Browsing UW-Madison Open Dissertations and Theses by Author "Mahvi, Allison"

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EFFECT OF NOZZLE LENGTH AND DIAMETER ON PLUME STABILITY AND NOISE IN DIRECT CONTACT CONDENSATION OF STEAM IN A SUBCOOLED CROSSFLOW OF WATER

Gaeta, Eli (2024-12-17)

Direct Contact Condensation (DCC) transfers heat to a process fluid by directly injecting a high-pressure vapor into a subcooled liquid stream. Direct contact condensers have a smaller overall footprint compared to traditional ...
MODEL CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOCKING AND SHADING LOSSES IN A NOVEL TWO-STAGE HELIOSTAT

Glisczinski, Ty (2024-08-23)

In 2011 the United States Department of Energy launched the SunShot initiative with the goal of maturing concentrating solar power technologies and reducing the levelized cost of energy from $0.21 per kWh to $0.05 per kWh. ...
Thermal Energy Storage Heat Exchanger Design Optimization

Huang, Willy (2024-05-10)

Phase change material thermal energy storage systems are attractive due to the energy density it can provide, yet phase change materials tend to have low conductivity and cannot charge or discharge at a desired rate. This ...
Thin Film Annular Flow: Nucleate Boiling and Obstruction Wake Dryout

Farrell, Joseph (2025-05-02)

Nucleate boiling in thin film annular flow is a complex phenomenon utilized in many energy systems and is influenced by a variety of heat transfer mechanisms. While the fundamentals are rooted in the comparatively ...