Free convection and mass transfer flow of non-newtonian fluid with thermal diffusion effect

An analytical study is performed to examine the thermal diffusion characteristics of free convection and mass transfer flow in a non-Newtonian fluid (Walters, 1962: liquid B') past a uniformly accelerated infinite vertical plate in the presence of thermal diffusion. The expression for the velocity field is obtained by the Laplace transform technique. The influence of the Soret number (a thermal diffusion parameter) on the velocity field is extensively discussed with the help of graphs.     

Adaptive tracking control of an autonomous underwater vehicle

This paper presents the trajectory tracking control of an autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV). To cope with parametric uncertainties owing to the hydrodynamic effect, an adaptive control law is developed for the AUV to track the desired trajectory. This desired state-dependent regressor matrix-based controller provides consistent results under hydrodynamic parametric uncertainties.Stability of the developed controller is verified using the Lyapunov s direct method. Numerical simulations are carried out to study the efficacy of the proposed adaptive controller.     

Performance analysis of a double calcium looping‐integrated biomass‐fired power plant: Exploring a carbon reduction opportunity

Integrating biomass energy generation with carbon capture will result in “carbon neutral” to “carbon negative” technology. Countries like India and China possess significant reserves of limestone. Calcium looping (CaL) technology can prove to be a promising option for carbon capture in these countries. The present work aims at improving the performance of CaL‐integrated biomass‐fired power plant (BFPP) by exploring different looping configurations. In this study, (i) standalone BFPP, (ii) conventional CaL (single stage), and (iii) double CaL‐integrated BFPP have been systematically evaluated. A comparative performance evaluation of these three plants in terms of energy, exergy and ecological assessment, has been carried out. A detailed parametric study and unit‐wise exergy analysis of the best configuration among the three are presented to identify the scope for further improvement in efficiency and energy savings.     

Free Convection and Mass Transfer Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluid in the Stokes Problem for a Vertical Plate with Thermal Diffusion Effect

An exact analysis of the unsteady free convection and mass transfer flow of non-Newtonian fluid past an impulsively started infinite vertical plate has been presented in presence of thermal diffusion effect. The expression for the velocity field has been obtained by the Laplace transform technique. The influence of Soret number (thermal diffusion parameter) on velocity field is extensively discussed.     

Free convective flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid between vertical porous plates with periodic heat input

This study investigates the free convective flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid between vertical parallel porous plates due to periodic heating of the porous plates. The analysis is performed by considering fully developed flow and steady-periodic regime. The momentum and energy equations, which arise from the definition of velocity and temperature, are written in dimensionless form. Separating the temperature and velocity fields into steady and periodic parts, the resulting second order differential equations are solved to obtain the expressions for velocity, temperature, skin friction and the rate of heat transfer. The effects of various flow parameters such as the suction/injection (s), heat source/sink (δ), Strouhal (St) and Prandtl (Pr) numbers on the skin friction coefficient, rate of heat transfer, velocity and temperature profiles are discussed with the aid of line graphs and contour maps.     

Computational analysis and heat transfer on MHD transient-free convection flow in a vertical microporous channel in the existence of Hall and ion slip current

This investigation presents an analysis of the transient magnetohydrodynamic flow of Newtonian viscous fluid in a vertical microporous channel with the inclusion of ion slip-Hall current as well as an induced magnetic field (IMF) effects. Owing to the nature of the flow equations which are difficult to obtain an analytical result, a numerical scheme (PDEPE) based on finite difference approximation is adopted in solving the governing dimensional partial differential equation. The active influence of different flow parameters on velocity and IMF along the main flow and induced flow directions are visualized. Furthermore, variations of shear stress and induced current density are also presented in tabular form for active nondimensional flow quantities and later on analyzed. To establish the validity of the results obtained in this computation, values for velocity and IMF in this analysis were correlated with the steady-state existing benchmark when the values of nondimensional time are considered large. Significant results from the analysis show that at the transient time and in the simultaneous occurrence of suction/injection at the microchannel walls, higher values of ion slip current have no considerable influence on flow formation along the primary flow direction, whereas an oscillatory phenomenon is observed along the secondary flow direction. It is also significant to note that at a transient time, magnetic induction could be improved or controlled by choosing favorable values of the suction/injection parameter.     

Automatic early glaucoma detection by extracting parapapillary atrophy and optic disc from fundus image using SVM

Multimedia Tools and Applications - This paper presents early-automated glaucoma detection algorithm by extracting early diagnostic parameters, namely, parapapillary atrophy and Cup to Disc ratio...     

Infrared photodetectors based on reduced graphene oxide and graphene nanoribbons

The use of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as infrared photodetectors is explored, based on recent results dealing with solar cells, light-emitting devices, photodetectors, and ultrafast lasers. IR detection is demonstrated by both RGO and GNRs in terms of the time-resolved photocurrent and photoresponse. The responsivity of the detectors and their functioning are presented.