Laminar flow and heat transfer of water/NDG nanofluid on tube banks with rhombic cross section with different longitudinal arrangements

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - With respect to the importance of a multiphase flow behaviour in a microchannel, this study is focused on developing a numerical modelling of two-phase...     

Solvent-free synthesis of 1-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols using magnetic nanoparticle-supported 2-(((4-(1-iminoethyl)phenyl)imino)methyl)phenol Cu (II) or Zn (II) Schiff base complexes

Two magnetic nanoparticle-supported 2-(((4-(1-iminoethyl)phenyl)imino)methyl)phenols were successfully synthesized, characterized, and applied in the one-pot three-component reaction of substituted benzaldehydes, 2-naphthol, and amides for synthesis of 1-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols. These three-component processes occurred under solvent-free reaction conditions at 80 °C. The magnetically recoverable supported Schiff base metal catalysts can be reused several times in the model reaction. The synthesized catalysts are also easily separated from the reaction mixture by applying an external magnet. This procedure offers the advantages of simple, operational procedure as well as no use of hazardous organic solvents.

     

Finding susceptible areas for a 50 MW solar thermal power plant using 4E analysis and multiobjective optimization

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In the present study, a power plant design was first carried out using thermo flow software. Energy, exergy, economic, environmental, and economic (4E)...     

Comparative study of mixed convection heat transfer of water–Cu nanofluid in an enclosure having multiple rotating circular cylinders with different configurations and considering harmonic cylinders rotation

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In the present study, heat transfer in a lid-driven square cavity in the existence of four rotating cylinders having harmonic motion was investigated...     

Thermal performance of a helical shell and tube heat exchanger without fin,with circular fins,and with V-shaped circular fins applying on the coil

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - This numerical study analyzes the thermal performance of a helical shell and tube heat exchanger without a fin, with circular fins, and with cut...     

The effect of heat treatment on the physical properties of sol-gel derived ZnO thin films

Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on microscope glass substrates by sol-gel spin coating method. Zinc acetate (ZnAc) dehydrate was used as the starting salt material source. A homogeneous and stable solution was prepared by dissolving ZnAc in the solution of monoethanolamine (MEA). ZnO thin films were obtained after preheating the spin coated thin films at 250 °C for 5 min after each coating. The films, after the deposition of the eighth layer, were annealed in air at temperatures of 300 °C, 400 °C and 500 °C for 1 h. The effect of thermal annealing in air on the physical properties of the sol-gel derived ZnO thin films are studied. The powder and its thin film were characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD) method. XRD analysis revealed that the annealed ZnO thin films consist of single phase ZnO with wurtzite structure (JCPDS 36-1451) and show the c-axis grain orientation. Increasing annealing temperature increased the c-axis orientation and the crystallite size of the film. The annealed films are highly transparent with average transmission exceeding 80% in the visible range (400-700 nm). The measured optical band gap values of the ZnO thin films were between 3.26 eV and 3.28 eV, which were in the range of band gap values of intrinsic ZnO (3.2-3.3 eV). SEM analysis of annealed thin films has shown a completely different surface morphology behavior.     

Electrochemical oxidation of catechols in the presence of ethyl‐2‐chloroacetoacetate. Synthesis and mechanistic study

Electrochemical oxidation of catechol and some of 3‐substituted catechols ( 1a‐c ) has been studied in the presence of ethyl‐2‐chloroacetoacetate ( 3 ) in water/acetonitrile (90:10) solution using cyclic voltammetry and controlled‐potential coulometry. The results indicate that the quinones derived from catechols ( 1a‐c ) participate in Michael addition reactions with ethyl‐2‐chloroacetoacetate( 3 ), with consumption of only two electrons per molecule of 1 , to form the corresponding benzofurans ( 10a‐c ). The electrochemical synthesis of benzofurans ( 10a‐c ) has been successfully performed at a carbon rod electrode and in an undivided cell with good yields and purity. A new two‐electron mechanism for the electrode process is proposed.     

Heterogenized magnetic graphene oxide-supported N6-Schiff base Cu (II) complex as an exclusive nanocatalyst for synthesis of new pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-7-carbonitrile derivatives

In this article, the synthesis of a novel and highly efficient recyclable and reusable heterogeneous nanocatalyst has been reported via the functionalizing of the Fe₃O₄-magnetized graphene oxide nanosheets with the N₆-Schiff base Cu (II) complex (GO/Fe₃O₄@SPNC). The structure of this novel nanocatalyst was determined by different analytical techniques such as FTIR, FE-SEM, TEM, TGA-DTG, and VSM. The catalytic activity of the synthesized GO/Fe₃O₄@SPNC nanocatalyst was explored for the synthesis of several new 2H-pyrido[3′,2′:6,7]pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine-7-carbonitrile derivatives with excellent yields. All new derivatives were fully identified by various spectral (¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, ESI-MS) analyses. In addition, this nanocatalyst carried out satisfactory catalytic maintenance of activity and high chemical stability in the titled reactions after seven-time of recycling without substantial loss of leaching.