Boiling & Condensation (Phase change heat transfer)
Critical Heat Flux & Minimum Heat Flux
Visualization (High Speed Camera, Internal Reflection, Surface Plasmon Resonance)
Droplet Cooling
Heat Transfer Enhancement through Surface Modification
Applications : Heat exchanger, Power plant, Air-conditioning system
Droplet Impact & Impinging dynamics on various type of Surfaces
Droplet mobility control
Anti-Icing Problem on SLIPS surface
Micro-PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) on Microtube
Applications : Droplet mobility control, Microchannel system (Lab on a chip), etc
Single bubble growth, Kim et al. IJHMT (2018)
Droplet motion on various surfaces, Kim et al. JMST (2020)
Droplet impact & splash, Kim et al. JMST (2020)
Synchronized visualization for DNB, Kim et al. IJHMT (2018)
Up (High speed camera), Down (Total Internal Reflection method)
Micro-PIV of L-V interface in μ-tube, Kim et al. JMST (2018, 2019)
Freezing mechanisms, under preparation
SPR (Surface Plasma Resonance)-based thermometry visualization
Fundamental understanding of mechanism near triple line during phase change
Visualization for liquid film thickness, temperature, interface in microfluidcs
Thermo-microfluidic systems (chip cooling, microchannel, etc) analsys
Funded by NRF Project (Rising Research Program) (2020.03 ~ 2023.02)
Small scale Solar Steam Generator
Wettability-modulated on porous medium
High solar light absorption materials (Graphene, Mxene, etc)
(Plan) Application with Optical Transparent Thermal Insulator
1) Water management in Dripper Irrigation system
2) Heat exchanger design parameter analysis
3) Thermal management of battery cooling system
Funded by RDA Project (2020.03 ~ 2022.12), RIST Project (2021.09 ~ 2021.12), SMTECH Project (2021.09 ~ 2022.08)
Water management
Purification
Water harvesting, splitting
Hydrogen Production
Applications : Desalination, Hydrogen-based mobility