Papers by karima E. Amori
Maǧallaẗ al-handasaẗ/Journal of engineering, Oct 1, 2011
In this work an experimental study is performed to evaluate the thermal performance of locally ma... more In this work an experimental study is performed to evaluate the thermal performance of locally made closed loop solar hot water system using a shell and helical coiled tube heat exchanger as a storage tank. Several measurements are taken include inlet and outlet temperatures of both collectors and supply water and temperature distribution within the storage tank. This is beside the water flow rate in both collectors and load cycle. The main parameters of the system are obtained. ٌ ِ . .
Engineering and Technology Journal
Simulation of welding process (TIG or GTAW) of butt joint using finite element analysis is presen... more Simulation of welding process (TIG or GTAW) of butt joint using finite element analysis is presented. The base metal is ST(304). The numerical model developed by include moving heat source, temperature dependent material properties, phase change and transformation, and mechanical analysis. The parameters studied numerically were welding current ranging between (80-150A) depending on, welding velocity, plate thickness (2.5mm -5mm), and material of the heat sink (carbon steel and copper). The numerical results show that increasing the welding current with increasing of welding speed decreases the fusion zone area. Using copper plate underneath the welded plates acts as a dissipation heat sink which generates stronger heat gradient compared with carbon steel plate. The experimental results show that increasing welding current leads to increasing the micro hardness, and the microstructure becomes smaller. Due to increasing cooling rate the microhardness have maximum value at the boundary between the Fusion zone and heat affected zone.
The Journal of Engineering, 2014
Determining the aerodynamic characteristics of iced airfoil is an important step in aircraft desi... more Determining the aerodynamic characteristics of iced airfoil is an important step in aircraft design. The goal of this work is to study experimentally and numerically an iced airfoil to assess the aerodynamic penalties associated with presence of ice on the airfoil surface. Three iced shapes were tested on NACA 0012 straight wing at zero and non-zero angles of attack, at Reynolds No. equal to (3.36*10 5 ). The 2-D steady state continuity and momentum equations have been solved utilizing finite volume method to analyze the turbulent flow over a clean and iced airfoil. The results show that the ice shapes affected the aerodynamic characteristics due to the change in airfoil shape. The experimental results show that the horn iced airfoil consumes more power than the other shapes of ice, its value was (44.4W). The horn iced shape has the worst effect on the airfoil than the other shapes. The present results are compared with previously reported results; it is found there is a very good agreement between them. A comparison between the experimental and computational results of the presented work were pursing the same behavior.
Maǧallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-l-handasaẗ al-mīkānīkiyyaẗ wa-handasaẗ al-mawādd, Sep 29, 2021
The aim of this work is to test the effectiveness of new thermal insulation material formed from ... more The aim of this work is to test the effectiveness of new thermal insulation material formed from semi-spherical Perlite expanded particles for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks. Five different samples of semi-spherical particles of (68.8, 90.4, 300.5, 1211000, 1861000) *10 -9 m diameter are used as a new thermal insulating material in this work. To simulate the LPG tank wall, a stainless-steel plate of a thickness (3mm) is coated with this material and subjected to a resistive type flat plate heater. The thermal insulation coating thickness was (0.5mm to 2mm). This plate is subjected to different power loads namely (650, 1260 W/m 2 ). Results show that increasing the insulation expanded particle size increases the difference in temperatures on both sides of the insulation layer. The first three sizes of the insulation material reported a temperature difference at both sides of the coating layer is about 18 o C, while that for the fourth and fifth size are 20 o C and 25 o C respectively since larger expanded particles size has higher air content that enables them to reduce and delay heat transfer. The thermal conductivity of coated thermal insulation with large Perlite particle size is (0.25 W/m.K), while that for small size is (0.42 W/m.K). The previously reported thermal conductivity for Silica granules is less than 0.4 W/(m.K)for insulation thickness of (50 mm), while that for binderless cotton stalk fiberboard (BCSF) is ranged from 0.0585 to 0.0815 W/m K for board thickness 25mm. The indicated thermal conductivity for coconut husk and bagasse insulation boards is 0.046 and 0.068 W/mK for board thickness 25mm. So utilizing Perlite expanded particles as an insulation material is superior since it is a slim layer not exceeded 2 mm.
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2010
Simulation of welding process (TIG or GTAW) of butt joint using finite element analysis is presen... more Simulation of welding process (TIG or GTAW) of butt joint using finite element analysis is presented. The base metal is ST(304). The numerical model developed by include moving heat source, temperature dependent material properties, phase change and transformation, and mechanical analysis. The parameters studied numerically were welding current ranging between (80-150A) depending on, welding velocity, plate thickness (2.5mm -5mm), and material of the heat sink (carbon steel and copper). The numerical results show that increasing the welding current with increasing of welding speed decreases the fusion zone area. Using copper plate underneath the welded plates acts as a dissipation heat sink which generates stronger heat gradient compared with carbon steel plate. The experimental results show that increasing welding current leads to increasing the micro hardness, and the microstructure becomes smaller. Due to increasing cooling rate the microhardness have maximum value at the boundary between the Fusion zone and heat affected zone.
Experimental and numerical analysis of electrical metal foam heater
Energy, Jul 1, 2011
Maǧallaẗ al-handasaẗ, Apr 1, 2016
In this work, a convex lens concentrating solar collector is designed and manufactured locally by... more In this work, a convex lens concentrating solar collector is designed and manufactured locally by using 10 convex lenses (concentrator) of a diameter 10cm and one Copper absorber tube of a diameter 12.5mm and 1mm in thickness 1m length. Two axes manual Tracking system also constructed to track the sun continuously in two directions. The experiments are made on 17 th of May 2015 in climatic conditions of Baghdad. The experimental data are fed to a computer program to solve the thermal performing equation, to find efficiency and actual useful energy. Then this data is used in numerical CFD software for three different absorber diameters (12.5 mm, 18.75 mm and 25 mm). From the results that obtained the maximum thermal efficiency for the collector of diameter 12.5mm equal to 82.3% is higher than that for the collector of 18.75 mm and 25 mm diameter. The maximum outlet temperature is found equal to (105 ᵒ C, 93.9 ᵒ C and 83.5 ᵒ C) for collector absorber diameter equal to (12.5 mm, 18.75mm and 25 mm) respectively. The maximum mass flow rate 0.53 kg/hr when the solar radiation intensity equal to 899 W/m 2 . The all-day collector efficiency varies with diameter and reaches to maximum value of (77.9%, 61.4% and 52.8) for collector diameter equal to (12.5 mm, 18.75mm and 25 mm) respectively.
International Journal of Heat and Technology, Feb 28, 2022
The separation of fluid-fluid mixtures is a major issue in various sectors. The liquid-liquid hyd... more The separation of fluid-fluid mixtures is a major issue in various sectors. The liquid-liquid hydro-cyclone has a wide range of applications in various sectors due to its great efficiency in separating fluid mixtures, ease of installation, and low cost. In crude oil production, high water is consumed following the degrading of production quality, high processing costs, costs, and environmental impacts. Axial hydro cyclone is a tool for Downhole Oil/Water Separation (DOWS) in the petroleum production industry, but it has limitations. The main purpose of this work is to simulate the effect of compacting the conventional inline hydro cyclone with a converging-diverging nozzle on the oil/water dynamic flow and the separation process to resolve the high water cut problem. This study presents a threedimensional simulation to compute fluid dynamics using the mixture multiphase and SST k-omega turbulence models for Reynolds numbers less than 66000. The operational flow variables are a mixture: flow rate (14, 28, and 56 m3/h) and oil/water ratio (15/85, 25/75, 30/70, and 35/65). Results indicate an enhancement in the axial and tangential velocity components by 15% and 50%, respectively, for the proposed design compared with the conventional cyclone. The oil separation efficiency for the new design is 89%, while for the conventional cyclone is 60%.
مجلة البحوث و الدراسات النفطية, May 6, 2021
The gas turbine stations are used in petroleum sector for different application, such as compress... more The gas turbine stations are used in petroleum sector for different application, such as compressing of gas, pumping of crude oil or water, and power generation. The main parts of these stations are compressor, combustion chamber, and gas turbine. The compressor provides a compressed air for combustion process, and for cooling process of different parts of the station. The fuel (liquid or gas fuel) is injected into the combustion chamber to perform the combustion process. The resulted hot flue gases are passed to the gas turbine to convert its' thermal energy into rotational mechanical energy to operate the air and gas compressors, crude oil or water pumps, and to generate electricity. This work concerns with the applicability of utilizing the thermal energy content in flue gases exit from the gas turbine by adopting a field data received from one of the operating stations in north Oil Company in Iraq. The flue gases mass flow rate, and its' available energy have been calculated. Different operational conditions have been selected to produce superheated steam such as operating pressure range of (0.36-1.4 MPa), with a range of superheated temperature differs than the corresponding saturation temperature by (10-60 o C) for each selected pressure. This work is also concerned with the possibility of producing of hot water for a pressure range of (0.36-1.4 MPa) with a temperature lower than the corresponding saturation temperature by (5 o C). The results show that the power produced reaches . Also the hot water produced reaches 90000 kg/hr at operating pressure of 0.36MPa.
Maǧallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-l-handasaẗ al-mīkānīkiyyaẗ wa-handasaẗ al-mawādd, Nov 6, 2018
This work presents design, instrumented and test of a parabolic trough solar collector under Bagh... more This work presents design, instrumented and test of a parabolic trough solar collector under Baghdad climate conditions (of latitude 33.33 o N, of longitude 44.4 o E). The parabolic trough solar collector consists of: a mirror matrix or tapes which work as reflective surface of (2m *1m), absorber copper tube (receiver), two axis tracking system. Water is used as a heat transfer medium. The setup is tested within clear days from June, to September 2017. The collector heat gain, efficacy and temperature of absorber were presented for absorber five different circulating mass flow rates of (0.15, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) 1pm. The results show that the maximum thermal efficiency of the parabolic trough solar collector is 80.26%. The maximum outlet temperature of the absorber tube reaches 81 o C at the noon when water flows at (0.15) 1pm. The maximum obtained heat gain is (1619W) for (0.5) 1pm flow rate of water.
Investigation of Twisted Tape Turbulator for Fire Tube Boiler
The Journal of Engineering, 2011
The present work presents a new experimental study of the enhancement of turbulent convection hea... more The present work presents a new experimental study of the enhancement of turbulent convection heat transfer inside tubes for combined thermal and hydrodynamic entry length of one popular “turbulator” (twisted tape with width slightly less than internal tube diameter) inserted for fire tube boilers. Cylindrical combustion chamber was used to burn (1.6 to 7kg/h) fuel oil #2 to deliver hot gases with ranges of Reynolds number (10500 to 21700), and (11400 to 24150) for both empty and inserted tube respectively.A uniform wall temperature technique was used by keeping approximately constant water temperature difference (25oC) between inlet and exit cooling water in parallel flow shell and tube heat exchanger. The test tube consisted of smooth carbon steel tube of (2400mm) long and (52mm) internal diameter. This test tube instrumented to derive local heat transfer coefficient and local flue gasses static pressure.The experimental results show that for the same fuel consumption, twisted tape insert with (H/D = 11.15) enhanced the mean Nusselt number in (75.2%), (68.8%), (49.8%), (40.3%), and (16.7%) for fuel consumption (7kg/h), (6.16kg/h), (4.5kg/h), (3.24kg/h), and (1.6kg/h) respectively.A set of empirical correlations that permit the evaluation of the mean Nusselt number (for developing and fully developed region), and average Nusselt number (for developed region) for empty and inserted tube are generated for engineering applications.
Journal of Engineering
Determining the aerodynamic characteristics of iced airfoil is an important step in aircraft desi... more Determining the aerodynamic characteristics of iced airfoil is an important step in aircraft design. The goal of this work is to study experimentally and numerically an iced airfoil to assess the aerodynamic penalties associated with presence of ice on the airfoil surface. Three iced shapes were tested on NACA 0012 straight wing at zero and non-zero angles of attack, at Reynolds No. equal to (3.36*105). The 2-D steady state continuity and momentum equations have been solved utilizing finite volume method to analyze the turbulent flow over a clean and iced airfoil. The results show that the ice shapes affected the aerodynamic characteristics due to the change in airfoil shape. The experimental results show that the horn iced airfoil consumes more power than the other shapes of ice, its value was (44.4W). The horn iced shape has the worst effect on the airfoil than the other shapes. The present results are compared with previously reported results; it is found there is a very good ag...
Journal of Engineering
In this study, the turbulent buoyancy driven fluid flow and heat transfer in a differentially hea... more In this study, the turbulent buoyancy driven fluid flow and heat transfer in a differentially heated rectangular enclosure filled with water is quantified numerically. The two dimensional governing differential equations are discretized using the finite volume method. SIMPLE algorithm is employed to obtain stabilized solution for high Rayleigh numbers by a computational code written in FORTRAN language. A parametric study is undertaken and the effect of Rayleigh numbers (1010 to 1014), the aspect ratio (30, 40 and 50), and the tilt angle (10o to 170o ) on fluid flow and heat transfer are investigated. The results of the adopted model in the present work is compared with previously published results and a qualitative agreement and a good validation is obtained. Results show that the fluid circulation and temperature fields are strongly affected by the enclosure tilt angle and Rayleigh Number.
Journal of Engineering
The present work describes numerical and experimental investigation of the heat transfer characte... more The present work describes numerical and experimental investigation of the heat transfer characteristics in a plate-fin, having built-in piezoelectric actuator mounted on the base plate (substrate). The geometrical configuration considered in the present work is representative of a single element of the plate-fin and triple fins. Air is taken as the working fluid. A performance data for a single rectangular fin and triple fins are provided for different frequency levels (5, 30 and50HZ) , different input power (5,10,20,30,40 and 50W) and different inlet velocity (0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6m/s) for the single rectangular fin and triple fins with and without oscillation. The investigation was also performed with different geometrical fin heights ( 50mm and 35mm) and distance between the fins (3mm and 6mm). It is observed that the heat transfer increases with the increase in the frequency and Reynolds number. It is further observed that triple fins with (height=50mm and distance between t... 
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