TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Water-Cooled Thermoelectric Generators for Improved Net Output Power: A Review JF - Energies N2 - Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have the ability to convert waste heat into electrical energy under unfavorable conditions and are becoming increasingly popular in academia, but have not yet achieved a broad commercial success, due to the still comparably low efficiency. To increase the efficiency and economic viability of TEGs, research is performed on the materials on one hand and on the system connection on the other. In the latter case, the net output power of the cooling system plays a key role. At first glance, passive cooling seems preferable to active cooling because it does not affect the net electrical output power. However, as shown in the present review, the active cooling is to be preferred for net output power. The situation is similar in air and water-cooling. Even though air-cooling is easier to set up, the water-cooling should be preferred to achieve higher net output power. It is shown that microchannel cooling has similar hydraulic performance to conventional cooling and inserts increase the net output power of TEG. As the review reveals that active water-cooling should be the method of choice to achieve high net output power, it also shows that a careful optimization is necessary to exploit the potential. KW - Energy Engineering and Power Technology KW - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering KW - Control and Optimization KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-37323 SN - 1996-1073 VL - 14 IS - 24 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Özman, Cansu A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Variable temperature effects on TEG performance JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27893 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saeedrashed, Younis Saida A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal T1 - Validation Methods of Geometric 3D-CityGML Data for Urban Wind Simulations JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27906 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Diederich, Michael T1 - Prediction of Roughness Effects on Wind Turbine Aerodynamics JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27775 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn T1 - Prediction of hydrogen flame propagation in a channel with exit contraction JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27806 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 IS - 01013 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Basaran, Anil A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Yurddas, Ali T1 - Prediction of heat and fluid flow in microchannel condensation JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27768 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Diederich, Michael A1 - Nahavandi, Ali T1 - Prediction of flow and dispersion in cross–ventilated buildings JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27785 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn T1 - Prediction of burning velocity and quenching distance of hydrogen flames JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27790 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal T1 - Numerical Calculation of Sink Velocities for Helminth Eggs in Water JF - Computation N2 - The settling velocities of helminth eggs of three types, namely Ascaris suum (ASC), Trichuris suis (TRI), and Oesophagostomum spp. (OES), in clean tap water are computationally determined by means of computational fluid dynamics, using the general-purpose CFD software ANSYS Fluent 18.0. The previous measurements of other authors are taken as the basis for the problem formulation and validation, whereby the latter is performed by comparing the predicted sink velocities with those measured in an Owen tube. To enable a computational treatment, the measured shapes of the eggs are parametrized by idealizing them in terms of elementary geometric forms. As the egg shapes show a variation within each class, “mean” shapes are considered. The sink velocities are obtained through the computationally obtained drag coefficients. The latter are defined by means of steady-state calculations. Predicted sink velocities are compared with the measured ones. It is observed that the calculated values show a better agreement with the measurements, for ASC and TRI, compared to the theoretical sink values delivered by the Stokes theory. However, the observed agreement is still found not to be very satisfactory, indicating the role of further parameters, such as the uncertainties in the characterization of egg shapes or flocculation effects even in clean tap water. KW - Applied Mathematics KW - Modeling and Simulation KW - General Computer Science KW - Theoretical Computer Science KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-37318 SN - 2079-3197 VL - 9 IS - 12 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Biswas, Nirmalendu A1 - Mandal, Dipak Kumar A1 - Manna, Nirmal K. A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal T1 - Magneto-hydrothermal triple-convection in a W-shaped porous cavity containing oxytactic bacteria JF - scientific reports N2 - Bioconvective heat and mass transport phenomena have recently been the subject of interest in diverse fields of applications pertaining to the motion of fluids and their thermophysical properties. The transport processes in a system involving triple convective phenomena, irregular geometry, and boundary conditions constitute a complex phenomenon. This work aims to explore the mixed thermo-bioconvection of magnetically susceptible fluid containing copper nanoparticles and oxytactic bacteria in a novel W-shaped porous cavity. The buoyant convention is generated due to the isothermal heating at the wavy bottom wall, whereas the mixed convection is induced due to the shearing motion of the top-cooled sliding wall. Furthermore, the bioconvection is induced due to the manifestation of oxytactic bacteria or organisms. The inclined sidewalls are insulated. The geometry is packed with water based Cu nanoparticle mixed porous structure, which is subjected to a magnetizing field acted horizontally. The complex transport equations are transformed into nondimensional forms, which are then computed using the finite volume-based developed code. The coupled triple-convective flow physics are explored for a wide range of involved controlling parameters, which could provide helpful insight to the system designer for its proper operation. The shape of geometry can be considered one of the important parameters to control the heat and mass transport phenomena. In general, the influence of amplitude (δ) is more compared to the waviness number (m) of the undulations. The magnitude of heat (Nu) and mass (Sh) transfer rate for the W-shaped cavity is high compared to conventional square and trapezoidal-shaped cavities. The output of the analysis could be very helpful for the designer for modeling devices operating on nanotechnology-based bioconvection, microbial fuel cells, and others. KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-40041 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 12 PB - Springer Nature ER -