[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of flow boiling inside microchannels: A critical review of methods and applications

MB Darshan, M Magnini, OK Matar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Boiling heat transfer in microchannels has been a very hot topic in heat transfer research
over the past two decades, fuelled by the dramatic need for high heat flux cooling of …

A review on single bubble gas–liquid mass transfer

Y Bao, J Jia, S Tong, Z Gao, Z Cai - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is common to empirically correlate volumetric mass transfer coefficient k L a for predicting
gas–liquid mass transfer in industrial applications, and the investigation of single bubble …

Investigations on heat and mass transfer in gas diffusion layers of PEMFC with a gas–liquid-solid coupled model

D Jiao, K Jiao, S Zhong, Q Du - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Improvement of heat and water management in gas diffusion layers (GDL) is a critical issue
to high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). In this study, we …

An assessment and analysis of phase change models for the simulation of vapor bubble condensation

H Liu, J Tang, L Sun, Z Mo, G Xie - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the assessment of five phase change models (Lee model, temperature
recovery model, phase field model, heat flux balance model, and empirical correlation …

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 …

Comparison of surface tension models for the volume of fluid method

KJ Vachaparambil, KE Einarsrud - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the increasing use of Computational Fluid Dynamics to investigate multiphase flow
scenarios, modelling surface tension effects has been a topic of active research. A well …

Numerical simulation of droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction using a dynamic contact angle model

J Yin, S Kuhn - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the dominance of interfacial forces, microreactors are commonly applied to
multiphase processes where control over the dispersed phase volume is critical. For the …

A machine-learning based phase change model for simulation of bubble condensation

J Tang, H Liu, M Du, W Yang, L Sun - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining the empirical coefficient and correlation used in phase change model (such as
Lee model and empirical correlation model) is one of challenges for the simulation of two …

A consistent volume-of-fluid approach for direct numerical simulation of the aerodynamic breakup of a vaporizing drop

B Boyd, Y Ling - Computers & Fluids, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel simulation framework has been developed in this study for the direct numerical
simulation of the aerodynamic breakup of a vaporizing drop. The interfacial multiphase flow …

Numerical investigations of vapor condensation and water transport in gas diffusion layers of PEMFC

D Jiao, K Jiao, Q Du - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Water transport in vapor/liquid form in gas diffusion layers (GDL) of proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) are numerically investigated in this study. A stochastic method …