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    A novel hybrid frost detection and defrosting system for domestic refrigerators
    (Elsevier, 2020) N/A; N/A; N/A; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Malik, Anjum Naeem; Khan, Shaheryar Atta; Lazoğlu, İsmail; PhD Student; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Manufacturing and Automation Research Center (MARC); Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Engineering; N/A; N/A; 179391
    The frosting is a phenomenon most detrimental to the efficiency of refrigeration systems. The accumulation of frost blocks the airflow, deteriorating the cooling capacity and the coefficient of performance. The commercially available refrigeration systems use a blind and periodic defrosting cycle without any quantification of frost, which leads to lower efficiencies. Considering the new and tougher energy regulations in the refrigerators, nowadays increasing the efficiencies of the refrigerators becomes more critical. In this article, a new hybrid frost detection - defrosting system (HFDDS) is proposed that comprises of a novel photo-capacitive sensing technique and a dual-purpose additively manufacturable sensor and defrosting heater. The HFDDS can detect the formation of frost, measures the thickness of frost from 1.3 to 8 mm with a 5% margin of error, and triggers a defrosting response once a critical frost thickness is attained. The HFDDS is targeted to provide a defrosting on-demand instead of the inefficient blind and periodic defrosting cycles.
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    Analysis of solenoid based linear compressor for household refrigerator
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017) N/A; N/A; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Bijanzad, Armin; Hassan, Adnan; Lazoğlu, İsmail; PhD Student; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Engineering; N/A; N/A; 179391
    This article presents the analytical modeling of an oil-free solenoid actuator based linear compressor used in household refrigerators. The stator coil was excited with the pulse width modulated signal which caused linear oscillations in the armature using helical spring. Dynamic characteristics of the linear compressor were studied analytically considering the nonlinearity of the gas and electromagnetic force. The system dynamic models were validated with the finite element simulation as well as a specially designed experimental setup. Frequency response functions of stroke to current as well as pressure to current ratios were generated to evaluate the effect of excitation frequency on the compressor performance. The higher efficiency of the solenoid actuator was achieved when excited at the natural frequency. The results show that the natural frequency of the designed system is around 19 Hz and the work done in a cycle is approximately 1.3 J. Additionally, 47% isentropic and 87% electrical efficiency were achieved. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.
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    Development of a new moving magnet linear compressor. Part B: performance analysis
    (Elsevier, 2020) Kerpicci, H.; N/A; N/A; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Bijanzad, Armin; Hassan, Adnan; Lazoğlu, İsmail; PhD Student; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Engineering; N/A; N/A; 179391
    This article is a continuation of the preceding article and focuses on the performance evaluation of an oil-free linear compressor prototype. The article introduces performance analysis parameters for a linear compressor along with their analytical attributes. Initially, the kinetic and kinematic analysis at resonance excitation frequency is performed with the help of a specially designed experimental setup. Furthermore, the frequency response functions of output to input parameters is presented to particularly monitor the shift in resonance frequency in the presence of refrigerant. Four different gases are used to quantify the shift and relating them with the physical properties of the refrigerant. Additionally, the pressure-volume curves for all these gases are presented and analysed. In the end, the motor and overall isentropic efficiencies of the prototype are measured at different input parameters. Additionally, the connection between the pressure output and volumetric efficiency is also discussed. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.
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    Effective image processing-based technique for frost detection and quantification in domestic refrigerators
    (Elsevier, 2024) Akbar, Hassan; Malik, Anjum Naeem; Nawaz, Tahir; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Ur Rahman, Hammad; Lazoğlu, İsmail; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Manufacturing and Automation Research Center (MARC); Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Engineering
    Frost accumulation is a common problem when moisture in the air condenses and freezes on surfaces like heat exchange tubes of refrigeration units. Frost accumulation negatively impacts heat exchange by disrupting the process, reducing system efficiency, and causing operational issues. Therefore, defrosting is mandatory to maintain the rated performance; however, modern automatic defrosting systems rely on sophisticated sensors for frost quantification. These sensors are susceptible to degraded performance with the passage of time under varying environmental conditions. To this end, we introduce a robust and generic image processing-based solution that relies on building a data-driven regression-based model for frost detection and thickness estimation. We evaluated the effectiveness of the proposed method on a newly collected dataset with encouraging performance in terms of a low error margin of 13.69% when compared to conventional capacitive and photoelectric sensors-based frost thickness estimation with error margins of 15.17% and 17.5%, respectively. Similarly, other image processing-based methods, such as Global thresholding, Adaptive mean, and Adaptive gaussian thresholding for segmentation, were compared with the proposed method. Deviations in the error margins were found to be 19.94%, 28.96%, and 27.85%, respectively. These findings highlight the appropriateness of employing K-means for estimating frost thickness.
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    Experimental studies on ferrofluid pool boiling in the presence of external magnetic force
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018) Ozdemir, Mehmed Rafet; Sadaghiani, Abdolali K.; Motezakker, Ahmad Reza; Parapari, Sorour Semsari; Park, Hyun Sun; Kosar, Ali; Department of Chemistry; Acar, Havva Funda Yağcı; Faculty Member; Department of Chemistry; College of Sciences; 178902
    The past decade has witnessed rapid advances in thermal-fluid applications involving nanoparticles due to existing heat transfer enhancements. The main challenges in working with nanoparticles are clustering, sedimentation and instability encountered in many studies. In this study, magnetically actuated Fe3O4 nanoparticles were coated with a fatty acid and dispersed inside a base fluid (water) in order to avoid clustering, sedimentation and instability as well as to improve the thermal performance. Boiling heat transfer characteristics of the ferrofluids were experimentally investigated with magnetic actuation and compared to the results without magnetic actuation. Nanoparticle mass fraction was the major parameter. Boiling heat transfer coefficient of the magnetically actuated system was found to be significantly higher compared to the case without magnetic actuation. The results showed that boiling heat transfer coefficient was not sensitive to the nanoparticle mass fraction.
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    Pattern formation of drops in thermocapillary migration
    (Elsevier, 2006) Nas, Selman; Tryggvason, Gretar; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Muradoğlu, Metin; Faculty Member; Department of Mechanical Engineering; College of Engineering; 46561
    The behavior of a drop cloud in thermocapillary motion in zero gravity is examined for both mono-dispersed and poly-dispersed cases. Numerical simulations of the thermocapillary motion of two- and three-dimensional fully deformable light drops are presented. The Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the energy conservation equation are solved by a front-tracking/finite-difference method. The material properties of the drop fluid and the ambient fluid are different, and the interfacial tension depends on the temperature. At moderate Reynolds (Re) and Marangoni (Ma) numbers, the results show that drops form layers nearly perpendicular to the temperature gradient.
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    PDF modeling of a bluff-body stabilized turbulent flame
    (Elsevier, 2003) Liu, K; Pope, Stephen B; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Muradoğlu, Metin; Faculty Member; Department of Mechanical Engineering; College of Engineering; 46561
    The velocity-turbulent frequency-compositions PDF method combined with the consistent hybrid finite volume (FV)/particle solution algorithm is applied to a bluff-body stabilized turbulent flame. The statistical stationarity is shown and the performance of the PDF method is assessed by comparing the mean fields with the available experimental data. The effects of the model constants C-omega1 in the turbulence frequency model and C-phi, in the mixing model on the numerical solutions are examined and it is found that all the mean fields are very sensitive to the changes in C-omega1 while only the mixture fraction variance seems to be very sensitive to the changes in C-phi but not the other mean fields. The spatial and bias errors are also examined and it is shown that the hybrid method is second order accurate in space and the bias error is vanishingly small in all the mean fields. The grid size and the number of particles per cell are determined for a 5% error tolerance. The chemistry is described by the simplest possible flamelet/PDF model. Hence the main focus of the paper is on the accurate calculations of the mean flow, turbulence and mixing, which lays the foundation for future work in which the chemistry is described in greater detail.