Programme
Sun, 7 10 14:00 - 17:00
Registration
Foyer of meeting rooms: Le Meridien hotel
Room: Conference foyerSun, 7 10 17:15 - 18:15
Welcome
Garden area
Room: Le Meridien HotelChair: Josua P Meyer
Mon, 7 11 8:00 - 15:00
Registration
Foyer of meeting rooms: Le Meridien hotel
Room: Conference foyerMon, 7 11 9:00 - 9:15
Opening
Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Room: Chamarel 1Chair: Josua P Meyer
Mon, 7 11 9:15 - 11:45
Keynote Session I
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Josua P Meyer, Vijaya Raghavan
- The Use of Open Cell Metal Foams in Heat Exchangers: Possibilities and Limitations
- Tea/coffee (10:00 - 10:15)
- Remote Controlled Nanoparticle Heating for Biomedical Applications
- Visualisation Strategies for Computational Thermo Fluid Dynamics
Mon, 7 11 11:45 - 13:00
Enhanced Heat Transfer
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Qiuwang Wang, Xiaoze Du
- Heat Transfer Enhancement, Flow Visualization and Friction
- Numerical Study of the Thermal and Hydraulic Characteristics of a Round Tube Heat Exchanger with Louvered Fins and Delta Winglets
- Parametric Influence of Open-Cell Metal Foam on Thermal and Hydraulic Performance
- Corrugated Channels Heat Transfer Efficiency Analysis Based on Velocity Fields Resulting From Computer Simulation and PIV Measurements
- Theoretical Validation of Test Results for the Pressure Drop Values of Circular Pins with a Maximum Length to Diameter Ratio of 3.0 Using Existing Equations and Test Data for Heat Exchanger Application
Mon, 7 11 11:45 - 12:45
Renewable Energy
Room: Chamarel 2
Chairs: M. Masud K. Khan, Haimin Shi
- Optimum Operating Conditions of the Small-Scale Open and Direct Solar Thermal Brayton Cycle At Various Steady-State Conditions
- Influence of Air Flow Circulation and Absorbed Thermal Energy on Convective Heat Transfer During Operation of Mixed-Mode Solar Dryer
- Analysis of a Multi-Megawatt Grid Connected Wind Farm
- An Overview of Solar Thermal Cracking of Natural Gas: Challenges and Solutions Towards Commercilization
Mon, 7 11 11:45 - 13:00
Two Phase Flow
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Gad Hetsroni, Stephane Lips
- Experimental Study of Convective Condensation of R134a in an Inclined Tube
- Study of Helically Coiled Adiabatic Capillary Tubes for Transcritical CO2 Expansion
- Model of Heat Transfer in the Stagnation Point of Rapidly Evaporating Microjet
- Critical Heat Flux on Flow Boiling of Ethanol-water Mixtures in a Diverging Microchannel with Artificial Cavities
- Experimental Investigation of Re-Wetting of Hot Horizontal Tubes
Mon, 7 11 13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
180 degree Restaurant
Room: Le Meridien HotelMon, 7 11 14:00 - 15:45
Heat Exchangers
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Tosha Churitter, Chin Pan
- Hydrodynamic and Thermal Evaluation of Biofouling Mitigation in Plate Heat Exchangers
- Numerical Investigation of Flow Fields of Air-Cooled Condenser Cell Including Fan Blade Passages
- A Microjet Based Recuperator
- Comparison of Frosting, Defrosting and Condensate Retention Characteristics of Vertical Parallel Microgrooved and Plain Brass Surfaces in Forced Convection Condition
- Tea/coffee (15:00 - 15:15)
- Experimental Study on Condensation, Frost Formation and Condensate Retention on Microgrooved and Plain Brass Surfaces Under Natural Convection Condition
- Aspects of Fouling in Case of Heat Exchangers with Polluted Gas
Mon, 7 11 14:00 - 14:45
Combustion, Engines and Turbomachinery I
Room: Chamarel 2
Chairs: Roger Sierens, Vijaya Raghavan
Mon, 7 11 14:00 - 16:00
Processes
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Kamelia Boodhoo, Muhammad Marsudi
- Analysis of Processes in Spent Fuel Pools in Case of Loss of Heat Removal Due to Water Leakage
- Study of Acoustic Emission During Tensile Test of Mild Steel Plate
- Optimum Heat Storage Design for Heat Integrated Multipurpose Batch Plants
- Cavitation Processes in Binary Systems - the Effect of a Dissolved Gas on the Nucleation Rate Described by the Classical Nucleation Theory
- Tea/coffee (15:00 - 15:15)
- Characterization of Heat Fluxes During Water Spray Cooling of Thick Rotating Plates
- Industrial Heat Utilisation Through Water Management
- Efficiency Augmentation of Gas Turbine Cycles
Mon, 7 11 15:15 - 16:00
Posters I
Room: Exhibition area
- Video Based Classification of Two Phase Flows Using Linear Discriminant Analysis and Expectation Maximization Clustering
- Pressure Drop and Flow Behaviour of Refrigerant Two Phase Flow in a Smooth Hairpin
- Gas Heating in Plasma Microcavities: Surface Effects
- Hot-wire Anemometry Measurement of Diffusion of Air-Carbon Dioxide Admixture in Flow Over Two-Dimensional Hill
- Experimental Evaluation of Gas Turbine Emissions Fueled with Biodiesel and Biodiesel-Diesel Blend
Tue, 7 12 8:00 - 15:00
Registration
Foyer of meeting rooms: Le Meridien hotel
Room: Conference foyerTue, 7 12 9:15 - 11:00
Keynote Session II
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Patrick H Oosthuizen, Souvik Bhattacharyya
Tue, 7 12 11:00 - 12:30
Natural Convection
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Thokozani Majozi, Mohamed S Hamed
- Numerical Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Closed Cavities Partially Heated From Below
- Turbulent Dispersion of Particles in a Differentially Heated Vertical Channel
- A Numerical Study of Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convective Flow Through a Vertical Symmetrically Heated Channel
- Experimental Study of Natural Convective Heat Transfer From an Inclined Isothermal Cylinder with an Exposed Top Surface Mounted on a Flat Adiabatic Base
- Laminar Free Convection Up a Vertical Porous Plate with Suction
- The Effect of Bench Arrangements on the Indoor Climate of Naturally Ventilated Greenhouses
Tue, 7 12 11:00 - 12:15
Combustion, Engines and Turbomachinery II
Room: Chamarel 2
Chairs: Md. Mahbub Alam, Zeljko Bogdan
- Rise Time Evaluation of the Heat Flux Microsensor (HFM) on a Hot-Air-Gun Test Rig
- Achievements and State of the Art of Hydrogen Fuelled IC Engines After Twenty Years of Research At Ghent University
- Experience with the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Technique for the Modelling of Premixed and Non-Premixed Combustion
- Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Low Calorific Fuel Combustion At Different Oxygen Content in the Oxidizer
- Development of an Experimental Model Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustor for Combustion of Biomass
Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer I
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Masaru Ishizuka, Gordon Mallinson
- Effect of a Forced Flow on 3D Dendritic Growth in Binary Systems
- Morphological Instability of the Sea Ice - Ocean Interface in the Presence of Brine Channels in a Mushy Layer
- Complex Characterization of Cotton FabricsThermo Physiological Comfort
- Interaction Between the Jet and Wakes as a Method for Passive Control of Plane Impinging Jets
- Unsteady Incompressible Flow and Heat Transfer of Dusty Non-Ionized Fluid with Charged Suspended Particulate Matter(SPM) Between Two Infinite Parallel Plates Due to the Motion of One of Them
Tue, 7 12 12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
180 degree Restaurant
Room: Le Meridien HotelTue, 7 12 13:30 - 15:15
Advanced Energy and/or Environmental Systems
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Leon Pretorius, Nesrin Ozalp
- Using Liquid Air as a Way to Store Energy
- Synthesis and Optimization of Cooling Water Systems with Multiple Cooling Towers
- Finite Element Modelling and Experimental Validation of Rapid Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
- The VHTR Simulated Gas Loops for Developing the Scale-Downed High-Temperature Components
- Assessment of Energy Recovery From Carbonation Process Using Mass and Energy Balance
- Superfine Water Cleaning System with "net Zero" Power Consumption as a Renewable Power Source
- Development & Research of Double Loop Thermosyphon Air-Air Cooler for Wind Power Generator
Tue, 7 12 13:30 - 15:00
Fluid Flow, Turbulence and Aerodynamics I
Room: Chamarel 2
Chairs: Masaru Ishizuka, Pirooz Moradnia
- On Micropolar Fluid Flow
- Assessment of Gamma−Theta Transitional Model for Laminar-Turbulent Transition Prediction in Supercritical Airfoils
- Effect of Mesh Grids on the Turbulent Mixing Layer of an Axisymmetric Jet
- A Uniqueness Theorem in Fluid Turbulence
- Improvement of Aerodynamic Performance Using Thermal Fields of Localized Plasma Sources
- Fluid Structure Interaction in Fully Collapsible Tubes
Tue, 7 12 13:30 - 14:45
Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer II
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Tadeusz Ryszard Fodemski, Jiri Militky
- Heating System in the Ancient World: the Example of the Southwestern Balneum in Diocletian's Palace in Split
- Developing New Phase Change Material Components to Improve Energy Savings and Comfort in Buildings
- Influence of Dissipative Entry Temperature on Laminar Heat Transfer in Thermally Developing Region of a Circular Pipe with Viscous Dissipation
- Thermodynamics of Greenhouse Systems: a New Approach Leading to New Proposals for Sustainable Production
- Modelling Heat and Moisture Transport in Porous Materials with CFD for Building Applications
Tue, 7 12 14:45 - 16:00
MEMS, Nanotechnology and Fuel Cells
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Manish Jugroot, Frantisek Maršík
Tue, 7 12 15:00 - 16:00
Posters II
Room: Exhibition area
- Flow Boiling of Ethanol in Small Diameter Tubes
- Comparative Study of Flow Condensation in Conventional and Small Diameter Tubes
- Influence of Surface Emissivity and of Low Emissivity Shields on the Thermal Properties of Low Density Insulating Materials
- Implementation of a 3D Solver for Electric Arc Welding, Coupling Fluid Mechanics with Electromagnetics
- Experimental Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete At High Temperature
Tue, 7 12 18:00 - 22:00
Conference Banquet
On the beach (18:00 - 22:00)
Room: Le Meridien HotelWed, 7 13 8:00 - 13:00
Registration
Foyer of meeting rooms: Le Meridien hotel
Room: Conference foyerWed, 7 13 9:15 - 11:00
Keynote Session III
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Trevor Moulden, Souvik Bhattacharyya
Wed, 7 13 11:00 - 13:15
Fluid Flow, Turbulence and Aerodynamics II
Room: Chamarel 1
Chairs: Nina F. Yurchenko, Jian-Jun Shu
- Comparison of Mesh Adaptation Techniques for High-Speed Compressible Flow Problems the Scramjet Testcase for the Euler Equations
- Integral Length Scales in Vegetated Open Channel Flows
- Analysis of Secondary Flow Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Instability in Fluid Flow Through Curved Ducts
- Double-Diffusive Natural Convection Within a 3D Porous Enclosure, Using the Boundary Element Method
- Detection Problems of Vortical Structures
- Secondary Flow in Semi-Circular Ducts
- Measurements for Flow Resistance Coefficient Values of Perforated Plates in Natural Air Convection Flows
- Thermographic Analysis of Thin Liquid Films on a Rotating Disc: Approach and Challenges
- Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Flows with Strong Shocks Using Adaptive Unstructured Meshes
Power Plants, Nuclear, Boilers, Co-generation and Fluidized Beds
Room: Chamarel 2
Chairs: Lijun Yang, Jan Hemza
- Effect of the Flow Leading Slats Obliquity on the Thermal Performance of Air-Cooled Condensers in a Power Plant
- Effects of Magnetic Fields on the Improving Mass Transfer in Flue Gas Desulfurization with a Fluidized Bed
- Determination of Industrial Boiler Temperature Profile for Oil and Gas Fuels
- Analysis of Reheater Size Impact on Power Plant Performance
- Organic Rankine Cycle as Efficient Alternative to Steam Cycle for Small Scale Power Generation
- LIVE Experiments on Melt Behavior in the Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head
- Thermal Characteristics of Container for On-site Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Transportation
- Feasibility and Primary Energy Savings of Absorption Chillers for Data Centers, Both Direct Fired and in Trigeneration
- Steam System Synthesis Using Process Integration Techniques: a Graphical Approach for Multiple Steam Levels
Wed, 7 13 11:00 - 12:15
Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer III
Room: Belaire
Chairs: Vijaya Raghavan, Stephane Lips
- Experimental Analysis and Numeric Simulation of Steady State Flow Forces on Valves of Mechatronic Pressure Regulators for Natural Gas Powered Combustion Engines
- Evaluation of the Climate for Conservation of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in the St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent
- Geometric Optimisation of Forced Convection in a Vascularised Material
- Heat Transfer Coefficients for Laminar to Turbulent Flow in Tubes At Constant Heat Flux
- Numerical Study on CO2 Absorption Efficiency by Using Aqueous Monoethanolamine Solution in CO2 Absorber Column
Wed, 7 13 12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
180 degree Restaurant
Room: Le Meridien HotelWed, 7 13 13:30 - 14:30
Posters III
Room: Exhibition area
- Large-Eddy Simulations of Mixing Hot and Cold Fluids in Tee Junctions with/without Sintered Porous Medium for Various Temperature Differences
- Bundle and Annulus CHF Correlations Applicable for Near Critical Pressure Region
- Post Combustion Carbon Capture and Storage in Existing Coal Power Plant: Importance and Recent Development
Wed, 7 13 14:30 - 15:30
Posters IV
Room: Exhibition area
Conference Banquet with music band and 45 min sega show which is a dance invented by mauritians of african origin. It has become synonymous with «joie de vivre». The sega, its music and dance form, is specific to Mauritius. The sega, mainly based on African music originating with slaves, is nowadays played with modern instruments and features contemporary musical influences. (at the Le Meridien Hotel)