Review on ice crystallization and adhesion to optimize ice slurry generators without moving components

W Samah, P Clain, F Rioual, L Fournaison… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current climate crisis requires a radical reduction in energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions. For the refrigeration industry, secondary refrigeration is one of …

Review on high ice packing factor (IPF) ice slurry: Fabrication, characterization, flow characteristics and applications

Z Zhou, G Zhang, W Lu, M Luo, Z Wu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
Ice slurry has been widely used in various cold storage scenarios because of its
environmental friendliness, pumpability, high cold storage density and fast load response …

Multi-scale analysis for solidification of phase change materials (PCMs): experiments and modeling

M Xu, Y Hanawa, S Akhtar, A Sakuma, J Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a multi-scale solidification framework for pure substances using laboratory
experiments and mathematical modeling. The multi-scale phenomena of solidification are …

Development of a novel continuous nanofluid ice slurry generator: Experimental and theoretical studies

Y Gao, M Mohit, J Luo, M Xu, F Fang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ice slurry has remarkable energy storage density due to significant amount of latent heat
during phase change, making it a unique environmentally friendly alternative. This …

Theoretical and experimental analysis of sea ice centrifugal desalination and supercooled water production for slurry ice

W Lan, X Liu, M Xie, K Ye, L Chen - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive investigation of centrifugal desalination of sea ice and
the production of slurry ice from supercooled water. A mathematical model for centrifugal …

Investigation of ice detachment by a liquid jet on various submerged surfaces for the development of ice slurry generators without mechanical scraping

W Samah, P Clain, F Rioual, L Fournaison… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ice slurry is an alternative method to reduce the quantity and emission of greenhouse
refrigerants, as well as control electrical energy consumption. However, the production of ice …

[HTML][HTML] On the stability of nanofluid ice slurry produced via impinging stream method under thermal and phase-change cycles

Y Gao, J Luo, F Fang, M Xu, M Mohit, T Shamim… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofluid ice slurry has shown promising potential due to superior heat transfer and lower
supercooling degree. The stability of the nanofluid ice slurry is of paramount importance to …

Relaminarization of jet impingement on a flat plate using separation-induced transition correction turbulence modeling preliminarily applied in archeological …

M Kaewbumrung, C Plengsa-Ard - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The focus of the study was the validation of transition flow model which works with jet
impingement applications. Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) techniques, including …

Influence of thermal cycling on stability and thermal conductivity of nanofluid ice slurry

Y Gao, Y Ren, M Xu, J Liu, AS Mujumdar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofluid ice slurry has the advantages of large phase change latent heat, high energy
storage density and cooling rate. In this article, a two-step approach was used to prepare …

Development of a multi-stage model for freezing of a suspended binary solution droplet

M Xu, S Akhtar, M Mohit, AP Sasmito - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
The importance of developing spray freeze-drying technology for extending the shelf life of
biological and pharmaceutical materials has never been greater, given the increasing food …