Yansong Chen

• Dalian University of Technology

Interphase mass transport is important for many industrial applications ranging from multiphase reaction and separation but remains a great challenge in maximizing the interface area and mass-transfer flux. In this work, a periodical oscillation of Taylor bubbles is demonstrated to enhance interface transport by arranging gas microcavities on the w...

n Taylor flow, the low velocity in liquid film around the bubbles limits the mass transfer between the bubble body and liquid phase. To overcome this deficiency, a cross-junction Microchannel with gas Cavities (MGC) is designed and processed. The restricted inert nitrogen in the gas cavities provided partial slip boundaries, which makes it distinct...

Droplet impact phenomena and thin liquid film flow are widespread in nature, industrial production and daily life. The spreading characteristics and temperature evolution of the liquid film after droplet impact are the key controlling factors in many industrial heat transfer processes. Constructing a thin micro-nano structured superhydrophilic surf...

Self-propelled droplet jumping plays a crucial role in numerous applications such as condensation heat transfer, self-cleaning, and water harvesting. Compared to individual droplet jumping, the coalescence-induced droplet jumping in a domino manner has attracted more attention due to its potential for the high performance of droplet mobility and he...

Vortex generators (VGs) are widely employed to improve the heat transfer performance of tube-fin heat exchangers. In this study, a novel arrangement of VGs with ten triangular VGs deployed around the circular tubes regularly on both sides of fins is proposed. The influences of the fins on fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics are investigate...

The present study reports a study of water droplets impacting on cold thin water films on a superhydrophilic surface. A thermal infrared imager was used to record the surface temperature distribution after the droplet impact on the liquid films. A ring-shaped high temperature zone was found after impact with the temperature first increasing and the...

The initial nucleation of ultrafine particle recently attracts more attention as a key factor in visibility degradation during early haze. In this study, we have performed Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculation to investigate the particle-induced initial nucleation process during early haze. Our calculation results show that the water molecule...

Efficient Dropwise condensation on nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) has received extensive attention. However, good heat performance only occurs in two conditions: the presence of non-condensable gas, or low surface subcooling. For industrial pure steam condensation, large droplets tend to be pinned on the surfaces due to the large co...

Superhydrophobic-hydrophobic hybrid surface with different Contact Angle Hysteresis (CAH) in superhydrophobic region are prepared by controlling the etching time of NaOH and (NH4)2S2O8 mixed solution. Departure droplet diameters, sweeping period and drop size distribution of different surfaces are researched through experiments in this paper. Envir...

The behavior of droplets trapped in geometric structures is essential to droplet manipulation applications such as for droplet transport. Here we show that directional droplet movement can be realized by a V-shaped groove with the movement direction controlled by adjusting the surface wettability of the groove inner wall and the cross sectional ang...