Dropwise Condensation: Sprayable Thin and Robust Carbon Nanofiber Composite Coating for Extreme Jumping Dropwise Condensation Performance (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1/2021)

Dropwise Condensation of Low Surface Tension Fluids on Omniphobic Surfaces

Compared to the significant body of work devoted to surface engineering for promoting dropwise condensation heat transfer of steam, much less attention has been dedicated to fluids with lower interfacial tension. A vast array of low-surface tension fluids such as hydrocarbons, cryogens, and fluorinated refrigerants are used in a number of industrial applications, and the development of passive ...

Recurrent filmwise and dropwise condensation on a beetle mimetic surface.

Vapor condensation plays a key role in a wide range of industrial applications including power generation, thermal management, water harvesting and desalination. Fast droplet nucleation and efficient droplet departure as well as low interfacial thermal resistance are important factors that determine the thermal performances of condensation; however, these properties have conflicting requirement...

Effect of interfacial phenomena on dewetting in dropwise condensation.

Image-analyzing interferometry was used to investigate the dynamics of the dewetting meniscus of a partially wetting fluid on a modified quartz surface during dropwise condensation. The vivid difference in the behavior of the retracting meniscus with respect to its variation in apparent contact angle and curvature after the merger of the drop with the meniscus was found to depend on the wettabi...

Scale effect on dropwise condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces.

Micro/nano (two-tier) structures are often employed to achieve superhydrophobicity. In condensation, utilizing such a surface is not necessarily advantageous because the macroscopically observed Cassie droplets are usually in fact partial Wenzel in condensation. The increase in contact angle through introducing microstructures on such two-tier roughened surfaces may result in an increase in dro...

Condensate Drop Movement by Surface Temperature Gradient on Heat Transfer Surface in Marangoni Dropwise Condensation