Book Description

In engineering design and development, reliable and accurate computational methods are requested to replace or complement expensive and time consuming experimental trial and error work. Tremendous advancements have been achieved during recent years due to improved numerical solutions of non-linear partial differential equations and computer developments to achieve efficient and rapid calculations. Nevertheless, to further progress in computational methods will require developments in theoretical and predictive procedures – both basic and innovative – and in applied research. Accurate experimental investigations are needed to validate the numerical calculations.

This book contains the edited versions of the papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer held in Maribor, Slovenia in July 2008. The objective of this conference series is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of advanced topics, new approaches and application of advanced computational methods and experimental measurements to heat and mass transfer problems. The contributed papers are grouped in the following appropriate sections to provide better access for readers: Natural and forced convection; Heat exchangers; Advances in computational methods; Heat recovery; Heat transfer; Modelling and experiments.

Book Contents

Numerical investigation of transient single phase forced convection of nanofluids in circular tubes
V. Bianco; O. Manca; S. Nardini;

Numerical investigation of natural convection of air in vertical divergent channels
O. Manca; S. Nardini; D. Ricci; S. Tamburrino;

Numerical simulation of fluid flow in a monolithic exchanger related to high temperature and high pressure operating conditions
F. Selimovic; B. Sundén;

Scalar characteristics of a lean premixed turbulent V-shape flame (air-butane)
M. S. Boulahlib; S. Boukebbab; I. Amara; E. Ferkous;

Numerical simulation of incompressible laminar fluid flow in tubes with wire coil inserts
D. Muñoz-Esparza; J. Pérez-García; E. Sanmiguel-Rojas; A. García-Pinar; J. P. Solano-Fernández;

LBM mesoscale modelling of porous media
A. C. M. Sousa; A. Nabovati;

Chemical reacting transport phenomena and multiscale models for SOFCs
M. Andersson; J. Yuan; B. Sundén;

Heat transfer between shell and rigid body through the thin heat-conducting layer taking into account mechanical contact
V. V. Zozulya;

An experimental feasibility study of using diesel exhaust for space heating in Alaskan Villages
P. Raghupatruni; C.-S. Lin; D. Witmer; E. Bargar; J. Schmid; T. Johnson; V. Avadhanula;

Heat recovery with low temperature spray drying for thermochemical hydrogen production
V. N. Daggupati; G. F. Naterer; K. S. Gabriel;

Peculiarities of heat transfer from in-line tube bundles to upward aqueous foam flow
J. Gylys; S. Sinkunas; B. Sundén; I. Gabrielaitiene; T. Zdankus;

Heat transfer in reactive Co/Al nanolaminates
M. L. Hobbs; D. P. Adams; J. P. McDonald;

Heat transfer and pressure drop experimentation inside single minichannels
A. Cavallini; S. Bortolin; D. Del Col; M. Matkovic; L. Rossetto;

Advances in gas turbine blade cooling technology
R. S. Amano;

Thermal investigation of light emitting diodes
K. Domke; K. Wandachowicz;

Nucleate boiling flow – experimental investigations and wall heat flux modelling for automotive engine applications
H. Steiner; B. Breitschädel; G. Brenn; H. Petutschnig; C. Samhaber;

Air curtains of open refrigerated display cases revisited: a new technique for infiltration rate measurements
M. Amin; H. K. Navaz; D. Dabiri; R. Faramarzi;

Performance testing of reflective insulation applied in a prototype experimental chamber in Greece: experimental results for summer and winter periods
M. Gr. Vrachopoulos; D. G. Stavlas; L. D. Kravvaritis; M. K. Koukou; N. W. Vlachakis; N. G. Orfanoudakis; S. A. Mavromatis; A. G. Gonidis;

A measuring method based on photodiodes for the diagnostic of optimal combustion conditions
L. Arias; O. Farías; S. Torres; D. Sbárbaro;

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