Esse trabalho descreve um experimento simples e de fácil execução, destinado ao estudo da transferência de calor e massa por meio de uma aula prática. Tal estudo é realizado a partir da fusão de uma placa de gelo, ao ar ambiente, e com base na avaliação quantitativa do calor transferido por radiação, convecção e condensação de vapor d ́água sobre a superf́ıcie dessa placa. Os valores teóricos, pr...

Numerical analysis of global heat transfer with coupled thermal radiation and heat conduction is investigated in Czochralski silicon crystal growth furnace with curved diffuse and specular surfaces. The ®nite element method and the radiation element method are adopted to solve the global heat transfer and the radiative heat exchange, respectively. The emphasis focuses on the discussion of the i...

We study heat transfer from a heated nanoparticle into surrounding fluid using molecular dynamics simulations. We show that the fluid next to the nanoparticle can be heated well above its boiling point without a phase change. Under increasing nanoparticle temperature, the heat flux saturates, which is in sharp contrast with the case of flat interfaces, where a critical heat flux is observed fol...

The present study investigates the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics occurring during the melting process due to a stretching / shrinking surface in micropolar fluid. A uniform magnetic field is applied normally to the surface. The governing equations representing fluid flow were transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation. The equations...

The application of thermal energy storage (TES) is an effective way of improving the power load regulation capability of combined heat and power (CHP) generating units. In this paper, a theoretical investigation on the thermal energy storage system of a CHP unit that employs the microencapsulated phase change material slurry (MPCMS) as the working fluid is carried out. The results indicate that...

Abstract—The objective of this work was to develop a theoretical model to study the dynamic thermal behavior of a flat plate solar collector integrated with a phase change material (PCM). The PCM acted as a heat source for the solar system during low intensity solar radiation and night. The energy balance equations for the various components of the collector as well as for the PCM were formulat...

The dynamics of melting-rapid solidification of amorphous Ge films on transparent substrates upon irradiation with nanosecond laser pulses has been analyzed by means of real time reflectivity measurements performed both at the air-film and film-substrate interfaces. The effect of the heat flow conditions on the rapid solidification process has been studied by comparing the behavior of films wit...