Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Areas of activity, research objectives
 experimental studies of aerodynamic profiles ;
 numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer phenomena;
 experimental aerodynamics applied to vehicles, airplanes and
wind turbines;
 theoretical and numerical aspects of fluid-structure
interactions;
 physical and numerical modelling in hemodynamics;
 optimisation of heat transfer using phase change devices ;
 nanofluids.
Key words
Thermodynamics,
Fluid Mechanics,
Heat engines,
Hydraulic machines ,
Heat and mass transfer ,
Critical phase,
Nanofluids,
Heat exchangers,
Aerodynamics.
Research group profile
The research group includes specialists in the fields of thermodynamics and heat transfer,
aerodynamics and fluid mechanics. The research work of the group deals with interdisciplinary
applications in medicine, special and composite materials, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics,
refrigeration installations, nanomaterials. The research group includes also Ph D and Master students.
Produs R&D products, patents, use cases
1. Patent OSIM RO 102341. Technology and installation forheat pipes manufacturing. Authors: Fetcu,
D., Ungureanu, V.B., Maican, G.
2. Patent OSIM RO 115460. Compression ignition engine with fractionate combustion. Authors:
Veştemean, N., Tomescu, G., Radu G.A., Ungureanu, V.B.
3. Patent OSIM 2010 00732, BOPI no.2/2011. Heat pipes with magnetic nanoparticles. Authors: Huminic
G., Huminic A.
Completed and ongoing research projects at national and international level
1. CNCSIS Grant A1 / GR 106 / 19.05.2006 2006-2008 Dynamic modelling of blood flow in Willis polygon
with clinical applications in cerebral stroke, coordinator Prof. Adrian Postelnicu
Blood flow simulation in carotid artery
2. IDEI Grant for exploratory research–Applying the thermodynamic method of irreversible processes to
the optimisation of drying process of capillary porous materials. The project was financed by the
National Council of Scientific Research in Academic Education (CNCSIS), in 2009-2010, with
215978.35 lei. In the project was used the thermodynamic method of irreversible processes to study
the heat and mass transfer in boundary layer at the vaporisation surface of capillary porous materials
during drying. The method allows to find out the boundary layer characteristics in terms of speed,
temperature and concentration, as well as the phenomenological relations of heat and mass flux. An
experimental drying bench was deployed as a closed circuit aerodynamic tunnel having a single
sample.
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Aerodynamic drying tunnel
Project team: Assoc. prof. Daniela Şova (coordinator), Prof. Adrian Postelnicu, Prof. Virgil-Barbu
Ungureanu, Prof. Mihaela Câmpean, Assist. Bogdan Bedelean, Assist. Gabriel Năstase.
3. CNCSIS Grant, no.945/2007, Environmental technology for the efficient and sustainable use of
wood biomass as renewable fuel, a new approach in the field.
The project focused on deployment of a new approach for the development of efficient and
sustainable technologies of wood biomass as environmental and renewable fuels. There were
processed samples made of different species of biomass and their combinations to find out the
heating values measured experimentally with calorimetric bomb.
Experimental apparatus for measuring the heating value of solid fuels
Project team: Prof. Aurel Lunguleasa, Assoc. prof. Liviu Costiuc.
4. PNII_IDEI Grant - Nanofluid heat pipes for improving performance of cooling systems. The
project is ongoing being financed by National Council of Scientific Research (CNCS). The project
period is 2011-2014 and the financing is 1.430.000 lei. The objectives of the project are:
numerical modelling of the capillary and nanofluid heat pipes; synthesis, characterisation and
preparation of nanofluids; identification of thermo-physical properties of nanofluids;
manufacturing, testing and implementing of capillary and nanofluid heat pipesin cooling systems.
The project team is lead by Lecturer Gabriela Huminic.
Research team members:
Professor
Adrian
Postelnicu
Professor
Gheorghe
Băcanu
Professor
Virgil Ungureanu
Assoc.Prof.
Daniela Şova
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Assoc.Prof..
Veneţia Sandu
Assoc.Prof.
Liviu Costiuc
Selection of 7 recent representative publications of the research group
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Postelnicu, A., Onset of convection in a horizontal porous layer driven by catalytic surface reaction on the lower wall, Int. J. Heat Mass
Transfer (2009), doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.021, Impact Factor 2.913.
Huminic G., Huminic A., Heat transfer characteristics in double tube helical heat exchangers using nanofluids, International Journal of
Heat and Mass Transfer 54 (19-20) 2011; 4280-4287. Impact Factor : 2.401
Postelnicu, A., The onset of a Darcy–Brinkman convection using a thermalnonequilibrium model. Part II, International Journal of Thermal
Sciences 47(12), pp. 1587–1594, 2008, Impact Factor 2.142.
Huminic A., Huminic G., Şoica A., Study of aerodynamics for a simplified car model with the underbody shaped as a Venturi nozzle,
International Journal of Vehicle Design 58 (1) 2012; 15 - 32, DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2012.045927
Postelnicu, A.,Influence of a magnetic field on heat and mass transfer by natural convection from vertical surfaces in porous media
considering Soret and Dufour effects, Int. Jo Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47, Issues 6-7 , March 2004, pp. 1467-1472. Impact
Factor2.913.
Sandu V., D. Florea, L.Georgescu, M.Comănescu,Development of catalyst for cleaning diesel engine exhaust gas, Revista de chimie,
vol.58, 2007, pg.760-764, Impact Factor : 0.261.
Şova, D., Postelnicu, A., Bedelean, I.B.Assessment of drying quality by Kirpichev number.International Wood Products Journal. Vol.1,
issue 2, 2010, ISSN 2042-6445, pg. 70-74.
Contact
Name: Professor Gheorghe Băcanu, Ph.D.
email: gbacanu@unitbv.ro
web:
Phone: +40 268 412921
Fax: +40 268 412921
Location: Colina Universității, Building H
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