Advances in Heat Transfer Engineering

ISBN Print: 9986-49278-5

This book contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Baltic Heat Transfer Conference, which was held in the Lithuanian Energy Institute in Kaunas, Lithuania, August 25-27, 2003.
The Conference was organised by the Lithuanian Energy Institute and Kaunas University of Technology on initiative of the Scientific and Organising Committee of the Baltic Heat Transfer Conferences. The former three conferences look place in Göteborg, Sweden in August 1991, in Riga-Jurmala, Latvia in August 1995 and in Gdansk, Poland in September 1999. Adding to what has already said, there in a hope that the International Baltic Heat Transfer Conference Series it will be organised further.
The objective of the Baltic Heal Transfer Conference Series is to bring together researchers and practicing engineers in the field of heat transfer, primarily those active in the countries bordering the Baltic Sea, i.e. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden. Participation, however, is open to all other countries. In this Conference participated representatives from Byelorussia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, USA and other countries.
This Conference had one particular feature - two lectures were devoted to commemoration of the prominent scientist and founder of the Lithuanian heat transfer research school, Academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Professor Algirdas Zukauskas. These lectures were dedicated to mark his 80th Birthday. Prof. A. Zukauskas together with other scientists of the Baltic countries was active initiator of the Baltic Heat Transfer Conferences.
An attempt has been made to use an unified outline and methods of presentation for each paper. The contributed papers are grouped in appropriate sections to provide better access for readers. The book begins with eleven invited keynote lectures presented during the Conference. These papers cover a broad spectrum of topics ranging from experimental investigations of complex fundamental aspects of heat transfer to studies of practical problems and their applications.
We are grateful to the members of the International and National Committees and the reviewers for their assistance in the evaluation and selection of the submitted papers.
The sponsorship provided by some Lithuanian energy companies, departments, foundations and other organisations contributed to the success of the Conference and it is gratefully acknowledged. They arc presented in the sixth page of the introductory part of the book. Finally, we greatly appreciate the cooperation provided by Begell House Inc. and for producing this volume and distribution outside the Lithuania.

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CONVECTIVE BOILING IN PARALLEL MICRO-CHANNELS Gad Hetsroni, Daniel Klein, Albert Mosyak, Zelik Segal, Elena Pogrebnyak DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.50 pages 43-56
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN FUEL CELL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Ramesh K. Shah, Umberto Desideri, Kan-Lin Hsueh , V. Vikar DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.70 pages 79-100
CALCULATION OF THE U-VALUE OF THE BUILDING PARTITIONS WITH MINERAL WOOL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONVECTION Audrone Endriukaityte, Josifas Parasonis, Raimondas Bliudzius, Rolandas Samajauskas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.120 pages 161-170
DYNAMIC MODELING OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF DISTRICT HEATING PIPELINES Irena Gabrielaitiene, Bengt Sunden, Rimantas Kacianauskas, B. Bohm DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.150 pages 185-192
THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE HEAT LOSS MINIMIZATION IN BUILDINGS Jonas Juodvalkis, Egidijus Blazevicius, Ramunas Albertas Vipartas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.180 pages 209-216
HEAT TRANSFER IN GLASS TEMPERING AND FORMING PROCESSES Reijo Karvinen, Mikko Rantala, Tarmo Pesonen DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.190 pages 217-224
CERTIFICATION OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING'S ENVELOPE Andris Kreslins, Olita Belindzeva-Korkla DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.220 pages 241-246
TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE FERRO FLUIDS FOR THERMOMAGNETIC COOLING DEVICES G. Kronkalns, M. Maiorov, Elmars Blums DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.230 pages 247-254
INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER ACROSS THE CAVITIES WITH LOOSE-FILL THERMAL INSULATION Vytautas Stankevicius, Rolandas Samajauskas, Birute Samajauskiene, Juozas Ramanauskas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.250 pages 263-268
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER DURING SLIDING OF SOLIDS Tomasz S. Wisniewski, Piotr Furmanski, Jerzy Banaszek DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.280 pages 283-290
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF AIR CONVECTION IN A VERTICAL CYLINDER SUPPORTED BY STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD Piotr Filar, Masayuki Kaneda, Toshio Tagawa, Hiroyuki Ozoe, Janusz S. Szmyd DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.340 pages 331-338
EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF MIXED CONVECTION Elzbieta Fornalik-Wajs, Wolfgang Leiner , Janusz S. Szmyd, Tomasz A. Kowalewski DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.350 pages 339-346
THERMAL TRANSITION INDUCED BY WAKES OF HESITATING CYLINDER Victor N. Klimenko, Tatyana T. Suprun DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.370 pages 355-360
NATURAL CONVECTION FROM HORIZONTAL CONIC Sergey Leble, Witold M. Lewandowski DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.390 pages 369-376
TURBULENT FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OF A LIQUID FILM FORMED BY IMPINGING JET Jaroslaw Mikielewicz, Dariusz Mikielewicz DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.410 pages 385-392
MIXED CONVECTION DURING A FLOW AROUND A CYLINDER Wladyslaw Nowak, Aleksander A. Stachel DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.420 pages 393-400
NATURAL CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM ISOTHERMAL CUBOIDS Ewa Radziemska, Witold M. Lewandowski DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.450 pages 419-426
TWO-PHASE NUMERICAL MODEL OF HEAT EXCHANGE IN A LAKE COOLER Petras Vaitiekunas, Jelena Petkeviciene DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.470 pages 435-440
HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN A RECTANGULAR CAVITY OF CIRCULAR TUBE Vitas Valincius, Pranas Valatkevicius, Viktorija Valinciute DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.480 pages 441-448
INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT ON THE HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE SWIRLING FLAME Maija Zake, Inesa Barmina, G. Shtein, Daniels Turlajs DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.510 pages 467-474
EFFICIENCY OF STEAM SUPERHEATERS IN POWER BOILERS Vladimir Zakrevskij, Albertas Navickas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.520 pages 475-780
ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC TECHNIQUE OF CONDENSATE DRAINAGE ENHANCEMENT Dariusz Butrymowicz, Marian Trela, Jaroslaw Karwacki DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.560 pages 509-516
COMPARISON OF THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INCLINED FINNED TUBES AND TUBES WITH INCLINED FINS Ignacio Carvajal-Mariscal, Florencio Sanchez-Silva, Georgiy Polupan, Edgar Nunez DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.570 pages 517-522
THE ANALYSIS AND NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS OF GRAVITATIONAL HEAT DIODES V.L. Dragun, N. S. Koneva, E.S. Koneva DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.580 pages 523-530
MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN HEAT TRANSFER AND HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE IN CHANNELS WITH FLOW SWIRLING Boris V. Dzyubenko, Guenrikh A. Dreitser, Petras Urbonas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.590 pages 531-540
DESCRIPTION OF TUBE BUNDLE HEAT TRANSFER IN FOAM FLOW Jonas Gylys, Mindaugas Jakubcionis, Stasys Sinkunas, Tadas Zdankus DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.600 pages 541-548
HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION AND PRESSURE DROP OF TURBULATOR INSERTS IN GAS-HEATED CHANNELS Dmitri Neshumayev, Arvo A. Ots, Jaan Laid, Toomas Tiikma DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.630 pages 565-572
DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS BASED ON FINED THERMOSIPHONS FOR SAVING OF LEAVING HEAT Yevgen Pysmennyy, A. Gershuni, Georgiy Polupan, Florencio Sanchez-Silva, Ignacio Carvajal-Mariscal DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.650 pages 579-586
PROPERTIES OF THERMAL PROBES WITH HEAT PIPE COOLING SYSTEM Allan Vrager, Toomas Tiikma DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.660 pages 587-594
HEAT TRANSFER TO THE BUILDING STRUCTURES OF IGNALINA NPP ACCIDENT LOCALIZATION SYSTEM Egidijus Babilas, Sigitas Rimkevicius, Egidijus Urbonavicius DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.670 pages 597-604
BEST ESTIMATE THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS OF LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS Algirdas Kaliatka, Rolandas Urbonas, Mindaugas Vaisnoras DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.690 pages 613-620
THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSES OF PARTIAL GDH BREAK USING BEST-ESTIMATE CODE RELAP5 Algirdas Kaliatka, Rolandas Urbonas, Virginijus Vileiniskis DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.700 pages 621-628
LOSS OF FLOW ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF A WATER-COOLED FUSION REACTOR Gintaras Zemulis, Arvydas Adomavicius, Rainer Salomaa DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.720 pages 637-644
EFFECT OF OUTLET NOZZLE DESIGN ON THE YSZ PARTICLE IN-FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS IN PLASMA JET GENERATED BY DC PLASMA TORCH Kristina Brinkiene, Romualdas Kezelis, Vladas Mecius, Liudas Pranevicius DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.740 pages 655-662
EFFICIENCY OF DRY-WET FIN IN AIR CONDITIONING Reijo Karvinen, Antti Lehtinen, Antero Aittomaki DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.760 pages 671-678
INDUCTION PHENOMENA IN NONSTATIONARY EVAPORATION Oleg G. Martynenko, Piotr Khramtsov DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.770 pages 679-686
DEPENDENCE OF LIQUID DROPLETS STATE UPON HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES IN TWO-PHASE SYSTEM Gintautas U. Miliauskas, Idalija Pileckiene, Vaidotas Sabanas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.790 pages 695-702
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF TRANSFER PHENOMENA IN NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWERS Maja Rotar, Bostjan Drobnic, Wladyslaw Nowak, Brane Sirok, Bozin Donevski DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.810 pages 713-722
HEAT TRANSFER AT PROPANE POOL BOILING AND EVAPORATION IN CAPILLARY-POROUS EVAPORATORS Leonard L. Vasiliev, Alexander S. Zhuravlyov, Mikhail N. Novikov, Alexander Shapovalov, Vitali Litvinenko DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.840 pages 739-746
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF NOZZLE BLADES OF FIRST STAGE OF TURBINE OF INSTALLATION GT-009 K. D. Andreev, V. G. Polishchuk, V. A. Rassokhin, N. P. Sokolov, Y. M. Anurov, Y. R. Mironov, V. M. Shirmanov DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.850 pages 749-756
NON-STATIONARY HEAT AND MASS EXCHANGE IN A TRACHEA OF HUMAN LUNGS Konstantin M. Aref'ev, Evgeny D. Fedorovich, Alecsander Hrushchenko DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.860 pages 757-766
QUASI-REAL TIME HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERIZATION BY DIGITAL DYNAMIC LASER SPECKLE PHOTOGRAPHY Nikolai Bazylev, Nikita A. Fomin, Elena Lavinskaya DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.870 pages 767-774
VHF ELECTRIC FIELD AS A SOURCE OF THERMAL LOADS IN BIOTISSUE Svetlana M. Danilova-Tretiak, V.L. Dragun DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.890 pages 781-784
INVESTIGATION OF THE AIR VELOCITY NATIONAL STANDARD Aidas Daugele, Vilius Ilgarubis, Vytautas Janusas DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.900 pages 785-792
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF FUNCTIONING FOR DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS Vaclovas Kveselis, Renatas Minkstimas, Darius Strazdas, Matas Tamonis DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.920 pages 799-804
BLOOD PERFUSION MEASUREMENTS IN HUMAN SKIN TISSUE Christopher P. Nicholson, Darina B. Murray DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.940 pages 813-820
THE LITHUANIAN AIR VOLUME AND FLOW RATE STANDARDS Antanas Pedisius, Jurij Tonkonogij DOI: 10.1615/BHT4.950 pages 821-828