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 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 …

[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 …

Real-time observation of the freezing stage of the mannitol solution using high-resolution optical microscopy

L Chun, M Sha, Z Naijun, L Zhiqiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vacuum freeze-drying has been expanding its influence in many fields, and the freezing
stage is of utmost importance for the freeze-drying process. However, the limited …

Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Solidification of Cyclohexane on Silicon (Si) Substrate

M Mohit, M Xu, Y Hanawa, J Zhang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The semiconductor industry continually seeks optimal methods to avoid nanostructure
collapse during the drying process of semiconductor device manufacturing. Despite the …

New Formulas for Evaluation of Cyclohexanol Solidification on Substrates with Surface Nanostructures

Y Hanawa, J Zhang, AP Sasmito, M Xu, S Akhtar… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In semiconductor manufacturing, the sublimation drying process is crucial but poorly
understood─ particularly regarding the solidification of agents such as cyclohexanol on Si …

[PDF][PDF] Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

X Cao, Y Liu, X Zang, D Guo, J Bian - researchgate.net
In this work, experiments were carried out in line with Design of Experiments (DOE)
standards to assess the performance and emission features of 5% graphene nanoparticles …