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495 articles for “exchangeability”
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Numerical Study of Heat Transfer in Six Channeled Dimpled Plate Heat Exchanger
Abstract: Heat transfer augmentation is the most important criteria in many chemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical industry sectors. Considering this factor into account, heat transfer surface modification is being done for heat transfer augmentation purpose. Making dimples on heat transfer surface is one such augmentation technique. This study presents numerical analysis of six channeled counter current dimpled plate heat exchanger, in which the relative depth (dimple depth to diameter ratio (δ/D)) is …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 15–25 Read article
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Thermodynamic Concept to Evaluate the Performance of Organic Base Ion Exchange Resins Purolite NRW-5050 and Indion-870 Using Short-Lived Radioisotopes
Abstract: The present paper deals with application of short-lived radiotracer isotopes to understand the performance of Purolite NRW-5050 (nuclear grade) and Indion-870 (non-nuclear grade) anion exchange resins. The performance evaluation was done based on thermodynamics of iodide and bromide ion-isotopic exchange reactions. It was observed that for Purolite NRW-5050 resins during the bromide ion-isotopic exchange reaction, the enthalpy and energy of activation values calculated were 3287.8 and 5869.3 J.mol-1 respectively, which …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 8–19 Read article
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REMOVAL OF AMMONIA FROM DISTILLERY WASTE-WATER BY ION EXCHANGE
Abstract: This paper evaluates the removal of ammonium ions from wastewater and its subsequent treatment. The project is based upon a case study of a local distillery facing a problem of odor and wastewater disposal management because of the presence of high concentrations of ammonia, for which ion exchange principal for treatment was employed. Ion exchange has the ability to handle shock loadings and the treated water can be recycled again …
Published in Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 18–23 Read article
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Design and Analysis of S-Glass Heat Exchanger
Abstract: This research work focuses on the composite material named S-Glass fibre Heat Exchanger, since the existing designs of heat exchangers are generally made up of metals which produce a critical amount of heat loss to the surrounding from the shell. These are also less corrosive resistant, have low life and high weight. To overcome these drawbacks, use of composite materials has become essential. There is a need to redesign it …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · pp. 62–68 Read article
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CFD Analysis: Double Pipe Heat Exchanger, Latent Heat Storage, and BIM-CFD Integration
Abstract: This is a review work covering four research papers. Heat exchangers transport thermal energy across fluids; research in SolidWorks 2014 compared flow simulation to the effectiveness-NTU approach. Slow PCM charging/discharging is a global concern in latent heat storage; research on the influence of flow rate and temperature on melting and solidification durations discovered efficiency in a triple tube heat exchanger design. Advances in computational fluid dynamics for forecasting separated flows …
Published in International Journal of Electrical Machine Analysis and Design · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 19–24 Read article
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Modeling and Simulation of Feed Forward Temperature Controller with Effect of Higher Gain on Chemical Reactors Heat Exchangers
Abstract: Chemical reactors are widely used in pharmaceutical process industries. The temperature controller design is an essential part of heat exchangers (HE) design for such reactors. The goal of this research is to design and validate the Feed Forward (FF) temperature compensator for the stared tank chemical rectors. The aim is to analyze the impact of high turbulence (Gain) performance on step response. For temperature management, a transfer function (TF) control …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 30–40 Read article
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Corrugated Tube Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Using Epoxy-Based Polymer Composite Coatings for Lightweight and Efficient Thermal Systems
Abstract: Corrugated tube geometries are widely recognized for their ability to enhance heat transfer through boundary layer disruption and secondary flow generation. In this study, a combined experimental and computational investigation is carried out to evaluate the thermo-hydraulic performance of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger incorporating corrugated stainless steel tubes integrated with an epoxy-based polymer composite coating and housed within a mild steel shell. Unlike conventional metallic systems, the present work introduces …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 603–617 Read article
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Thermo-Fluid Characterization of Corrugated U-Tube Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Polymer Composite Tube Wall: A Combined CFD and Experimental Investigation
Abstract: Shell-and-tube heat exchangers built with metallic tubes work well thermally, but corrosion problems, extra weight, and the inability to adjust the wall’s thermal properties through material choice remain genuine engineering headaches, particularly for corrosive or weight-critical applications. Over the past few years there has been a fair amount of interest in replacing metal tubes with polymer composite alternatives, since blending thermally conductive fillers — graphite nanoplatelets, boron nitride platelets and …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2026 Read article
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Thermal Performance of Flat Tube Louver Fin Heat Exchanger using Artificial Neural Network
Abstract: In this paper, an application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is presented to predict the outlet temperatures on both fluid side of flat tube louver fin type heat exchanger used in flat tube louver fin heat exchanger. A validated numerical code is developed using MATLAB to generate huge data sets which gives outlet temperature of both the fluids. Three-layer feed-forward back propagation neural network is developed to model the thermal …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 6–12 Read article
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Design and Analysis of S-Glass Heat Exchanger
Abstract: This paper focuses on the composite material named S-Glass fibre Heat Exchanger. Since the existing design of heat exchangers are generally made up of metals which produce a critical amount of heat loss to the surrounding from the shell. These are also less corrosive resistant, have low life and high weight. To overcome these drawbacks, use of composite materials has become essential. There is a need to redesign using composite …
Published in Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 62–68 Read article
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Removal and Recovery of Zn (II) from Electroplating Rinse Waters Using Cation-Exchange Resins in a Packed Column
Abstract: In the present study, adsorption of Zn (II) ion from rinse water of electroplating Zinc has been attempted by Indion 225 and Dueolite C20 cation exchange resins through batch and column mode. Based on isotherm analysis more efficient adsorbent is chosen for column mode adsorption studies. Indion 225 and Dueolite C20 cation exchange resins showed a remarkable increase in sorption capacity as 49.3mg/g and 13.9mg/g for Zn (II) ions respectively …
Published in Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 35–46 Read article
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Synthesis of Biodiesel fuel additive from Glycerol using Cationic ion exchange resin- A review
Abstract: With the alarming increasing of oil consumption and the number of automotives being instilled, there has been immense research taking place to find a sustainable fuel to replace the current fossil fuels and also not render the current automotives obsolete. The current favorable solution to this is Biodiesel which can be generated either from oil seeds or waste vegetable oils. The selectivity of this process is 90% and the byproduct …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Temperature Control Techniques for Heat Exchanger System: A Review
Abstract: Heat transfer from one process fluid to another is necessary application of the process control. Heat exchangers are most widely used in industrial application to transfer of heat. Different types and configuration according to its flow, temperature and pressure, etc. are used for different application. Oil and gas, food industries, HAVAC system, power generation heat exchanger are widely used. Control objective is to keep outlet temperature of heat exchanger at …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Temperature Control of Heat Exchanger using Sliding Mode Control Law
Abstract: Shell and tube heat exchanger system is widely used in chemical plants as it sustains wide range of temperature and pressure. The main purpose of heat exchanger is to transfer heat from a hot fluid to a cooler fluid, so temperature control of outlet fluid is having prime importance. To control the temperature of outlet fluid of shell and tube heat exchanger, a conventional PID controller can be used. But …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 14–26 Read article
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Thermo-Fluid Characterization of Corrugated U-Tube Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with Polymer Composite Tube Wall: A Combined CFD and Experimental Investigation
Abstract: Shell-and-tube heat exchangers built with metallic tubes work well thermally, but corrosion problems, extra weight, and the inability to adjust the wall’s thermal properties through material choice remain genuine engineering headaches, particularly for corrosive or weight-critical applications. Over the past few years there has been a fair amount of interest in replacing metal tubes with polymer composite alternatives, since blending thermally conductive fillers — graphite nanoplatelets, boron nitride platelets and …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2026 · pp. 859–873 Read article
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Peer to Peer Privacy Preserving Authenticated Key-exchange
Abstract: In particular Key-exchange algorithm Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHKE), is one of the most commonly used cryptographic mechanisms for providing network security. Inorder to secure Peer to Peer communication here we use a set of protocols password based authenticated key exchange using verifiers to reduce vulnerabilities. Like any otherform of software, P2P applications can contain vulnerabilities. What makes this particularly dangerous for P2P software, however, is that peer-to-peer applications act as …
Published in Journal of Multimedia Technology & Recent Advancements · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 17–22 Read article
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A Novel Approach in the Formulation of a Direct Contact Heat Exchanger
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The paper is concerned with the development of a mathematical approach for a direct contact heat exchanger. An air washer has been considered for the analysis and a one dimensional model using mass and energy balance equation has been developed. The new solution presented for the model shows an excellent agreement with the literature available in the air conditioning. The effect on …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2-3, 2011 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Geometrical, Numerical and Materialistic Parameters used for Studying and Reducing Tube-Side Flow Inconsistency in Tube and Shell Heat Exchangers: An Overview
Abstract: A Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger (STHE) exchanges heat between two fluids flowing at different temperatures. More than 60% of the market is occupied by STHE’s out of all the different kinds of heat exchangers. Maldistribution is the uneven fluid flow distribution in the tubes of the STHE. The aim of this study is to provide a detailed review on the various methods used by researchers for reducing the maldistribution …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 13, Issue 5, 2025 · pp. 603–621 Read article
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Polymeric Ion-Exchange Complexes of Carbomer for Taste Masking and Enhanced Drug Bioavailability: A Physicochemical and In Vivo Study
Abstract: Famotidine (FAM) was recognized as a crystalline powder that varies in color from white to pale yellow and possesses an extremely bitter flavor. This study aimed to conceal the unpleasant flavor of FAM through employing unconventional ion-exchange resins sourced from Carbomer polymer Evaluation (Carbopol 974P). We used FTIR, DSC, and XRD to look at the drug-resin combination in its hard form to learn more about its physical and chemical properties. …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 727–740 Read article
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Thermal Dissipation Performance of Metal–Polymer Composite Heat Exchanger for Enhanced Thermal Management in Compact Electric Geysers
Abstract: Most electric geysers these days are made from all-metal stuff, like stainless steel tanks and copper coils for heating, plus mild steel on the outside. Standby heat losses can be 20 to 40 watts, and a 15-litre unit weighs around 6 to 8 kilograms. Manufacturing costs are higher, too. Hard water makes it worse, with limescale building up on the heating elements and cutting thermal conductivity by 10 to 30 …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 618–651 Read article