Proceedings of ICTEA 2006, the 2. international conference on thermal engineering : theory and applications

This international conference provided a venue for the exchange of research and the discussion of ideas related to thermal engineering. Participants at the conference discussed emerging research trends in thermal energy and presented new technologies and advances in computerized simulations and thermodynamic analyses related to thermal energy. Recent developments in solar cell technology, waste heat utilization, and energy management were presented. New developments in biomass combustion technologies were also described. The conference was divided into 22 sessions that discussed materials and polymers; computational fluid dynamics; energy management; solar energy; natural convection; experimental fluid flow; experimental combustion; multi-phase; environment; solar renewables; computational fluid dynamics and combustion; porous media; and micro and nano media. The conference featured 118 presentations, of which 63 have been catalogued separately for inclusion in this database. refs., tabs., figs