Natural convection over vertical and horizontal heated flat surfaces: A review of recent progress focusing on underpinnings and implications for heat transfer and …

Y Fan, Y Zhao, JF Torres, F Xu, C Lei, Y Li… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Natural convection arising over vertical and horizontal heated flat surfaces is one of the most
ubiquitous flows at a range of spatiotemporal scales. Despite significant developments over …

PCM-based ceiling panels for passive cooling in buildings: A CFD modelling

S Yang, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, JF Torres, X Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
To relieve the upsurge of the energy demand associated to building indoor cooling, passive
cooling employing phase change materials (PCMs) has been proposed as a promising …

Thermodiffusive desalination

S Xu, AJ Hutchinson, M Taheri, B Corry… - nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Desalination could solve the grand challenge of water scarcity, but materials-based and
conventional thermal desalination methods generally suffer from scaling, fouling and …

Analysis of multiple steady states for natural convection of Newtonian fluids in a square enclosure

M Bhattacharya, T Basak - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Multiple steady states are investigated for natural convection of fluids in a square enclosure
with non-isothermally hot bottom wall, isothermally cold side walls, and thermally insulated …

[HTML][HTML] On the selection of perturbations for thermal boundary layer control

Y Zhao, P Zhao, Y Liu, Y Xu, JF Torres - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The convective instability of the natural convection boundary layers of air (Pr= 0.7) in the
laminar-to-turbulent transition regime (Ra= 8.7× 10 7–1.1× 10 9) is investigated by stability …

Mixed convection and radiation from an isothermal bladed structure

JF Torres, F Ghanadi, Y Wang, M Arjomandi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The total heat transfer from a finned or 'bladed'structure may be expected to rise from that of
a flat geometry due to a larger area exposed to ambient air. However, this is not always the …

Optical method for simultaneous high-resolution measurement of heat and fluid flow: The case of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

JF Torres, Y Zhao, S Xu, Z Li, A Komiya - Physical review applied, 2020 - APS
An optical system combining phase-shifting interferometry (PSI) and particle image
velocimetry (PIV) is built and verified with simultaneous two-dimensional temperature-and …

Mixed convection around a tilted cuboid with an isothermal sidewall at moderate Reynolds numbers

JF Torres, F Ghanadi, I Nock, M Arjomandi… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mixed convection around rectangular structures has great scientific value with various
industrial applications. In this study, heat transfer in the mixed convection regime around a …

Numerical investigation on Rayleigh-Bénard convection of cyclohexane-oxygen mixture near its maximum density in a rectangular container

JW Fang, L Zhang, DM Mo, YR Li - International Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oxidation of cyclohexane is an important route in the chemical industries for producing
cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone, plasticizers, surfactants and so on. However, it will be in …

Flow pattern and heat transfer in Rayleigh-Bénard convection of cold water near its density maximum in a rectangular cavity

YP Hu, YR Li, CM Wu, SZ Li, MH Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to understand the characteristics of Rayleigh-Bénard convection of cold water near
its density maximum in a rectangular cavity with an aspect ratio of 2, a series of direct …