The rapid advances in technology and improved living standard of the society necessitate
abundant use of fossil fuels which poses two major challenges to any nation. One is fast …

Compressed air energy storage systems (CAES) have demonstrated the potential for the
energy storage of power plants. One of the key factors to improve the efficiency of CAES is …

This third edition offers a comprehensive overview of the latest theories on flow, transport,
and heat-exchange processes in porous media. It also details sophisticated porous media …

Porous ceramic foams are used to achieve high performance in solar heat recovery systems.
Understanding the convective heat transfer between the air flow and the ceramic foam is of …

Ceramic foams are promising materials for the absorber of volumetric solar air receivers in
concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) receivers. The macroscopic temperature …

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies of the pressure drop in ceramic
foams for solar air receiver applications. There are three main aims in this study. The first is …

In the present work, we carried out an experimental analysis on the thermal performance of
a windowed volumetric solar receiver (WVSR). A prototype was designed and tested in a …

Heat sinks have manifold applications, from micro-electronics to nuclear fusion reactors.
Their performance expectations will continue to increase in line with the power consumption …

Rapid development in technology precipitated by the increased demand for clean burner
systems has made the Industrial Burners Handbook the fields go-to resource. In this volume …

This study investigates the potential performance of volumetric absorbers as a function of
geometric and material properties, aiming to identify the best absorber design parameters …