Heat transfer during multiple droplet impingement and spray cooling: Review and prospects for enhanced surfaces

JD Benther, JD Pelaez-Restrepo, C Stanley… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many systems require very high heat removal rates in small areas due to the increase in
their packing density, such as power electronics. These systems need to be cooled to …

A review of droplet bouncing behaviors on superhydrophobic surfaces: Theory, methods, and applications

H Wang, H Lu, W Zhao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The phenomenon of droplet bouncing on superhydrophobic surfaces has received
extensive attention in the academic and industrial fields, as it is critical for various …

Spreading and rebound dynamics of sub-millimetre urea-water-solution droplets impinging on substrates of varying wettability

M Wörner, N Samkhaniani, X Cai, Y Wu… - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The interaction of droplets consisting of urea-water solution (UWS) with a wall is of interest
for automotive exhaust gas after-treatment of Diesel engines by selective catalytic reduction …

Bouncing drop impingement on heated hydrophobic surfaces

N Samkhaniani, A Stroh, M Holzinger… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We extend a diffuse interface phase-field method for two-phase flow simulations so as to
include interfacial heat transfer and the thermal Marangoni effect. The set of governing …

Surface design of superhydrophobic parallel grooves for controllable petal bouncing and contact time reduction

J Du, X Wang, Y Li, Q Min - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This study numerically investigates the bouncing characteristics of impacting droplets on
superhydrophobic sub-millimeter parallel grooves by the level-set method. Once the Weber …

Numerical investigations of the spreading and retraction dynamics of viscous droplets impact on solid surfaces

J Du, Y Zhang, Q Min - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study uses an efficient, continuum-level modeling method to investigate the spreading
and retraction dynamics of viscous droplets impact on flat solid surfaces. The main …

A 3-D phase field study of dielectric droplet impact under a horizontal electric field

M Shen, BQ Li, Q Yang - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
A 3-D diffuse interface model has been developed to simulate impact of a dielectric droplet
under the influence of a horizontal electric field. The Cahn-Hilliard equation, coupled with …

Bouncing droplets on micro-grooved non-wetting surfaces

SZ Wang, X Huang, L Chen, YS Yu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Water droplets impinging on micro-grooved polydimethylsiloxane surfaces were studied.
Depending on the impact velocity and surface roughness, different phenomena such as no …

On suitability of phase-field and algebraic volume-of-fluid OpenFOAM® solvers for gas–liquid microfluidic applications

F Jamshidi, H Heimel, M Hasert, X Cai… - Computer Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microfluidic devices often contain several phases. Their design can be supported by
interface-resolving numerical simulations, requiring accurate methods and validated …

Maximum spreading of an impacting drop

M Wörner - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
The maximum diameter of a drop impacting on a flat solid surface is studied theoretically
assuming axi-symmetric spreading without splashing. The energy balance between the …