A comprehensive review of modeling water solidification for droplet freezing applications

S Akhtar, M Xu, M Mohit, AP Sasmito - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Various mathematical approaches undertaken to model all stages of droplet freezing are
reviewed. The literature is rife with theoretical, experimental, and numerical treatments of the …

Experimental investigation of producing ice slurry with water using opposed-nozzle impinging jet method

Y Gao, Y Ning, C Wu, M Xu, S Akhtar… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to improve the efficiency of producing ice slurry, an experimental device of opposed-
nozzle impinging jet was established. Deionized water of 2.5–10.5° C was jet impinged with …

Experimental and unified mathematical frameworks of water-ice phase change for cold thermal energy storage

M Xu, Y Gao, F Fang, S Akhtar, BA Chaedir… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cold thermal energy storage (CTES) is a process that supplies cold thermal energy to a
medium for storage and extracts it whenever is needed. The storage medium is phase …

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 …

Spray freezing: An overview of applications and modeling

M Mohit, M Xu, JC Kurnia, AS Mujumdar… - Drying …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Spray freezing technology finds broad applications across various industries such as food
and pharmaceutical, mining, and water treatment. The significance of spray freezing is to …

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 …

[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 …

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 …

A heterogenous nucleation model for supercooled water and sucrose solution droplets under ultra-cold environments

M Xu, S Akhtar, AP Sasmito - ASME …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
With growing food scarcity and high demands for vaccine storage, advancing spray freeze-
drying technology has never been more important for prolonging shelf life of biological and …

Incorporating droplet dynamics to improve the reduced-order model of spray freezing for mine heating applications

M Mohit, S Akhtar, M Xu, AP Sasmito - Underground Ventilation, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Spray freezing technology has been shown its exceptional efficiency, safety, and
sustainability for underground mine heating. Designing spray freezing systems requires a …