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Off-gas flows in refineries normally consist of hydrogen, methane and heavy hydrocarbons which are burnt in flare. While the demand for hydrogen in refineries is increased and the required hydrogen is provided by steam reforming or partial oxidation of methane or other hydrocarbons, recovering the hydrogen from off-gasses can reduce the refineries losses and optimize it economically. The four main processes for hydrogen recovery unit are the Pressure Swing Adsorption process, Membrane process, Cryogenic process, and absorption process. In the present project besides, considering the process flexibility, reliability, and refinery off-gas properties such as pressure, temperature and mole... 

Direct metal deposition (DMD) process is an additive manufacturing technology that is rapidly gaining laser importance due to its various capabilities in applications such as coating, repairing high-value damaged parts, rapid prototyping and even production in small quantities. Among the equipment needed for this process, nozzle is perhaps the most important component because its performance affect the efficiency of powders trapped in the molten pool, and is crucial to the quality of the deposited layer. The existing nozzle designs can be categorized in two groups; lateral and coaxial nozzles; and the coaxial ones are divided into continuous and discontinuous types. Coaxial nozzles have... 

In this study, the Shokov-BGK model of the Boltzmann equation is reformulated and generalized to consider the real gas effects. At first, the formulation is performed to consider an arbitrary specific heats ratio and the correct Prandtl number for polyatomic gases. Here, the resulting equations of the present formulation are numerically solved by applying the high-order finite-difference weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme. The present solution method is tested by computing the one-dimension Reiman problem with different specific heats ratios for a wide range of the Knudsen numbers. The results are compared with the available gas-kinetic results which show good agreement. It... 

The goal of the present study is to simulate the compressible rarefied gas flow by using a high-order finite-difference lattice Boltzmann method. Here, a weighted essentially non-oscillatory lattice Boltzmann method (WENO-LBM) is applied for the solution of the compressible form of the LB equation with the Kataoka-Tsutahara model. The solution procedure is based on the discretization of the convection terms of the LB equation using the fifth-order finite-difference WENO scheme and the temporal term using the third-order explicit total variation diminishing Runge-Kutta scheme for both the continuum and rarefied gas flows. The treatment of implementing the no-slip and slip boundary conditions... 

In this thesis we are going to improve an ultrasonic flowmeter accuracy by considering the influence of different parameters like temperature, pressure, etc. Firstl of all different cases of flow condition in which ultrasonic flowmeter may work are specified, then velocity and temperature profile of pipe flow are determined using Fluent software. In thr next step ultrasonic pulses transmitted are simulated by the use of code written in Matlab to find wave travel time in the flow. Evetually an accurate relation of calibration for flowmeter is determined by the use of travel time and all other flow properties to evaluate the accuracy of flowmeter in diffent cases. Relation extracted can be... 

In this work, a high-order accurate gas kinetic scheme based on the compact finite-difference Boltzmann method (CFDBM) is developed and applied for simulating the compressible rarefied gas flows. Here, the Shakhov model of the Boltzmann equation is considered and the spatial derivative term in the resulting equation is discretized by using the fourth-order compact finite-difference method and the time integration is performed by using the third-order TVD Runge-Kutta method. A filtering procedure with three discontinuity-detecting sensors is applied and examined for the stabilization of the solution method especially for the problems involving the discontinuity regions such as the shock. The... 

In this thesis to simulate the behavior of liquid engine Thrust chamber of hot gas from a quasi one dimensional code used when the effects of the heat transfer and friction in those terma. As well as during the regenerative channel is simulated by considering the equation’s of continuity, momentum and energy for one dimensional, effects of increase temperature, pressure drop, change the density of coolant flow resulting from the warming which is visible along the way to increase the accuracy of calculation of the thermal flux output of the engine, use a suitable model for unclear boiling in consideration of heat transfer coefficient used coolant flow it has been. As well as coupling of heat... 

The gas flow field geometry influences the transport phenomena inside PEMFCs and hence affecting their overall performance. Radial force and secondary flows resulting from curvature of the spiral channels in PEMFCs can improve mass transport limits and so does to their overall performance. Studying the effects of curvature of spiral channels on fuel cell performance and comparing them with similar designs is the aim of this thesis. The geometries are generated using concentric Archimedes’ spirals and categorized as axial or radial depending on the direction of the vector perpendicular to their MEA . Each category has five geometries which are the result of branching the main channel into...