[HTML][HTML] Surface modifications to enhance dropwise condensation

A Goswami, SC Pillai, G McGranaghan - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021 - Elsevier
Condensation is of paramount importance in numerous technological applications where
phase change processes take place. The physical nature of condensation from vapor to …

Review of micro–nanoscale surface coatings application for sustaining dropwise condensation

SA Khan, F Tahir, AAB Baloch, M Koc - Coatings, 2019 - mdpi.com
Condensation occurs in most of the heat transfer processes, ranging from cooling of
electronics to heat rejection in power plants. Therefore, any improvement in condensation …

Dropwise condensation by nanoengineered surfaces: design, mechanism, and enhancing strategies

L Liu, S Wang, X Zeng, P Pi… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Condensation is a common heat transfer process widely used in power plants, seawater
desalination, and refrigeration industry. Highly efficient condensation is of great importance …

Role of substrate thermal conductivity and vapor pressure in dropwise condensation

SH Hoenig, S Modak, Z Chen, M Kaviany… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of constriction resistance is examined experimentally using hydrophobic gold-
plated copper, aluminum, carbon steel, and stainless steel condenser surfaces over a range …

[PDF][PDF] Direct simulations of biphilic-surface condensation: Optimized size effects

Z Chen, S Modak, M Kaviany… - Frontiers in Heat and …, 2020 - cdn.techscience.cn
In dropwise condensation on vertical surface, droplets grow at nucleation sites, coalesce
and reach the departing diameter. In biphilic surfaces, when the hydrophobic domain is …

Numerical analysis of meniscus dynamics in monolayer-wick dropwise condensation

S Modak, M Kaviany, S Hoenig… - Numerical Heat Transfer …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of hydrophobic monolayer sintered-particle wick on the growth and departure of
droplets in dropwise condensation over a vertical surface is analyzed numerically using the …

[PDF][PDF] Dropwise condensation heat transfer enhancement on surfaces micro/nano structured by a two-step electrodeposition process [J]

HRT Bahrami, A Azizi, H Saffari - Journal of Central South …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Condensation is an important regime of heat transfer which has wide applications in
different industries such as power plants, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and …

Water droplet bouncing on a hierarchical superhydrophobic surface fabricated by hydrothermal synthesis and ultraprecision machining

Y Fu, F Zhao, Z Zhao, H Tang, S To… - Journal of Adhesion …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The ability of a water droplet to bounce on a superhydrophobic surface is an important
indication of the surface wetting properties. In this study, a method integrating hydrothermal …

On the individual droplet growth modeling and heat transfer analysis in dropwise condensation

M Azarifar, M Budakli, AM Başol… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The low convective coefficient at the condenser part of spreaders and vapor chambers due
to film blanket blocking encourages utilizing dropwise condensation (DWC). Challenges …

[PDF][PDF] PVDF 中空纤维换热管超疏水表面强化蒸气滴状冷凝传热

柴叶霞, 陈华艳, 贾悦, 李丹丹, 武春瑞, 吕晓龙 - 化工学报, 2019 - hgxb.cip.com.cn
为了提高塑料换热管的传热性能, 通过两步涂覆法制备了具有超疏水表面的复合塑料换热管.
首先采用多孔PVDF 中空纤维膜为支撑层, 以导热材料纳米ZnO 填充聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS) …