Surface and Fluid Engineering for Phase-Change Heat Transfer

Submission Deadline: 15 March 2027 View: 16 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Dr. Vladimir Serdyukov

Email: vsserd@gmail.com

Affiliation: Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Research Interests: heat and mass transfer; phase-change heat transfer; pool boiling and flow boiling; spray cooling and droplet-wall interaction; boiling heat transfer enhancement; critical heat flux; bubble dynamics; wettability and surface effects in boiling; advanced working fluids and nanofluids; thermal management of high-heat-flux systems; experimental diagnostics and visualization of two-phase heat transfer processes

Dr. Rustam Mullyadzhanov

Email: rustammul@gmail.com

Affiliation: Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Research Interests: fluid dynamics; computational physics; CFD; heat and mass transfer; phase-change heat transfer; experimental diagnostics and visualization of two-phase heat transfer processes; AI in thermophysics and hysrodynamics

Summary

Phase-change heat transfer plays a crucial role in modern thermal management technologies, particularly in applications involving high heat fluxes, compact energy systems, electronics cooling, power engineering, aerospace systems, and advanced manufacturing. Processes such as boiling, condensation, evaporation, spray cooling, and droplet-surface interaction offer high heat transfer rates, but their performance is strongly governed by complex interfacial phenomena, surface properties, working-fluid behavior, flow regimes, and transient thermal conditions. Further understanding and enhancement of these processes are therefore essential for the development of efficient, reliable, and sustainable thermal systems.

This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality research and review papers focused on recent advances in enhanced phase-change heat transfer. The scope includes experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies addressing the mechanisms, diagnostics, modeling, and practical implementation of heat transfer enhancement strategies in phase-change systems.

Suggested themes include, but are not limited to: pool boiling and flow boiling heat transfer; critical heat flux enhancement; bubble dynamics and nucleation mechanisms; spray cooling and droplet–wall interaction; condensation and evaporation processes; surface modification, micro/nanostructured surfaces, coatings, and wettability effects; advanced working fluids, nanofluids, and two-dimensional-material-based fluids; visualization and measurement techniques; and phase-change thermal management for electronics, batteries, energy systems, and high-heat-flux applications.

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