Chimney Effect and Smoke Distribution in Tube Station Fires

Samsung Co. Ltd, Republic of Korea

Examines how shaft cross-sectional area, shaft height and proximity to the fire govern smoke exhaust and airflow in tube station fires. The findings show how the chimney effect shapes exhaust routes, giving designers a basis for sizing and placing smoke shafts.

• Shaft area ratio of 0.4 or more decides which shaft exhausts smoke
• Shafts under 1 m high act as passages for upward smoke and downward air
• Smoke flow rises with shaft height and cross-sectional area

Smoke Dispersal and Evacuation Routes in Mine Fires

CFD Consultants India

Studies smoke and carbon monoxide dispersal in complicated mine highway networks to identify safer escape routes. It quantifies the short evacuation window near a fire and proposes a method for planning evacuation routes that avoid high-CO and high-heat zones.

• CO concentration falls at roadway corners and with depth
• Optimal evacuation window of about 3 minutes near the fire
• Fire-induced pressure rises with temperature, modelled as Pfire = 150.58ΔT^0.18 for a 10° ramp

Fire Smoke Behaviour and Tunnel Ventilation in Subway Tunnels

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Studies fire smoke in narrow subway tunnels, particularly a fire on a moving train, and how mechanical ventilation and tunnel shafts control it. The findings support improved ventilation strategies for subway fire safety.

• Smoke temperature depends on fire intensity, train speed and blocking ratio
• Two added draught fans raise the maximum smoke spread growth rate to 70.90%
• Fire under a shaft exhausts smoke 5.89%–21.91% more efficiently

CFD Simulations for Cold Rooms in a Seed Conservation Centre with Stacks

Abu Dhabi (UAE)

CFD simulations of cold rooms in a seed conservation centre, with stacks of stored material. Static-temperature contours across the stack planes and pathline visualisation of airflow show how the cold room's temperature is distributed around the stacks.

• Static-temperature contours across stack planes (about 276–295 K)
• Pathline visualisation of airflow through the cold room
• Design study for a seed conservation facility in Abu Dhabi

Chill-Down of Helical Coiled Liquid Nitrogen Pipes

Studies the chill-down of helical coiled liquid nitrogen pipes under continuous and pulsed flow. The work compares coil diameters from 10 mm to 40 mm and examines temperature and velocity distributions for water, ethylene glycol, kerosene and a nanofluid.

• Coil diameters of 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm and 40 mm compared
• Continuous and pulsed flow regimes
• Temperature and velocity distributions for four working fluids

Internal Coatings and Heat Transfer During Cryogenic Chill-Down

Investigates how internal coatings affect heat transfer and fluid quality while cryogenic fluids chill down a pipe. Temperature contours compare the coating configurations, showing how each one changes the cooling of the line.

• Temperature contour comparison across coating configurations
• Effect of coatings on heat transfer during chill-down
• Impact on fluid quality of cryogenic flow

Porous Radiant Burners for LPG, PNG and CNG Heating

Covers the engineering, prototyping, performance evaluation and intelligent control of advanced refractory combustion systems. The porous radiant burner is designed for residential and industrial heating with LPG, PNG and CNG.

• Engineering and prototyping of a porous radiant burner
• Performance evaluation across LPG, PNG and CNG fuels
• Intelligent control of the combustion system

Regenerative Cooling Channel Optimisation

A computational study of thermal-hydraulic performance in regenerative cooling channels, aimed at optimising the cooling design. It models combustion near the injector and compares temperature variation near the film-coolant inlet for an uncooled baseline and three film-cooled cases.

• Combustion near the injector modelled in detail
• Film-cooled cases 1 to 3 compared with the uncooled baseline
• Temperature contours near the film-coolant inlet

Microjet Nozzle Dispersion on a Skin Phantom

Biomedical Device Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

A numerical evaluation of a fluid microjet nozzle for effective dispersion onto a skin phantom model. Normalised pixel intensity is tracked from about 16 ms to 1.9 s to show how the jet spreads and disperses over the surface.

• Time-resolved dispersion from about 16 ms to 1.9 s
• Normalised pixel intensity (NPI) mapping of the spread
• Supports the design of biomedical jet devices

Particle Detection in a Spinning Helical Microchannel

Biomedical Device Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

A numerical analysis of particle detection and counting in a spinning helical microchannel. Velocity fields for D-channel and N-channel designs are compared under Stokes and inertial flow regimes.

• Stokes flow at Re = 0.7 and inertial flow at Re = 666.7
• D-channel and N-channel designs compared
• Velocity fields at a flow rate of 10 µl/min

Website Development for Musaliar College of Engineering

Musaliar College of Engineering, Chirayinkeezhu, Thiruvananthapuram

A website for Musaliar College of Engineering that presents the college's engineering and polytechnic programmes, with a clear, bold homepage to reach prospective students.

• Homepage with Engineering and Polytechnic navigation
• Key institutional highlights on the homepage
• Strong visual identity for the institution

Church Connect – Smart Parish Management App

A mobile app that brings parish administration onto a phone. It covers Mass schedules, announcements, events and activities, the parish directory, donations and offerings, and service bookings.

• Mass schedules and announcements in one place
• Donations, offerings and service bookings
• Parish directory, member management and reports

Smart Book Management System

LMS Book Depo, a unit of LMS Management

A smart book management system for the LMS Book Depo, a bookshop that stocks academic books, reference books, stationery and educational supplies.

• Academic and reference books
• Stationery and educational supplies
• Part of the LMS Management group

Smart Hostel Management System

LMS Hostel, a unit of LMS Management

A smart hostel management system for LMS Hostel, a residential building that is part of the LMS Management group.

• Residential hostel accommodation
• Part of the LMS Management group
• Smart management of hostel operations