Research Overview
The activities of our group are in the broad area of heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics. Our current focus is on technologies for desalination of seawater and brackish water, including solar-energy driven systems. Past activities in our lab have included thermal management of electronics, high heat flux engineering, thermal stress and deformation, thermal manufacturing processes, liquid jet impingement cooling, instrumentation, thermally stratified turbulent flow, and thermally driven instabilities. Descriptions of some of these projects and publications are given in the links on the right.
Selected Publications
G.P. Thiel and J.H. Lienhard V, “Entropy generation in condensation in the presence of high concentrations of noncondensable gases,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, accepted, May 2012.
A.K. Plappally and J.H. Lienhard V, “Energy Requirements for Water Production, Treatment, End Use, Reclamation, and Discharge,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, accepted, May 2012.
R.K. McGovern, G.P. Narayan, and J.H. Lienhard V, “Analysis of Reversible Ejectors and Definition of Ejector Efficiency,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 54(4):153–166, April 2012. (doi link)
E.K. Summers, H.A. Arafat, and J.H. Lienhard V, “Energy efficiency comparison of single stage membrane distillation (MD) desalination cycles in different configurations,” Desalination, 290:54-66, Feb. 2012.(doi link)
G.P. Narayan, R.K. McGovern, S.M. Zubair, and J.H. Lienhard V, “High-temperature-steam-driven, varied-pressure, humidification-dehumidification system coupled with reverse osmosis for energy-efficient seawater desalination,” Energy, 37(1), pp. 482-493, Jan. 2012 (doi link)
K.H. Mistry, R.K. McGovern, G.P. Thiel, E.K. Summers, S.M. Zubair, and J.H. Lienhard V, “Entropy generation analysis of desalination technologies,” Entropy, 13(10):1829-1864, Sept. 2011 (pdf).
G.P. Narayan, R.K. McGovern, G.P. Thiel, J.A. Miller, M.H. Sharqawy, S.M. Zubair, M.A. Antar, and J.H. Lienhard V, “Status of humidification-dehumidification desalination,” IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, Perth, Australia, 5-9 Sept. 2011. Received Best Paper Award (pdf) (presentation)
K.H. Mistry, A.H. Mitsos, and J.H. Lienhard V, “Optimal operating conditions and configurations for humidification–dehumidification desalination cycles,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 50(5), May 2011, pp. 779-789. (doi link)
M.H. Sharqawy, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “On Exergy Calculations for Seawater with Application to Desalination Systems,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 50(2), Feb. 2011, pp.187-196. (doi link)
J.H. Lienhard IV and J.H. Lienhard V, A Heat Transfer Textbook, 4th ed. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2011. (download)
M.H. Sharqawy, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “On thermal performance of seawater cooling towers,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 133(4), Nov. 2010. (doi link)
G.P. Narayan, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “Entropy Generation Minimization of Combined Heat and Mass Transfer Devices,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 49(10), Oct. 2010, pp. 2057-2066. (doi link)
K.H. Mistry, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “Effect of Entropy Generation on the Performance of Humidification-Dehumidification Desalination Cycles,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 49(9), Sept. 2010, pp. 1837-1847. (doi link)
G.P. Narayan, K.H. Mistry, M.H. Sharqawy, S.M. Zubair, J.H. Lienhard V, “Energy Effectiveness of Simultaneous Heat and Mass Exchange Devices,” Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 1(2), Aug. 2010, pp. 1-13. (doi link)
G.P. Narayan, M.H. Sharqawy, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “Thermodynamic analysis of humidification-dehumidification desalination cycles,” Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 16, pp.339-353, April 2010.(pdf)
G.P. Narayan, M.H. Sharqawy, E.K. Summers, J.H. Lienhard V, S.M. Zubair, and M.A. Antar, “The potential of solar-driven humidification-dehumidification desalination for small-scale decentralized water production,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.1187-1201, May 2010. (doi link)
M.H. Sharqawy, J.H. Lienhard V, and S.M. Zubair, “The thermophysical properties of seawater: A review of existing correlations and data,” Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 16, pp.354-380, April 2010.(pdf)
Additional papers on desalination may be found on link at right
T.G. Beckwith, R.D. Marangoni, and J.H. Lienhard V, Mechanical Measurements, 6th edition. Pearson: 2007. URL
C.C. Ritcher and J.H. Lienhard V, “Active Thermal Control of Distributed Parameter Systems Excited at Multiple Frequencies,” J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp.93-99, 2006. (PDF file)
A.E. Bergles, J.H. Lienhard V, G.E. Kendall, and P. Griffith “Boiling and Evaporation in Small Diameter Channels,” Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol.24, No.1, pp.18-40, 2003. (PDF file)
M. Sweetland and J.H. Lienhard V, “Evaporative Cooling of Continuously Drawn Fibers by Water Sprays,” Intl. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol.43, pp.777-790, 2000. (PDF file)
A.C. Pfahnl, J.H. Lienhard V, and D.J. Watson, “Method and Apparatus for Temperature Control of Semiconductor Electrical-Test Contactor Assembly,” U.S. Patent #6091062, 18 July 2000; Intl. Patents #WO99/382090A2, 29 July 1999, #WO99/382090A3, 23 Sept. 1999.
C.H. Oh, J.H. Lienhard V, H.F. Younis, R.S. Dahbura, and D. Michels, “Liquid Jet-Array Cooling Modules for High Heat Fluxes,” AIChE Journal, Vol.44, No.4, pp.769-779, 1998. (PDF file)
D. Michels, J. Hadeler, and J.H. Lienhard V, “High Heat Flux Resistance Heaters from VPS and HVOF Thermal Spraying,” Exptl. Heat Transfer, Vol.11, 1998, pp.341-359. (PDF file)
J.H. Lienhard V, “Liquid Jet Impingement,” Annual Review of Heat Transfer, C.L.Tien, ed., Vol.6, Chpt.4. New York: Begell House, 1995, pp.199-270.
L.A. Gabour and J.H. Lienhard V, “Wall Roughness Effects on Stagnation-Point Heat Transfer Beneath an Impinging Liquid Jet,” J. Heat Transfer, Vol.116, No.1, 1994, pp.81-87. (PDF file)
X. Liu and J.H. Lienhard V, “The Hydraulic Jump in Circular Liquid Jet Impingement and in Other Thin Films,” Expts. Fluids, Vol.15, 1993, pp.108-116. (PDF file)
X. Liu, J.H. Lienhard V, and J.S. Lombara, “Convective Heat Transfer by Impingement of Circular Liquid Jets,” J. Heat Transfer, Vol.113, No.3, 1991, pp.571-582. (PDF file)
J.H. Lienhard V and C.W. Van Atta, “The decay of turbulence in thermally stratified flow,” J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 210, Jan. 1990, pp.57-112. (PDF file)
J.H. Lienhard V, “An improved approach to conductive boundary conditions for the Rayleigh-Benard instability,” J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 109, No. 2, 1987, pp.378-387. (PDF file)