Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Plasma Functionalized Wettability Gradient Surfaces for Electronic Cooling
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Effect of Porous Plug Shape and Permeability on Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Flow Through a Mini Channel
1 Introduction
2 Numerical Formulation and Solution Methodology
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Grid Independence and Validation
3.2 Case#1: Flow and Heat Transfer in 2D Mini-Channel with Partially Filled Porous Plugs

3.3 Case#2: Flow and Heat Transfer in 3D Mini-Channel with Two Ribs of Variable Permeability
4 Conclusions
References
Condition Monitoring of Reciprocating Compressor Using ANN
1 Introduction
2 Compressor
3 Artificial Neural Networks
3.1 Use of Artificial Neural Network for Condition Monitoring
3.2 Application of FLN
3.3 Application of BPA
4 Result
4.1 Prediction of Healthy Process
4.2 Discharge or Suction Valve Leakage
4.3 Percentage of Leakage
5 Conclusion
References
Novel Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for a Waste Recovery Application

1 Introduction
2 Description of the Thermodynamic Cycle
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusions
References
Cross-Recurrence Analysis of Pressure Signals in Air-Water Two-Phase Flow
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Test Facility and Methodology
2.1 Cross Recurrence Analysis
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Effect of Linearly Varying Diameter on Thermo-Hydrodynamics of Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon
1 Introduction
2 Mathematical Modelling
2.1 Computational Domain and Simulation
3 Results and Discussion
4 Summary and Conclusions

Effect of Inverting Heat Source Direction on the Melting of Phase Change Material Under the Influence of Microgravity Environment
1 Introduction and Literature Review
2 Model Specification and Methodology
2.1 Model Description
2.2 Solution Methodology
2.3 Model Validation
3 Result and Discussion
3.1 Liquid Fraction Analysis
3.2 Nusselt Number Analysis
3.3 Temperature Response
4 Conclusions
References
Study of Operating Parameters for a Controllable Water Flash Evaporation
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Setup and Method