The literature proposes some thermal models needed for the electrothermal simulation of power electronic systems. This paper gives a useful analysis about the choice of the thermal model circuit networks, equivalent to a discretization of the heat equation by the finite difference method (FDM) and the finiteelement method (FEM), and an analytic model developed by applying an internal approximat...

in this paper, the reorganization of the denominator of the discrete derivative and nonlocal approximation of nonlinear terms are used in the design of nonstandard finite difference schemes (nsfds). numerical examples confirming then efficiency of schemes, for some differential equations are provided. in order toillustrate the accuracy of the new nsfds, the numerical results are compared with s...

In this research, a high-temperature Rankin cycle (HTRC) with two-stage pumping is presented and investigated. In this cycle, two different pressures and mass flow rates in the HTRC result in two advantages. First, the possibility of direct recovery from the engine block by working fluid of water, which is a low quality waste heat source, is created in a HTRC. Secondly, by doing this, the mean ...

In this work a numerical investigation of transient temperature profile of laser beam welding process is carried out. A 3-D finite element modelling isdevelopedconsidering combined double-ellipsoidalheat source model for both spot and moving heat source. The temperature dependent thermo-physical material property of Ti-6Al-4V alloy isincorporated. The effect of latent heat of fusion and convect...

In this study, we presented a mathematical model for analyzing the heat source/sink effect on magnetohydrodynamic two-dimensional ferrofluid flow past a cone and a vertical plate in the presence of volume fraction of ferrous nanoparticles. The governing partial differential equations are transformed as ordinary differential equations making use of similarity solutions and solved numerically wit...

office building, or school, or replace your heating and cooling system, you may want to consider a geothermal heat pump (GHP) system. GHP systems are also known as GeoExchange, ground-source, or water-source heat pumps (as opposed to air-source heat pumps). Regardless of what you call them, energy-efficient geothermal heat pumps are available today for both residential and commercial building a...

The thermal conductivity of a fluid can be significantly enhanced by dispersing nano-sized particles in it, and the resultant fluid is termed as "nanofluid". A theoretical model for estimating the thermal conductivity of a nanofluid has been proposed here. It is based on the mechanism that evenly dispersed nanoparticles within a nanofluid undergo Brownian motion in course of which the nanoparti...

S U M M A R Y In this study, based on a 2-D thermomechanical finite element model, the uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) is discussed in relation to the flexural uplift of a rheologically layered lithosphere, which is described by Vening-Meinesz’s cantilever kinematics. The general model behaviour shows that the thickness of the crust and the geothermal gradient in the lithosphere ar...

the effect of partial slip and temperature dependent fluid properties on the mhd mixed convection flow from a heated, non-linearly stretching surface in the presence of radiation and non-uniform internal heat generation/absorption is investigated. the velocity of the stretching surface was assumed to vary according to power-law form. thermal transport is analyzed for two types of non-isothermal...