Simulating Heat Transfer Through Periodic Structures With Different Wall Temperatures: A Temperature Decomposition Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Junfeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Decomposition Method ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Periodic Flows ◽  
Transfer Processes ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Temperature Decomposition ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Periodic Module

To simulate heat transfer processes through periodic devices with nonuniform wall temperature distributions, we propose to decompose the regular temperature into two parts: namely the transient part and the equilibrium part. These two parts can be solved independently under their individual wall and inlet/outlet conditions. By calculating the flow field and the two component functions in one periodic module, one can easily generate the distributions of regular temperature in one or multiple modules. The algorithm and implementation are described in details, and the method is discussed thoroughly from mathematical, physical, and numerical aspects. Sample simulations are also presented to demonstrate the capacity and usefulness of this method for future simulations of thermal periodic flows using various numerical schemes.

Numerical Simulation of Enhanced Skin Thermal Signature of Female Breast Tumor Subjected to Forced Convection

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gupta ◽  
L. Hu ◽  
J. P. Gore ◽  
L. X. Xu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Skin Temperature ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Transfer Problem ◽  
Blood Perfusion ◽  
Skin Surface ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Thermal Signature

Early detection is considered to be the best defense against breast cancer and imaging plays a very important role in screening and in the diagnosis of symptomatic women. Infrared thermal imaging of skin temperature changes caused by a malignant tumor in breast is a rapidly developing detection modality with potential for functional detection. Knowledge and control of environmental factors which affect the skin temperature can reduce misinterpretations and false diagnosis associated with infrared imaging. A bio heat transfer based numerical model was utilized to study the energy balance in healthy and malignant breasts subjected to low velocity forced convection in a wind tunnel. Existing estimates of metabolic heating rates and previous measurements of temperature distributions along the radial direction in a region intersecting a known tumor and a comparable region in the healthy breast of the same patient were used to estimate the blood perfusion rates for the tumor. A simplified structural and thermal model was used for representing the changes within and around the tumor. Steady state temperature distributions on the skin surface of the breasts were obtained by numerically solving the conjugate heat transfer problem. Parametric studies on the influences of the airflow on the skin thermal expression of tumors were performed. It was found that the presence of tumor may not be clearly shown due to the irregularity of the skin temperature distribution induced by the flow field. Image processing techniques could be employed to eliminate the effects of the flow field and thermal noise and significantly improve the thermal signature of the tumor on the skin surface.

Heat Transfer Processes in High-Temperature Flows of Two-Phase Media

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
M. I. Osipov ◽  
K. A. Gladoshchuk ◽  
A. N. Arbekov
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Transfer Processes

FLOW FIELD AND HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS IN AMON/MMH BIPROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Daimon ◽  
Hideyo Negishi ◽  
Hiroumi Tani ◽  
Yoshiki Matsuura ◽  
Shigeyasu Iihara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Rocket Engine ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis
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