Numerical modelling and experimental validation of an orifice plate-based hydrodynamic cavitation process for improving the biomass pretreatment [PDF]
Biotechnology ReportsHydrodynamic cavitation can be used to pretreat biomass by utilizing the energy released during the collapse of cavitation bubbles. Delignification as pretreatment enhances the biodegradation of lignocellulosic composition.
Shetal Roy +3 more
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Coronary artery cavitation as a trigger for atherosclerotic plaque progression: a simplified numerical and computational fluid dynamic demonstration [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Backgrounds: Coronary cavitation is supposed to be generated by both concentric and eccentric coronary artery stenosis which propagates downstream the vessel, creating microbubbles which exploded when the fluid pressure was lower than the vapor ...
Gianluca Rigatelli +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In order to study the influence of a balance hole’s diameter on the cavitation performance of low specific-speed centrifugal pumps, a centrifugal pump with a specific speed of 0.301 was selected as the research object.
Weidong Cao, Xinyu Yang, Zhixiang Jia
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The Effect of Dust Storm on Sea Surface Temperature in the Western Basin of Persian Gulf
Standards, 2022 A dust storm is one of the costliest and most destructive events in many desert regions. This research investigates the effect of dust storm on sea surface temperature (SST) in the western zone of the Persian Gulf, especially Bushehr Province and its ...
Masoud Torabi Azad +4 more
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Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 Fire accidents at public fuel stations in Indonesia have urged the need to characterize the causes of these fires. In the gas station area, the formation of gasoline vapor is the main concern of this research.
Hari Yurismono +3 more
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A new contribution ratio for indoor climate (CRISE) for the contribution evaluation of each heat and moisture source to the specific enthalpy in a closed space [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The indoor thermal environment comprises temperature, humidity, wind velocity, and radiant temperature. The spatial distribution of these elements is a combination of the individual responses of the heat and water vapor transported into the space from ...
Suda Hana, Kobayashi Hikaru, Mori Gaito
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Effects of Experimental Parameters on Condensation Heat Transfer in Plate Fin Heat Exchanger
Energies, 2021 This study aims to provide an experimental investigation and comparison of the condensation heat transfer characteristics in a plate–fin heat exchanger (PFHE).
Sung-Hoon Seol +6 more
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Study of The Vapor Thermo-Compressor to Reduce Energy Consumption in the Sugar Production Line using Computational Fluid Dynamics [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2020 IntroductionLarge industrial factories often discharge significant quantities of low-pressure steam (dead steam) into the atmosphere, which causes energy losses.
A Rezvanivand fanaei +2 more
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Performance Evaluation of An Innovative-Vapor- Compression-Desalination System
Aceh International Journal of Science and Technology, 2012 – Two dominant desalination methods are reverse osmosis (RO) and multi-stage flash (MSF). RO requires large capital investment and maintenance, whereas MSF is too energy-intensive.
Mirna R. Lubis,, Mark T Holtzaple
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Two-level systems and growth-induced metastability in hydrogenated amorphous silicon
Materials Research Express, 2020 Specific heat measurements from 2 to 300 K of hydrogenated amorphous silicon prepared by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition show a large excess specific heat at low temperature, significantly larger than the Debye specific heat calculated from the ...
M Molina-Ruiz +5 more
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