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Effect of concave rectangular winglet vortex generator on convection coefficient of heat transfer

This study shows an experimental result of effects of concave rectangular winglet vortex generator on convection heat transfer coefficient. There are two types of vortex generator those are rectangular winglet and concave rectangular winglet. The aim of this study is to observe effects of geometry and numbers of vortex generator to the increase of heat transfer coefficient. This experiment was done in a glass rectangular channel. Overall, this experiment was conducted with (rectangular and concave rectangular winglets) and without (baseline) vortex generator. Both types of vortex generator were placed at a 30° angle of attack, in an inline position, and variation numbers of vortex generator row of 1, 2 and 3 rows. Vortex generators were mounted on an aluminum plate which was mounted on a heater with 35 watts of heat, inside the rectangular channel. Airflow passed through vortex generators was varied by its inlet velocity to be 0.4 m/s to 2.0 m/s with an interval of 0.2 m/s. The experimental result shows t...

Effect of cooled EGR on performance and exhaust gas emissions in EFI spark ignition engine fueled by gasoline and wet methanol blends

Fuel needs, especially the transport sector is still dominated by fossil fuels which are non-renewable. However, oil reserves are very limited. Furthermore, the hazardous components produced by internal combustion engine forces many researchers to consider with alternative fuel which is environmental friendly and renewable sources. Therefore, this study intends to investigate the impact of cooled EGR on the performance and exhaust gas emissions in the gasoline engine fueled by gasoline and wet methanol blends. The percentage of wet methanol blended with gasoline is in the range of 5 to 15% in a volume base. The experiment was performed at the variation of engine speeds from 2500 to 4000 rpm with 500 intervals. The re-circulated exhaust gasses into combustion chamber was 5%. The experiment was performed at the constant engine speed. The results show that the use of cooled EGR with wet methanol of 10% increases the brake torque up to 21.3%. The brake thermal efficiency increases approximately 39.6% using co...