Programme
Sunday 15 July 2012
Welcome Cocktail Function at Alfresco Gardens at the InterContinental Malta
Monday: 16 July 2012
Conference Day 1
Tuesday: 17 July 2012
Conference Day 2
Wednesday: 18 July 2012
Conference Day 3
Awards ceremony and conference banquet
Sun, 7 15
Sun, 7 15 14:00 - 17:00
Registration
Foyer of Conference Rooms: InterContinental Hotel
Room: Pre-function AreaSun, 7 15 18:00 - 19:00
Welcome
Alfresco Gardens
Room: GardenMon, 7 16
Mon, 7 16 8:00 - 17:00
Registration
Foyer of Conference Rooms: InterContinental Hotel
Room: Pre-function AreaMon, 7 16 9:00 - 9:10
Opening
Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2Mon, 7 16 9:10 - 10:40
Keynote Session I
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chair: Josua P Meyer (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Mon, 7 16 10:40 - 11:00
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Mon, 7 16 11:00 - 12:40
Nuclear
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Helen Boussalis (California State University, Los Angeles, USA), Bruno Panella (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
- 11:00 Assessment of Safety Analysis Code on Integral Effect Test with SNUF
- 11:20 Overview of Severe Accident Research Activities Performed in the LACOMECO Project At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 11:40 Experimental Study on Critical Heat Flux Under Rolling Condition
- 12:00 Hydraulic Characteristics of SMART Reactor for a Nominal Condition
- 12:20 Application of COCOSYS Code for Investigation of Gas Mixing in MISTRA Test Facility
Computational Fluid Dynamics 1
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Tilak T Chandratilleke (Curtin University, Australia), Lyazid Djenidi (School of Engineering & The University of Newcastle, Australia)
- 11:00 CFD of a Hybrid Cooling System Composed of a Displacement Ventilation Unit and a Radiant Cooling Floor
- 11:20 CFD as a Design Tool for a Concentric Heat Exchanger
- 11:40 Scattering of the Tsunami Wave Impinging Into a Forest for Damage Prevention
- 12:00 Numerical Simulation of the Deposition Process and the Epitaxial Growth of Cadmium Telluride Thin Film in a MOCVD Reactor
- 12:20 Wake Simulations in Shallow Flows
Renewable Energy 1
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Juan Mario García de María (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain), Vinoth Kumar Annamalai (Kumaraguru College of Technology, India)
- 11:00 Single Pass Solar Air Heater with Transverse Fins and Without Absorber Plate
- 11:20 Experimental Study on the Performance of Thermosyphon Solar Water Heater in Arequipa, Peru
- 11:40 Temperature Moderation in a Structure by Solidification of a Phase-Change Material
- 12:00 Simulation and Experimentation of Heat Transfer in a Solar Distillation Still
- 12:20 Numerical Analysis of Thermal Performance of an Externally Longitudinally Finned Receiver for Parabolic Trough Solar Collector
Mon, 7 16 11:00 - 12:20
Nanotechnology and Suspensions
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Dimitrios Papavassiliou (University of Oklahoma, USA), Manish Jugroot (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada)
- 11:00 Boundary Conditions for Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Water Transport Through Carbon Nanotubes
- 11:20 Lagrangian Model for Deposition From Low-concentrated Particles-laden Turbulent Jets
- 11:40 Thermodynamic Properties of Nanodrops. Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- 12:00 On the Modelling of Non-Monotonous Viscosity Describing Feedstock Behaviour in Powder Injection Moulding
Mon, 7 16 11:00 - 12:40
Combustion
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Weeratunge Malalasekera (Loughborough University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Jeffrey Baloyi (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research & University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- 11:00 Thin Filament Pyrometry of Bio-fuels on a Counter-Flow Burner
- 11:20 Computer Modelling of High Temperature Air Combustion
- 11:40 Characteristics of Air and Oxy-Fuel Combustion in Micro-Channels
- 12:00 Combustion of 'as Received' Palm Kernel Shell in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustor
- 12:20 Nonadiabatic Turbulent Ultra Rich Combustion of Natural Gas
Mon, 7 16 12:40 - 13:40
Lunch
Room: Restaurant Harruba
Mon, 7 16 13:40 - 15:00
Turbulence
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Saurav Das (Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology, Malaysia), Petr A Mukhachev (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia)
- 13:40 Three-Dimensional Flow Structure Behind an Ahmed Vehicle Model
- 14:00 Two-Equation Model for Supersonic Flows Based on Modelling of Pressure-strain Correlation
- 14:20 Empirical Correlations for Grid Turbulence
- 14:40 Heat Transfer in Turbulent Flow with Lagrangian Methods: Scales of Turbulent Transport in Wall Turbulence
Fluid Flow 1
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: David Emerson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Kim Heuy Dong (Andong National University, Korea (South))
- 13:40 Influence of the Inlet Conditions on the Degree of Mixing of a T-shaped Micro-mixer
- 14:00 Numerical Simulation of Highly Viscous Thin Film Flow on a Vertically Rotational Disk Partially Immersed in Liquid
- 14:20 Linear Stability Analysis of a Supercritical Loop
- 14:40 Effect of Operating Conditions on Fluid Flow Over a High Speed Rotary Bell-cup Atomizer
Mon, 7 16 13:40 - 15:20
Two Phase Flow 1
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Seyhan Uygur Onbasioglu (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey), Tassos Karayiannis (Brunel University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 13:40 Void Fraction Measurements of Refrigerant Flow in Small Diameter Tubes Using a Capacitive Sensor
- 14:00 Electrical Capacitance Probe Characterisation for Vertical Annular Air-Water Flow Investigation
- 14:20 Development of Numerical Analysis Method Based on Staggered Grid for Arbitrary 3-dimensional Mesh Shape for Two-phase Three-field Model
- 14:40 Performance Evaluation of Direct Vessel Injection Plus (DVI+)
- 15:00 Water Droplet Evaporation At High Pressure and Temperature Levels - Part II: Comparison of Experimental Results with a 1D Simulation
Mon, 7 16 13:40 - 15:00
Boilers and Turbomachinery
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Robert Ghirlando (University of Malta, Malta), Dariusz Mikielewicz (Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poland)
- 13:40 Characteristics of Oxy-fuel Combustion in an Industrial Boiler Furnace
- 14:00 CFD and Infrared Combined Analysis of a Furnace Belonging to a 420 t/h Bituminous Coal Steam Generator
- 14:20 Experimental Studies on Thermal Protective Coating for Low Pressure Gas Turbine Blades
- 14:40 Experimental Investigation of a Separation Bubble on a Flat Plate with Semi-circular Leading Edge for Different Reynolds Numbers
Heat and Mass Transfer 1
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Yasar S. Kocaefe (University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada), Kirill Poletkin (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
Mon, 7 16 15:00 - 16:00
Posters 1
Room: Poster area
- Modeling High-Speed Reacting Flows with Variable Turbulent Prandtl and Schmidt Numbers
- Design of an Apparatus to Measure the Unsteady Temperature Distribution Around Straight and U-Shaped Heated Cylinders Buried Vertically in an Infinite Medium (Application to Ground Source Heat Pumps)
- The Performance Analysis of Compact Polymer Heat Exchanger Using Specialized Test System
- Rheological Properties of Some Complex Polymers Containing Alicyclic Structures
- Comparison of Plain and Finned Tubes During Pool Boiling of CaSO4 Solutions
- Morphological and Rheological Properties of New Quaternized Polysulfone with Triphenylphosphonium Pendant Groups
- Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Cellulose Derivatives in Blends
- Experimental Study of Solar Energy Potential in the Gulf of Tunis-Tunisia
- Experimental Analysis of Flameless Combustion for Reduction of Pollutants
- Association Phenomena in Quaternized Polysulfones/Solvent/Nonsolvent Systems
- Improvement in Flame Stability of Diffusion Flame Using a Bluff-body Swirling Jet Combustor
- Building Simulation Improvement Energy Management System
- Exergy Analysis of a Bi-Fuel SI Engine
- Modeling and Investigation of the Wind Resource in the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia
Mon, 7 16 15:00 - 15:20
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Mon, 7 16 15:20 - 17:00
Heat Exchangers 1
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chair: Kambiz Ebrahimi (University of Bradford, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 15:20 Simulation, Fabrication and Optimization of the Vehicular Intercooler Based on Field Synergy Principle
- 15:40 Optimization of a Louvered Fin Heat Exchanger with Individually Variable Louver Angles
- 16:00 Heat Transfer and Hydrodynamics in Heat Exchangers of Independent Electric Microsources (IEM)
- 16:20 Thermo-hydraulic Comparison of 10 PPI Metal Foam and Louvered Fins for Low Velocity Applications
- 16:40 Effect of Surface Finish on Heat Transfer Performance of Plate Heat Exchanger
Mon, 7 16 15:20 - 17:20
Power Plants and Cogeneration
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Christos N. Markides (Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Gokhan Ozdamar (University of Delft, The Netherlands)
- 15:20 Management of Low Grade Waste Heat From the Supercritical Power Plant Using the ORC Installation Aided by Bleed Steam
- 15:44 Exergy Analysis of Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant Using Fog System
- 16:08 Increasing the Efficiency and Generated Electricity of Organic Rankine Cycles by Using Zeotropic Mixtures as Working Fluids
- 16:32 Combined Production of Electricity and Heat in a Microcogeneration Unit
- 16:56 Optimization of Waste Heat Recovery Using an ORC in a Large Retail Company
Aerodynamics, Aerospace and Astronautics 1
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Hermann Fasel (University of Arizona, USA), David Emerson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 15:20 Flow Quality Improvement in a Transonic Wind Tunnel
- 15:40 Insight Into the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Floating Wind Turbines with Tension-Leg Platforms (TLP) Using a Blade Element Momentum (BEM) Based Model
- 16:00 Long Wave Instability Development in the Laminar Boundary Layer Near Porous Wall
- 16:20 Investigation of the Pressure Distribution Over a MAV Model
- 16:40 Effect of Second Wing on the Surface Pressure of an MAV Model
- 17:00 In-Flight Icing Prediction with High Speed Flow Effects
Mon, 7 16 15:20 - 16:40
Fundamentals and Measuring Techniques
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Bodo Ruck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany), Gokhan Ozdamar (University of Delft, The Netherlands)
- 15:20 A Study on the Frequency Modulation Doppler Global Velocimetry
- 15:40 Three-Dimensional Simulation to Observe the Effects of the Static Magnetic Field on the Growth of Si0.25Ge0.75 in a Vertical Bridgman Setting
- 16:00 Thermoreflectance Small Scale Temperature Measurement Under Ambient Conditions
- 16:20 Study of Inlet Perturbations on Excitation of a Laminar Separation Bubble Through LES
Mon, 7 16 15:20 - 16:20
Heat and Mass Transfer 2
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Rached Ben-Mansour (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia), Petr Filip (Institute of Hydrodynamics & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
Tue, 7 17
Tue, 7 17 8:00 - 17:00
Registration
Foyer of Conference Rooms: InterContinental Hotel
Room: Pre-function AreaTue, 7 17 9:10 - 10:40
Keynote Session II
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chair: Josua P Meyer (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Tue, 7 17 10:40 - 11:00
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Tue, 7 17 11:00 - 12:40
Engines
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Avram Bar-Cohen (University of Maryland, USA), Gokhan Ozdamar (University of Delft, The Netherlands)
- 11:00 Comparison of Heat Flux Sensors for Internal Combustion Engines on Two Hot Air Gun Test Rigs and a Test Engine
- 11:20 Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Hydrogen Enhanced Combustion in SI and CI Engines on Performance and Emissions
- 11:40 Simulation of Premixed Combustion and Near Wall Flame Quenching in Spark Ignition Engines with an Improved Formulation of the Bray-Moss-Libby Model
- 12:00 Simultaneous Increasing of Thermal Conversion Efficiency and BMEP While Reducing Emissions
- 12:20 Analysis and Comparison of Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Internal Combustion Engine for Three Different Fuel Efficiency Devices
Tue, 7 17 11:00 - 13:00
Computational Fluid Dynamics 2
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Saurav Das (Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology, Malaysia), Malcolm Davidson (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
- 11:00 Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection for Vertical Flat Plate with Fins
- 11:20 Basic Study on the Oil Recovery in a Hybrid Heat Pump Using Ammonia/Water Solution
- 11:40 CFD Simulations of the Spent Fuel Pool in the Loss of Coolant Accident
- 12:00 A CFD Study of the EHL Line Contact Problem with Consideration of the Surface Roughness Under Varied Loads
- 12:20 A Control-Volume Finite Element Method for the Prediction of Three-Dimensional Diffusion-Type Phenomena in Anisotropic Media
- 12:40 Determination of Important Flow Characteristics for Leak Detection in Water Pipelines-Networks
Tue, 7 17 11:00 - 12:40
Heat Exchangers 2
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Elisabetta Brunazzi (Pisa University, Italy), Yilin Fan (LOCIE-CNRS & Polytech' Annecy-Chambéry, Université de Savoie, France)
- 11:00 Investigation of Heat Exchanger Inclination in Forced-Draught Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
- 11:20 Single-Phase Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Coefficients in Concentric Annuli
- 11:40 Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Microchannels with Different Inlet Conditions for Water in the Laminar and Transitional Regimes
- 12:00 Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Immiscible Liquid Mixtures
- 12:20 Measurement of Pressure Distribution Inside A Cross Corrugated Heat Exchanger Using Microchannel Pressure Tappings
Renewable Energy 2
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Mohammad Yousef Jabbari (Saginaw Valley State University, USA), Abolghasem Karimi (Mapna Group, Iran)
- 11:00 Challenges in Developing a Solar - Powered Stirling Engine for Domestic Electricity Generation
- 11:20 The Application of MCP Techniques and CFD Modelling for Wind Resource Assessment in a Mediterranean Island Context
- 11:40 The New Technology of Complex Thermal Conversion of Biomass
- 12:00 Biogas for Partial Substitution of Diesel in Power Generators
- 12:20 Optimization of Thermoacoustic Heat Engines for Conversion of Heat to Electricity
Heat and Mass Transfer 3
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Nevin Celik (Firat University, Turkey), Drazen Fabris (Santa Clara University, USA)
- 11:00 Comparison of Thermal Performance of Different Wall Structures
- 11:20 Effects of Wall Orientation and Thermal Insulation on Time Lag and Decrement Factor
- 11:40 Optimization of Working Roll Cooling in Hot Rolling
- 12:00 Natural Convection Heat and Momentum Transfer in Square Cavities Discretely Heated From Below and Cooled From Above and One Side
- 12:20 Synthetic Jets for Electronics Cooling Applications
Tue, 7 17 12:40 - 13:40
Lunch
Room: Restaurant Harruba
Tue, 7 17 13:40 - 14:40
Energy and Environmental Systems
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Mohammad Golam Rasul (Central Queensland University & Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Australia), Martijn van den Broek (Ghent University, Belgium)
Tue, 7 17 13:40 - 15:00
Thermal Properties
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Nihad Dukhan (University of Detroit Mercy, USA), Samia Shiban (University of Tishreen & High Institute for Environmental Research, Syria)
- 13:40 Thermal and Residual Stress Analyses of A Welded Stainless Steel Plate
- 14:00 A Theoretıcal Model for Determınıng Thermal Conductıvıty of Porous Solıd Materıals
- 14:20 Experimental Investigation of AL2O3-EG Nanofluid Thermal Properties and Heat Exposure Stability in Closed Circuit
- 14:40 Thermal Conductivity of Gypsum Plasterboard Beyond Dehydration and Its Correlation with the Pore Structure
Fluid Flow 2
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Victor Gheorghiu (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Kim Heuy Dong (Andong National University, Korea (South))
- 13:40 Bifurcation of Internally Heated Flow in a Vertical Pipe
- 14:00 Comparison of Breakup Models for Large Space in High Pressure Pulse Sprays
- 14:20 Modeling of Two Phase Flow Expansion Instabilities in Long Risers or Wells
- 14:40 Analysis of Dynamic Processes During the Accidents in a District Heating System
Two Phase Flow 2
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Rémi Revellin (INSA Lyon France, France), Xiaogang Yang (The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China)
- 13:40 An İnvestigation Into Parametric Effects on Boiling Heat Transfer
- 14:00 Supersonic Nozzle Flow in the Two-Phase Ejector as Water Refrigeration System by Using Waste Heat
- 14:20 Investigation on Oblique Shock Waves Occurred in the Supersonic Carbon Dioxide Two-Phase Flow
- 14:40 Experimental Research on the Two-phase Flow Nozzle Performance of the Ejector for Carbon Dioxide
Heat and Mass Transfer 4
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Mehmet Arık (Ozyegin University, Turkey), Zdeněk Trávníček (Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, v. v. i., Czech Republic)
- 13:40 Prediction of Mold Risk in Cavity Walls Combining a Coupled CFD/HAM-Model and a 2D Hygrothermal Model: The Influence of the Outer Cavity Layer on the Inner Cavity Layer
- 14:00 Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer Inside a Heated Cavity with a Moisture Source
- 14:20 Numerical Investigation of Bi-component Droplets Vaporization in a Turbulent Flow
- 14:40 Buoyancy Drop Hysteresis in a Two-dimensional Countercurrent Laminar Opposing Mixed Convection System
Tue, 7 17 15:00 - 16:00
Posters 2
Room: Poster area
- Simulation of an Integrated Hydrogen Fuel Cell with LiBr-Water Absorption System for Combined Production of Electricity, Cooling and Hot Water
- Down-Scale of Hydrodynamic Shear Effects on Suspended Cells
- Natural Convection Analysis in Vertical Upright-Angled Triangular Cavities with Uniformly Heated Vertical Wall and Isothermally Cooled Hypotenuse
- Effects of Interstitial Exchange Parameters on the Thermal Field in a Porous Channel with Heat Generation and Local Thermal Non Equilibrium
- Study on Weathering Behavior of Jack Pine Heat-Treated Under Different Conditions
- Effectiveness of Bark Extracts and CeO2 Nano Particles as Coating Additives for the Protection of Heat-Treated Jack Pine
- Evaluation of Type C Fly Ash in the Production of Composite Material
- Characteristics and Mechanism on Condensate Drop Movement Under Bulk Surface Temperature Gradient in Marangoni Dropwise Condensation
- Formation Mechanism and Characteristics of Microlayer in Micro-Gap Boiling System
- Experimental Study for Local Air/water Flow Structure of Bubbly and Slug Flow Regime
- Numerical and Experimental Comparison of On-Line Methods for Detection of Thermal Runaway Events in Semi-batch Chemical Reactors
- Analysis of CFD Heat Transfer of Vacuum Freeze-Drying Shelf
- Experimental Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Grouting Materials
- An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Formation and Destruction of a Condensate Plug in a One-Dimensional Model of Gas-Condensate Stratum
- Experimental Characterization of Combustion in Recirculation Zone of Double-Stage Swirl Chamber
- Effect of a Spanwise Flow on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Tue, 7 17 15:00 - 15:20
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Tue, 7 17 15:20 - 17:00
Aerodynamics, Aerospace and Astronautics 2
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Zhiyin Yang (University of Derby, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Igor Lipatov (Central Aeohydrodynamic Institute & Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia)
- 15:20 Drag Reduction of Cylinders by Partial Porous Coating
- 15:40 An Experimental Study of Sweep Angle Effects on the Transition Point of a 2D Wing by Using Hot-Film Sensor
- 16:00 An Experimental Study of the Effects of Sweep Angle on the Boundary Layer of 2D Wing
- 16:20 A Study on the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Projectiles in Overtaking Blast Flowfields
- 16:40 Simulation of Micro-Scale Ionized Gases for Aerospace Applications
Tue, 7 17 15:20 - 18:00
Natural Convection
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Tassos Karayiannis (Brunel University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Masato Nagata (Kyoto University, Japan)
- 15:20 Destabilization of Free Convection by Weak Rotation
- 15:40 Thermal and Energy Analysis of Double-Skin Facades
- 16:00 Natural Convection and Entropy Generation in a Large Aspect Ratio Cavity with Walls of Finite Thickness
- 16:20 Influence of Property Variation on Natural Convection in a Cylindrical Porous Annulus
- 16:40 Analytical Study of Natural Convection in a Heated Vertical Channel
- 17:00 Solid/Liquid Density Differences and the Initial Stages of Phase-Change in the Presence of Natural Convection
- 17:20 Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in a Cylinder with an Aspect Ratio of 8
- 17:40 Thermo-flow Characteristics of a Pin-fin Radial Heat Sinks According to Their Fin Height Profile
Tue, 7 17 15:20 - 17:40
Thermodynamics
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Drazen Fabris (Santa Clara University, USA), Jim Kok (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
- 15:20 The Effects of the M-Cycle on the Performance of a Gas Turbine
- 15:40 Optimization of a Condenser in a Thermal Power Plant
- 16:00 Modeling Combined Cycle Performance At Full and Part Loads
- 16:20 A Framework for the Analysis of Thermal Losses in Reciprocating Compressors and Expanders
- 16:40 Zero-Dimensional Model for a 4-stroke, Direct Injection, Variable Compression Ratio Diesel Engine for Maximum Torque
- 17:00 Effects of Pipes Corrugated Shapes on the Friction Factor
- 17:20 Modelling the Activity of Seawater and Implications for Desalination Exergy Analyses
Tue, 7 17 15:20 - 17:20
Porous Flow
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Mehmet Arık (Ozyegin University, Turkey), Duygu Kocaefe (University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada)
- 15:20 Brinkman-Extended Darcy Flow in Metal Foam: Analysis and Experiment
- 15:40 Theoretical Investigations of Filtration Process of Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Porous Media
- 16:00 Validation of the Thermal Equilibrium Assumption in Periodic Free Convection in Porous Channel Using Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer Model
- 16:20 Closure Term Modeling of the Volume Averaged Transport Equations for Open Cell Foam
- 16:40 Optimum Geometry of Solid Porous Spheres with Heat Generation
- 17:00 Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in the Adsorbent Bed of a Thermal Wave Adsorption Cooling Cycle
Tue, 7 17 15:20 - 17:40
Heat and Mass Transfer 5
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Vijaya Raghavan (McGill University, Canada), Mama Chacha (Alhosn University, United Arab Emirates)
- 15:20 On the Modelling of Conjugate Moisture Transport in Air and Capillary Porous Material
- 15:40 Optimisation of Conjugate Triangular Cooling Channels with Internal Heat Generation
- 16:00 Analysis of Oil Flow Distribution in Power Transformer Winding Cooling Ducts Using Temperature Measurements
- 16:20 Enhanced Heat Transfer in Laminar Pulsating Flow Past a Flat Plate
- 16:40 Thermal Instability of Poiseuille-Rayleigh-Bénard for a Supercritical Fluid in a Mini-Channel
- 17:00 Heat Transfer Modes in Supersonic Hydrogen Combustion
- 17:20 Vibration Effects on Heat Transfer During Solidification of Paraffin
Wed, 7 18
Wed, 7 18 8:00 - 15:00
Registration
Foyer of Conference Rooms: InterContinental Hotel
Room: Pre-function AreaWed, 7 18 9:10 - 10:40
Keynote Session III
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chair: Josua P Meyer (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Wed, 7 18 10:40 - 11:00
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Wed, 7 18 11:00 - 12:40
Computational Fluid Dynamics 3
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Saurav Das (Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology, Malaysia), Lingai Luo (LOCIE-CNRS, France)
- 11:00 Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion on Onshore Structures Using CFD Based Numerical Approach
- 11:20 Computational Study of Shock Wave Propagation and Reflection in a Micro Shock Tube
- 11:40 Assessment of URANS Approach for Predicting Twin Impinging Jets in a Cross-flow
- 12:00 Developing a New Design to Improve Radiation Heat Transfer in an Oven-Like Cavity
- 12:20 Numerical Analysis of Mixing Guide Vane Effects on Performance of the Supersonic Ejector-Diffuser System
Wed, 7 18 11:00 - 13:20
Fluid Flow and Visualization
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: Gad Hetsroni (Technion, Israel), Alexander Gelfgat (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
- 11:00 Tunable Imbibition of Molten Metal on a Rough Surface
- 11:20 The Features of the Lateral Flow in the Cross-Section Slice of an Elongated Body: Experimental Approach
- 11:40 Visualization of Mixed Convection Flows in Vertical, Horizontal, and Inclined Pipes
- 12:00 Assessment of Capability of Theoretical Correlations for Prediction of Pressure Drop of Fuel Pins with Grid Spacer
- 12:20 On Wave Breaking in Tuned Liquid Dampers
- 12:40 Wake Control Using Synthetic Jets
- 13:00 Observation and Study of Cavitation in Closed Flow System
Wed, 7 18 11:00 - 12:20
Processes, Education, Fuel Cells and MEMS
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Drazen Fabris (Santa Clara University, USA), Manish Jugroot (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada)
- 11:00 Residual Stress and Distortion in Samples of Complex Geometry Subjected to Spray Quenching
- 11:20 Vision 2030: The Future for Mechanical Engineering Education with a Focus on Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics
- 11:40 A Numerical Analysis of the Graetz Problem Using the Method of Moments
- 12:00 Impact of Cooling Channel Geometry on Thermal Management and Performance of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Wed, 7 18 11:00 - 13:00
Heat and Mass Transfer 7
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Christos N. Markides (Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)), Tassos Karayiannis (Brunel University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 11:00 Integrated Evaporation-Condensation Process of Binary Liquid Mixture Separation
- 11:20 Solution for Transient Heat Conduction Problem with Low Biot Number
- 11:40 The Fractional Heat Equation
- 12:00 Experimental Investigation of a Temperature Separation Effect Inside a Short Vortex Chamber
- 12:20 Heat Transfer Modelling of the Combustion Chamber of a Sidewell Furnace
- 12:40 Comparison of the 1D and 3D Models for the Simulation of Wood Heat Treatment Process
Wed, 7 18 11:00 - 12:20
Enhanced Heat Transfer
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Tunde Bello-Ochende (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Aggrey Mwesigye (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
- 11:00 Effect of Wire Diameter on Ultrasonic Enhancement of Subcooled Pool Boiling
- 11:20 Effects of Acoustic Actuation Frequency and Nozzle Geometry on Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics of an Impinging Confined Water Jet
- 11:40 Pool Boiling on Modified Surfaces Using R-123
- 12:00 Thermomagnetic Convection in Two- and Three-Dimensional Channels Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method
Wed, 7 18 12:40 - 13:40
Lunch
Room: Restaurant Harruba
Wed, 7 18 13:40 - 15:20
Heat Exchangers 3
Room: Cettina De Cesare 1
Chairs: Drazen Fabris (Santa Clara University, USA), Tassos Karayiannis (Brunel University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 13:40 Influence of the Geometry on the Thermohydraulics of a Compound Heat Exchanger Consisting of Louvered Fins and Delta Winglets
- 14:00 Mitigation of Crystallization Fouling Using Projectiles in Tubular Heat Exchangers
- 14:20 Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Perforated Solar Air Collector Coupled to a Capillary Radiant Heating System
- 14:40 Simulation and Experimental Validation of a Helical Coil Used as Condenser in a Heat Pump for Domestic Water Heating in a Tank
- 15:00 Frosting Behavior of Fin-tube Heat Exchanger According to Refrigerant Flow Type
Wed, 7 18 13:40 - 15:00
Interdisciplinary Areas
Room: Cettina De Cesare 3
Chairs: John Chai (The Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates), Mohsen Ferchichi (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada)
- 13:40 Deformation of Liquid Drops Containing Ions in the Presence of an Electric Field
- 14:00 Mach's Principle in Newtonian Continuum Mechanics
- 14:20 THE EXISTENCE OF ENERGY MANAGERS IN AN INDUSTRY - A Need of the Time in the Energy Starved Environment
- 14:40 High-Fidelity Modeling of Synthetic Jet Actuators for Airfoil Flow and Noise Control
Wed, 7 18 13:40 - 15:20
Two Phase Flow 3
Room: Jupiter
Chairs: Michel De Paepe (Ghent University - UGent, Belgium), Tassos Karayiannis (Brunel University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- 13:40 Water Droplet Evaporation At High Pressure and Temperature Levels - Part I: Experimental Investigations of Spray Patterns At Varied Test Conditions
- 14:00 Experimental Investigations of Two-Phase Liquid-Liquid Horizontal Flows Through Orifice Plates
- 14:20 Drop Forming Regimes in Viscous Co-Flowing Liquid-Liquid-Systems with Equal Density
- 14:40 Experimental Analysis of R-134a Flow Condensation in a Smooth Tube
- 15:00 Experimental Determination of the Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficients of R-134a and R-417A on a Smooth Copper Tube
Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning
Room: Neptune 1
Chairs: Julio Vaillant Rebollar (Ghent University, Belgium), Bantwal R Baliga (McGill University & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Canada)
- 13:40 Simulation Model of a Small Power Refrigeration Cycle Demonstration Unit
- 14:00 Improving the Energy Efficiency of a Control Cabinet Air Conditioner Through the Use of Variable Refrigerant Flow Capacity Control
- 14:20 Experimental Investigation on Variable Speed Operation of Air Conditioning
- 14:40 Thermal Performance Modelling of Data Centre- A Case Study
- 15:00 A Modelling Perspective of Postharvest Storage
Wed, 7 18 13:40 - 15:00
Heat and Mass Transfer 6
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Yuqi Huang (Zhejiang University, China), Romuald Mosdorf (Bialystok University of Technology, Poland)
- 13:40 Flow Orientation in Conjugate Cooling Channels with Internal Heat Generation
- 14:00 Measurement of Infiltration Rate of Warm Air Into Walk-in Coolers
- 14:20 Numerical Study on Desalinated Water Flux From NaCl Solution Using Hollow Fiber Type DCMD Module
- 14:40 Flow Distribution and Mixing Performance of a Novel Multichannel Heat Exchanger Reactor
Wed, 7 18 15:00 - 16:00
Posters 3
Room: Poster area
- Numerical Tool for the Inverse Estimation of the Heat Capacity Temperature-Dependent Using Pspice
- Computation of Gas and Multiphase Supersonic Jets with Non-Equilibrium Processes
- ARC Discharge in Liquid Phase
- The Statistical Theory of Monomolecular Fullerene Film Formation on the Crystal Surface
- Temperature Dependence of Specific Magnetization of Metal-Carbon Nanocomposites Synthesized by Arc Discharge in Liquid
- Influence of Magnetic Field on Properties of Nanoparticles Produced by Electrospark Method
- Spacer Grid Effects on the Heat Transfer Enhancement During a Reflood
- Application of Laser and White-Light Speckle Photography for Liquid Diffusion Studies
- Modelling of the Aiding Mixed Convection in a Vertical Rectangular Channel
- Turbulence Modelling in CFD Simulation of Intake Manifold for a 4 Cylinder Engine
- Free Surface Flow: Experiments in a Hydraulic Channel with the Water At Rest and a Moving Bottom
- Modeling Long Term Pressure and Temperature Oscillations in the Flow Boiling in Microchannels
- Not Periodic Liquid Movement Inside the Glass Nozzle During Air Bubbles Departures in Water
- Temperature Field Behind Parallel-line Heat Source in Turbulent Flow
- Experimental Study on the Heat Transfer in Small Cyclones
- The Study on Design of Flow Path and Effect of Heat Removal for Liquid-cooled Thermal Module
Wed, 7 18 15:00 - 15:20
Tea/Coffee
Room: Foyer Area
Wed, 7 18 15:20 - 16:20
Not attending conference
Room: Jupiter
Wed, 7 18 15:20 - 16:40
Renewable Energy 3
Room: Cettina De Cesare 2
Chairs: Alejandro Cardenas Miranda (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany), Ahmed Alarabi (College of Technical Engineering, Hoon-Libya & Non, Libya)
- 15:20 Impacts of Climate Change on Solar PV Power System: A Case Study in Subtropical Rockhampton, Australia
- 15:40 Combustion Efficiency Charts for Bio-Fuels Used in Condensing Applications
- 16:00 Numerical and Optical Analysis of Weather Adaptable Solar Reactor
- 16:20 CFD Analysis for Solar Chimney Power Plants
Wed, 7 18 19:00 - 22:00
Awards Ceremony and Conference Banquet
Room: Restaurant Bacchus