A mixture of diamond nanoparticles and mineral oil easily outperforms other types of fluid created for heat-transfer applications, according to new research by Rice University. Rice scientists mixed ...

Rising Demand for Advanced Heat Exchanger Materials The global heat exchanger market is undergoing a structural upgrade, driven by energy efficiency requirements, environmental regulations, and the ...

The mathematical modelling of free and moving boundary problems are an important topic in engineering, industry, technology and theoretical sciences. These models allow us to make calculations ...

The function of coils in heating and cooling systems is to transfer heat from one medium to another, either extracting heat from a building and expelling it outside or vice versa. Depending on the ...

Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a sustainable and controllable strategy to manipulate interfacial heat transfer, ...

In direct systems, the fuel is synthesised directly at the point of light absorption. This means that the sun's energy is utilised directly to produce the fuel. In indirect systems, on the other hand, ...

Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have built a prototype of a magnetocaloric heat pump (MCHP) intended for use in residential buildings. “We are still working on system optimization ...