[HTML][HTML] Thermal energy storage systems applied to solar dryers: Classification, performance, and numerical modeling: An updated review

EG Barbosa, MEV de Araujo, ACL de Oliveira… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drying is a complex process involving simultaneous heat and mass exchanges, and it is
considered one of the oldest unit operations performed for preserving agricultural products …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in indirect solar dryer performance and the associated thermal energy storage.

GD Shekata, GS Tibba, AT Baheta - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Drying is a fundamental process for preserving agricultural products, involving heat and
mass exchanges. As a sustainable selection, researchers are focusing on solar dryers to …

Pressure distribution and flow dynamics in a nasal airway using a scale resolving simulation

J Van Strien, K Shrestha, S Gabriel, P Lappas… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Airflow through the nasal cavity exhibits a wide variety of fluid dynamic behaviors due to the
intricacy of the nasal geometry. The flow is naturally unsteady and perhaps turbulent …

3D flow simulation of a baffled stirred tank for an assessment of geometry simplifications and a scale-adaptive turbulence model

K Rave, M Lehmenkühler, D Wirz, HJ Bart… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flow simulations are performed on single-phase flow in a baffled tank stirred by a Rushton
turbine at a Reynolds number of 40 000. The flow physics are discussed, and the benefits of …

Modeling capabilities of unsteady RANS for the simulation of turbulent swirling flow in an annular bluff-body combustor geometry

Y Zhang, M Vanierschot - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the capabilities of the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–
Stokes (URANS) equations for capturing the helical structures found in a three-dimensional …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulations of a compact inline gas–liquid separator: A comparison between RANS and a hybrid LES-RANS approach

F Maluta, A Paglianti, G Montante - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
Two computational fluid dynamics approaches are adopted to simulate the single-phase
and the gas–liquid flow field generated by a compact inline separator based on the …

Assessment of stress-blended eddy simulation on prediction of flow characteristics in a Rushton impeller stirred tank

Z Jia, S Zhang, K Fang, B Kong, M Xie, Q Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Stressed-blended eddy simulation (SBES), a novel hybrid RANS-LES approach, offers
enormous potential to improve the prediction of the scale-resolving flow. However, few …

On the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling to design improved dry powder inhalers

DF Fletcher, V Chaugule, L Gomes dos Reis… - Pharmaceutical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are performed to
investigate the impact of adding a grid to a two-inlet dry powder inhaler (DPI). The purpose …

Heat transfer analysis of evaporator of air source heat pump (ASHP) in case of frost based on chirplet finite element method

J Sun, B Zhao, D Gao, L Xu - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2021 - Elsevier
To enhance the computing accuracy and reduce the computing time of heat transfer of
evaporator in ASHP, the Chirplet finite element model is established. Firstly, heat transfer …

Stabilize cloud cavitation with an obstacle near hydrofoil's trailing edge and conduct local entropy production analysis

L Wang, J Liu, W Li, P Wang, B Huang, D Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Cloud cavitation always causes severe damage to the efficiency and stability of the hydraulic
machinery, resulting in extra energy losses in the system. We have observed an effective …