Review of the state-of-the-art uses of minimal surfaces in heat transfer

K Dutkowski, M Kruzel, K Rokosz - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The design of heat exchangers may change dramatically through the use of additive
manufacturing (AM). Additive manufacturing, colloquially known as 3D printing, enables the …

Comparison of hexahedral, tetrahedral and polyhedral cells for reproducing the wind field around an isolated building by LES

W Wang, Y Cao, T Okaze - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The wind field around a 1: 1: 2 isolated building was predicted by large-eddy simulation for
evaluating the pedestrian-level wind environment. This study focused on the effects of cell …

[PDF][PDF] A review of guidelines and best practices for subsonic aerodynamic simulations using RANS CFD

F Goetten, DF Finger, M Marino, C Bil… - APISAT 2019 Asia …, 2019 - researchgate.net
This paper presents a review of guidelines and best practices for low-speed aerodynamic
simulations of aircraft using finite volume RANS CFD methods. Recommendations for …

Polyhedral meshing in numerical analysis of conjugate heat transfer

M Sosnowski, J Krzywanski, K Grabowska… - EPJ Web of …, 2018 - epj-conferences.org
Computational methods have been widely applied in conjugate heat transfer analysis. The
very first and crucial step in such research is the meshing process which consists in dividing …

Experimental and numerical study on enhancement of heat transfer characteristics of a heat pipe utilizing aqueous clinoptilolite nanofluid

A Sözen, M Gürü, A Khanlari, E Çiftçi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat transfer enhancement of a heat pipe using aqueous clinoptilolite nanofluid as the
working fluid under different operating conditions was studied experimentally and …

Three-dimensional computational analysis of performance improvement in a novel designed solar photovoltaic/thermal system by using hybrid nanofluids

HF Oztop, AZ Sahin, H Coşanay, IH Sahin - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, the effect of using hybrid nanofluids on the performance of the novel
solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system is analyzed for possible maximization of the overall …

Hybrid fictitious domain-immersed boundary solver coupled with discrete element method for simulations of flows laden with arbitrarily-shaped particles

M Isoz, MK Šourek, O Studeník, P Kočí - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Particle-laden flows are commonly encountered in numerous engineering applications, eg
fluidization, crystallization, granulation, drying, catalytic cracking, food processing, biomass …

A fuzzy logic approach for the reduction of mesh-induced error in CFD analysis: A case study of an impinging jet

M Sosnowski, J Krzywanski, R Scurek - Entropy, 2019 - mdpi.com
A crucial step in any computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is the discretization of the
domain because it influences truncation errors, numerical stability, and the convergence of …

Genetic algorithms and neural networks in optimization of sorbent enhanced H2 production in FB and CFB gasifiers

J Krzywanski, H Fan, Y Feng, AR Shaikh… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper introduces artificial intelligence (AI) approach for the optimization study of a
hydrogen concentrations in syngas via CaO Sorption. The performed model allows …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of vortex eccentricity in a gas cyclone

S Dong, Y Jiang, R Jin, K Dong, B Wang - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of the vortex eccentricity in a gas cyclone and its
effect on the performance of the cyclone. The gas flow in the cyclone was modeled as an …