Because of the low value convective heat transfer coefficient between absorber plate and air, thermal efficiency a solar air heater is greatly reduced, resulting in high temperatures large losses to surrounding environment. The analysis transmission presented this research, which makes use Computational Fluid Dynamics. An investigation conducted into effect Reynolds number on Nusselt friction f...

In this work, a planar solid-state potentiometric CO2 sensor for medical applications of the type CO2, O2, Au, Li2CO3-BaCO3 | Nasicon | Na2Ti6O13-TiO2, Au, O2, CO2 was developed in thick-film technology. Due to an integrated screen-printed platinum heater on the rear side, the sensor can be applied without changing its working temperature of 525°C in the main flow of the respiratory air of an i...

A tin dioxide (SnO2) sensor was fabricated by inkjet printing onto polyimide foil. Gold electrodes and heater were printed on each side of the substrate. A SnO2 based ink was developed by sol-gel method and jetted onto the electrodes. A final annealing at 400°C compatible with the polymeric transducers allowed to synthetize the SnO2 sensing film. Electrical measurements were carried out to char...

The shape of the air flow in the interior is heavily influenced by the air distribution system and the way air enters and exits. By numerically simulating flow by computational fluid dynamics, one can determine the flow pattern and temperature distribution and, with the help of the results, provide an optimal design of the air conditioning system. In this study, a chamber was first constructed ...

Air pre-cooling equipment is normally being employed in air-conditioning systems for pre-cooling the ambient outdoor air to enhance the air-conditioning systems performance. In this study, the potential of a passive water-to-air heat pipe based heat exchanger (HPHEX) for air pre-cooling purpose in air-conditioning systems for the high cooling load demanding regions of Iran was investigated. To ...

We study a convection problem in a container with a surface open to the air and heated by a long wire placed at the bottom. Coupled buoyancy and thermocapillarity effects are taken into account. A basic convective state appears as soon as a temperature gradient with horizontal component different from zero is applied. It consists of two big rolls that fill the convective cell and are parallel t...

This paper demonstrates a thermally actuated tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a polymer cantilever. The cantilever (350x250x3 microm(3)) is made from polyimide and includes an embedded resistive heater for thermal actuation. The oscillation of the cantilever is due to the stress gradient caused by alternating heating and cooling from the periodic ac excitation of the heater. The ...