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The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties (2020)
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Ice formation and accumulation have detrimental effects on commercial surfaces and people's lives. The ice adhesion strength decreases with increasing surface hydrophobicity, and the superhydrophobicity of a surface can be constructed by a combinatio... Read More about The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties.

Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability (2020)
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Marangoni effect is one of the critical factors in the droplet evaporation process, which is caused by surface tension gradient in the droplet interface. In this study, local heating is adopted to provide a more complicated temperature distribution o... Read More about Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability.

Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications (2020)
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This experimental study covers the development of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) based on RT–35HC as a phase change material (PCM) and titanium oxide (TiO2) as thermal conductivity enhancement material, for thermal management app... Read More about Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications.

Thermal Management of Electrified Propulsion System for Low-Carbon Vehicles (2020)
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An overview of current thermal challenges in transport electrification is introduced in order to underpin the research developments and trends of recent thermal management techniques. Currently, explorations of intelligent thermal management and cont... Read More about Thermal Management of Electrified Propulsion System for Low-Carbon Vehicles.

Passive control of temperature distribution in cancerous tissue during photothermal therapy using optical phase change nanomaterials (2020)
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Thermal therapy is a very promising alternative treatment for benign tumor, in which the temperature control is a key issue to avoid unwanted thermal damage of healthy tissue. However, the active temperature control methods usually require the assist... Read More about Passive control of temperature distribution in cancerous tissue during photothermal therapy using optical phase change nanomaterials.

Thermal Analyses of Power Electronics Integrated with Vapour Chamber Cooling (2020)
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Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power module is used for power switching transistor devices in the power supply and motor control circuits in both hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. The target of heat flux of IGBT is continuousl... Read More about Thermal Analyses of Power Electronics Integrated with Vapour Chamber Cooling.

Direct Phase-Change Cooling of Vapor Chamber Integrated With IGBT Power Electronic Module for Automotive Application (2020)
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In electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, IGBT power module trends to dissipate higher heat flux due to increased power rating and reduced package size. An inefficient cooling method will result in stringent thermal reliability problems. The... Read More about Direct Phase-Change Cooling of Vapor Chamber Integrated With IGBT Power Electronic Module for Automotive Application.

Using mesoporous carbon to pack polyethylene glycol as a shape-stabilized phase change material with excellent energy storage capacity and thermal conductivity (2020)
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A novel shape-stabilized phase change material was successfully prepared using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as PCM and mesoporous carbon FDU-15 as support via the melting impregnation method. The structural and thermal properties of materials were measu... Read More about Using mesoporous carbon to pack polyethylene glycol as a shape-stabilized phase change material with excellent energy storage capacity and thermal conductivity.

Thermophysical characteristics and application of metallic-oxide based mono and hybrid nanocomposite phase change materials for thermal management systems (2020)
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This experimental study covers the chemical, physical, thermal characterization and application of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) dispersed by TiO2, Al2O3, and CuO nanoparticles for thermal management systems. A commercial-grade... Read More about Thermophysical characteristics and application of metallic-oxide based mono and hybrid nanocomposite phase change materials for thermal management systems.

Magnetically-accelerated photo-thermal conversion and energy storage based on bionic porous nanoparticles (2020)
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Effect of adding copper oxide nanoparticles on the mass/heat transfer in falling film absorption (2020)
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Absorber is an essential component that affects the efficiency of absorption refrigeration unit. Falling film absorption is one of the most widespread forms of the heat/mass transfer in absorption system. In this paper, based on the software COMSOL M... Read More about Effect of adding copper oxide nanoparticles on the mass/heat transfer in falling film absorption.

Heat spreading performance of SiC-based power module with bonded vapour chamber for electric powertrain integration (2020)
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After evolving side by side over the past three decades, insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFETs) become two main options in high power semiconductor market of Hybrid Electric Vehicle... Read More about Heat spreading performance of SiC-based power module with bonded vapour chamber for electric powertrain integration.

A review of phase change heat transfer in shape-stabilized phase change materials (ss-PCMs) based on porous supports for thermal energy storage (2020)
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Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) uses phase change materials (PCMs) to store and release heat, and can effectively address the mismatch between energy supply and demand. However, it suffers from low thermal conductivity and the leakage prob... Read More about A review of phase change heat transfer in shape-stabilized phase change materials (ss-PCMs) based on porous supports for thermal energy storage.

Droplet Deposition Pattern Affected by Different Heating Directions (2020)
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The coffee ring effect commonly exists in droplet deposition patterns, which fundamentally affects scientific research and industrial applications, like pharmaceutical purification, salt manufacturing, etc. Some researchers have tried different solut... Read More about Droplet Deposition Pattern Affected by Different Heating Directions.

A Study of the Truncated Square Pyramid Geometry for Enhancement of Super-hydrophobicity (2020)
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Super-hydrophobic surfaces are quite common in nature, inspiring people to continually explore its water-repellence property and applications to our lives. It has been generally agreed that the property of super-hydrophobicity is mainly contributed b... Read More about A Study of the Truncated Square Pyramid Geometry for Enhancement of Super-hydrophobicity.

Investigation of Droplet Evaporation on Copper Substrate with Different Roughness (2020)
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In the present study, we investigated the evaporation process and deposition pattern of saline droplet on a copper substrate with different roughness under 40 °C ambient temperature. These four substrates are classified as smooth surface and rough su... Read More about Investigation of Droplet Evaporation on Copper Substrate with Different Roughness.

Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications (2020)
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Heat pipes spanning the 300 °C to 500 °C temperature range are still under research and development stage. Monel/water heat pipes have been previously explored as an option for operation up to 300 °C. Life tests of up to 30,000 h have shown good comp... Read More about Experimental analysis of a high temperature water heat pipe for thermal storage applications.

Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling (2020)
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This paper reports the two-dimensional (2D) transient numerical simulation of a phase change material (PCM) based finned heat sink to investigate the heat transfer performance for passive cooling of electronic devices. The finned heat sinks of 2 mm a... Read More about Transient simulation of finned heat sinks embedded with PCM for electronics cooling.

Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites (2020)
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This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The highly efficient treatment of azo dye contaminated wastewater from the textile industry is an important but challenging problem. Herein, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microparticles, incorporating m... Read More about Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites.

Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics (2020)
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Efficient, clean and quiet thermal management has become a vital challenge in for cooling of electronic devices. To enhance the capability and efficiency of passive thermal management , novel composite materials have been designed by the combination... Read More about Preparation and characteristics evaluation of mono and hybrid nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for thermal management of microelectronics.