Visualization study on preferential flow in highly saturated and super hydrophilic porous media by combining dye tracking and infrared imaging

L Chen, Q Qiu, P Wang, X Zhang, Z Zhang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Air-gap diffusion distillation (AGDD) is a practical desalination technique. The highly
saturated super hydrophilic porous medium as its evaporation surface has a decisive …

Relation between triple phase contact line and vapor groove width for enhancing thermal performance of a loop heat pipe evaporator

Y Nakatsugawa, K Odagiri, A Ueno… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of an increased evaporation area known as the triple-phase contact
line (TPCL), of the porous wick and improved evaporator wettability on the loop heat pipe …

Phase change and fluid transport in porous evaporators

X Hu, C Hu, Y He, Y Cai, J Zhu, Z Tian, F Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Porous evaporators have become the core component of energy systems such as thermal
management of electronic equipment, solar steam power generation, and wet power …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of evaporative heat transfer performance based on observation of Thermo-Fluid behavior in porous structures fabricated by additive manufacturing

Y Shimada, N Watanabe, A Ueno, H Nagano - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study focuses on improving the performance of Loop Heat Pipes (LHPs) by
investigating the thermo-fluid behavior within the evaporator. Previous observations using …

Tradeoff of structural layouts of a compact heat exchanger additively manufactured for space exploration

E Brusa, C Delprete, L Giorio… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The innovative thermal management system named Two-Phase Mechanically Pumped
Loop (2PMPL) has been investigated to design probes for Venus exploration. This study …