numerical study of double-diffusive natural convective heat transfer in a curved cavity filledwith a porous medium has been carried out in the current study. polar system has beenselected as coordinate system. as a result, all equations have been discredited in r and θdirections. brinkmann extended darcy model has been utilized to express fluid flow inporous matrix in the enclosure. smaller and...

application of cogeneration systems based gas turbine for heat and power production is increasing. because of finite natural energy resources and increasing energy demand the cost effective design of energy systems is essential. cgam problem as a cogeneration system is considered here for analyzing. two new approaches are considered, first in thermodynamic model of gas turbine and cogeneration ...

The Performance of electric vehicle IGPT Pin fin heat sink can be measured by the temperature field and the fluid pressure and other parameters. In order to improve the cooling effect of Pin fin heat sink, diameter, length and distance of the fin was optimized combination. The relationship between pressure drop of the water inlet, outlet and pin fin parameters was analyzed and calculated. It wa...

Consumer adoption of microgeneration technologies is part of the UK strategy to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. Domestic heat pumps are viewed as a potentially important carbon saving technology, given the ongoing decarbonisation of the electricity supply system. To address the lack of independent evaluation of heat pump performance, the Energy Saving Trust undertook the UK’s first larg...

A full scale snow melting system with heat pipe technology is built in this work, which avoids the negative effects on concrete structure and environment caused by traditional deicing chemicals. The snow melting, ice-freezing performance and temperature distribution characteristics of heat pipe concrete runway were discussed by the outdoor experiments. The results show that the temperature of t...

This paper presents the numerical analysis of a Miniature-Scale Refrigeration System (MSRS) for electronics cooling. The system consists of a simulated electronic chip attached to a microchannel cold plate evaporator, a compressor, a microchannel condenser, and an expansion device. The system uses R-134a as the refrigerant. A copper block heater is designed to simulate the heat generation of an...

The Finnish Government has established the target of carbon-neutrality by 2035. In Finland, district heating (DH) networks in most cities rely on carbon dioxide (CO2) intensive fuels such as coal and domestic peat. This study assesses decarbonization a city’s DH employing power-to-heat (P2H) technologies, including heat pumps, an electric boiler, thermal storage together with ambitious building...

As one of the earliest natural refrigerants, CO2 has a lot of unique advantages, such as zero ODP, negligible GWP, excellent heat transfer coefficient, high volumetric capacity, non-toxicity, non-flammability, and cost effectiveness. Since it was proposed to applying in the mobile air-conditioning, the transcritical CO2 cycle has been attracting great attentions to replace CFC and HCFC refriger...

Confined aquifers are formations surrounded by impermeable layers called cap rocks and bed rocks. These aquifers are suitable for the seasonal storage of thermal energy. A confined aquifer was designed to meet the cooling and heating energy needs of a residential building complex located in Tehran, Iran. The annual cooling and heating energy needs of the buildings were estimated to be 8.7...