{"id":28393,"date":"2025-07-30T08:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/?p=28393"},"modified":"2025-08-03T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:52:10","slug":"a-faculty-member-from-the-department-of-mechanical-technologies-publishes-a-research-paper-in-a-prestigious-international-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/28393\/","title":{"rendered":"A Faculty Member from the Department of Mechanical Technologies Publishes a Research Paper in a Prestigious International Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"346\"><strong data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"346\">Faculty Member from the Department of Mechanical Technologies Publishes a Scientific Research Paper in a Prestigious International Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"930\">Dr. Mohammed Hameed Radi, a faculty member in the Production Branch of the Department of Mechanical Technologies, has published a collaborative research paper titled:<br data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"517\" \/><strong data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"638\">&#8220;Experimental examination of a boiler heat exchanger using nanofluids: Thermo-energetic and enviro-economic analysis&#8221;<\/strong><br data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"641\" \/>The paper appeared in a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the renowned publishing house <strong data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"753\">Elsevier<\/strong>. The journal is indexed in <strong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"791\">Scopus<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"809\">Clarivate<\/strong> databases, with a high <strong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"855\">Impact Factor of 7<\/strong> and a <strong data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"883\">CiteScore of 17.3<\/strong>, and is ranked in the <strong data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"929\">first quartile (Q1)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1290\">The study focused on utilizing single and hybrid nanofluids to enhance the thermal energy efficiency of boilers, while promoting environmental and economic sustainability. It included a comprehensive assessment of thermal performance indicators such as boiler efficiency and electrical energy consumption when using nanofluids compared to conventional water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1498\">Experimental results revealed that using the hybrid nanofluid <strong data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1367\">MWCNT-ZnO<\/strong> led to a significant improvement in heat transfer rate and convective heat transfer coefficient, achieving the following values:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1716\">\n<li data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1533\">\n<p data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1533\"><strong data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1524\">Heat Transfer Rate:<\/strong> 4252 W<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1580\">\n<p data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1580\"><strong data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1566\">Heat Transfer Coefficient:<\/strong> 1524 W\/m\u00b2\u00b7K<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1716\">\n<p data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1716\"><strong data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1607\">Nusselt Number (Nu):<\/strong> 226.19<br data-start=\"1614\" data-end=\"1617\" \/>These values were obtained at a <strong data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1675\">concentration of 0.02%<\/strong> and an <strong data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1715\">inlet temperature of 55.94\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1980\">While conventional water showed lower friction factor and pressure drop, the hybrid nanofluid contributed to a <strong data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1865\">7% increase in boiler efficiency<\/strong> and a <strong data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1922\">43% reduction in electrical energy consumption<\/strong>, reflecting a notable enhancement in thermal performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"1982\" data-end=\"2240\">From an environmental and economic perspective, the study demonstrated that using nanofluids resulted in a <strong data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2134\">reduction of CO\u2082 emissions by 22% and 30%<\/strong>, and comparable <strong data-start=\"2151\" data-end=\"2180\">daily energy cost savings<\/strong>, when using <strong data-start=\"2193\" data-end=\"2200\">ZnO<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2218\">MWCNT-ZnO<\/strong> fluids, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Member from the Department of Mechanical Technologies Publishes a Scientific Research Paper in a Prestigious International Journal Dr. Mohammed Hameed Radi, a faculty member in the Production Branch of the Department of Mechanical Technologies, has published a collaborative research paper titled:&#8220;Experimental examination of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":28332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-28393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28431,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28393\/revisions\/28431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28393"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bti.stu.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=28393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}