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Filtering by: Creator Deinzer, Max L. Remove constraint Creator: Deinzer, Max L. Academic Affiliation Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Remove constraint Academic Affiliation: Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Committee Member Drost, Kevin Remove constraint Committee Member: Drost, Kevin Subject Heat -- Transmission Remove constraint Subject: Heat -- Transmission

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  • Applications of the thermal wave technique in liquid thermal conductivity measurements and flow field diagnostics

    Creator:
    Wang, Zhefu
    Abstract:
    The thermal wave technique has been explored for the use of liquid thermal conductivity measurement and flow property diagnostics in this dissertation. For liquid thermal conductivity measurements, an experimental technique based on the thermal wave approach is developed. A stainless steel strip functions as both a heating element and a...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    conductivity, W/m·K l distance between the heater and the sensor q surface heating flux, W/m2 q0 constant

  • Numerical design of a high-flux microchannel solar receiver

    Creator:
    Rymal, Charles
    Abstract:
    This thesis discusses the design of several microchannel solar receiver devices for use in CSP (concentrated solar power) using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations. The goal is to demonstrate that, by taking advantage of the higher heat transfer coefficienct of microchannels, solar receivers can achieve higher efficiency than current receiver...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    in a duct is ∆p = f L Dh ρv2 2 (1.4) 11 where f is Darcy friction factor, L is channel length