Robert McKibbin
Massey University
57 Papers
485 Citations
Robert McKibbin is an academic researcher from Massey University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Convection & Porous medium. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 57 publications. Previous affiliations of Robert McKibbin include University at Albany, SUNY & University of Auckland.
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Papers
A steady state model of gas-char reactions in a downdraft biomass gasifier
TL;DR: In this article, a phenomenological model of downdraft gasification under steady state operation is developed based on previously published values for the reaction kinetics in the reduction zone, which predicts a product gas with a composition similar to that found experimentally, although the model over-predicts the methane concentration.
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A CFD modeling system for airflow and heat transfer in ventilated packaging for fresh foods: I. Initial analysis and development of mathematical models
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling system of the airflow patterns and heat transfer inside ventilated packages, which is used in the horticultural industry to facilitate efficient cooling of fresh produce during forced air cooling.
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Onset of convection in a layered porous medium heated from below
TL;DR: In this article, the formalism required to determine the criterion for the onset of convection in a multi-layered porous medium heated from below is developed using a straightforward linear stability analysis.
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A CFD modeling system for airflow and heat transfer in ventilated packaging for fresh foods:: II. Computational solution, software development, and model testing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the CFD methods used to solve the mathematical models for both layered and bulk packaging systems, and the structure of a user-friendly software package (called "CoolSimu") that integrates the modeling system.
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Heat transfer in a layered porous medium heated from below
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the heat transported by convection at slightly supercritical Rayleigh numbers and showed that the slope of the Nusselt-number graph at the critical point is nearly independent of cell width.
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