Search Results - "Meyer, J P."

Influence of base fluid, temperature, and concentration on the thermophysical properties of hybrid nanofluids of alumina–ferrofluid: experimental data, modeling through enhanced ANN, ANFIS, and curve fitting by Giwa, S. O., Sharifpur, M., Goodarzi, M., Alsulami, H., Meyer, J. P.

“…Recently, the suspension of hybrid nanoparticles in conventional fluids has been investigated as a technique for improving the thermophysical properties of…”
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A review of magnetic field influence on natural convection heat transfer performance of nanofluids in square cavities by Giwa, S. O., Sharifpur, M., Ahmadi, M. H., Meyer, J. P.

“…The emergence of nanofluids as high-performance thermal transport media has drawn great research attention in the field of heat transfer. Owning to the huge…”
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Feasibility study of a wind–pv–diesel hybrid power system for a village by Rehman, Shafiqur, Mahbub Alam, Md, Meyer, J.P., Al-Hadhrami, Luai M.

“…A wind–pv–diesel hybrid power system has been designed for a village in Saudi Arabia which is presently powered by a diesel power plant consisting of eight…”
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The efficiency of an open-cavity tubular solar receiver for a small-scale solar thermal Brayton cycle by Le Roux, W.G., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…•Results show efficiencies of a low-cost stainless steel tubular cavity receiver.•Optimum ratio of 0.0035 is found for receiver aperture area to concentrator…”
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Influence of nanoparticles size, per cent mass ratio, and temperature on the thermal properties of water-based MgO–ZnO nanofluid: an experimental approach by Giwa, S. O., Momin, M., Nwaokocha, C. N., Sharifpur, M., Meyer, J. P.

“…This paper experiments the trio influence of nanoparticles size (NS), per cent mass ratio (PWR), and temperature ( T ) on the thermal properties of…”
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Thermal characteristics of CPU cooling by using a novel porous heat sink and nanofluids by Neyestani, M, Nazari, M, Shahmardan, M. M, Sharifpur, M, Ashouri, M, Meyer, J. P

“…In this paper, different heat sinks are investigated to improve CPU cooling experimentally. Different types of copper heat sinks including a novel "porous heat…”
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Viscosity of nanofluids based on an artificial intelligence model by Mehrabi, M., Sharifpur, M., Meyer, J.P.

“…By using an FCM-based Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (FCM-ANFIS) and a set of experimental data, models were developed to predict the effective…”
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A review on the thermodynamic optimisation and modelling of the solar thermal Brayton cycle by Le Roux, W.G., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…Many studies have been published on the performance and optimisation of the Brayton cycle and solar thermal Brayton cycle showing the potential, merits and…”
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Modelling of heat transfer coefficients during condensation inside an enhanced inclined tube by Ewim, D. R. E., Adelaja, A. O., Onyiriuka, E. J., Meyer, J. P., Huan, Z.

“…In this study, experiments were conducted for the flow of R-134a condensing in an enhanced inclined tube at a saturation condensing temperature of 40 °C. The…”
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Ergonomic assessment of the surgeon's physical workload during standard and robotic assisted laparoscopic procedures by Hubert, N, Gilles, M, Desbrosses, K, Meyer, JP, Felblinger, J, Hubert, J

“…Background Standard laparoscopy is responsible for musculoskeletal problems because of surgeons anti‐ergonomic positions. Robot‐assisted laparoscopy seems to…”
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Transitional flow inside enhanced tubes for fully developed and developing flow with different types of inlet disturbances: Part II–heat transfer by Meyer, J.P., Olivier, J.A.

“…Due to efficiency demands, augmented tubes are often used in heat exchangers with the result that many heat exchangers operate in the transitional region of…”
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Transitional flow inside enhanced tubes for fully developed and developing flow with different types of inlet disturbances: Part I – Adiabatic pressure drops by Meyer, J.P., Olivier, J.A.

“…Due to tube enhancements being used to achieve higher process efficiencies, heat exchangers are starting to operate in the transition region of flow. The…”
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Operating conditions of an open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle with optimised cavity receiver and recuperator by Le Roux, W.G., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…The small-scale open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle with recuperator has several advantages, including low cost, low operation and maintenance costs…”
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Design and optimization of a downhole coaxial heat exchanger for an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) by Yekoladio, P.J., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…The present study considers the design, performance analysis and optimization of a downhole coaxial heat exchanger for an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). The…”
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Nicotine pre-treatment reduces sensitivity to the interoceptive stimulus effects of commonly abused drugs as assessed with taste conditioning paradigms by Loney, G.C., Meyer, P.J.

“…•Nicotine pre-treatment attenuated the avoidance induced by commonly abused drugs.•Nicotine had no impact on avoidance induced by lithium chloride.•Female rats…”
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Constructal cooling channels for micro-channel heat sinks by Bello-Ochende, T., Liebenberg, L., Meyer, J.P.

“…This paper documents the geometric optimisation of a three-dimensional micro-channel heat sink. The objective is to minimise the peak temperature from the…”
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Constructal multi-scale pin–fins by Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P., Bejan, A.

“…In this paper we use constructal theory to determine the configuration of two rows of pin–fins so that the total heat transfer rate is maximized. The heat…”
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Constructal conjugate cooling channels with internal heat generation by Olakoyejo, O.T., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…This paper presents a geometric optimisation of conjugate cooling channels in forced convection with internal heat generation. Two configurations were studied;…”
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Improved flow pattern map for accurate prediction of the heat transfer coefficients during condensation of R-134a in smooth horizontal tubes and within the low-mass flux range by Suliman, R., Liebenberg, L., Meyer, J.P.

“…This paper presents an improved flow pattern map for predicting the heat transfer coefficients during condensation of R-134a inside a smooth horizontal tube…”
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Modelling and optimization of reactant gas transport in a PEM fuel cell with a transverse pin fin insert in channel flow by Obayopo, S.O., Bello-Ochende, T., Meyer, J.P.

“…A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell has many distinctive features which make it an attractive alternative clean energy source. Some of those features…”
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