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Multiscale phase change, heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The global water shortage has become a serious threat for the world and the most promising solution for the water issue is the desalination of seawater or brackish water. In this work, direct contact membrane distillation ...
Numerical and experimental investigations on capillary-driven thin-film evaporation with applications in pumped two-phase loop and loop thermosyphon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Thin-film evaporation in solid-liquid-vapor interface has been the focal point of engineering research and industrial applications for decades. The objective of this dissertation is to systematically investigate the ...
Hydrodynamic characteristics and capillary-assisted heat transfer enhancement of non-condensing/condensing two-phase flows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Interfacial characteristics of two-phase flows were studied through visualization experiments and numerical simulation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on the volume-of-fluid (VOF)-continuum surface force ...