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 …

Modelling of drop and spray impact in the transitional boiling regime

JB Schmidt, F Tenzer, C Tropea, J Hussong… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spray cooling of hot substrates is a technology that can provide uniform and intense cooling
of surfaces of complex geometry. It is applicable to a wide range of surface temperatures …

Influence of surface wettability on bubble formation and motion

Y Xia, X Gao, R Li - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bubble dynamics plays an important role in boiling heat transfer, and surface wettability
affects bubble behaviors. In the present work, the effects of surface superhydrophilicity (SHI) …

Successive droplet impingement onto heated surfaces of different wettabilities

JD Benther, JDP Restrepo, C Stanley… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
New high-performance electronic components generate a massive amount of heat per unit
of area, and spray cooling is a field of interest for this application. Spray cooling achieves …

Droplet impact and Leidenfrost dynamics on a heated post

J Li, P Weisensee - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
This study experimentally explores fluid breakup and Leidenfrost dynamics for droplets
impacting a heated millimetric post. Using high-speed optical and infrared imaging, we …

A REVIEW ON THERMO-FLUIDIC STUDY OF DROPLET IMPACT IN SPRAY COOLING

X Gao, Y Li, Y Xia, H Li - Heat Transfer Research, 2025 - dl.begellhouse.com
Spray cooling exhibits outstanding cooling performances compared to other liquid cooling
techniques, which offers robust thermal management for numerous applications facing high …

High-efficiency spray cooling of rough surfaces with gas-assist atomization

S Muthukrishnan, X Tan, V Srinivasan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Spray impingement heat transfer experiments were conducted to assess the role of surface
roughness on heat transfer performance. Surfaces covered with arrays of micro-pillars with …

Surface effects on sub-cooled pool boiling for smooth and laser-ablated silicon surfaces

Y Xia, X Gao, R Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Smooth and laser-ablated silicon surfaces with wettability ranging from SHI (super-
hydrophilic) to SHO (super-hydrophobic) are tested in subcooled pool boiling of water. The …

Effects of coupling of groove microstructure and mixed wettability on flow boiling heat transfer enhancement of R134a in microchannels

W Zhang, L Yue, C Qi, Y Wang, H Wang… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mixing of surface microstructure and wettability is one of the future development trends.
Their combination always affects the bubble motion and heat transfer coefficient under pool …

A Review of Parameters and Mechanisms in Spray Cooling

S Thakur, S Kadapure, P Hegde… - Metallurgical and …, 2023 - metall-mater-eng.com
Miniaturisation in avionics, electronics, and medical appliances has led to demands for rapid
heat dissipation techniques. The spray cooling technique has gained importance recently …