Freezing delay, frost accumulation and droplets condensation properties of micro-or hierarchically-structured silicon surfaces

X Yue, W Liu, Y Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
The processes of single droplet freezing, frost accumulation and droplets flooding during
condensation were analyzed and compared for surfaces of different morphologies. Four …

[HTML][HTML] Homogeneous water nucleation: Experimental study on pressure and carrier gas effects

MM Campagna, J Hrubý, MEH Van Dongen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Homogeneous nucleation of water is investigated in argon and in nitrogen at about 240 K
and 0.1 MPa, 1 MPa, and 2 MPa by means of a pulse expansion wave tube. The surface …

A kinetic model for heterogeneous condensation of vapor on an insoluble spherical particle

X Luo, Y Fan, F Qin, H Gui, J Liu - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A kinetic model is developed to describe the heterogeneous condensation of vapor on an
insoluble spherical particle. This new model considers two mechanisms of cluster growth …

[HTML][HTML] Homogeneous water nucleation in carbon dioxide–nitrogen mixtures: Experimental study on pressure and carrier gas effects

MM Campagna, J Hrubý, MEH Van Dongen… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
New homogeneous nucleation experiments are presented at 240 K for water in carrier gas
mixtures of nitrogen with carbon dioxide molar fractions of 5%, 15%, and 25%. The pulse …

On the growth of homogeneously nucleated water droplets in nitrogen: an experimental study

M Fransen, E Sachteleben, J Hrubý… - Experiments in fluids, 2014 - Springer
A pulse-expansion wave tube method to determine homogeneous nucleation rates of water
droplets has been improved. In particular, by accounting for background scattering, the …

Thermokinetics of heterogeneous droplet nucleation on conically textured substrates

SK Singha, PK Das, B Maiti - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Within the framework of the classical theory of heterogeneous nucleation, a thermokinetic
model is developed for line-tension-associated droplet nucleation on conical textures …

Numerical simulation for dehydration of natural gas using Joule Thompson cooling effect

WH Tay, KK Lau, AM Shariff - Procedia engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the potential of Joule Thompson cooling effect for natural gas dehydration was
studied using numerical simulation method. Population balance model (PBM) was used to …

Critical cluster composition from homogeneous nucleation data: application to water in carbon dioxide–nitrogen carrier gases

MM Campagna, J Hrubý, MEH van Dongen… - Experiments in …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge on critical cluster composition is important for improving the nucleation
theory. Thus, homogeneous water nucleation experiments previously carried out in nitrogen …

Influence of CO2 nucleation rate towards cryogenic separation technologies in bulk CO2 separation from natural gas

AA Md Jalil, K Rostani, R Ahmad Samawe… - Offshore Technology …, 2014 - onepetro.org
Marginal gas fields containing large concentrations of CO2 is a technical challenge to
develop due to the low CO2 concentration requirement in the sales gas. One of the CO2 …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental study of carrier gas and pressure effects on homogeneous water nucleation

MM Campagna - 2021 - research.tue.nl
The effects of pressure and carrier gases on homogeneous water nucleation are
investigated experimentally by means of a Pulse Expansion Wave Tube (PEWT). A novel …