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  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
13,117 Views
15 Pages

1 January 2018

The need of a sustainable clean future has paved the way for environmental friendly electric vehicle technology. In electric vehicles, overloading is limited by the maximum temperature rise in the electric motor. Although an improved cooling jacket d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,901 Views
28 Pages

7 June 2022

The successful design of a liquid rocket engine is strictly linked to the development of efficient cooling systems, able to dissipate huge thermal loads coming from the combustion in the thrust chamber. Generally, cooling architectures are based on r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,944 Views
26 Pages

The cooling jackets of liquid rocket engines are composed of narrow passages surrounding the thrust chambers and ensure the reliable operation of the engine. Critical conditions may also be encountered, since the cooling jackets of cryogenic engines,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,679 Views
15 Pages

11 September 2023

Electrical losses are converted into thermal energy in motors, which heats each component. It is a significant factor in decreasing motor mechanical performance. In this paper, the motor cooling characteristics were analyzed according to the design f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,584 Views
14 Pages

Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cooling Jacket of Liquid Cooled Spark Ignition Engine

  • Faisal Mehmood,
  • Hussain Ahmed Tariq,
  • Muhammad Anwar,
  • Hassan Elahi,
  • Muhammad Raheel Bhutta,
  • Talha Irfan Khan,
  • Asif Israr,
  • Muhammad Umer,
  • Usama Waleed Qazi and
  • Usman Ghafoor

3 July 2023

Thermal stresses due to long running of spark ignition engine often results in wear and tear of cylinder near the top dead center (TDC). These high thermal stresses at TDC arise due to the high temperature gradient during spark ignition. This situati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,309 Views
20 Pages

18 December 2024

The flow and heat transfer of the coolant directly affect the cooling performance, thermal load, and emissions of gasoline engine. The accurate estimation of heat transfer and temperature distribution within engines is crucial for studying thermal st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,222 Views
20 Pages

Reliability of liquid rocket engines is strictly connected with the successful operation of cooling jackets, able to sustain the impressive operative conditions in terms of huge thermal and mechanical loads, generated in thrust chambers. Cryogenic fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,415 Views
18 Pages

Assessment of Different Cooling Techniques for Reduced Mechanical Stress in the Windings of Electrical Machines

  • Bishal Silwal,
  • Abdalla Hussein Mohamed,
  • Jasper Nonneman,
  • Michel De Paepe and
  • Peter Sergeant

23 May 2019

Thermal loading can induce mechanical stresses in the windings of electrical machines, especially those impregnated with epoxy resins, which is mostly the case in modern traction motors. Although designers look for cooling techniques that give better...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,950 Views
16 Pages

6 August 2023

The ironless linear permanent magnet synchronous motor (ILPMSM) is highly compact, easy to control, and exhibits minimal thrust fluctuations, making it an ideal choice for direct loading applications requiring precise positioning accuracy in linear m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,620 Views
12 Pages

Parametric Analysis of a Novel Array-Type Hydrogen Storage Reactor with External Water-Cooled Jacket Heat Exchange

  • Yang Ye,
  • Ziyang Zhang,
  • Yuanyuan Zhang,
  • Jingjing Liu,
  • Kai Yan and
  • Honghui Cheng

27 October 2024

Hydrogen energy is a green and environmentally friendly energy source, as well as an excellent energy carrier. Hydrogen storage technology is a key factor in its commercial development. Solid hydrogen storage methods represented by using metal hydrid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,622 Views
17 Pages

Advances in Thermal Management Technologies of Electrical Machines

  • Qingsong Wang,
  • Yu Wu,
  • Shuangxia Niu and
  • Xing Zhao

28 April 2022

Given the fact that the operation of electrical machines generates various loss components that finally become heat, developing advanced thermal management technologies is essential to control temperature increases and to guarantee safe operations. M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,819 Views
12 Pages

17 March 2024

Due to the lack of oil injection cooling, it is usually necessary for dry twin-screw compressors to design cooling jackets to carry away the heat generated during operation. In order to investigate to what extent a cooling jacket can improve the perf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,660 Views
25 Pages

Thermal Hazard Analysis of Styrene Polymerization in Microreactor of Varying Diameter

  • Junjie Wang,
  • Lei Ni,
  • Jiawei Cui,
  • Juncheng Jiang and
  • Kuibin Zhou

14 December 2020

Polymerization is a typical exothermic reaction in the fine chemical industry, which is easy to cause thermal runaway. In order to lower the thermal runaway risk of polymerization, a microreactor was adopted in this study to carry out styrene thermal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,707 Views
18 Pages

In this paper, the overall performance of an electric machine cooling system was examined in terms of heat transfer and fluid flow. The structure of the cooling system was based on the cooling jacket method. The cooling jacket contains spiral channel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,901 Views
14 Pages

Comparison of Commonly Used Cooling Concepts for Electrical Machines in Automotive Applications

  • Robert Lehmann,
  • Moritz Künzler,
  • Matthias Moullion and
  • Frank Gauterin

The thermal design of electrical machines has numerous influencing factors. This paper compares different cooling methods, their volume flow rates and other machine parameters with regard to the continuous power of a PMSM. Understanding the character...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
11,691 Views
25 Pages

Heat Transfer and Thermal Management of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Electric Motor

  • Pey-Shey Wu,
  • Min-Fu Hsieh,
  • Wei Ling Cai,
  • Jen-Hsiang Liu,
  • Yun-Ting Huang,
  • Jose Fernando Caceres and
  • Shyy Woei Chang

28 November 2019

Geometric complexities and multi-physical phenomena add difficulties for predicting the thermal field and hence thermal management of an electric motor. A numerical design model that combined electromagnetic and thermal-fluid analysis was proposed fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,011 Views
12 Pages

22 July 2021

The cooling system is an important subsystem of an internal combustion engine, which plays a vital role in the engine’s dynamical characteristic, the fuel economy, and emission output performance at each speed and load. This paper proposes an economi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,628 Views
18 Pages

26 June 2025

In this study, an axial flux double airgap permanent magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance motor (AF-Pma-SynRM) was designed for electric vehicles (EVs). The AF-Pma-SynRM model employs a forced liquid cooling method (cooling jacket) for a high curre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
87 Citations
6,238 Views
8 Pages

Battery Thermal Management Design Modeling

  • Gi-Heon Kim and
  • Ahmad Pesaran

28 December 2007

Battery thermal management is critical in achieving performance and the extended life of batteries in electric and hybrid vehicles under real-driving conditions. Appropriate modeling for predicting thermal behavior of battery systems in vehicles help...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,813 Views
17 Pages

Liquid-Cooling System of an Aircraft Compression Ignition Engine: A CFD Analysis

  • Alessandro Coclite,
  • Maria Faruoli,
  • Annarita Viggiano,
  • Paolo Caso and
  • Vinicio Magi

13 May 2020

The present work deals with an analysis of the cooling system for a two-stroke aircraft engine with compression ignition. This analysis is carried out by means of a 3D finite-volume RANS equations solver with k- ϵ closure. Three different coolin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
149 Citations
11,415 Views
16 Pages

Experimental Investigation on Thermal Performance of a PV/T-PCM (Photovoltaic/Thermal) System Cooling with a PCM and Nanofluid

  • M. M. Sarafraz,
  • Mohammad Reza Safaei,
  • Arturo S. Leon,
  • Iskander Tlili,
  • Tawfeeq Abdullah Alkanhal,
  • Zhe Tian,
  • Marjan Goodarzi and
  • M. Arjomandi

4 July 2019

In the present work, an experimental investigation is performed to assess the thermal and electrical performance of a photovoltaic solar panel cooling with multi-walled carbon nanotube–water/ethylene glycol (50:50) nano-suspension (MWCNT/WEG50). The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
8,388 Views
11 Pages

2 August 2019

The typical motor has poor heat dissipation conditions that are limited by the installation space and working environment, and the high operation temperature increase has been a bottleneck to improve the power density and torque density. The inner ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,252 Views
14 Pages

16 July 2022

Pipe jackets are widely used in engineering as a component for heating or cooling reactors or other equipment. In this paper, fluid flow and heat transfer performances in straight or helical pipes having bow cross-sections with the central angle &alp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,623 Views
13 Pages

Scale-Up and Control of the Acrylamide Polymerization Process in Solution

  • Rubén Mil-Martínez,
  • Aldo Gómez-López,
  • Juan P. Escandón,
  • Edson M. Jimenez,
  • Lorenzo Martínez-Suástegui and
  • René O. Vargas

2 August 2024

The scale-up and control of the acrylamide polymerization process in solution is presented. The viscosity is modeled as a function of temperature and monomer concentration. Four cases are analyzed: (i) Keeping the similarity principles to carry out t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
794 Views
15 Pages

Optimal Linear Feedback Control Applied to the Temperature Control of a Bioreactor

  • Angelo M. Tusset,
  • Carla F. Marek,
  • Maria E. K. Fuziki and
  • Giane G. Lenzi

28 August 2025

This paper presents the dynamic behavior of a nonlinear bioreactor model designed for fermentation processes, subject to temperature variations throughout the day. Ethanol production is presented by analyzing the fermenter’s temperature, which...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,864 Views
11 Pages

A 2.4 GHz 20 W 8-Channel RF Source Module with Improved Channel Output Balance

  • Hyosung Nam,
  • Taewan Kim,
  • Taejoo Sim,
  • Sooji Bae and
  • Junghyun Kim

15 August 2021

This paper presents a 2.4 GHz 20 W 8-channel radio frequency (RF) source module with improved channel output balance. The proposed RF source module is composed of an RF source generation/DC control part, a power amplification part, and a power dividi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
922 Views
15 Pages

Design of an Energy-Efficient Pilot-Scale Pyrolysis Reactor Using Low-Cost Insulating Materials

  • José Alfredo Torres Tovar,
  • Hermelinda Servín-Campuzano,
  • Mauricio González-Avilés,
  • Hugo Sobral,
  • Francisco Javier Sánchez-Ruiz and
  • Saúl Leonardo Hernández Trujillo

28 October 2025

A pilot-scale reactor prototype was designed to produce hydrocarbons through the catalytic pyrolysis process of low-density polyethylene, thereby extending its life cycle and contributing to energy efficiency and sustainability. The reactor consists...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,707 Views
32 Pages

A Review and Case of Study of Cooling Methods: Integrating Modeling, Simulation, and Thermal Analysis for a Model Based on a Commercial Electric Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

  • Henrry Gabriel Usca-Gomez,
  • David Sebastian Puma-Benavides,
  • Victor Danilo Zambrano-Leon,
  • Ramón Castillo-Díaz,
  • Milton Israel Quinga-Morales,
  • Javier Milton Solís-Santamaria and
  • Edilberto Antonio Llanes-Cedeño

The efficiency of electric motors is highly dependent on their operating temperature, with lower temperatures contributing to enhanced performance, reliability, and extended service life. This study presents a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,212 Views
20 Pages

30 June 2020

Tooth coil winding machines offer a low cost manufacturing process, high efficiency and high power density, making these attractive for traction applications. Using direct oil cooling in combination with tooth coil windings is an effective way of rea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,497 Views
23 Pages

Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of HIsarna Off-Gas System—Wall Modeling and Heat Loss Prediction

  • Ashkan Hosseini,
  • Randy Calis,
  • Dirk van der Plas,
  • Pieter Put,
  • Jelle Agema,
  • Koen Meijer,
  • Johannes L. T. Hage,
  • Erik Offerman and
  • Yongxiang Yang

26 October 2023

The HIsarna off-gas system wall is a cooling jacket made of cooling pipes arranged in the radial direction and in a circular pattern. Part of the off-gas system cooling pipes are isolated using a low-thermal-conductivity refractory material to protec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,987 Views
21 Pages

30 April 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become a viable solution to the emerging global climate crisis. Rechargeable battery packs are the basic unit of the energy storage system of these vehicles. The battery thermal management system (BTMS) is the primary con...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,577 Views
20 Pages

Hydrogen Containing Nanofluids in the Spark Engine’s Cylinder Head Cooling System

  • Alexander Balitskii,
  • Myroslav Kindrachuk,
  • Dmytro Volchenko,
  • Karol F. Abramek,
  • Olexiy Balitskii,
  • Vasyl Skrypnyk,
  • Dmytro Zhuravlev,
  • Iryna Bekish,
  • Mykola Ostashuk and
  • Valerii Kolesnikov

22 December 2021

The article is devoted to the following issues: boiling of fluid in the cooling jacket of the engine cylinder head; agents that influenced the thermal conductivity coefficient of nanofluids; behavior of nanoparticles and devices with nanoparticles in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
867 Views
17 Pages

Concept Development for Bearing Fault Detection on Water-Cooled Electric Machines Using Infrared

  • Stephanie Schamberger,
  • Lukas Brandl,
  • Hans-Christian Reuss and
  • Alfons Wagner

29 March 2025

Electric machines (EMs) of electrified vehicle drivetrains can be tested on drivetrain test benches at an early stage of development. In order to protect the EMs from premature damage or failure during testing, monitoring their thermal condition is i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,870 Views
20 Pages

Diagonal Compression Tests on Unfired and Fired Masonry Wallettes Retrofitted with Textile-Reinforced Alkali-Activated Mortar

  • Andres Arce,
  • Panagiotis Kapsalis,
  • Catherine G. Papanicolaou and
  • Thanasis C. Triantafillou

29 December 2023

This paper discusses the integration of an alkali-activated mortar (AAM), based on industrial waste, into a novel composite material fit for structural upgrading purposes and rendered with high temperature endurance and a low CO2 footprint. The AAM c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,542 Views
12 Pages

A quench boiler is the key equipment in ethylene production for the rapid cooling of high-temperature cracking gas. In the boiler, heat transfer is occurs between the hot cracking gas passing through the inner heat exchange tubes with an average temp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,767 Views
23 Pages

12 May 2022

Although many PMSMs are used as the driving source for electric vehicle motor drive systems, there is still a gap compared with the power density index in the DOE roadmap. Considering that the motor occupies a large space in the motor drive system, i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,141 Views
10 Pages

Improvement of Energy Efficiency and Productivity in an Electric Arc Furnace through the Modification of Side-Wall Injector Systems

  • Yonmo Sung,
  • Sangyoun Lee,
  • Kyungmoon Han,
  • Jaduck Koo,
  • Seongjae Lee,
  • Doyoung Jang,
  • Changyong Oh and
  • Byunghwa Jang

23 September 2020

The energy cost of producing steel in an electric arc furnace (EAF) has a sizable influence on the prices of natural gas and electricity. Therefore, it is important to use these energies efficiently via a tailored oxy-fuel combustion burner and oxyge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,389 Views
14 Pages

3 November 2022

Multi-disciplinary analysis was performed to analyze and investigate the thermal performance during transient operation of a 2 L diesel engine system with two different cooling systems. The multi-disciplinary model consisted of the engine thermal man...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,142 Views
24 Pages

5 July 2019

In the process of electric motor design, it is essential to predict and provide an accurate thermal and mechanical model. The aim of this research is to improve the thermal and mechanical performance—which is implemented into a 72/48 switched r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,261 Views
20 Pages

Electric-Potential-Assisted Crystallisation of L-Isoleucine: A Study of Nucleation Kinetics and Its Associated Parameters

  • Nik Salwani Md Azmi,
  • Nornizar Anuar,
  • Muhamad Fitri Othman,
  • Noor Fitrah Abu Bakar and
  • Mohd Nazli Naim

31 May 2021

The potential of producing L-isoleucine crystals with the aid of electric potential and its effect on the nucleation kinetics of L-isoleucine were probed using polythermal and isothermal crystallisation techniques, assisted with 5 V, 9 V, and 20 V el...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,744 Views
8 Pages

This paper presents a novel multi-channel type RF source module with solid-state power amplifiers for plasma generators. The proposed module is consisted of a DC control part, RF source generation part, and power amplification part. A 2-stage power a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,234 Views
27 Pages

The decarbonization problem of maritime transport and new restrictions on CO2 emissions (MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 4, COM (2021)562) have prompted the development and practical implementation of new decarbonization solutions. One of them, along with th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,745 Views
23 Pages

17 March 2020

In this paper, a combined organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system that can effectively utilize the cold energy of Liquefied Nature Gas (LNG) and the waste heat of dual fuel (DF) marine engine was proposed. Particularly, the engine exhaust gas and the jack...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,898 Views
21 Pages

In this study, a main marine engine with a rating power of 21,840 kW for a ship sailing in an actual voyage was obtained as the research object. The engine’s exhaust gas and jacket cooling water were adopted as the heat source of the organic Ra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,288 Views
27 Pages

16 October 2024

The study introduces an innovative three-stage nested power generation system that enables the cascading utilization of LNG cold energy. It makes the most of wasted energy by using ship jacket cooling water (JCW) and exhaust gas (EG) as heat sources,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,825 Views
19 Pages

Comparison of the Dynamic and Thermal Behavior of Different Ideal Flow Crystallizers

  • László Balogh,
  • Attila Egedy,
  • Zsolt Ulbert and
  • Ágnes Bárkányi

In this simulation study, we compare the dynamics and thermal behavior of different ideal flow crystallizers. The first step in creating mathematical models for the crystallizers was the implementation of the population balance equation. The populati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,975 Views
21 Pages

26 September 2022

Mobility is undergoing changes. Increasingly strict legislation regarding pollutant emissions and the protection of the environment are more important than ever. The change to electric mobility is also presenting the mobile world with new challenges...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,450 Views
22 Pages

Unsteady Natural Convection in a Cylindrical Containment Vessel (CIGMA) With External Wall Cooling: Numerical CFD Simulation

  • Ari Hamdani,
  • Satoshi Abe,
  • Masahiro Ishigaki,
  • Yasuteru Sibamoto and
  • Taisuke Yonomoto

15 July 2020

In the case of a severe accident, natural convection plays an important role in the atmosphere mixing of nuclear reactor containments. In this case, the natural convection might not in the steady-state condition. Hence, instead of steady-state simula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,680 Views
22 Pages

Investigation of a Dual-Loop ORC for the Waste Heat Recovery of a Marine Main Engine

  • Long Lyu,
  • Wu Chen,
  • Ankang Kan,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Song Xue and
  • Jingbin Zeng

9 November 2022

As carbon dioxide emissions arising from fossil energy consumption and fossil fuels are gradually increased, it is important for the low-carbon operation of ships to recover diesel engine waste heat. A newly developed dual-loop organic Rankine cycle...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,445 Views
27 Pages

14 April 2023

Metal hydrides are a class of materials that can absorb and release large amounts of hydrogen. They have a wide range of potential applications, including their use as a hydrogen storage medium for fuel cells or as a hydrogen release agent for chemic...

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