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Overview

Tunde Bello-Ochende is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with significant contributions in mechanical engineering and renewable energy fields.

The scientist's research covers several specialized subfields, notably:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their main areas of study encompass the following topics:

  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Solar Cell Performance Optimization

The scientist has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • Smart Campuses: Extensive Review of the Last Decade of Research and Current Challenges (2021, IEEE Access)
  • Constructal design of two-phase stacked microchannel heat exchangers for cooling at high heat flux (2021, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • Heat transfer and flow pattern map development of R134A in a U-bend tube for flow boiling evaporation (2021, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • Minimization of entropy generation in U-bend tube heat exchanger during flow boiling of R134a (2022, International Journal of Thermal Sciences)
  • Numerical investigation and entropy generation for flow boiling evaporation in U-bend tube heat exchanger with elliptical and circular cross-sections (2022, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Tanimu Jatau
  • Arnaud G. Malan
  • David O. Ariyo
  • Louis Gosselin
  • Olanrewaju M. Oyewola

Publication venues where the scientist's research appears repeatedly include:

  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Renewable Energy
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • IEEE Access
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Best Publications

  • Heat transfer and entropy generation in a parabolic trough receiver with wall-detached twisted tape inserts

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Heat transfer and thermodynamic performance of a parabolic trough receiver with centrally placed perforated plate inserts

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Constructal cooling channels for micro-channel heat sinks

    T. Bello-Ochende;L. Liebenberg;J.P. Meyer

  • The efficiency of an open-cavity tubular solar receiver for a small-scale solar thermal Brayton cycle

    W.G. Le Roux;T. Bello-Ochende;J.P. Meyer

  • A review of thermal energy storage designs, heat storage materials and cooking performance of solar cookers with heat storage

    Lameck Nkhonjera;Lameck Nkhonjera;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Geoffrey John;Cecil K. King’ondu

  • Multi-objective and thermodynamic optimisation of a parabolic trough receiver with perforated plate inserts

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Minimum entropy generation due to heat transfer and fluid friction in a parabolic trough receiver with non-uniform heat flux at different rim angles and concentration ratios

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Combined Numerical Optimization and Constructal Theory for the Design of Microchannel Heat Sinks

    Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer;Fervent U. Ighalo

  • Operating conditions of an open and direct solar thermal Brayton cycle with optimised cavity receiver and recuperator

    W.G. Le Roux;T. Bello-Ochende;J.P. Meyer

  • A review on the thermodynamic optimisation and modelling of the solar thermal Brayton cycle

    W.G. Le Roux;T. Bello-Ochende;J.P. Meyer

  • Constructal multi-scale pin fins

    Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer;A. Bejan

  • Constructal multi-scale cylinders in cross-flow

    T. Bello-Ochende;A. Bejan

  • Constructal design of combined microchannel and micro pin fins for electronic cooling

    O.O. Adewumi;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Constructal multi-scale cylinders with natural convection

    T. Bello-Ochende;A. Bejan

  • Numerical investigation of entropy generation in a parabolic trough receiver at different concentration ratios

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Thermodynamic optimisation of the integrated design of a small‐scale solar thermal Brayton cycle

    Willem Gabriel Le Roux;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Numerical modelling and optimisation of natural convection heat loss suppression in a solar cavity receiver with plate fins

    L.C. Ngo;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Maximal heat transfer density: Plates with multiple lengths in forced convection

    T. Bello-Ochende;A. Bejan

  • Design and optimization of a downhole coaxial heat exchanger for an enhanced geothermal system (EGS)

    Peni Junior Yekoladio;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

  • Influence of optical errors on the thermal and thermodynamic performance of a solar parabolic trough receiver

    Aggrey Mwesigye;Zhongjie Huan;Tunde Bello-Ochende;Josua P. Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Josua P. Meyer
Josua P. Meyer Stellenbosch University
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Sylvie Lorente
Sylvie Lorente Villanova University
Louis Gosselin
Louis Gosselin Université Laval
Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Dieter Brüggemann
Dieter Brüggemann University of Bayreuth
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago

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