Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci230816244m
Zoran Markovic, Milic Eric, Predrag Stefanovic, Ivan Lazovic, Aleksandar Milicevic, Marko Mancic, Milica Jovcevski, Rastko Jovanovic
{"title":"Investigation of velocity distribution in channels and chambers of the electrostatic precipitator at TPP Nikola Tesla Unit A1","authors":"Zoran Markovic, Milic Eric, Predrag Stefanovic, Ivan Lazovic, Aleksandar Milicevic, Marko Mancic, Milica Jovcevski, Rastko Jovanovic","doi":"10.2298/tsci230816244m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230816244m","url":null,"abstract":"To achieve the optimum dust removal performance of an electrostatic precipitator, the flue gas should be distributed uniformly over its vertical cross-section. The flow in the upstream flue gas ducts has a significant influence on the downstream gas distribution in the chamber of the precipitator. This paper presents the results of homogeneity assessment of velocity distribution in the ducts and vertical cross-sections of the electrostatic precipitator of unit A1 at the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant in Obrenovac. The measurements confirmed that the reconstruction of the vertical chamber at the front of the precipitator, which was carried out during the overhaul in 2020, effectively solved the problem of the original asymmetric arrangement of the vertical flue gas ducts. Nevertheless, the analysis revealed poor homogeneity of the flow field through the chambers. Therefore, additional measures must be taken to increase the dust removal efficiency of the precipitator.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135502492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci230918192e
E Editorial
{"title":"Corrigendum: Marangoni convection of nanofluid in a wavy trapezoidal enclosure","authors":"E Editorial","doi":"10.2298/tsci230918192e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230918192e","url":null,"abstract":"Simeon Oka, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the journal Thermal Science request that it is, due to request of the Corresponding author of this paper, necessary to correct Acknowledgement of the paper MARANGONI CONVECTION OF NANOFLUID IN A WAVY TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE written by Sharifah Nuriza Binti Syed Muhammad Naquib AL?AIDRUSa, Zailan Bin SIRIa*, and Mohd Nashrul Bin Mohd ZUBIRb a Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia b Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Original scientific paper https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI21S2339A published in the journal Thermal Science, Vol. 25, Year 2021, Special issue 2, pp. S339-S345 since due to change regulations accepted by Government of Malaysia Condolement should have different and more detailed form. Instead of: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This paper is part of a research project supported by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education Fundamental Research Grant no. FP068-2020. The authors would also like to express their thanks to the University of Malaya for supporting this research under grant no. IIRG006C19IISS. has to be written: Acknowledgment The work is supported financially by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia via Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2020/STG06/UM/02/4) and Impact Oriented Interdisciplinary Research Grant No. IIRG006C-19IISS. <br><br><font color=\"red\"><b> Link to the corrected article <u><a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/TSCI21S2339A\">10.2298/TSCI21S2339A</a></b></u>","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135556369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci230825223v
Marija Vasilev, Milos Banjac
{"title":"Thermal recovery test for determining the thermal conductivity of the soil","authors":"Marija Vasilev, Milos Banjac","doi":"10.2298/tsci230825223v","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230825223v","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new in-situ experimental procedure for determining a thermal conductivity of soil, as one of the thermophysical properties necessary for dimensioning vertical buried heat exchangers of geothermal heat pumps. The proposed method, called the Thermal Recovery Test, is based on the assumption that there is a direct analogy between the hydrodynamic process of filling (recovery) the well with water from a porous aquifer after its partial or complete discharging and the process of establishment of thermal equilibrium in an infinite medium previously disturbed by a line heat sink (source). Apart from presentation the theoretical background of these two phenomena, the display of the identical theoretical logarithmic character of the change of hydrostatic pressure and soil temperature, description of the experimental procedure, the experimental results of three performed experiments are also presented. Additionally, results for the experimentally obtained values of the thermal conductivity of the soil are compared with those obtained from the Thermal Response Test, and the advantages and drawbacks of the new Thermal Recovery Test method are analyzed.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136305465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci230328195s
Su Liu
{"title":"Study on the effect of width and slope of large cross-section tunnel on critical velocity of fire","authors":"Su Liu","doi":"10.2298/tsci230328195s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230328195s","url":null,"abstract":"when a tunnel fire occurs, due to the difference of tunnel width and slope, both smoke countercurrent length distribution law and critical velocity will become different, and these two are very important parameters in tunnel longitudinal ventilation design. Therefore, for the design of smoke control and longitudinal ventilation of the tunnel, based on actual highway tunnel size, this paper established and ran a series of numerical simulations through FDS simulation software to study tunnel width and slope?s effect on smoke countercurrent length and critical velocity. The results of this paper show that smoke countercurrent length decreases with tunnel slope?s increase and increases with tunnel width?s increase. Through dimensionless analysis, the prediction formulas of smoke countercurrent length and critical wind speed of large cross-section tunnel about tunnel width, slope and height are modified and established. The research conclusions can provide a theoretical basis for the longitudinal ventilation design, smoke prevention and exhaust measures and personnel evacuation in large cross-section tunnel fires.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136002734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci230607216z
Predrag Zivkovic, Mladen Tomic, Sadoon Ayed, Cristian Barz, Drago Sever
{"title":"Experimental and numerical investigation of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in rectangular cavity with motor oil","authors":"Predrag Zivkovic, Mladen Tomic, Sadoon Ayed, Cristian Barz, Drago Sever","doi":"10.2298/tsci230607216z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230607216z","url":null,"abstract":"Naturally flows have been the scope of the scientific research for centuries, Rayleigh-B?nard convection being one of the leading. Many researchers have considered the flow patterns, boundary conditions, various cavities, nanofluids, theoretically, numerically, experimentally. The flow was investigated in atmosphere and in nano fluids, in air, water, molten metals, non - Newtonian fluids. Almost all research focuses on 2 or 3 - dimensional analysis of flow in laterally unlimited enclosures, as parallel plates or coaxial cylinders. In technical practice, only limited enclosures exist. This paper presents numerical and real experimental results for the test chamber with ratio 4?2?1 in x, y and z direction, respectfully. The measurements were taken at fifteen different positions on the faces of the tank. Probes used are PT100 elements. As the chamber is limited in all directions, the results have shown strong influence of the lateral walls. The results are compared with the those obtained by IR camera. Various fluids were tested, and results for motor oil will be presented.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136002984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cattaneo-Christov heat flux effect on Sakiadis MHD boundary layer transport phenomena in the Jeffrey fluid","authors":"Zarith Othman, Zailan Siri, Muhamad Aziz, Kohilavani Naganthran","doi":"10.2298/tsci221013214o","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci221013214o","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to perform a numerical simulation of the boundary flow with the characteristic Sakiadis flow of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Jeffrey fluid under the Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model over the horizontal plate. The similarity transformation for the local similarity solution was used to reduce the set of governing equations to non-linear ordinary differential equations. The equations were solved by using ?dsolve? command with the numeric option for the boundary value problem in Maple. Simulations have been carried out for different values of the relaxation to retardation times, the Deborah number, the magnetic field parameter, the heat flux relaxation time, the Prandtl number, and the Schmidt parameter. A comparative study of the numerical results from the previously published paper with the present result for the dimensionless velocity gradient over the horizontal plate shows excellent agreement. It has been found that the growth of the Deborah number leads to the dimensionless velocity gradient enhancement, while the increment of the relaxation to retardation times parameter and the magnetic field parameter indicates the opposite trend. The heat transfer rate noticeably decreased with an increment in the Prandtl number and thermal relaxation time at the fluid regime. Also, fluid concentration decreases with larger values of the Schmidt parameter.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136005808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of internally mounted helical fins on the separation performance of a cylindrical gas-solid cyclone separator","authors":"Zeming Fu, Huagen Wu, Baohua Gao, Mengtao Liang, Guanghua Wu, Shuo Shang, Xin Zhang, Hongye Huang, Siwei Chen","doi":"10.2298/tsci230527204f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci230527204f","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, an innovation was made by adding helical fins on the vortex finder of a cylindrical gas-solid cyclone separator, and the effect of this structural improvement on the separation performance was analyzed based on the flow field characteristics. The results show that both cyclones with and without helical fins exhibit a separation efficiency of almost 100 % for particles larger than 5 ?m. As the inlet velocity increases, the effect of adding helical fins on the overall separation efficiency decreases, with a relative deviation of only 0.16 % at an inlet velocity of 27 m/s, while it becomes increasingly effective in reducing energy consumption, with a pressure drop of 25.33 %. The mechanism of the overall performance improvement lies in the fact that the helical fins change the flow field distribution in the cyclone, where the turbulence intensity in the vortex finder is significantly reduced, the tangential velocity of the external vortex is decreased, and the pressure gradient is reduced. The purpose of this paper is to provide new ideas for the optimal design of the internal components of the cyclone separator.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136006063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci2303803c
Qiaoling Chen
{"title":"A variational principle for fractal Klein-Gordon equation","authors":"Qiaoling Chen","doi":"10.2298/tsci2303803c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci2303803c","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies the Klein-Gordon equation and two modifications in an infinite Cantor set and a fractal space-time. Their variational formulations are established and discussed, and the spatio-temporal discontinuity requires both spatio-fractal derivative and temporal fractal derivative for practical applications. Some basic properties of the local fractional derivative and the two-scale fractal derivative are elucidated, and the derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equation is illustrated.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68262222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci220215108s
Miljan Sunjevic, D. Reba, V. Rajs, B. Vujic, Milovan Ninkov, M. Vojinovic-Miloradov
{"title":"Assessment of detected in situ and modeled PM10/2.5 concentration levels during the urban transformation process in Novi Sad, Serbia","authors":"Miljan Sunjevic, D. Reba, V. Rajs, B. Vujic, Milovan Ninkov, M. Vojinovic-Miloradov","doi":"10.2298/tsci220215108s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci220215108s","url":null,"abstract":"Ambient air pollution is a very considerable and complex physicochemical and environmental issue. Particulate matter - PM is one of the fundamental pollutants constituted in ambient air. Rapidly expanding urban transformations in city of Novi Sad, Serbia, produces high concentrations of PM. The vast and growing number of construction sites as pollution emission hotspots induce constant nuisance for the people, build surrounding and environment in total. Serbian legislation has set PM pollution limit values for daily emissions, but the Air Pollutant Registry still doesn?t recognize construction sites as severe sources of PM emergence. Understanding the importance and the effects of PM emission from construction sites is crucial in environmental preservation. For the preparation and application of methods and techniques for prevention and mitigation, suitable environmental pollution modeling needs to be achieved. The aim of the research is to assess and determine the utility of Tier 1 prediction model designed by EPA and environmental modeling software ADMS - URBAN on observed construction sites in Novi Sad, Serbia. Assessing monitoring data confirms construction sites as significant PM 10 and PM2.5 pollution sources. Two sets of correction coefficients were calculated for PM10 and PM2.5, using average and median values, 2.56 - 2.54 and 1.03 - 0.97 respectively. The research study was for the first time conducted in Novi Sad, Serbia in the case of construction sites.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68236762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thermal SciencePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2298/tsci220215105k
Oskars Kalva
{"title":"The role of microclimate in the formation of indoor air pollution","authors":"Oskars Kalva","doi":"10.2298/tsci220215105k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci220215105k","url":null,"abstract":"Indoor air quality plays a key role in assessing people's quality of life, as a large proportion of people spend up to 22 hours a day indoors and people are exposed to indoor air almost all day long [1]. People in developed countries spend much more time indoors. Recently, employers are paying more and more attention to ensuring the well - being of employees, as it affects the quality and productivity of their work [2, 3]. Ensuring an appropriate working environment on the part of employers ensures both sustainable social and economic links. Well-being can be affected by various parameters of the indoor environment, in addition to the microclimate, they can be - lighting, noise level, various odors. However, one of the primary indicators of comfort or discomfort in an indoor environment is thermal comfort or discomfort [4]. Gas stations were chosen as place for measurements because they are considered dangerous for several reasons: gas station territory is potentially hazardous with a high environmental risk and explosion hazard. Working shifts and nights is also considered undesirable for human health as it disrupts the biological rhythms in the human body [5]. In such circumstances, the indoor microclimate and air parameters play a very important role, as spending long hours in inappropriate microclimatic conditions is likely to lead to various long - term health problems for the workers.","PeriodicalId":23125,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68237204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}