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    Influence of piston bowl geometry on combustion and emission characteristics
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2019) ÖZDEMİR, MEHMED RAFET; Sener, Ramazan; Ozdemir, Mehmed R.; Yangaz, Murat U.
    Together with the global energy concerns, the norms are getting stringent to prevent the emission threat. There are on-going studies on systems working with both fossil and renewable energy sources aiming to create more efficient and less emissive processes and devices. Accordingly, a set of numerical simulations was performed to examine the effect of the bowl shape of a piston on the performance behaviour, emission rates and combustion characteristics in a four-cylinder, four strokes, water-cooled compression ignition engine using n-heptane (C7H16) as fuel. Six different piston bowl geometries, five from the literature and proposed one, were utilized having different length-to-diameter ratio, curvature and sidewall radius. The study was conducted at 1750 r/min engine speed and a constant compression ratio with a full performance condition. The intake and exhaust valves have been considered as closed during the analysis to provide the variation of crank angle from 300 CA to 495 CA. The results showed that the piston bowl geometry has a significant impact on the rate of heat release, in-cylinder pressure, in-cylinder temperature, and emission trends in the engine. Among the piston bowl geometries studied, design DE and design DF exhibited better combustion characteristics and relatively lower emission trends compared to other designs. The observed rate of heat release, in-cylinder pressure and in-cylinder temperature magnitudes of these two geometries was higher in comparison to other geometries. Moreover, the trade-off for NOx emission was also observed higher for these piston bowl designs.
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    EFFECT OF THE GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS IN A DOMESTIC BURNER WITH CRESCENT FLAME CHANNELS FOR AN OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND THERMAL EFFICIENCY
    (YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIV, 2019-12-02) ÖZDEMİR, MEHMED RAFET; Sener, Ramazan; Ozdemir, Mehmed R.; Yangaz, Murat U.
    Domestic cookers are common tools of house appliances in the world and they have significant share in global energy consumption. Therefore, a small amount of improvement in efficiency would result in a huge drop in total energy and resource activity. This study aims at presenting numerically the thermal efficiency of a domestic burner with crescent-shaped flame channels by changing the distance from the cooker to the burner head and the diameter of the burner. The energy efficiency parameter was evaluated analyzing temperature distribution along the bottom surface of the cooker and unburnt HC, CO and NO emissions. Simulations have been carried out with methane as fuel for three different diameter and distance parameters. The results showed that the temperature on the surface and the emission values of unburnt CO, NO and HC decreased with increasing the cooker diameter and distance parameter.
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    Experimental studies on ferrofluid pool boiling in the presence of external magnetic force
    (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018) ÖZDEMİR, MEHMED RAFET; Ozdemir, Mehmed Rafet; Sadaghiani, Abdolali K.; Motezakker, Ahmad Reza; Parapari, Sorour Semsari; Park, Hyun Sun; Acar, Havva Yagci; Kosar, Ali
    The past decade has witnessed rapid advances in thermal-fluid applications involving nanoparticles due to existing heat transfer enhancements. The main challenges in working with nanoparticles are clustering, sedimentation and instability encountered in many studies. In this study, magnetically actuated Fe3O4 nanoparticles were coated with a fatty acid and dispersed inside a base fluid (water) in order to avoid clustering, sedimentation and instability as well as to improve the thermal performance. Boiling heat transfer characteristics of the ferrofluids were experimentally investigated with magnetic actuation and compared to the results without magnetic actuation. Nanoparticle mass fraction was the major parameter. Boiling heat transfer coefficient of the magnetically actuated system was found to be significantly higher compared to the case without magnetic actuation. The results showed that boiling heat transfer coefficient was not sensitive to the nanoparticle mass fraction.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    EXERGO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MICROCHANNELS IN SINGLE-PHASE FLOW
    (YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIV, 2018-06-30) ÖZDEMİR, MEHMED RAFET; Ozdemir, M. R.; Sozbir, O. R.; Yilmaz, M.
    With the increase of energy demand, many researchers tried to develop scientific approaches in order to design more efficient and environmentally friendly energy systems. Exergo-economic (thermoeconomic) analysis of a system or device is an efficient tool for evaluating the system in terms of the thermodynamic and economic aspects. In this parametric study, exergo-economic analysis of rectangular copper plain microchannels under single-phase flow conditions were investigated using de-ionised water. The exergo-economic performance was evaluated based on the relative cost difference and unit cost per product exergy tools. The channel aspect ratio effect on the unit cost per product exergy and relative cost difference was examined using three microchannel test sections with the same channel hydraulic diameter (D-h = 0.56 mm) and length (L = 62 mm) but different aspect ratios beta = 0.5, 2.56 and 4.94) under single-phase flow conditions. The results showed that the exergo-economic performances of the three microchannel test sections decreased as the net heat input increased over the experimental range. Moreover, the exergo-economic performance of test section 2 (beta = 4.94) was found to be greater than the exergo-economic performances of test sections 1 and 3 (beta = 0.5 and 2.56) at fixed flow rate and fixed net heat input case.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER IN A RECTANGULAR COPPER MICROCHANNEL
    (YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIV, 2016) ÖZDEMİR, MEHMED RAFET; Ozdemir, Mehmed R.; Mahmoud, Mohamed M.; Karayiannis, Tassos G.
    Flow boiling characteristics of de-ionized water were tested experimentally in a rectangular copper single microchannel of 1 mm width, 0.39 mm height and 62 mm length. De-ionized water was supplied to the microchannel at constant inlet temperature (89 degrees C) and constant inlet pressure (115 kPa). The mass flux ranged from 200 to 800 kg/m(2)s and the heat flux from 56 to 865 kW/m(2). The heat transfer rate data are presented as plots of local heat transfer coefficient versus vapour quality and distance along the channel. Flow visualization was also conducted using a high-speed, high-resolution camera. The results indicate that unstable flow boiling occurred starting at boiling incipience for all mass flux values. The local heat transfer coefficient depends on heat flux only at very low heat and mass fluxes. At high mass flux, there is no heat flux effect with little dependence on vapour quality after the entry region. The mass flux effect was more complex.