{"title":"Research advances in solar dryer technologies integrated with solar air heater: a state-of-the art review on design variations, performance and feasibility assessments","authors":"Mohit Kumar Singh Senger, Ashok Kumar Dewangan, Nitesh Dutt, Ashok Kumar Yadav","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13714-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13714-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a comprehensive review of the most significant and recent technologies that have been integrated with solar dryers, demonstrating a notable enhancement in the performance of solar dryers. The majority of review articles in this field that have been published have concentrated on the application of solar drying for food preservation in agricultural industries. Numerous researchers have found gaps at the component level and suggested different modifications to solar thermal collectors to enhance drying efficiency. Various technologies that have been created and put into use have effectively and efficiently optimized the energy requirements. Nevertheless, there are not many studies that concentrate on the possible integration strategies in different industries where drying is a crucial step in the production process. This study presents a comprehensive overview of the key drying processes used in different industries to provide readers a sense of the current status of existing technologies and the on-going research being done in the topic of sun drying. To develop innovative drying systems for large-scale enterprises that can be used to other industrial settings, it has been suggested that solar drying be integrated with the current drying techniques. This paper discusses how solar energy is used in the food sector, with a focus on solar air heaters and how they are integrated into solar drying processes. This will help industries and researchers make the drying process compatible with solar energy. This study also offers an alternative viewpoint by examining and contrasting solar dryers based on the many designs that are employed, as well as strategies to increase the solar dryer's efficiency, shorten its drying time, and improve its overall performance. Additionally, this study shows how various solar drying methods such as using gravel, sand, paraffin wax, etc. affect the rate at which moisture is removed based on sensible and latent heating.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 22","pages":"12577 - 12607"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142737120","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}
Mohammed N. Ajour, Ali Basem, Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah, Mahmood Shaker Albdeiri, Ahmad H. Milyani, Moath K. Khaled, Sherain M. Y. Mohamed
{"title":"Thermal management of cold storage unit in existence of nano-sized additive using Galerkin method","authors":"Mohammed N. Ajour, Ali Basem, Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah, Mahmood Shaker Albdeiri, Ahmad H. Milyani, Moath K. Khaled, Sherain M. Y. Mohamed","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13697-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13697-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the current articles, a numerical approach is developed to analyze the unsteady freezing process within a wavy container embedded with porous foam. The incorporation of porous foam, along with the addition of nanoparticles and radiative cooling, significantly accelerates the solidification process. These methods enhance thermal conduction within the system, which in turn improves the efficiency of cold energy storage, making them highly beneficial for applications requiring rapid cooling. The governing equations are derived by incorporating source terms related to the freezing, and the Galerkin technique is employed to solve these equations. The use of an adaptive grid technique ensures accurate representation of the moving solid–liquid interface, or ice front, during the simulation. Validation results demonstrate excellent agreement with experimental data, underscoring the importance of using adaptive meshing in capturing the transient dynamics of the freezing process. The findings reveal that the insertion of porous foam declines the needed time about 81.14%, significantly boosting the overall efficiency of the system. Furthermore, the utilizing nano-powders decline freezing time about 6.87%. Additionally, incorporating radiative cooling into the system further speeds up the freezing process by around 10.86%. These improvements highlight the combined benefits of using porous materials, nanotechnology, and radiative cooling for optimizing cold energy storage systems. The reduction in freezing time demonstrated in this study, particularly the 81.14% improvement with porous foam insertion, represents a noteworthy step forward in cold energy storage technology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 23","pages":"14257 - 14272"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757952","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":"Comparative analysis of CuO–water and ZnO–water nanofluids in the turbulent regime for enhanced performance in double-pipe heat exchanger","authors":"Brajesh Kumar Ahirwar, Arvind Kumar","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13623-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13623-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to reduce size and cost, the heat transfer (HT) capacity of conventional heat exchanger (HE) must be increased. Addition of nanoparticles (NPs) into parent fluids is a potentially effective method of improving HT at a manageable pressure drop. The present study was focused on the comparative analysis of thermal performance factor (TPF) between CuO–water nanofluid (NF) and ZnO–water nanofluids on double-pipe heat exchanger (DPHE) at four volume fractions (0.005%, 0.02%, 0.04%, and 0.07%) in the Reynolds number (Re) range of 5500–15000. The experiment was performed for single-phase fully developed flow in turbulent regime. The maximum enhancement in Nusselt number (Nu) for CuO–water NF was observed as 12.58% higher than ZnO–water NF for volume fraction (VF) of 0.07% at Re = 5000. Maximum augmentation in friction actor was recorded for CuO–water NF as 14.55% superior than ZnO–water NF for VF of 0.07% at lowest Re of 5500. At a Re of 5500, the maximum TPF value for CuO–water NF was found to be 2.61% greater than ZnO–water NF for 0.07% of VF. In order to develop better understanding of the behaviour of NFs, ZnO and CuO-NPs were characterized in the laboratories using XRD, HRTEM, EDS, and FTIR analysis. An empirical correlation for both Nu and friction factor (ƒ) has been developed within the range of given parameters using regression analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 23","pages":"14213 - 14240"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757953","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}
Tuqa Abdulrazzaq, Nirmalendu Biswas, Thamir Alsharifi, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Abbas Fadhil Khalaf, Abdellatif M. Sadeq, Ali E. Anqi, Hussein Togun, Ahmed Kadhim Hussein
{"title":"Performance improvement of phase change material (PCM)-based shell-and-tube-type latent heat energy storage system utilizing curved fins","authors":"Tuqa Abdulrazzaq, Nirmalendu Biswas, Thamir Alsharifi, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Abbas Fadhil Khalaf, Abdellatif M. Sadeq, Ali E. Anqi, Hussein Togun, Ahmed Kadhim Hussein","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13728-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13728-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work aims to improve the efficacy of phase change material (PCM)-based shell-and-tube-type latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems utilizing differently shaped fins. The PCM-based thermal process faces hindrances due to the lesser thermal conducting property of PCM. To address this issue, the present problem is formulated by adopting the concept of conducting fins. The geometry comprises concentric cylinders, in which the inner cylinder carries the heat transfer fluid (HTF), whereas the outer cylinder contains PCM. Four number fins of different shapes are attached outside the HTF carrying cylinder. The enthalpy–porosity approach is used for modeling the phase change and heat transfer. The investigation is conducted numerically utilizing the finite volume-based numerical technique for the range of control variables such as the shape of the fins (straight, curved, and wavy fins) and various temperatures of the HTF. Furthermore, all the results are assessed with the results of no-fin case. The results show that the melting time drops markedly by 122.2% using a curved fin. This paper shows the capability of geometry modification in enhancing the heat energy storage rate of thermal energy storage systems. The PCM-based latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) unit is very effective for sustainable energy solutions through storing and releasing of renewable energy following the supply and demand cycle. Therefore, the outcome of the present study will enrich the knowledge on the design of efficient and compact thermal energy storage systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 23","pages":"14241 - 14255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757989","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":"Thermodynamic and experimental analysis of a solar concentration unit for freshwater production","authors":"Sogand Saatchi, Farshad Farahbod, Omid Alizadeh","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13732-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13732-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research investigates the thermodynamic characteristics of solar ponds as industrial-scale freshwater production and solar energy storage systems. The study focuses on a solar pond utilizing saline wastewater as a heat transfer medium. Experimental findings reveal density variations within the wastewater, ranging from 1.09 to 1.27 <span>(g{cm}^{-3})</span>, and viscosity ranging from 0.96 to 1.13 <span>(cP)</span>. Additionally, the wastewater exhibited a heat capacity between 3.163 and 3.142 <span>(kJ{kg}^{-1}{K}^{-1})</span>. Operational data indicate peak solar radiation and evaporation rates in June, with a corresponding freshwater production of approximately 5 L per day. Ambient temperature analysis revealed July as the warmest month and January as the coldest. Theoretical temperature predictions aligned closely with experimental observations, with maximum and minimum effluent temperatures occurring in July and December, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 23","pages":"14203 - 14212"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757951","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":"Fire prevention and extinguishing technologies in coal spontaneous combustion: a bibliometric and systematic review","authors":"Lintao Hu, Hongqing Zhu, Linhao Xie, Binrui Li, Baolin Qu, Qi Liao, Ruoyi Tao","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13755-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13755-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Coal spontaneous combustion (CSC) is a major issue in the coal mining industry and poses a significant threat to the safety of coal production. To address this problem, various technologies for CSC prevention and extinguishing have been developed. Despite this, a bibliometric and systematic review of CSC prevention and extinguishing technologies (PAETs) is currently lacking. To bridge this gap, a scientometric analysis of the bibliographic data in this field is conducted to identify current popular technologies and challenges, including statistics and analysis of the number of publications, institutions, journals, and research hotspots. Also, the paper divides CSC-PAET into two categories: wind flow control methods and fire prevention and extinguishing medias. It also provides detailed information on the research status, fire extinguishing principle, application effect, advantages, and disadvantages of each category. Finally, based on the findings and limitations of the published literature, this paper recommends that future research should focus on the microscopic mechanism of CSC reaction, strengthening the development of fire prevention and extinguishing medias and intelligent equipment, and realizing the dynamic identification, analysis and control of the whole mine fire prevention and extinguishing system, which is helpful for researchers and engineers in the field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 22","pages":"12609 - 12633"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142736842","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}
Debashis Mohanty, Ganeswar Mahanta, Sachin Shaw, Ramesh Katta
{"title":"Entropy and thermal performance on shape-based 3D tri-hybrid nanofluid flow due to a rotating disk with statistical analysis","authors":"Debashis Mohanty, Ganeswar Mahanta, Sachin Shaw, Ramesh Katta","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13592-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13592-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fluid flow across a rotating disk has significant technical and industrial applications, including rotors, turbines, fans, centrifugal pumps, spinning disks, viscometers, etc. The impact of different-shaped nanoparticles immersed in the fluid controlled the thermophysical characteristics of the fluid, which were utilized in several sectors to accelerate thermal advancement. In the present problem, the tri-hybrid nanofluid flows over a rotating disk with three different shapes, namely spherical, cylindrical, and platelets, respectively, for <i>Al</i><sub><i>2</i></sub><i>O</i><sub><i>3</i></sub>, multi-layered carbon nanotubes, and graphene nanoparticles immersed in the base fluid water. Under convective conditions, the tri nanofluid’s thermal expansion is more significant when combined with Joule heating, Cattaneo-Christov heat flux, and nonlinear thermal radiation. The Galerkin Finite Element Method is used to solve the simplified form of PDEs after a similarity transformation is introduced to convert them into ODEs. The skin friction coefficient and the heat transfer rate are subjected to a quadratic regression analysis; the results are shown in tables. Compared to the base fluid, the Nusselt number reveals an improvement of around 5.72% for nanofluid, 7.35% for hybrid nanofluid, and 17.18% for tri-hybrid nanofluid when the strength of radiation parameter and Brinkman number is raised. Platelet-shaped nanoparticles observed a significant tendency to enhance the rate of heat transfer, which is more prominent for the tri-hybrid nanofluid than the hybrid and mono nanofluids. Each graph features a comparison of ternary hybrid, hybrid, and mono nanofluid with other significant physical parameters. It was noted that the entropy of the system significantly intensified with Reynolds number and temperature ratio, while it was controlled by radiation parameters. The uses of ternary nanofluids include energy storage devices, adsorbents, sensors, imaging, catalysts, therapeutic activity, and more.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 21","pages":"12285 - 12306"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714273","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}
J. Paul Rufus Babu, C. Sivarajan, B. Durga Prasad, Upendra Rajak, Yaşar Şen, Ümit Ağbulut
{"title":"Detailed experimental investigation and optimization of oxygenated diglyme–diesel–n-pentanol ternary blends on\u0000compression ignition engine behaviors","authors":"J. Paul Rufus Babu, C. Sivarajan, B. Durga Prasad, Upendra Rajak, Yaşar Şen, Ümit Ağbulut","doi":"10.1007/s10973-024-13685-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10973-024-13685-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of engines and the produced emissions by adding diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DGM), an oxygen-rich additive with a high cetane number, into n-pentanol and diesel fuel blends. Using pure diesel (OXG0) as the benchmark, five fuel blends were tested in a single-cylinder compression ignition engine. While always keeping a diesel ratio of 70%, the blends displayed a range of DGM content ranging from 5 to 20%. Analysis showed that by 1.27% in contrast to pure diesel, the mix of 70% diesel, 10% n-pentanol and 20% DGM (OXG4) enhanced brake thermal efficiency (BTE). Moreover, OXG4 was shown to be efficient in lowering CO and NO<sub>x</sub> emissions under all load conditions, therefore demonstrating its ability to control negative emissions. Still, when the DGM content rose, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions clearly started to rise—probably because of improved combustion efficiency. Furthermore, the study showed that compared to OXG0 other blends—OXG1, OXG2 and OXG3—often produced greater brake-specific fuel consumption and slightly worse BTE. The findings highlight the feasibility of DGM as a suitable additive to enhance diesel fuel blends to get better emission characteristics without appreciably compromising engine performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry","volume":"149 22","pages":"13215 - 13232"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142736826","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}