Modelling of fuel droplet heating and evaporation: Recent results and unsolved problems

SS Sazhin - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
The most recent developments in the modelling of heating and evaporation of fuel droplets,
the results of which were published in 2014–2017, are reviewed, and the most important …

Cooling tower plume abatement and plume modeling: a review

S Li, MR Flynn - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
Visible plumes above wet cooling towers are of great concern due to the associated
aesthetic and environmental impacts. The parallel path wet/dry cooling tower is one of the …

A novel approach for performance assessment of mechanical draft wet cooling towers

BK Naik, P Muthukumar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Wet cooling tower is one of the key components of large scale water cooled air conditioning
plants, whose efficiency influence the COP of the plant to a large extent. This study proposes …

Experimental analysis of the performance of new alternative materials for cooling tower fill

ACC Tomás, SDO Araujo, MD Paes, ARM Primo… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cooling towers are devices that are commonly used to dissipate the heat produced in power
generation units, central air conditioners and industrial processes. The fill is an important …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of pollutant source location on air pollutant dispersion around a high-rise building

E Keshavarzian, R Jin, K Dong, KCS Kwok… - Applied Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article investigates the dispersion of airborne pollutants emitted from different locations
near a high-rise building. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model for simulating the …

Numerical study of the drift and evaporation of water droplets cooled down by a forced stream of air

OJG Pedraza, JJP Ibarra, C Rubio-Maya… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Evaporation is the basic heat transfer mechanism to reduce temperature of water in a
cooling tower. Drift is a phenomenon in which water particles are carried by the leaving air …

Analysis of windbreaker combinations on steam power plant natural draft dry cooling towers

HG Zavaragh, MA Ceviz, MTS Tabar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Performance of natural draft dry cooling towers is significantly affected when the wind
velocity is higher than a critical level according to their design and geometry. During this …

Characterization of the aerosol produced from an aerated jet

A Succar, X Lefebvre, M Prévost, E Bédard, E Robert - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Faucet aerators that form aerated water jets generate aerosols, which can constitute a risk of
infection if the water is contaminated, particularly for vulnerable individuals near the sink. In …

A novel model for the dynamics and evaporation of water droplets with deformation considerations

X Zhao, Y Li, H Zhang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
Accurate calculation of water droplet dynamics and evaporation are essential for effective
forest firefighting. This study proposes a novel model for the dynamics and evaporation of …

Hot corrosion resistance of Al2O3 coating produced by thermal spray

W Aperador, J Bautista-Ruiz, E Delgado - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper the corrosion rates of the aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) coatings were determined,
obtained through technical produced by thermal spray, using as substrate 316. The coatings …