Title of Document: DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-PHYSICS, ANALYSIS CAPABILITY AND ITS APPLICATION TO NOVEL HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION Omar Abdelaziz Ahmed Abdelaziz, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Reinhard Radermacher, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Heat exchanger development using enhanced heat transfer surface designs and optimization techniques is a c...

The SLC9A1 gene, the Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1 is the principal plasma membrane Na+/H+ exchanger of mammalian cells and functions by exchanging one intracellular proton for one extracellular sodium. The human protein is 815 amino acids in length. Five hundred N-terminal amino acids make up the transport domain of the protein and are believed to form 12 transmembrane segments. Recently, a genet...

1. The anatomy of the counter-current heat exchanger of skipjack tuna is described and the pattern of blood flow is analysed. 2. The pattern of blood flow is from the dorsal aorta, through the exchanger to segmental arteries to the tissues, from the tissues to segmental veins and back through the exchanger to the post-cardinal vein. 3. The vessels in the exchanger are about the same size as sys...

One of the most costly problems in the maintenance of heat exchangers is de-fouling, which results in a waste of time and money. The present study includes two parts: the first section addresses fouling factor, its disadvantages, and circumstance of formation, fouling types, and general models of the fouling. In the second part, the problem of fouling in oil exchanger and particular type of fou...

Foundation Heat Exchangers (FHX) are a novel form of ground heat exchanger for residential applications and, by virtue of lower costs, could increase the uptake of efficient heat pump technology. This work has aimed to develop a new efficient model of such heat exchangers for system simulation. The recently developed Dynamic Thermal Network approach has been applied to formulate a model of the ...

Acquisition and distribution of metal ions support a number of biological processes. Here we show that respiratory growth of and iron acquisition by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae relies on potassium (K(+)) compartmentalization to the trans-Golgi network via Kha1p, a K(+)/H(+) exchanger. K(+) in the trans-Golgi network facilitates binding of copper to the Fet3p multi-copper ferroxidase. The...

The paper presents the idea of replacing fuzzy controllers with interpolative ones in complicated control structures, in order to reduce the complexity of the structure, visible in implementation method and calculus time. There are presented main theoretical and procedural aspects related to design and implementation of interpolative controllers. As a study case an interpolative control structu...

Process integration methods aim at identifying options for heat recovery and optimal energy conversion in industrial processes. By applying pinch analysis methods, the first step is to calculate the maximum heat recovery between cold and hot streams. The second step consists in designing the corresponding heat recovery exchanger network, based on a fixed list of streams. For the heat cascade, i...