Meet the editor

 Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami Kandelousi works at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology's Department of Mechanical Engineering in Iran. He is head of the Renewable Energy Systems and Nanofluid Applications in Heat Transfer Laboratory at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. His research interests are nanofluids, computational fluid dynamics, simulation, mesoscopic modeling, nonlinear

science, magnetohydrodynamics, ferrohydrodynamics, electrohydrodynamics, and heat exchangers. He has written several papers and books in various fields of mechanical engineering. He is the first scientist to develop a new numerical method (control-volume finite-element method) and he has published a reference book *Application of Control Volume Based Finite Element Method (CVFEM) for Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer*. He is also the first author of the books *Applications of Nanofluid for Heat Transfer Enhancement*, *Application of Semi Analytical Methods for Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer*, *Hydrothermal Analysis in Engineering Using Control Volume Finite Element Method*, and *External Magnetic Field Effects on Hydrothermal Treatment of Nanofluid*, published by Elsevier. According to the reports of Thomson Reuters (Clarivate Analytics), he was selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Top 0.01%) in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Contents

by Getu Hailu

by Zhiguo Qu

Boltzmann Modeling

with Exogenous Input Model

by Tatang Mulyana

Preface III

Chapter 1 1

Chapter 2 11

Chapter 3 33

Chapter 4 69

Chapter 5 89

Introductory Chapter: Nano-Enhanced Phase-Change Material

Heat Transfer Enhancement Technique of PCMs and Its Lattice

The Laboratorial Research of Two-Phase Free Convection Devices

Identification of Heat Exchanger by Neural Network Autoregressive

for Cooling of Materials and Industrial Machines by Yakov B. Gorelik and Artur H. Khabitov

by Mohsen Sheikholeslami Kandelousi

Seasonal Solar Thermal Energy Storage

## Contents


Preface

Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials have engrossed augmented consideration to remove the main limitation of phase change materials (PCMs) in various industrial uses. In this book, a number of features of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCMs) are provided. Using nanoparticles intensifies energy performance and effective thermal management. Overviews of recent work and developments in the use of NEPCMs are presented in Chapter 1 (Introductory chapter). Nanoparticles are employed to expedite unsteady processes and improve performance. Usually, the amount of nanoparticles is less than 5% by weight. In this case, the impact of adding nanoparticles on PCMs is investigated. In Chapter 2, the influence of solar energy on energy storage systems is studied. Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources available in most parts of the world. One of the limitations of using solar energy is that it cannot be used at night, and the amount of solar light that the globe receives depends on factors such as location, time of day, time of year, and weather conditions. The lattice Boltzmann method is presented in Chapter 3 to simulate heat transfer enhancement of PCMs. Experimental studies on the cooling of industrial machines are reported in Chapter 4.

Chapter 5 deals with a new model for designing heat exchangers.

Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami Kandelousi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology,

Renewable Energy Systems and Nanofluid Applications in

Heat Transfer Laboratory, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology,

Babol, Iran

Babol, Iran
