April 2013

Effect of nozzle type, angle and pressure on spray volumetric distribution of broadcasting and banding application

  The ultimate goal of agricultural spraying application system is to put the correct amount of pesticides, in the correct place, at the correct time to reduce the pest to a level below the economic threshold in order to improve agricultural production. A spray patternator was fabricated for the selection of a suitable nozzle to have uniform distribution of the spray liquid. Experiments were conducted on a...

Author(s):   Nasir .S. Hassen, Nor Azwadi .C. Sidik and Jamaludin .M. Sheriff       

April 2013

Investigation into radiation of a plate-fin heat exchanger with strip fins

  The objective of this study is to analyze the heat transfer by radiation in a plate-fin heat exchanger. Strip fins are employed to enhance heat transfer. Compact heat exchanger has been in use for many applications, including automobile, radiators, air-conditioning systems and electronic cooling devices. However, one of the important application of them is in microturbine cycle, where hot stream enter the...

Author(s):   Masoud Asadi and Ramin Haghighi Khoshkhoo