Improving heat exchanger thermal-hydraulic efficiency is of utmost importance for energy
conversion and can be carried out through various techniques which are divided into active …

Falling film heat transfer of horizontal shell-side evaporators remains of interest to scientists
due to the complexity of these phenomena for practical applications. However …

The heat transfer performance of commercially produced micro-enhanced tubes with and
without a nanocoating was investigated under pool boiling of saturated refrigerant. These …

This paper presents a series of experiments concerning heat transfer in a vertical row of
horizontal-tube falling film evaporator. By visualization and heat transfer experiments, the …

As high-power electronics continue to advance rapidly, the pursuit of efficient thermal
management has emerged a critical challenge for their further high-performance and large …

This work presents a computational model of a helical falling film evaporator of 13 tubes
based on physical principles. The momentum and energy transfer of the system are …

This work presents the development of a physical model for an absorption heat transformer
with falling film heat exchangers. The absorption heat transformers are devices for …

Porous surfaces often exhibit exceptional performance in liquid spreading and heat transfer,
making them promising candidates for enhancing falling film heat transfer on solid surfaces …

Multiscale surface structures offer the opportunity to combine the heat transfer enhancement
provided by microscale structures with the dryout benefits provided by some nanostructures …

Detailed, reliable, and time-saving methods to predict the transfer characteristics of
horizontal-tube falling-film absorbers are critical to control system operability, such that it is …