The performance of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell cooling system using coolant flow channels enhanced with baffles was numerically investigated. To do this, the maximum temperature of the cooling plate, temperature uniformity and also pressure drop along the flow channels were compared for different cases associated with number of baffles and their dimensions inside the channels. The govern...

Numerical simulations of a three-dimensional model of impingement and film cooling on a flat plate are presented and validated with the available experimental data. Four different turbulence models were utilized for simulation, in which SST  had the highest precision, resulting in less than 4% maximum error in temperature estimation. A simplified geometry with periodic boundary conditions is de...

Although pre-cooling is known to enhance exercise performance, the optimal cooling intensity is unknown. We hypothesized that mild cooling opposed to strong cooling circumvents skin vasoconstriction and thermogenesis, and thus improves cooling efficiency reflected in improved time to exhaustion. Eight males undertook three randomized trials, consisting of a pre-cooling and an exercise session. ...

In this research multiple-regression analysis with stepwise selection method was employed for investigating the effectof vertical building envelopes solar radiation (Evr) on cooling energy consumption (E cooling) in residential sector.The high capacity of solar energy in semi-arid climate (Shiraz) can provide a part of buildings required energy. Dependson house orientations in two directions of...

Laboratory and field tests have shown that accelerated compression of peat soils occurs in response to moderate heating and an effective overconsolidation is produced on subsequent cooling. This phenomenon has been termed thermal precompression. In this study, long-term laboratory and field tests were conducted to investigate secondary compression behavior of peat as a function of stress and te...

Piezoelectric stack actuators (PESAs) are widely used in applications requiring a fast response, high resolution, and accuracy. The self-heating of PESA during continuous drive with large amplitude at frequencies can change its voltage displacement charge characteristics. These changes lead to loss stability inaccurate positioning systems. In this paper, we confirmed that by using our proposed ...

To better understand the mechanism influencing periodic lattice structures in gas turbine blade cooling, these numerical simulations present a systematic comparison of effects cases involving pin-fin, Kagome, and BCC arrays on film-cooling effectiveness under three blowing ratios (i.e., M = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5). The results indicate that introduction array improves within whole streamwise range, espe...