... around them. The details of the soap-film technique and parameters for successful experimentation are provided and demonstrated on slitted cylinder. The results are validated using numerical technique and the results from the literature. unsteady flow numerical simulation CFD soap-film tunnel...

..., an intensive three-dimensional simulation has been carried out in order to obtain a better understanding of the complex hydrodynamic flow phenomena around the turbine rotor. hydrokinetic turbine desalination tidal turbine CFD water channel Proceedings of the ASME 2022 16th International Conference...

...°C) and low- (∼100–400°C) temperature applications. Bench-scale experiments were conducted, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed to verify models and improve understanding of relevant features and processes that impact the performance of the radial thermocline storage...

.... concentrating solar solar receiver/reactor directly-irradiated radiation CFD ray tracing ANSYS Fluent PAIRING DIRECTIONAL SOLAR INPUTS FROM RAY TRACING TO SOLAR RECEIVER/REACTOR HEAT TRANSFER MODELS ON UNSTRUCTURED MESHES: DEVELOPMENT AND CASE STUDIES H. Evan Bush, Andrew J. Schrader, Peter G...

... operational efficiency of 72.5%. A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model is achieved for prediction of the dryer temperature and 3D airflow distribution within the dryer unit using ANSYS 18.2. The CFD model was validated using experimental data. The developed dryer demonstrated improved efficiency over...

... unidirectional rotation CFD NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER WITH HYDROFOIL BLADES UNDER VARIOUS WAVE CONDITIONS Jie Lei 1. Sch. of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 2. Depart. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley...

... Thermal energy storage natural convection phase change material CFD PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS IN AN ENCAPSULATED SPHERICAL CONTAINER Antonio Ramos Archibolda,b,e antonioramos@mail.usf.edu Muhammad M Rahmana,b, mmrahman@usf.edu D. Yogi Goswamia,c...

... and compared with a conventional bare turbine. The CFD results show that the extracted power of a diffuser-augmented CMMCT can be 5 times larger than the power extracted by a bare turbine of the same turbine area. The results of the analysis provide an insight into the hydrodynamic design and operation...

... to investigate the performance of these turbines. The numerical approach was performed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in a free stream of water with various hydrodynamic flow conditions. Static torque and extracted power are calculated at different rotating speeds in a free stream with various...

... active flow control plasma actuator CFD 1 Copyright © 2010 by ASME Proceedings of the 4 th International Conference on Energy Sustainability ICOES4 May 17-22, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA ES2010-90483 NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF SEPARATION CONTROL FOR WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL Andreas Gross, Sasidhar...

... the reactor. Our study shows that N-plug flow reactors in series is the best approach in predicting the flow dynamics based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. We have studied the residence time distribution using CFD by two different methods. The residence time distribution characteristics...

... for the flowing field of the ejector. In this study, the supersonic steam ejector was simulated using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). Flowing field of the ejector was analyzed by using different state equations. The results shows that performance of the ejector was underestimated under the ideal gas model...