Aston Sam D’Silva, M. P. Eldho, K. Lekha, J. Anushree, Vinayambika S. Bhat, Raghavendra Sagar
{"title":"Prelithiation of electrodes in lithium-ion capacitors: A review","authors":"Aston Sam D’Silva, M. P. Eldho, K. Lekha, J. Anushree, Vinayambika S. Bhat, Raghavendra Sagar","doi":"10.59400/mea.v2i2.1223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v2i2.1223","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) are one among the modern state-of-the-art hybrid capacitors comprising of high potential window and impart higher energy density than supercapacitors (SCs). These LICs encompass elevated power density and longer life span than lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Preparation of high-performance electrode materials with electrochemically active microstructure and prelithiation are two efficient approaches to fabricate highly efficient LICs. But it comes across as a real dilemma of low initial Columbic efficiency if only microstructure is considered as an efficient way to enhance the performance. Nevertheless, prelithiation plays a crucial role in the manufacturing of LICs, improving the initial Coulombic efficiency and enlarging the voltage window. This paper reviews the recent lithiation approaches for Lithium-ion capacitors by providing their methods and discussing their results concerning their energy and power density.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141830727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The main distinguishing characteristic of active vibration control","authors":"Z. Ghemari, S. Belkhiri","doi":"10.59400/mea.v2i1.1140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v2i1.1140","url":null,"abstract":"Active Vibration Control (AVC) stands out as a prominent technique in the realm of vibration mitigation and structural dynamics. Unlike passive vibration control methods that rely on dampers or isolators, AVC systems actively manipulate forces or motions within a structure in real-time to counteract undesirable vibrations. In this paper, the main distinguishing characteristic of AVC lies in its proactive approach, wherein control algorithms and actuators are employed to actively sense and respond to dynamic changes in the system. The application of Newton’s second law allows to model of the vibration sensors operation, followed by simulations to improve their performance, contributes to the advancement of the active vibration control system by enabling more precise detection and measurement of vibrations.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":" 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140690031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low carbon integrated vehicles and buildings","authors":"Kevin Kendall","doi":"10.59400/mea.v2i1.282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v2i1.282","url":null,"abstract":"This paper defines vehicles and buildings as main sources of United Kingdom (UK) carbon dioxide (CO2) and seeks to cut such emissions using green hydrogen made from combined wind and solar energy. Combustion vehicles powered by fossil petroleum emit near half of UK climate-warming CO2 while buildings heated by natural gas provide a third. First, current UK grid problems are defined: Electricity, gas and petroleum grids. Refueling green vehicles has been a particular problem. Then experiments on the private wire community of Keele University show how green hydrogen could integrate both green vehicles and buildings. Next, the model supply chain is planned and tested. Finally, experiments and calculations are outlined, analyzing the optimum system design criteria proposed. We conclude that economic green hydrogen can displace petroleum in vehicles, while powering buildings instead of natural gas. Also, the prospect in 2024 is that profits can be made all along the green hydrogen supply chain, such that new businesses involved in local private clean communities can cost less than the National Grid monopoly and other dominant fossil energy companies.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"29 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139805828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low carbon integrated vehicles and buildings","authors":"Kevin Kendall","doi":"10.59400/mea.v2i1.282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v2i1.282","url":null,"abstract":"This paper defines vehicles and buildings as main sources of United Kingdom (UK) carbon dioxide (CO2) and seeks to cut such emissions using green hydrogen made from combined wind and solar energy. Combustion vehicles powered by fossil petroleum emit near half of UK climate-warming CO2 while buildings heated by natural gas provide a third. First, current UK grid problems are defined: Electricity, gas and petroleum grids. Refueling green vehicles has been a particular problem. Then experiments on the private wire community of Keele University show how green hydrogen could integrate both green vehicles and buildings. Next, the model supply chain is planned and tested. Finally, experiments and calculations are outlined, analyzing the optimum system design criteria proposed. We conclude that economic green hydrogen can displace petroleum in vehicles, while powering buildings instead of natural gas. Also, the prospect in 2024 is that profits can be made all along the green hydrogen supply chain, such that new businesses involved in local private clean communities can cost less than the National Grid monopoly and other dominant fossil energy companies.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"57 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139866022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical properties of polypyrrole/SnO2 nanocomposites and its LPG sensing application","authors":"Md Shakeel Ahmed, A. Parveen, Sriram Manjunath","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.258","url":null,"abstract":"Polypyrrole/SnO2 nanocomposites were created using in-situ polymerization techniques. The nanocomposites were described using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and their thermal properties were studied using a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). The DC conductivity of the samples was measured as a function of temperature from 30 ℃ to 1900 ℃, and it was observed that increasing the concentration of tin oxide particles improves conductivity due to polaron hopping and composite chain length extension. The tensile strength of PPy nanocomposites doped in PVA thin film up to 6 wt% indicates 64.2 MPa, which may be related to the homogenous distribution of PPy nanocomposite in PVA. The study reveals that because 50 wt% of the nanocomposites have the highest conductivity and sensitivity, these nanocomposites may be useful in future applications.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139178263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal and viscous irreversibilities in the heat exchanger of individually finned heat pipes using freon R404A as the working fluid","authors":"Élcio Nogueira","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.132","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to apply a theoretical procedure to determine the performance of the heat exchanger of individually finned heat pipes used in an air conditioning system. The relevant physical quantities are defined and specified locally in the evaporator and condenser sections. The results obtained in the sections are associated with the theoretical determination of the global performance of the heat exchanger. Global theoretical results are compared with global experimental results. Thermal effectiveness, heat transfer rate, pressure drop, thermal and viscous irreversibilities, and thermodynamic Bejan number are determined at the evaporator, condenser, and heat exchanger. The relevant variables used to determine the results are the number of fins per heat pipe and rows of heat pipes. The theoretical-experimental comparison demonstrates that the localized model applied in the analysis is consistent and can be used as a design and comprehensive analysis tool for finned heat exchangers. The performance of the heat exchanger demonstrated exceptional when comparing irreversibilities through the Bejan number, indicating a favorable cost-benefit ratio for the fins less than 30 and the number of heat pipes equal to 49. Bejan’s thermodynamic number, which uses results related to thermal and viscous irreversibilities, demonstrated that one should look for the relationship between thermal irreversibility versus total irreversibility and that fin numbers between 10 and 20 for heat pipes equal to 49 provide a better cost-benefit ratio. The absolute percentage errors obtained between theoretical and experimental values, for an experimental number of fins equal to 30, for the overall heat transfer rate and overall thermal effectiveness range from 2.0% to 42.1%.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139317081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turbine vibration condition monitoring in region 3","authors":"Seyed Ali Mousavi, Mohammad Taghipour","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.219","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aims to investigate the vibration monitoring status in region three of gas transmission operations in Iran. Vibration monitoring is a strong tool for troubleshooting and protecting equipment (turbines). For this purpose, the vibration condition monitoring systems in a gas compression station have been studied. The number and location of vibration sensors, vibration signal transmission to the control room, alarm and stop command, and the ability to perform advanced vibration analysis for troubleshooting and data storage are taken into consideration. The favorable situation of vibration monitoring is provided for the purpose of comparison and conclusions about the status of vibration monitoring and needs have been made.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139317169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Awati, Parashuram M. Obannavar, Mahesh Kumar Nanjaiah
{"title":"Multigrid method for the solution of thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication point contact problem with surface asperities","authors":"V. Awati, Parashuram M. Obannavar, Mahesh Kumar Nanjaiah","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.94","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents, the numerical investigation of point contact thermal elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) with surface asperities are analyzed. The effect of temperature and surface roughness on fluid film thickness is studied in detail. The governing equations comprises Reynolds, film thickness, load balance and energy equations with appropriate boundary conditions. The second order finite difference approximation is used to discretize the governing equations and the resultant nonlinear system of algebraic equations is solved using Multigrid V-cycle with full approximation scheme (FAS) technique. Multi level multi integration (MLMI) technique is employed to solve the film thickness equation. The obtained results are illustrated in the form of graphs and tables which are comparable with earlier findings. The film thickness profiles shows dimple near to the outlet region due to temperature-viscosity wedge mechanism. Isothermal minimum film thickness is higher than the thermal minimum film thickness. Minimum film thickness is much smaller due to slide to roll ratio is positive ascompared to negative, whereas the behavior of central film thickness is contrast as that of minimum film thickness.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139319133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selvaraj Priya, Gundada Raju Rajamani, Bhose Ganga, Abdul Kaffoor Abdul Hakeem, Pachiyappan Ragupathi
{"title":"Analysing entropy generation of MHD (50:50) slip flow over an inclined needle","authors":"Selvaraj Priya, Gundada Raju Rajamani, Bhose Ganga, Abdul Kaffoor Abdul Hakeem, Pachiyappan Ragupathi","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.106","url":null,"abstract":"The primary objective of this study is to quantify the rate of entropy generation within the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) slip flow system over the inclined needle. Entropy generation is a measure of the irreversibility and inefficiency in the flow process. The slip flow condition at the fluid interface can significantly impact the flow characteristics and heat transfer rates. In the hybrid nanofluid flow, which consists of non-magnetic and magnetic (Al2O3 and Fe3O4) are nanoparticles, are considered as the base fluid. Furthermore, the effects of inclined magnetic fields are taken into interpretation. The PDE’s governing equations are converted into ODE’s using similarity transformations and solved by a numerical technique based on BVP4C. The results illustrate that crucial parameter such as the magnetic parameter, mixed convection parameter, nanoparticles of solid volume fractions, and Prandtl numbers are pointedly impacted by momentum and thermal profiles. The entropy and Bejan number also consider being various relationship combined parameters. These analyses protest that raising the magnetic parameter estates an increase in the hybrid nanofluid thermal profile under slip circumstances. Examined magnetic field impact on flow and entropy generation in MHD flows, revealing significant changes in entropy generation due to interaction between magnetic field and nanoparticles. This analysis understands the impact of MHD and slip effects on entropy generation, particularly in the context of the newly emerging 50:50 fluid mixture. Hybrid nanofluids have been shown to have improved thermal conductivity compared to traditional fluids, which can enhance the cooling or heating capabilities of the inclined needle.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139338867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of spiral plate heat exchanger used to cool vegetable oil with nanofluid consisting of water and non-spherical boehmite alumina nanoparticles","authors":"Élcio Nogueira","doi":"10.59400/mea.v1i1.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/mea.v1i1.67","url":null,"abstract":"The objective is to use dimensionless analysis through the thermal efficiency method to determine the thermohydraulic performance of a spiral plate heat exchanger (SPHE) used to cool sunflower oil. The coolant consists of water as a base fluid and non-spherical Boehmite Alumina nanoparticles with a defined volume fraction. The concept of thermal efficiency for heat exchangers is used to determine the main quantities used in the analysis. Graphical results are presented for the number of thermal units (NTU), thermal efficiency, thermal effectiveness, hot fluid outlet temperature, thermal and viscous irreversibilities, and Bejan number. The analyzed heat exchanger provides excellent thermal performance for refrigerants consisting of water and non-spherical nanoparticles in platelets or cylindrical, with a volume fraction equal to 12%. Viscous dissipation significantly increases concerning the dissipation associated with pure water, but the cost-benefit is within reason for the proposed objective, within the flow rate under analysis.","PeriodicalId":509420,"journal":{"name":"Mechanical Engineering Advances","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139342119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}