{"title":"Surface roughness and dimensional evaluation of laser powder bed fusion additively manufactured shell and tube heat exchangers","authors":"Bailey Spickler , Jamee Gray , Dusty Nicolaisen , Bryan Schiefelbein , Christopher Depcik","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103858","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103858","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing interest in additively manufactured (AM) heat exchangers drove the need to understand how this construction technique impacts heat exchanger performance. Two primary factors driven by AM that influence heat exchanger performance are surface roughness and geometry. To better understand these parameters, a range of shell and tube heat exchangers constructed using laser powder bed fusion were evaluated. Of those evaluated, the surface roughness throughout a fourteen-tube, zero-baffle heat exchanger was measured using computed tomography. Between the inner and outer tubes, the inner tube surfaces had a greater surface roughness than the outer by 8.07 μm, while the surfaces at the top of the build volume had higher surface roughness values than the bottom. Dimensionally, the inner tube diameters of this heat exchanger were 0.15 % different from the design value, while the outer diameters were within a 0.84 % difference. Manual measurements across seven other heat exchangers yielded a maximum 1.15 % difference between the design and measured diameters. Across the build volume for all heat exchangers studied, the tube diameters at the top were larger than at the bottom by a maximum of 1.24 % difference. Inconsistent melting throughout the individual parts and the build volume, as well as particle splatter and thermal gradient variation were attributed to the surface roughness and dimensional changes seen. These results strengthen the knowledge of dimensional and surface roughness considerations when designing AM heat exchangers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 103858"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144632769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of heat insulation on temperature and moisture variations in municipal solid waste landfills under diverse environmental conditions","authors":"Emmanuella Stephanie Widjaja , Vivi Anggraini , I.M.S.K. Ilankoon , Pooria Pasbakhsh","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103852","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103852","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Elevated temperatures (ETs) in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, caused by the decomposition of organic waste, pose significant risks to landfill liner integrity, increase leachate production and greenhouse gas emissions. Heat accumulation, with ETs exceeding 35 °C, can negatively impact liner performance. Existing heat mitigation strategies, such as gas collection and cover systems, offer limited thermal mitigation. Gas collection mainly focuses on emissions, meanwhile, cover systems often trap heat and degrade over time. Advanced methods like waste-to-energy and heat exchangers are expensive and require high maintenance<strong>.</strong> In contrast, integrating thermal insulation within landfill liners provides a sustainable and efficient solution. This study evaluates the performance of three insulation materials, rockwool, hot sprayed polyurea (HSP), and casted polyurea (CP), under varying environmental conditions. Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations using ANSYS analyzed their performance across different ETs (40 and 70 °C), moisture conditions (dry and wet), and insulation thicknesses (20, 35, 50 mm). Rockwool demonstrated the best performance in dry conditions, reducing ETs by up to 30 %, but dropped by 13 % when wet. HSP maintained better stability under wet and extreme ETs, with reductions up to 31 % in base conditions and 57 % at 70 °C. CP was effective in moderate ETs and wet conditions but underperformed at high temperatures. Increasing insulation thickness improved thermal resistance, though the significance reduced beyond 35 mm. These results highlight the importance of material selection and configuration in balancing thermal and cost effectiveness of MSW landfill systems and further validate thermal insulation as an effective and sustainable solution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 103852"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144632797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategy of battery thermal management for eVTOL by combination of PCM and immersion cooling","authors":"Xuepeng Chai, Xianghua Xu, Xingang Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103824","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103824","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) are low-altitude travel and transportation means and have attracted widespread attention. A dedicated battery thermal management system (TMS) is essential to meet the temperature requirements for battery safety and reduce the additional weight for aircraft brought by it. This paper develops a battery TMS that coupled phase change materials (PCM) and immersion cooling for eVTOL. It only uses the PCM to maintain the battery temperature during the flight and restore the solid state of PCM after flight by immersion cooling. Therefore, the coolant and cooling pipes, pumps, and other accessories do not need to be carried on the vehicle, which reduces the weight of the TMS during the flight stage. The theoretical analysis is done for the relation between temperature, heat release, the amount of PCM, and heat exchange of immersion cooling during multiple charge–discharge cycles of the battery pack. Then, the minimum PCM quantity and the minimum initial immersion cooling ability for this TMS are derived, which can be used for its design. Finally, numerical simulations are conducted for a battery pack design with five cells and six PCM packs to validate the above analyses. The TMS can maintain the battery pack under 48 ℃ with initial temperature of 25 ℃ for long-term and multiple work cycles. The maximum temperature difference in the battery cells during the discharge stage is 4.74 °C and the weight proportion of the PCM in the entire battery pack is only 5.32%.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 103824"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144611689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of paraffin melt transformation properties and paraffin-based energy storage fillers","authors":"Hai Li , Aibing Jin , Yiqing Zhao , Xianwei Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103835","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103835","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address the challenges posed by future deep geothermal disasters and further consolidate the theoretical foundation of paraffin application, this study proposes an innovative paraffin phase transition point function model. The phase transition mechanism is further elucidated through crystal dynamics. Additionally, we prepared an energy storage filling body (ESFB) and analyzed the relationship between the particle size of the phase change material (PCM) and the number of weak surfaces. Key results demonstrate: 1) With the addition of inorganic material CaCl<sub>2</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O, the phase transition point of paraffin decreases in the form of a function. Based on the analysis of crystal dynamics principle, the interface energy of paraffin is reduced due to the composite of inorganic material, which causes the change of phase transition point. 2) Under the same conditions, the addition of PCM has a more significant effect on the thermal conductivity than its particle size. 3) The weak interface between PCM and backfill is the key factor leading to the strength deterioration of ESFB. When the particle size of PCM is 3 mm, the deterioration effect of PCM content on the strength of the energy storage filling body is significantly weakened, and the thermal conductivity of ESFB reaches the best state. 4) The temperature rise rate of ESFB can be delayed by up to 75.17 % compared with the standard filling body.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 103835"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Janaki Phani Madhuri , MD. Shamshuddin , S.O. Salawu
{"title":"Exploring radiative heat transfer and buoyancy effects on Tiwari-Das nanofluid flow model in permeable rotating disc: Finite element study","authors":"N. Janaki Phani Madhuri , MD. Shamshuddin , S.O. Salawu","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103855","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanofluids are identified for their improved thermal conductivity and are progressively used in heat transfer advancements such as cooling mechanisms and energy systems. This investigation offers an inclusive analysis of the interaction between nanoparticle volume fraction, rotational motion, and thermal radiation on thermal distribution characteristics. Hence, this research focuses on the effect of radiating heat transport on the thermal and flow behavior of a nanofluid along a porous rotating disc in the presence of buoyancy forces using the Tiwari-Das model. A system of coupled partial differential models for the momentum, thermal, and nanoparticle species is developed with boundary film approximations. The Tiwari-Das equation is utilized to capture the impact of dispersed nanoparticles on the working solvent’s thermophysical properties. Using separately the Rosseland and Boussinesq approximations, the heat radiation and density variations of buoyancy effects are modeled. The resultant nonlinear derivative equations are solved via a finite element method to ensure solution accuracy and stability. The effect of various entrenched parameters on the flow mechanics and heat transport rates is examined. The outcomes of the study depicted that raising the nanoparticle volume fraction boosts the effectiveness of heat transfer, while thermal radiation flux pointedly varies in temperature distributions. Buoyancy forces prompt the flow structure, causing a variation in thermal and velocity boundary layers. Thus, this study promotes the thermal performance of nanofluid, presenting possible control mechanisms for heat transfer optimization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 103855"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical study on the thermal performance of phase change material embedded in expanded graphite","authors":"Yunxiu Ren , Ying Zhang , Yue lu , Liangyu Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103847","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103847","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the thermal charging behavior of binary eutectic nitrates, serving as phase change materials (PCMs), embedded in expanded graphite (EG) for latent heat thermal energy storage (LTES). High-resolution focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) tomography was employed to create accurate reconstructions of the composite PCMs-EG structures at multiple scales. Based on these reconstructions, a precise numerical model utilizing the enthalpy-porosity method was developed to evaluate key operational parameters such as heating temperature, initial temperature, and filling ratio. The results indicate that EG notably enhances thermal conductivity and heat transfer efficiency by reducing particle clustering and increasing contact areas between PCMs and EG. Higher heating temperatures and larger initial temperature differences accelerate melting during early stages of charging, but their impact gradually decreases over time. While higher PCMs filling ratios improve latent heat capacity, they also slow the melting rate due to reduced temperatures and slower progression of melting fronts. Significantly, the pore structure of EG also influences melting behavior, with smaller and narrower pores promoting faster melting. These findings emphasize the importance of optimal operational conditions and demonstrate the potential of EG-based composite PCMs for improved LTES performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 103847"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Hou, Jiawen Yang, Yi Wang, Xiaoyan Sun, Shuguang Xiang, Lili Wang, Shaohui Tao
{"title":"Integrated life cycle assessment and economic analysis of a novel hybrid cooling-power system for industrial waste heat recovery","authors":"Yan Hou, Jiawen Yang, Yi Wang, Xiaoyan Sun, Shuguang Xiang, Lili Wang, Shaohui Tao","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103848","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103848","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address the technical challenges of large-scale low-temperature waste heat recovery in industrial processes, a novel heat-integrated combined cooling and power generation system (HIOAS) and a non-heat-integrated combined cooling and power generation system (OAS) model were established. The OAS and HIOAS systems achieve hierarchical energy utilization by integrating the refrigeration cycle with the power generation cycle. The economic analysis and environmental impacts of both systems were evaluated. The Robin Smith analysis model was employed to conduct an economic analysis, which showed that HIOAS reduces the payback period from 3.81 years to 3.66 years and increases annual economic benefits by $6,532.90 y<sup>−1</sup> in comparison to OAS. The ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H) method was employed combined with SimaPro 9.0.0.48 software to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the environmental analysis. The results indicate that thermal integration technology effectively accomplishes energy conservation and emission reduction, as HIOAS betters OAS in 18 normalization analysis environmental impact indicators. Furthermore, the system construction phase was the most significant contributor to environmental impacts, with human carcinogenic toxicity potential (HCTP), marine ecotoxicity potential (METP), and human non-carcinogenic toxicity potential (HnCTP) being the most significant environmental impacts. These three environmental impacts were predominantly derived from sulfur-containing tailings, as indicated by the LCA contribution analysis. In conclusion, this investigation offers a novel approach to industrial waste heat recovery that effectively balances environmental sustainability and economic feasibility, as well as valuable insights for energy system optimization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 103848"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144611691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal behaviour analysis of a solar air heater with thermal energy storage: experimental study and Takagi-Sugeno Neuro fuzzy model prediction","authors":"S. Madhankumar , Ramesh Babu Bejjam , Gobikrishnan Udhayakumar , Vikash Kumar , Akhilesh Kumar Singh , Gottumukkala Santhi","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103853","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103853","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The integration of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) into Solar Air Heater (SAH) enhances their ability to maintain steady thermal output despite fluctuations in solar irradiance. This research presents a detailed thermal behaviour analysis of a forced convection SAH equipped with a corrugated absorber sheet, aluminium fins, and paraffin wax-filled cans as the TES medium. Experimental investigations were conducted during the summer season under varying mass flow rates ranging from 0.01 to 0.06 kg/s. The system exhibited optimal thermal performance at a mass flow rate of 0.02 kg/s, achieving an average outlet air temperature of 48.4 °C and a thermal efficiency of 47.61 %. Using the experimental data, a Takagi-Sugeno Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (TS-ANFIS) was developed to predict the SAH thermal behaviour under diverse operating conditions. The TS-ANFIS model successfully captured the complex, nonlinear thermal dynamics of the system and provided highly accurate predictions, achieving R<sup>2</sup> values of 99.25 % for the outlet air temperature and 98.97 % for the thermal efficiency. A confirmation test was performed using an independent set of experimental data, where the TS-ANFIS model predictions closely matched the observed values, further validating its robustness and generalization ability. The combined experimental and soft computing approach demonstrated in this study offers a reliable methodology for analyzing and forecasting the performance of SAH integrated with TES. The results offer important insights for designing and optimizing efficient SAHs, supporting the continued development of sustainable and resilient renewable energy solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 103853"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat transfer and acoustics investigation of a piezoelectric fan-porous finned heat sink system in the presence of channel flow","authors":"Rutuja Bilaskar, Sripriya Ramamoorthy, Shankar Krishnan","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents an experimental investigation into the heat transfer, fluid flow, and acoustic performance of a combined piezoelectric fan–porous fin heat sink system operating in an assistive mode. Experiments are conducted within a custom-designed plane wave duct setup that enables simultaneous thermal and acoustic measurements in a controlled environment. Three heat sink configurations are evaluated to assess heat transfer enhancement and the influence of piezoelectric fan placement. Acoustic metrics are also analyzed, including level gain—representing noise introduced by the piezo fan—and transmission loss across the heat sinks. Results showed maximum heat transfer enhancement due to the piezoelectric fan occurring at lower mean flow velocities for all configurations. Among the designs, the triangular corrugated porous finned heat sink demonstrated a 52.6% increase in Nusselt number compared to a flat plate. In contrast, the rectangular corrugated porous finned heat sink exhibited superior acoustic performance, with lower level gain and higher transmission loss.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 103851"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144632798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid cooling systems for suppressing thermal runaway propagation in a lithium-ion battery module","authors":"Jialei Gong , Lun Li , Junhui Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103845","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Five newly proposed suppression systems employing insulation boards, cold plates, and a phase change material (PCM), were comparatively studied to prevent thermal runaway propagation (TRP) in a lithium-ion battery (LIB) pack using a 3D numerical model. Effects of coolant flow velocity (<em>u</em>, 0.014–0.048 m/s) and coolant flow direction, presence of insulator, geometry and thickness (0.3–2.7 mm) of PCM boards on suppression performance were systematically analyzed. The results show that inserting insulation boards between two columns of batteries could prevent column-to-column TRP but accelerate in-column TRP. When using hybrid system of insulator and cold plates, cooling efficiency improves as <em>u</em> increases, and TRP was completely suppressed when <em>u</em> = 0.048 m/s. Cross flow outperforms unidirectional flow, and the transient and cumulative heat losses from LIBs to coolant are quantified. When most aluminum of cold plates between two columns of LIBs is replaced by insulator, column-to-column TRP can be suppressed even with lowest <em>u</em>. Adding PCM strips among mini-channels in cold plates slightly decelerates TRP, whereas inserting PCM boards between cold plates and batteries appreciably improves suppression performance of the hybrid system. PCM features high thermal conductivity after melting, acting as thermal sink and thermal buffer to prevent TRP. Compared to liquid cooling system, the hybrid system combining cold plates and PCM exhibits superior suppression efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 103845"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144588958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}