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  • Management of complexity and information flow

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    - Year 2002

    Problemy złożoności i zarządzania przepływem informacji. W rozdziale omówio-no podejście do modelowania systemów złożonych oraz zarządzania przepływeminformacji w takich systemach. Rozwiązania odniesiono do płaszczyzny elasty-cznego wytwarzania. Poruszono aspekty miękkiego modelowania w takich środo-wiskach.

  • Analysis of the radiation dose in UV-disinfection flow reactors.

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    Theoretical considerations devoted to the variation of UV radiation doses in flow disinfection reactors are presented. The minimal time required by the fluid to pass the reactor was determined and combined with the radiation intensity. The active zones of the reactor were determined.

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  • Treatment Wetland for Overflow Stormwater Treatment: The Impact of Pollutant Particles Size

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    The problem of stormwater treatment in urban areas has become increas- ingly crucial. It has been widely recognized that both mechanical and biological treatment of stormwater is necessary to protect surface water against pollution. Moreover, technology must be applied to ensure effective treatment in changing hydraulic conditions and to serve, to the extent possible, as a retention volume. Treatment wetland (TW) could be...

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  • Flow Process Models for Pipeline Diagnosis

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    This chapter examines the problem of modeling and parameterization of the transmission pipeline flow process. First, the base model for discrete time is presented, which is a reference for other developed models. Then, the diagonal approximation (AMDA) method is proposed, in which the tridiagonal sub-matrices of the recombination matrix are approximated by their diagonal counterparts, which allows for a simple determination of...

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  • Numerical Simulations for Transonic Flow in Control Valve

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    - Year 2013

    Results of numerical simulations for transonic flow in control valve are presented. The valve is the main part of an adaptive pneumatic shock absorber. Flow structure in the valve domain and the influence of the flow non-uniformity in the valve on a mass flow rate is investigated. Numerical simulation results are compared with experimental data.

  • Experimental study on the seepage flow through the ice jam

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    In light of the observed climate change, there is a need for better understanding of river ice processes for managing water resources in the cold regions. Ice jams produce significant resistance which may cause rise of water level and flooding. The jam resistance is only referred to the roughness of its underside, and this approach lead to exceptional roughness coefficients which has no physical explanation. Number of evidences...

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  • Experimental Verification of Storm Sewer Transient Flow Simulation

    The paper focuses mainly on laboratory investigations of transient and transcritical flow in a single pipe of a sewer system. The aim of this paper is to present a comparison between pressure values calculated by an improved McCormack scheme and those measured at the hydraulic laboratory of the Gdansk University of Technology, which were observed inside a pipe in an experiment for water flow with pressurization. The analysis proves...

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  • Flow maldistribution and its mitigation in mini heat exchangers

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    In the present paper, a detailed numerical investigation has been carried out to analyze the flow maldistribution in 50 parallel 1 mm x 1 mm rectangular minichannels and 1 mm depth minigap section with rectangular, trapezoidal, triangular or concave mani-folds in Z-type flow configuration (16 different cases). The working medium was ethanol and the mass flow rate was 5×10-4 kg/s. Both sections was heated from the bottom side. Heat...

  • CFD analysis of fluid flow through the labyrinth seal

    Steam and gas turbines are some of the fundamental means of power generation. The energy efficiency of the turbines, however, is not satisfactory. Ever since the start-up of the first turbine in the world, engineers have been striving for their increased efficiency. Multiple solutions to the problem of steam loss in an operating turbine are available. The use of seals is one of them. Empirical methods or numerical calculations...

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  • Uncertainty of the liquid mass flow measurement using the orifice plate

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    The article presents an estimation of measurement uncertainty of a liquid mass flow using the orifice plate. This subject is essential because of the widespread use of this type of flow meters. Not only the quantitative estimation but also the qualitative results of those measurements are important. To achieve these results the authors of the paper propose to use the theory of uncertainty. The article shows the analysis of the...

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  • The logistics streamlining of the material flow at the production company

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    The main practical problem in the Logistics Department at the company is overstaffing in the unit responsible for the flow of materials. Carried out by the authors of the article, some detailed research on the process analysis in the discussed company indicates that the main cause of such a situation is related to an increase in the amount of transported material and a lack of redesigning the material flow in...

  • Numerical solutions for blood flow in elastic vessels

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    - MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES - Year 2020

    We consider the differential–algebraic system for the blood flow and pressure in the systemic arteries. By the operator splitting method, we transform the system into the hyperbolic one, introduce the bicharacteristics, and perform the time–space nonuniform discretization, obtaining the innovative difference scheme. Our results are illustrated with numerical experiments.

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  • Modelling of blood flow: from macro to microscales

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    The aim of this paper it to review various scale approaches to blood flow modelling. Blood motion may be described by three types of mathematical models according to the observed scales or resolutions, namely microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic description. The above approaches are discussed together with their advantages and disadvantages. Several results of mesoscopic simulations are presented.

  • The vortex flow caused by sound in a bubbly liquid

    Generation of vorticity in the field of intense sound in a bubbly liquid in the free half-space is considered. The reasons for generation of vorticity are nonlinearity, diffraction, and dispersion. Acoustic streaming differs from that in a Newtonian fluid. Under some conditions, the vortex flow changes its direction. Conclusions concern streaming induced by a harmonic or an impulse Gaussian beam.

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  • The Discrete-Continuous, Global Optimisation of an Axial Flow Blood Pump

    This paper presents the results of the discrete-continuous optimisation of an axial flow blood pump. Differential evolution (DE) is used as a global optimisation method in order to localise the optimal solution in a relatively short time. The whole optimisation process is fully automated. This also applies to geometry modelling. Numerical simulations of the flow inside the pump are performed by means of the Reynolds-Average Navier-Stokes...

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  • Inverse Flood Routing Using Simplified Flow Equations

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    - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Year 2022

    The paper considers the problem of inverse flood routing in reservoir operation strategy. The aim of the work is to investigate the possibility of determining the hydrograph at the upstream end based on the hydrograph required at the downstream end using simplified open channel flow models. To accomplish this, the linear kinematic wave equation, the diffusive wave equation and the linear Muskingum equation are considered. To achieve...

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  • Air flow phenomena in the model of the blind drift

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    - EPJ Web of Conferences - Year 2016

    In the presented paper, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) has been used to investigate flow pattern and turbulent structure in the model of blind drift. The presented model exist in mining, and has been analyzed to resolve ventilation issues. Blind region is particularly susceptible to unsafe methane accumulation. The measurement system allows us to evaluate all components of the velocity vector in channel cross-section simultaneously....

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  • Practical aspects of Flow Thinning optimization

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    - Year 2018

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  • Complexity of a classical flow restoration problem

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    - NETWORKS - Year 2013

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  • Isotropic damage in viscoplastic flow conditions

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    - Year 2007

    Mechanika zniszczenia jest obecnie jedną z ważniejszych gałęzi mechaniki ciał stałych. Jest cały czas rozwijającą się dziedziną nauki, która znalazła swoje zastosowania w problemach inżynierskich. W artykule zaprezentowano podstawowe informacje na temat lepkoplastyczności i jej zastosowania, koncepcję mechanicznej reprezentacji zniszczenia przez zmienną D, koncepcję naprężeń efektywnych, równania opisujące zniszczenie oraz lepkoplastyczny...

  • Modelling of dryout process in an annular flow

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    - HEAT TRANSFER RESEARCH - Year 2008

    W pracy pokazano teoretyczny model kryzysu wrzenia przy wysokich stopniach suchości, który jest modyfikacją modelu proponowanego wcześniej przez Sedlera i Mikielewicza. Model wysychania filmu cieczowego w przepływie pierścieniowym składa się z różniczkowych równań bilansu masy zapisanych dla filmu na ściance i kropel w rdzeniu przepływu. Rozwiązanie układu równań wymaga znajomości gęstości strumienia masy kropel wytrącających się...

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  • Dryout in annular flow - theoretical analysis

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    - Archives of Thermodynamics - Year 2009

    W pracy zaprezentowano model kryzysu wrzenia w przepływie pierścieniowym, obowiązujący dla wysokich wartości stopnia suchości i stanowiący modyfikację wcześniejszej wersji modelu zaproponowanego przez Sedlera i Mikielewicza. Model ten uwzględnia bilans masy w filmie cieczowym i bilans masy dla kropel cieczy w rdzeniu przepływu oraz zawiera dodatkowy człon odpowiedzialny za odparowanie filmu na ściance kanału. Rozwiązanie układu...

  • Some solutions of unsteady flow in bioreactor.

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    - Year 2004

    Czas regeneracji chrząstki stawowej po urazie jest długotrwały. Czasem tkanka nie regeneruje się. Dlatego też przeszczepy odgrywają bardzo ważną rolę. Najlepsze efekty hodowli tkanek zaobserwowano w bioreaktorach wykonujących ruch obrotowy i zapewniających nieustalony charakter przepływu ciecy odżywczej. Dlatego tematem niniejszego artykułu są pewne metody i rozwiązania nieustalonego przepływu cieczy w warstwie przyściennej hodowanej...

  • The wastewater flow through trickling filters.

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    - Year 2004

    Filtry zraszane projektowane są głównie w oparciu o wytyczne techniczne. W pracy zaproponowano metodę o charakterze strukturalnym. Pokazano sposób określania miarodajnego czasu przebywania cieczy w układzie i powiązania go z kinetyczną charakterystyką procesu oczyszczania ścieków.

  • Flow Control Algorithm for UMTS HSDPA

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    - Year 2005

    HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) jest istotnym etapem ewolucji systemu UMTS. Pozwala na transmisję do użytkownika z prędkością dochodzącą do 14.4 Mbit/s; aby to umożliwić, wprowadzono w wersji 5 UMTS szereg nowych mechanizmów w warstwie fizycznej oraz MAC. W tej pracy przedstawiono szczegółową analizę jednego z nowych mechanizmów - algorytmu kontroli natężenia ruchu między MAC-hs i MAC-d. Zaproponowano nowy, efektywny...

  • Modelling of heat transfer in flow boiling

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    - Year 2005

    W pracy przedstawiono zagadnienia związane z modelowaniem wrzenia w przepływie w kanałach o małej średnicy. Przedstawiono modyfikację rozwijanej przez autorów korelacji umożliwiającej wyznaczanie współczynnika przejmowania ciepła podczas wrzenia w przepływie.

  • Modelling of dryout process in annular flow

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    - Year 2007

    W pracy pokazano teoretyczny model kryzysu wrzenia przy wysokich stopniach suchości, który jest modyfikacją modelu proponowanego wcześniej przez Sedlera i Mikielewicza. Model wysychania filmu cieczowego w przepływie pierścieniowym składa się z różniczkowych równań bilansu masy zapisanych dla filmu na ściance i kropel w rdzeniu przepływu. Rozwiązanie układu równań wymaga znajomości gęstości strumienia masy kropel wytrącających się...

  • Application of tomography to granular silo flow.

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    - Year 2004

    Publikacja zawiera opis wyników badań doświadczalnych nad efektami dynamicznymi podczs opróżniania silosów z zastosowaniem tomografii pojemnościowej.

  • Analysis of unsteady flow forces on the thermowell of steam temperature sensor

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    • S. Kornet
    • D. Sławiński
    • P. Ziółkowski
    • J. Badur

    - Transactions of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery - Year 2015

    In this paper, 3D numerical analysis of unsteady flow forces acting on the measuring sheath of steam temperature is presented. According to that purpose, the CFD (Computation Fluid Dynamic [1]) approach has been used. The nonstationary of fluid acting on the measuring sheath such as: Strouhal frequency, amplitude of pressure, structure of vortex, peak of pressure, field of pressure, field of velocity etc. are studied analytically...

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  • Alternative convolution approach to friction in unsteady pipe flow

    In the paper some aspects of the unsteady friction in pipe flow expressed by the convolution are analyzed. This additional term introduced into the motion equation involves the accelerations of fluid occurring in the past and a weighting function. The essence of such approach is to assume the appropriate form of weighting function. However, until now no fully reliable formula for this function has been found. To avoid some inconveniences...

  • DISTRIBUTION OF FLOWS IN A CHANNEL NETWORK UNDER STEADY FLOW CONDITIONS

    The article presents an algorithm for calculating the distribution of flow in a junction of open channel network under steady flow conditions. The article presents a simplified calculation algorithm used to estimate the distribution of flow in a network of channels under steady flow conditions. The presented algorithm is based on the continuity equation and a simplified energy equation. To describe the relationship between the...

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  • Electrohydrodynamic secondary flow in the electrostatic precipitator with spiked electrodes

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    In this work, the results of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) secondary flow measurements in an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) with one-sidedspike electrodes are presented. The EHD secondary flow was measured for one-sided spike electrodes with the spike tips directed either upstream or downstream the primary flow. The results showed different flow patterns for different spike tips direction in respect to the primary flow direction....

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  • Application of a cellular automaton to simulations of granular flow in silos

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    A cellular automaton based on a gas model of hydrodynamics was used to calculate the kinematics of non-cohesive granular materials during confined flow in a mass flow and funnel flow model silo. In the model, collisions of particles were taken into account during granular flow. In addition, a simplified automaton was used wherein granular flow was assumed as an upward propagation of holes through a lattice composed of cells representing...

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  • NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF GAP FLOW ABOVE ROTATING DISK

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    - TASK Quarterly - Year 2015

    A rotating disk can be considered a basic configuration for the investigati ons of the impact of various conditions on the flow through the clearance between the s hrouded turbine blade and the casing. Numerical calculations using Fine/Turbo Numeca were conducted to examine the influence of the rotational velocity and the pressure differ ence across the disk on the flow conditions, especially the mass flow through the clearance....

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  • Design and investigations of a micro-turbine flow part

    -generative micro-power plant with the HFE7100 as a working medium was designed and built for experimental investigations. The heat output of the plant was assumed equal to 20 kW, while the electric output amounted to about 3kW.In the paper a multi-stage micro-turbine with partial admission of all the stages is described in detail and the results of the particular experimental investigations and numerical calculations are shown,...

  • Selected studies of flow maldistribution in a minichannel plate heat exchanger

    Analysis of the state of-the-art in research of minichannel heat exchangers, especially on the topic of flow maldistribution in multiple channels, has been accomplished. Studies on minichannel plate heat exchanger with 51 parallel minichannels with four hydraulic diameters, i.e., 461 μm, 574 μm, 667 μm, and 750 μm have been presented. Flow at the instance of filling the microchannel with water at low flow rates has been visualized. The...

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  • Non-isothermal effects in a common method for calculation of heat transfer coefficient in flow boiling and flow condensation in minichannels

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    - Year 2010

    W pracy przestawiono efekty nieizotermiczne w metodzie wyznaczania współczynnika przejmowania ciepła podczas wrzenia w przepływie oraz kondensacji w przepływie w minikanałach. Wyniki obliczeń porównano z badaniami eksperymentalnymi z literatury, uzyskując dobrą zgodność.

  • A common method for calculation of flow boiling and flow condensation heat transfer coefficients in minichannels with account of nonadiabatic effects

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    - HEAT TRANSFER ENGINEERING - Year 2011

    W pracy przedstawiono metodę ogólną wyznaczania współczynników przejmowania ciepła podczas wrzenia w przepływie i kondensacji w przepływie w minikanałach z uwzględnieniem efektu nieadiabatycznego. Uwzględnia ona wpływ modyfikacji naprężeń stycznych na granicy ciecz-para na wymianę ciepła.

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  • Pawlak's flow graph extensions for video surveillance systems

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    The idea of the Pawlak's flow graphs is applicable to many problems in various fields related to decision algorithms or data mining. The flow graphs can be used also in the video surveillance systems. Especially in distributed multi-camera systems which are problematic to be handled by human operators because of their limited perception. In such systems automated video analysis needs to be implemented. Important part of this analysis...

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  • CFD Simulations and Tests of a Prototype Flow Control Valve

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    - Year 2021

    In this paper a prototype of a flow control valve is described and numerically simulated. The flow control valve is used in hydraulic systems to maintain constant fluid flow despite changing loads of a receiver. The standard construction of this type of valves is modified mainly by eliminating the spring. The prototype consists the hydrostatically unloaded throttle valve and pressure ratio valve substituting pressure difference...

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  • Modeling lubricant flow between thrust-bearing pads

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    Inlet temperature is one of the main inputs in all models for the analysis of fluid film bearing performance. At the same time, inlettemperature distribution and also oil velocity distribution at the inlet are the result of flow phenomena in the gap between the bearingpads. These phenomena are complex and in many cases further affected by any special arrangements of forced oil supply to the gapbetween pads. The reason for such...

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  • Numerical Simulation of Catastrophic Flood: the Case Study of Hypothetical Failure of the Bielkowo Hydro–Power Plant Reservoir

    The numerical modeling of flood wave propagation following the hypo-thetical breaks of the embankments of the Bielkowo hydro–power plant storage reservoir (Kolbudy II Reservoir) on the Radunia River in Poland have been presented. The results of computations were used to estimate the parameters of the flood waves, which are indispensable for the flood zone determination and mapping and then for the flood risk analysis. When estimating...

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  • Towards Computer-Aided Graphene Covered TiO2-Cu/(CuxOy) Composite Design for the Purpose of Photoinduced Hydrogen Evolution

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    • Ł. Lewandowski
    • A. Gajewicz-Skretna
    • T. Klimczuk
    • G. Trykowski
    • K. Nikiforow
    • W. Lisowski
    • A. Gołąbiewska
    • A. Zaleska-Medynska

    - Catalysts - Year 2021

    In search a hydrogen source, we synthesized TiO2-Cu-graphene composite photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. The catalyst is a new and unique material as it consists of copper-decorated TiO2 particles covered tightly in graphene and obtained in a fluidized bed reactor. Both, reduction of copper from Cu(CH3COO) at the surface of TiO2 particles and covering of TiO2-Cu in graphene thin layer by Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) were...

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  • Steady magnetohydrodynamic flow in a diverging channel with suction or blowing

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    - ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK UND PHYSIK - Year 2013

    An analysis is made of steady two-dimensional divergent flow of an electrically conducting incompressible viscous fluid in a channel formed by two non-parallel walls, the flow being caused by a source of fluid volume at the intersection of the walls. The fluid is permeated by a magnetic field produced by an electric current along the line of intersection of the channel walls. The walls are porous and subjected to either suction...

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  • A System for Cooling Electronic Elements with EHD Coolant Flow

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    • M. Tański
    • M. Kocik
    • R. Barbucha
    • K. Garasz
    • J. Mizeraczyk
    • J. Kraśniewski
    • M. Oleksy
    • A. Hapka
    • W. Janke

    - Journal of Physics : Conference Series - Year 2014

    A system for cooling electronic components where the liquid coolant flow is forced with ion-drag type EHD micropumps was tested.

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  • Graphene field-effect transistor application for flow sensing

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    - EPJ Web of Conferences - Year 2017

    Microflow sensors offer great potential for applications in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems. However, thermal-based sensors, which are commonly used in modern flow sensing technology, are mainly made of materials with positive temperature coefficients (PTC) and suffer from a self-heating effect and slow response time. Therefore, the design of novel devices and careful selection of materials are required to improve the overall...

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  • Estimation of the steam condensation flow via CFD methods

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    The results of numerical simulations to predict the performance of different steam models have been presented. All of the considered models of steam condensation have been validated on the base of benchmark experiment employing expansion in nozzle and next on the low pressure part of the steam turbine stage. For numerical analysis three models have been finally used – the ideal steam model without condensation, an equilibrium steam...

  • Analytical Steady-State Model of the Pipeline Flow Process

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    The paper addresses the issue of modeling the flow process in transmission pipelines. A base model used for numerical simulation is introduced. Under certain assumptions concerning steady state analysis, the differential equations describing the process are solved analytically for two cases: zero and nonzero inclination angle α. These equations describe a constant flow rate and a corresponding distribution of the pressure along...

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  • Discrete-continuous optimisation of an axial flow blood pump

    This paper presents results of discrete-continuous optimisation of an axial flow blood pump. Evolution Strategies (ES) are used as a global optimisation method in order to localise the optimal solution in relatively short time. The whole optimisation process is fully automated. This also applies to geometry modelling. Numerical simulations of the flow inside the pump is performed by means of the Reynolds-Average Navier-Stokes...

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  • Flow Boiling in Minigap in the Reversed Two-Phase Thermosiphon Loop

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    The paper presents the results of experimental investigations of a model of a heat exchanger featuring a minigap, which is perceived as an evaporator for an inverted thermosiphon. The system works with a single component test fluid. The tested evaporator generates pumping power in the test loop in a way similar to the mammoth pump. The tests regarded a module of the heat exchanger, consisting of a hot leg and a cold leg with the...

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