Prediction technique for flow boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux in both microgravity and Earth gravity via artificial neural networks (ANNs)

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study is part of the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) and utilizes flow
boiling data collected in both microgravity onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and …

Effects of heating configuration and operating parameters on heat transfer and interfacial physics of microgravity flow boiling with subcooled inlet conditions …

I Mudawar, VS Devahdhanush, SJ Darges… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study is part of the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE), a collaborative
effort between the Purdue University Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory (PU-BTPFL) …

Critical heat flux for flow boiling with saturated two-phase inlet in microgravity onboard the International Space Station

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines data collected as part of the “Flow Boiling and Condensation
Experiment”(FBCE), which collected microgravity flow boiling data onboard the International …

Two-phase flow instabilities during microgravity flow boiling onboard the International Space Station

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study is an elaboration on flow instabilities observed during flow boiling experiments
conducted onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Flow Boiling and …

Microgravity flow boiling experiments with liquid-vapor mixture inlet onboard the International Space Station

I Mudawar, VS Devahdhanush, SJ Darges… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article is part of a series of studies culminating from the multi-objective Flow Boiling and
Condensation Experiment (FBCE) onboard the International Space Station, which utilized …

A comparative study of enhanced thermal performance in Tesla-type microchannels

Q Han, W Lai, Z Liu, L Li, W Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhancing convective heat transfer in microchannels is significant for cooling of micro-
electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). The dominant laminar flow in confined domain at …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigations on the flow boiling and heat transfer characteristics during chilldown process in a closed loop chilldown test section

JK Narayanan, JW Hartwig, JR Mackey… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, closed loop chilldown experiments are performed on a 0.009525 m outer
diameter SS-316 tube of length 0.6 m and thickness 0.001651 m in a horizontal flow …

[HTML][HTML] CFD elucidation of high-pressure subcooled boiling flow towards effects of variable refrigerantproperties using OpenFOAM empirical closures

B Muangput, T Zin, S Namchanthra… - … in Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Boiling flow presents a significant concern, especially when a liquid surpasses its boiling
point, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences. This research utilizes a two-phase …

Pressure drop characteristics and prediction techniques (models/correlations and artificial neural networks) for microgravity flow boiling onboard the International …

I Mudawar, SJ Darges, VS Devahdhanush… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
This article is part of the multi-objective Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE)
onboard the International Space Station, which utilized the Flow Boiling Module (FBM) for …

Numerical simulation of R134a flow boiling heat transfer in a horizontal mini-channel under various gravity levels

Q Wang, J Cao, D Su, M Li, C Dang, X Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
To meet the limited installation space and strict weight requirements of spacecraft while
achieving high heat transfer efficiency in vapor compression refrigeration and heat pump …