aims to propose a simple method based on classic and fractional factorial simulation plans to obtain regression models in the form of polynomial...

To improve heat transfer performance and reduce erosion of economizers in coal-fired power plants, firstly the heat transfer and erosion characteristics is numerically studied for the single H-type finned oval tube with enhanced heat transfer structures including bleeding dimples, longitudinal...

In this work, the validity of the Onsager reciprocal relations (ORR) for the heat transfer and multi-component diffusion case in the presence of external forces is re-examined. It is shown that the ORR are necessarily fulfilled for this process even if the quasi-equilibrium postulate is applied....

In this paper, the effects of inlet temperature and rib height on the fluid flow and heat transfer performances of the ribbed channel inside the high temperature heat exchanger are presented. The inlet temperature varies from 850K to 1250K and the ratio of rib height to channel height varies...