1. Motivation and objectives Many industrial applications in such elds as aeronautical, mechanical, thermal, and environmental engineering involve complex turbulent ows containing global separations and subsequent reattachment zones. Accurate prediction of this phenomena is very important because separations innuence the whole uid ow and may have an even bigger impact on surface heat transfer. ...

Three-dimensional finite-volume-based numerical models of fluid, heat, and mass transport have been developed and applied to help explain the complex inter-related phenomena of multiphase fluid flow, superheat dissipation, and grade intermixing during the continuous casting of steel slabs. Gas bubbles are simulated using a continuum model, which calculates the volume fraction and velocities of ...

Simulations of turbulent convection flow adjacent to a two-dimensional backward-facing step are presented to explore the effects of step height on turbulent separated flow and heat transfer. Reynolds number and duct’s height downstream from the step are kept constant at Re0 = 28,000 and H = 0.19 m, respectively. Uniform and constant heat flux of qw = 270 W/m 2 is specified at the stepped wall d...

Heat transfer improvement in circular pipe by using nanofluid and twisted tape is presented in this review paper. Experimental and numerical studies are incorporated involving both the range of turbulent and laminar flow. Effect of type and volume fraction of nanofluid on performance of heat transfer was referred along with the length and twist ratio of the tape through the pipe on heat transfe...

This paper presents a study of the flow and thermal structures in the molten glass bath of a typical glass melting furnace with a throat but without air bubblers or electric boosting. Different separate effects on the flow structure of the glass melt are simulated, but only the glass melt is considered. The net heat flux distribution is imposed at the combustion space/glass melt interface, and ...

A dynamic model for the simulation of a new single-effect water/lithium bromide absorption chiller is developed. The chiller is driven by two distinct heat sources, includes a custom integrated falling film evaporator-absorber, uses mixed recirculation and is exclusively cooled by the ambient air. Heat and mass transfer in the evaporator-absorber and in the desorber are described according to a...