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Experimental Investigation of Free Convection Heat Transfer from Horizontal Cylinder to Nanofluids
PublicationThe results of free convection heat transfer investigation from a horizontal, uniformly heated tube immersed in a nanofluid are presented. Experiments were performed with five base fluids, i.e., ethylene glycol (EG), distilled water (W) and the mixtures of EG and water with the ratios of 60/40, 50/50, 40/60 by volume, so the Rayleigh (Ra) number range was 3 104 Ra 1.3 106 and the Prandtl (Pr) number varied from 4.4 to 176....
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Numerical analysis of high temperature minichannel heat exchanger for recuperative microturbine system
PublicationConsidering the development of energy sector, distributed small-scale power generation, e.g., gas micro-CHP, is attracting considerable interest. In such installations, the heat exchanger is one of the key components possessing a significant influence on overall performance. Most studies concentrate on units operating below 900C, which do not fulfil the requirements of gas micro-CHP. Therefore, there remains a challenge to design...
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Effect of Flow Normalization in Micro-Pin-Finned Heat Sink: Numerical Study
PublicationThe micro-pin-fin heat sink (MPFHS) is widely employed for the heat transfer enhancement of microchannel heat sinks. In the current paper, the effect of flow normalization on the thermohydraulic performance of micro-pin-finned heat sinks is studied numerically. Two geometries of MPFHSs, the conventional design micro-pin-fin heat sink (CD-MPFHS) with a uniform-width micro pin fin and the proposed design micro-pin-fin heat sink (PD-MPFHS)...
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Modelling study of flow boiling heat transfer of perspective fluids for refrigeration technology
PublicationThere is a gap of knowledge on flow boiling at high saturation temperatures and higher values of reduced pressure. Thus far, the in-house developed semi-empirical model for flow boiling and flow condensation showed a satisfactory accuracy for calculations for various refrigeration fluids for a wide scope of reduced pressures. This study presents results of calculations of heat transfer coefficient of perspective refrigeration fluids,...
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Thermal performance of a prototype plate heat exchanger with minichannels under boiling conditions
PublicationTo solve the problem and to meet the requirements of customers in the field of high heat fluxes transfer in compact units, a new design of plate heat exchanger with minichannels (minichannels PHE) was proposed. The aim was to construct a compact heat exchanger of high effectiveness for the purpose of household cogeneration ORC system. In this paper the experimental analysis of an assembled prototype of such compact heat exchanger...
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A simplified energy dissipation based model of heat transfer for subcooled flow boiling
PublicationIn the paper a model is presented based on energetic considerations for subcooled flow boiling heat transfer. The model is the extension of authors own model developed earlier for saturated flow boiling and condensation. In the former version of the model we used the heat transfer coefficient for the liquid single-phase as a reference level, due to the lack of the appropriate model for heat transfer coefficient for the subcooled...
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Underwater in situ local heat treatment by additional stitches for improving the weldability of steel
PublicationIn this paper the influence of in situ local heat treatment performed by additional stitches on the weldability of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) S355J2C+N steel was tested. The investigated steel is characterized by high susceptibility to cold cracking. It is necessary to find a method to improve the quality of welded joints. The local heat treatment was applied as an eect of bead-on plate welding made on the face of a Tekken...
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Theoretical and experimental research of heat and mass transfer in adsorption process in dac systems
PublicationPrzedstawiono badania wymiany ciepła i masy w stałych adsorpcyjnych elementach wykonanych na bazie silikażelu. Zaprezentowano również informacje dotyczące osuszania w systemach klimatyzacyjnych. Na zkończenie pokazano wyniki numerycznej symulacji i skojarzonej wymiany ciepła i masy w chłodzonym osuszaczu.
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A System for Heart Sounds Classification
PublicationThe future of quick and efficient disease diagnosis lays in the development of reliable non-invasive methods. As for the cardiac diseases – one of the major causes of death around the globe – a concept of an electronic stethoscope equipped with an automatic heart tone identification system appears to be the best solution. Thanks to the advancement in technology, the quality of phonocardiography signals is no longer an issue. However,...
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An innovative light child seat
PublicationPrzedstawiono rozwój konstrukcji i badania symulacyjne fotelika samochodowego do przewozu dziecka.
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Strategies for computationally feasible multi-objective simulation-driven design of compact RF/microwave components
PublicationMulti-objective optimization is indispensable when possible trade-offs between various (and usually conflicting) design objectives are to be found. Identification of such design alternatives becomes very challenging when performance evaluation of the structure/system at hand is computationally expensive. Compact RF and microwave components are representative examples of such a situation: due to highly compressed layouts and considerable...
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Optimizing Control by Robustly Feasible Model Predictive Control and Application to Drinking Water Distribution Systems
PublicationThe paper considers optimizing Model Predictive Control (MPC) for nonlinear plants with output constraints under uncertainties. Although the MPC technology can handle the constraints in the model by solving constraint model based optimization task, satisfying the plant output constraints still remains a challenge. The paper proposes Robustly Feasible MPC (RFMPC), which achieves feasibility of the outputs in the controlled plant....
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Optimizing control by robustly feasible model predictive control and application to drinking water distribution systems
PublicationThe paper considers optimizing Model Predictive Control (MPC) for nonlinear plants with output constraints under uncertainties. Although the MPC technology can handle the constraints in the model by solving constraint model based optimization task, satisfying the plant output constraints under the model uncertainty still remains a challenge. The paper proposes Robustly Feasible MPC (RFMPC), which achieves feasibility of the outputs...
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Quantum Steering Inequality with Tolerance for Measurement-Setting Errors: Experimentally Feasible Signature of Unbounded Violation
Publicationuantum steering is a relatively simple test for proving that the values of quantum-mechanical measurement outcomes come into being only in the act of measurement. By exploiting quantum correlations, Alice can influence — steer — Bob ’ s physical system in a way that is impossible in classical mechanics, as shown by the violation of steering inequalities. Demonstrating this and similar quantum effects for systems of increasing size,...
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Experimentally feasible semi-device-independent certification of four-outcome positive-operator-valued measurements
PublicationRecently the quantum information science community devoted a lot of attention to the theoretical and practical aspects of generalized measurements, the formalism of all possible quantum operations leading to acquisition of classical information. On the other hand, due to imperfections present in quantum devices, and limited thrust to them, a trend of formulating quantum information tasks in a semi-device-independent manner emerged....
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Entropy Measures of heart rate variability for short ECG datasets in patients with congestive heart failure
PublicationWe investigated the usefulness of entropy measures calculated for short ECG series in distinguishing healthy subjects from patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Four entropy measures were tested: Approximate Entropy (ApEn), Sample Entropy (SampEn), Fuzzy Entropy (Fuzzy En) and Permutation Entropy (PE), each computed for ECG series of 1000, 500, 250 and 100 RR intervals. We found that with a reduction of the data set length...
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Entropy measures of heart rate variability for short ECG datasets in patients with congestive heart failure
PublicationWe investigated the usefulness of entropy measures calculated for short ECG series in distinguishing healthy subjects from patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Four entropy measures were tested: Approximate Entropy (ApEn), Sample Entropy (SampEn), Fuzzy Entropy (FuzzyEn) and Permutation Entropy (PE), each computed for ECG series of 1000, 500, 250 and 100 RR intervals. We found that with a reduction of the data set length...
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Sessile droplet contact angle of water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu nanofluids
PublicationThis work presents measurements of the contact angle of sessile droplets for three nanofluids, i.e. water–Al2O3, water–TiO2 and water–Cu. The plates made of glass, anodized aluminium and stainless steel of different roughness served as substrates. Ultrasonic vibration was used for 30–60 min in order to stabilise the dispersion of the nanoparticles. Nanoparticles were tested at the concentration of 0.01%, 0.1%, and 1% by weight....
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SESSILE DROPLET CONTACT ANGLE OF WATER-Al2O3, WATER-TiO2 AND WATER-Cu NANOFLUIDS
PublicationThe goal of the present work was the experimental determination of the contact angle of droplets of three nanofluids on various substrates. Of particular interest was effect of nanoparticle concentration on droplet contact angle.
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The effect of aggregate characteristics on the fracture behaviour of fine-grained concrete under tensile loading
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia analizę wpływu kruszywa na zjawisko pękania drobnoziarnistego betonu podczas quasi-statycznego trzypunktowego zginania. Beton został opisany jako stochastyczny i niejednorodny materiał trzyfazowy. Dwuwymiarowe obliczenia numeryczne dla betonowych belek z nacięciem wykonano metodą elementów skończonych stosując izotropowy materiałowy model z degradacją sztywności rozszerzony o długość charakterystyczną mikrostruktury...
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The effect of low energy impact on the tensile strength of coated and uncoated glass particulate composites.
PublicationPrzedstawiono model teoretyczny pozwalający przewidywać poudarową wytrzymałość na rozciąganie w funkcji parametrów materiałowych i budowy kompozytu. Określono eksperymentalnie poudarową wytrzymałość na ściskanie kompozytów zbrojonych ciągłym włóknem szklanym w osnowie żywicy epoksydowej napełnianej mikrokulkami szklanymi w celu obniżenia skłonności do powstawania dużych zniszczeń przy udarze o niskiej energii. Wyniki eksperymentalnie...
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Influence of water soaking on the ultimate tensile strength of polyester-based coated woven fabrics
PublicationThis research aims to determine the influence of water-soaking on polyester-based coated woven fabrics for ultimate tensile strength and elongation at break under uniaxial tensile tests. The paper begins with a short survey of literature concerning the investigation of the determination of coated woven fabric properties. The authors carried out the uniaxial tensile tests with an application of a flat grip to establish the values...
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Tensile failure study of 3D printed PLA using DIC technique and FEM analysis
PublicationThe paper presents the experimental and numerical study of the failure behaviour of Fused Filament Fabricated (FFF) Polylactic Acid (PLA) samples subjected to tensile load. The examined samples are printed in flat orientation with 0◦, 45◦ and 90◦ raster angles. During the experiments the deformation of the specimens is continuously scanned with the 3D Aramis measuring system utilizing the digital imaging correlation technique,...
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Polyester sail technical woven fabric behaviour under uniaxial and biaxial tensile tests
PublicationThe paper is focused on the identification of mechanical properties of a sail technical woven fabric (yacht sailcloth polyester) style 480 AP with MTO (Medium Tempered Optimized) finish. The non-linear elastic behaviour of the fabric applied for sails is investigated under uniaxial and biaxial tensile tests. Comparison of non-linear elastic parameters with others polyester coated fabrics is made. This paper is intended to be an...
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On some problems in determining tensile parameters of concrete model from size effect tests
PublicationThe paper presents results of numerical simulations of size effect phenomenon in concrete specimens. The behaviour of in-plane geometrically similar notched and unnotched beams under three-point bending is investigated. In total 18 beams are analysed. Concrete beams of four different sizes and five different notch to depth ratios are simulated. Two methods are applied to describe cracks. First, an elasto-plastic constitutive law...
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Numerical modelling and analysis of steel specimens subjected to marine immersed corrosion and tensile load
PublicationThe present study develops numerical models to analyse the behaviour of steel specimens subjected to marine immersed corrosion degradation and tensile load. The finite element method with the use of the explicit dynamic solver LS-DYNA, satisfying the quasi-static conditions, is employed. Two numerical models are developed, where in the first one, the scans of surfaces gathered from corroded plate specimens are implemented directly...
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Cailiao Rechuli Xuebao/Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment
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TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
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Journal of the American Heart Association
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Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
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Heart advisor / the Cleveland Clinic
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Current Heart Failure Reports
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JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE
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Head and Neck Russian Journal
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Theory and Practice of Meat Processing
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JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
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JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA REHABILITATION
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The idea of the heat storage in heat accumulator for car engine preheating before start = Koncepcja wykorzystania ciepła zakumulowanego w cieczy chłodzącej do wstępnego podgrzania silnika samochodu przed kolejnym rozruchem
PublicationSposób eksploatacji samochodów osobowych w miastach charakteryzuje się krótkimi przejazdami, a w przypadku pojazdów kurierów i pojazdów dostawczych również krótkimi postojami z zatrzymaniem silnika. Nowoczesne układy chłodzenia z pompą cieczy chłodzącej z napędem niezależnym od silnika stwarzają możliwość schładzania lub podgrzewania silnika zatrzymanego. Wpływ stanu cieplnego podczas rozruchu na parametry eksploatacyjne był rozważany...
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Sounding rocket temperature and heat transfer data
Open Research DataThis dataset contains temperature and heat transfer data measured during REXUS 25 sounding rocket HEDGEHOG Experiment launched from Esrange Space Centre, Kiruna, Sweden. For experiment details, please see:
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HEART AND VESSELS
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COMPARISON OF HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS IN SURFACE COOLING WITH BOILING MICROJETS OF WATER, ETHANOL AND HFE7100
PublicationThe basis of microjet technology is to produce laminar jets which when impinging the surface have a very high kinetic energy at the stagnation point. Boundary layer is not formed in those conditions, while the area of film cooling has a very high turbulence resulting from a very high heat transfer coefficient. Applied technology of jet production can result with the size of jets ranging from 20 to 500μm in breadth and 20 to 100μm...
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Implementation of the Boundary Element Method to Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer with Thermal Bridge Effects
PublicationThe work presents an application of the boundary element method applied to a two-dimensional conductive heat transfer. The algorithm of the method is explained and its advantages are outlined. Green's function as a fundamental solution for Poisson's equation in two dimensions was used and the direct approach was applied. The presented results concern building construction elements as typical cases of thermal bridges. Some properties...
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Operation of the 900 MW power plant with the ORC supplied from three heat sources
PublicationThe chapter is aimed at utilisation of waste heat in the reference supercritical power plant in the manner to produce electricity in ORC installation. The waste heat is available in the form of a stream of hot water at 90°C, recovered from the exhaust gases in the amount of 200MW. Such low enthalpy heat source is rather insufficient to produce a good quality vapour to feed the ORC turbine. Therefore an original approach to increase...
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Analytical method for calculation of heat source temperature drop for the Organic Rankine Cycle application
PublicationIn the paper presented are considerations on the cooperation of the limited capacity heat source with the Organic Rankine Cycle unit. Usually the heat source providing thermal energy to the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) may have twofold characteristics. It can be in the form of a single phase fluid, i.e. as hot exhaust gas or hot liquid, or in some cases it may be available as a phase changing fluid, as for example, technological...
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Prediction of flow boiling heat transfer coefficient for carbon dioxide in minichannels and conventional channels
PublicationIn the paper presented are the results of calculations using authors own model to predict heat transfer coefficient during flow boiling of carbon dioxide. The experimental data from various resea rches were collected. Calculations were conducted for a full range of quality variation and a wide range of mass velocity. The aim of the study was to test the sensitivity of the in-house model. The results show the importance of taking into...
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Impact of the inclination angle of the condenser with refrigerant R410A on heat transfer coefficient – experimental study
PublicationIn the paper the authors present results of a laboratory test of the condenser with refrigerant R410A. The effect of the inclination of this condenser on the heat transfer coefficient value has been considered. The test has proved that there is an optimal inclination angle of the condenser which gives maximal value of this coefficient.
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Modifications of the heat source model in numerical analyses of the metal-cored arc welding process
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Intensyfikacja wymiany ciepła przy pomocy mikrostrug = Heat transfer intensification using microjets.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych nad intensyfikacją strumienia ciepła przy pomocy pojedynczej mikrostrugi wody. W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań dla dysz o średnicy 180 i 280 mikrometrów.
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Numerical modeling of cross-flow heat exchanger for air-conditioning purposes in preliminary study.
PublicationPraca przedstawia wyniki obliczeń numerycznych krzyżowego płytowo-rurowego wymiennika ciepła przeznaczonego do celów klimatyzacyjnych w początkowym etapie jego projektowania.