Entropy parameters for falling film absorber optimization

Wave Evolution on a Falling Film

Since the pioneering experiment by the father-son team of the Kapitza family during their house arrest in the late forties (Kapitza & Kapitza 1949), wave evolution on a falling film has intrigued many researchers. One of its main attractions is its simplicity-it is an open-flow hydrodynamic instability that occurs at very low flow rates. It can hence be studied with the simplest experimental ap...

Nanocavity enhancement for ultra-thin film optical absorber.

A fundamental strategy is developed to enhance the light-matter interaction of ultra-thin films based on a strong interference effect in planar nanocavities, and overcome the limitation between the optical absorption and film thickness of energy harvesting/conversion materials. This principle is quite general and is applied to explore the spectrally tunable absorption enhancement of various ult...

Optimization of Forcing Parameters of Film Cooling Effectiveness

An optimization strategy is described that combines high-fidelity simulations with response surface construction, and is applied to pulsed film cooling for turbine blades. The response surface is constructed for the film cooling effectiveness as a function of duty cycle, in the range of DC between 0.05 and 1, and pulsation frequency St in the range of 0.2–2, using a pseudospectral projection me...

Studies in Optimization of Aqueous Film Coating Parameters

The purpose of this research was to study the aqueous-based film coating of tablets utilizing a laboratoryscale side-vented perforated pan-coating apparatus. The process parameters of potential importance with respect to the final film quality were evaluated by using trial and error method. Tablets were evaluated for coating uniformity (mg), coating process efficiency (%), surface roughness, an...

nonlinear modeling and cascade control design for multi effect falling film evaporators