What is this all about?
Theme
Heat exchangers are becoming increasingly compact, miniaturized and efficient. Several terms such as enhanced, compact, ultra-compact, microscale and mesoscale are used to classify heat exchangers that promise high heat transfer coefficients, smaller size and weight, reduced structural requirements, increased mobility and greater efficiency to achieve significant cost savings. Small scale heat exchangers typically employ large number of small flow passages using a variety of mass produced enhanced surfaces with different materials of construction and configurations, suited to a variety of non-fouling or low fouling fluids. Special polymers, composites, ceramics, glass, Teflon and other non metallic materials have also been used to suit the manufacturing techniques and to ensure safety and reliability even in harsh climates. The range of applications include process, automotive, aerospace, electronics, HVAC, power, food and chemical industries etc. Continuing innovations in frontier areas such as nanotechnology, fuel cells promise further developments in heat exchanger miniaturization.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are extensively employed to design the flow passages and headers to ensure uniform flow distribution and to minimize pressure drops.
The workshop aims to bring internationally acclaimed experts in the field, both from industry and academia and to provide a forum for closer interaction. The workshop will focus on the recent advances in modeling, design, fabrication, application and development of small scale heat exchangers. The prospects and challenges in these areas will also be presented.
Topics Covered
The following broad topics will be covered in the workshop:
Micro Heat Exchanger - Design, Manufacturing and Devices for Applications in Process Engineering
Computational Methods for Estimation of Heat Exchanger Performance - Single Phase
On Condensation in Compact Heat Exchangers and Relevance of Microchannel
Small Heat Exchangers for Small Thermal Systems: A Modelling Perspective
Flow Boiling Patterns, Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Rates in Vertical Small-micro Tubes
Thermal Management for Adoptive Aircraft Cooling
Heat Sinks and Cold Plates: The Evolution of Heat Exchanger Technology in the Cooling of Electronic Systems
Novel Developments and Advancements in Enhanced Heat Transfer for Compact and Micro-Scale Heat Exchangers
Simulation of a Flat-Tube Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Micro Fuel Cells - An Overview
Heat and Mass Transport in Fuel Cell with Bi-Polar Plates
Speakers
Internationally acclaimed researchers as follows in the area of heat exchangers have already confirmed their participation in the Workshop.
Prof. Pradeep Bansal, Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand.
Dr. Juergen Brandner, KIT, Germany.
Prof. Sanjeev Jain, IIT Delhi.
Prof. Tassos Karayiannis, Brunel University, UK.
Dr. Blazo Ljubicic, Koch Heat Transfer, USA
Prof. Pradip MajumdarNorthern, Illinois University, USA.
Prof. Raj M. Manglik, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA.
Prof. Sushanta K. Mitra, University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Arun Muley, Koch Heat Transfer, USA.
Prof. Alfonso Ortega, Villanova University,USA.
Dr. Soumya S. Patnaik, USAF AFRL, USA.
Dr. Laura Schaefer,University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Prof. Bengt Sunden, Lund University, Sweden.
Who Can Participate?
This workshop is intended for design engineers, researchers, academicians, students as well as professionals engaged in research, design, manufacture and use of heat exchangers, who would like to learn about the recent advances in small scale heat exchangers.
Venue
The workshop will be held in the senate room at IIT Delhi, from Friday, January 8, 2010, at 9.00 am to Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, 5 pm. The details of the technical programme and the exact location will be provided in the Website:
Registration: Check out the website for registration and other details
Website Details: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~webwork2010/
Conference: January 8, 2010, at 9.00 am to Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, 5 pm
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