Review of computational studies on boiling and condensation

CR Kharangate, I Mudawar - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
Developments in many modern applications are encountering rapid escalation in heat
dissipation, coupled with a need to decrease the size of thermal management hardware …

Review on the characteristics of flow and heat transfer in printed circuit heat exchangers

C Huang, W Cai, Y Wang, Y Liu, Q Li, B Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is a compact heat exchanger with a series of
advantages, such as, high ability of heat transfer, bearing high pressure and low …

Thermal energy processes in direct steam generation solar systems: Boiling, condensation and energy storage–A review

J Dirker, D Juggurnath, A Kaya, EA Osowade… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Direct steam generation coupled is a promising solar-energy technology, which can reduce
the growing dependency on fossil fuels. It has the potential to impact the power-generation …

Two-phase flow characteristics of a high performance loop heat pipe with flat evaporator under gravity

G Zhou, J Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
Aiming to fully investigate the two-phase flow characteristics inside a loop heat pipe (LHP), a
visualization study for a compact copper-water loop heat pipe with flat evaporator was …

Numerical investigation on flow pattern transformation and heat transfer characteristics of two-phase flow boiling in the shell side of LNG spiral wound heat exchanger

J Li, H Hu, H Wang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The flow pattern transformation and heat transfer characteristics of refrigerant flow in the
shell side of LNG spiral wound heat exchangers (SWHEs) have a significant influence on …

Simulation of halon condensation processes in vertical pipes by the VOF method

KB Minko, GG Yankov, VI Artemov, AV Ptakhin - Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The study of steam-condensation processes inside pipes of different orientation in space is
an urgent task for many industrial applications, including the creation of heat-recovery plants …

Condensation flow patterns and heat transfer correction for zeotropic hydrocarbon mixtures in a helically coiled tube

J Yu, Y Jiang, W Cai, X Li, Z Zhu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental and simulation investigation of condensation flow pattern and heat transfer
characteristics of zeotropic hydrocarbon mixtures methane/propane and ethane/propane in …

A modified heat and mass transfer model for numerical simulation of zeotropic mixture condensation

M Wang, S Mohtaram, G Yang, B Zheng, Y Ren… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Zeotropic mixtures, widely employed as refrigerants in refrigeration systems and heat
pumps. Due to the temperature slip phenomenon caused by the variable phase change …

A numerical study on film condensation of steam with non-condensable gas on a vertical plate

S Li, M Wei, X Wang - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The film condensation of steam is very common in several industrial areas, such as
condensers in power plants, seawater desalination, and air-conditioning systems. In some …

Distribution performance of gas–liquid mixture in the shell side of spiral-wound heat exchangers

W Zheng, W Cai, Y Jiang - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The non-uniformity of gas–liquid mixture is a critical issue which leads to the heat transfer
deterioration of spiral-wound heat exchangers (SWHEs). Two-phase mass flow rate and the …