Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power systems are nowadays an option for local and domestic cogeneration of heat and electric power. Very interesting are micropower systems for heat recovery from low potential (40–90 °C) waste and renewable heat sources. Designing an ORC system dedicated to heat recovery from such a source is very difficult. Most important problems are connected with the selection ...

The heat transfer problem of a moving heat source along the surface of a half space was studied analytically and numerically. For the 2D problem, the heat source was a strip moving source and for the 3D problem, the heat source was a square moving source. Analytical solutions are available only for adiabatic conditions as given by Carslaw and Jaeger [H.S. Carslaw, J.C. Jaeger, Conduction of Hea...

We give a short introduction to the white noise theory for multiparameter Lévy processes and its application to stochastic partial differential equations driven by such processes. Examples include temperature distribution with a Lévy white noise heat source, and heat propagation with a multiplicative Lévy white noise heat source.

Entropy generation due to viscous incompressible MHD forced convective dissipative fluid flow through a horizontal channel of finite depth in the existence of an inclined magnetic field and heat source effect has been examined. The governing non-linear partial differential equations for momentum, energy and entropy generation are derived and solved by using the analytical method. In addition; t...

Thermal optimization of the vertical continuous casting process is considered in the present study. The goal is to find the optimal distribution of the temperature and interfacial heat transfer coefficients corresponding to the primary and secondary cooling systems, in addition to the pulling speed, such that the solidification along the main axis of strand approaches to the unidirectional soli...

We propose a system for measuring entropy 1 variations, S, in thermal systems using pyroelectric sensors. 2 These sensors convert time-dependent temperature variations 3 into electrical current. Consequently, heat and temperature 4 variations are obtained, and sensor entropy is inferred. Various 5 polyvinylidene fluoride and lead zirconate titanate sensors have 6 been tested. Two types of measu...

Received: 12 November 2002 / Accepted: 22 May 2003 / Published: 31 December 2003 __________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: Based on a model of a two-heat-reservoir heat engine with a finite high-temperature source and bypass heat leak, the optimal configuration of the cycle is found for the fixed cycle period with another linear heat transfer l...

The heat transport in disordered harmonic chains (DHCs) with arbitrary heat baths is studied, based on a general formulation developed by Dhar [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5882 (2001)]. The obtained temperature profile of a steady state is very unusual for any heat bath: (i) it is not unique, but dependent on the initial condition; (ii) it may be highly nonlinear, even though the temperature differenc...

A heat transfer model was developed for a new non-electric infant’s transport incubator. The source of heat comprises a super saturated solution of Sodium Acetate and a metal disk (activator) in a plastic container. Estimating the number of the chemical bags required for different ambient temperature was the goal. First the quantity of heat generated by the chemical was appointed through experi...