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Mass transfer and water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells with a composite foam-rib flow field
Wei Gao, Qifeng Li, Kai Sun +3
Mass transfer capability of reactants and hydrothermal management is important for the performance and durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In the conventional rib fl…
Singular jets during droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces
Xiaoyun Peng, Tianyou Wang, Feifei Jia +3
Hypothesis: The impact of droplets is prevalent in numerous applications, and jetting during droplet impact is a critical process controlling the dispersal and transport of liquid.…
Coalescence delay mediated by the gas layer during the impact of hot droplets
Zhigang Xu, Haicheng Qi, Tianyou Wang +1
Coalescence may not occur immediately when droplets impact a liquid film. Despite the prevalence of the high-temperature condition during the impact process in many applications, t…
Transitions of breakup regimes for viscous droplets in airflow
Zhikun Xu, Tianyou Wang, Zhizhao Che
Droplet breakup is important in many natural and industrial processes, but the current classification of breakup regimes, especially the intermediate breakup regime, is ambiguous.…
Mist formation during micro-explosion of emulsion droplets
Houpeng Zhang, Zhen Lu, Tianyou Wang +1
The micro-explosion of emulsion droplets plays an important role in promoting atomization, improving combustion efficiency, and reducing pollutant emissions. In this experimental s…
Growth of Elongated Vapor Bubbles During Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Wavy Microchannels
Odumuyiwa A. Odumosu, Huashi Xu, Tianyou Wang +1
Flow boiling within microchannels is an efficient heat removal mechanism by utilizing the latent heat of the fluid. Numerical simulations can resolve the small temporal and spatial…
Heat transfer enhancement by mist/air two-phase flow in a high-temperature channel
Junxian Cao, Mengqi Ye, Haiwang Li +2
Mist/air two-phase flow is a promising cooling technique for many applications such as internal cooling of gas turbine blades. A significant enhancement of heat transfer can be ach…
Variation of Critical Crystallization Pressure for the Formation of Square Ice in Graphene Nanocapillaries
Zhen Zeng, Kai Sun, Rui Chen +3
Two-dimensional square ice in graphene nanocapillaries at room temperature is a fascinating phenomenon and has been confirmed experimentally. Instead of temperature for bulk ice, t…
Droplet breakup in airflow with strong shear effect
Zhikun Xu, Tianyou Wang, Zhizhao Che
The deformation and breakup of droplets in airflows is important in spray and atomisation processes, but the shear effect in non-uniform airflow is rarely reported. In this study,…
Numerical simulation of secondary breakup of shear-thinning droplets
Yang Li, Zhikun Xu, Xiaoyun Peng +2
The breakup of non-Newtonian droplets is ubiquitous in numerous applications. Although the non-Newtonian property can significantly change the droplet breakup process, most previou…
Cavity deformation and bubble entrapment during the impact of droplets on a liquid pool
Zhigang Xu, Tianyou Wang, Zhizhao Che
The impact of droplets on a liquid pool is ubiquitous in nature and important in many industrial applications. A droplet impacting on a liquid pool can result in the pinch-off of a…
Two-dimensional partitioned square ice confined in graphene/graphite nanocapillaries
Zhen Zeng, Tianyou Wang, Rui Chen +4
As one of the most fascinating confined water/ice phenomena, two-dimensional square ice has been extensively studied and experimentally confirmed in recent years. Apart from the un…
Crown rupture during droplet impact on a dry smooth surface at increased pressure
Zhigang Xu, Longlong Wang, Tianyou Wang +1
The impact of droplets at increased environmental pressure is important in many industrial applications. Previous studies mainly considered the impact process at standard or reduce…
Droplet splashing during the impact on liquid pools of shear-thinning fluids with yield stress
Xiaoyun Peng, Tianyou Wang, Kai Sun +1
The impact of droplets on liquid pools is ubiquitous in nature and many industrial applications. Most previous studies of droplet impact focus on Newtonian fluids, while less atten…
Droplet deformation and breakup in shear flow of air
Zhikun Xu, Tianyou Wang, Zhizhao Che
The deformation and breakup of droplets in air flows is important in many applications of spray and atomization processes. However, the shear effect of airflow has never been repor…
Two jets during the impact of viscous droplets onto a less-viscous liquid pool
Quan Ding, Tianyou Wang, Zhizhao Che
It is generally accepted that the Worthington jet occurs when a droplet impacts onto a liquid pool. However, in this experimental study of the impact of viscous droplets onto a les…
Reduced residence time of droplet impact on heated surfaces
Song Rong, Shiquan Shen, Tianyou Wang +1
The impact of droplets is a ubiquitous phenomenon, and reducing the residence time of the impact process is important for many potential applications. In this study of the impact d…
Flow structure of compound droplets moving in microchannels
Zhizhao Che, Yit Fatt Yap, Tianyou Wang
Compound droplets can be used in substance encapsulation and material compartmentalization to achieve a precise control over the relevant processes in many applications, such as bi…