Vision article: recent progress, challenges and perspectives on boiling, condensation, solidification and related phase-change thermal phenomena☆
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Author(s)
Zupancic, Matevz
Golobic, Iztok
Markides, Christos N
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This vision article accompanies a Special Issue of Applied Thermal Engineering dedicated to the 9th European Thermal Sciences Conference (EUROTHERM 2024), held in Bled, Slovenia, from 10 to 13 June 2024. The conference brought together 348 participants from 34 countries and featured eight plenary lectures, seven special sessions, and 234 peer-reviewed proceedings. From this broad programme, thirteen articles were selected and extended for publication in this Special Issue. These articles, in line with general developments in the field, feature advances in boiling, condensation, spray cooling, freeze-drying, and relevant multiphase flows. Collectively, these contributions highlight recent advances in the community, which include the development and deployment of high-resolution experimental diagnostics and high-fidelity simulations aimed at advancing our mechanistic understanding of important thermal-fluid phenomena, and enabling accurate and reliable predictions for component and system design. Looking forward, further progress will require breakthroughs in several areas, including the development of predictive and validated models across scales, the demonstration of long-term robustness of materials and surfaces under realistic operating stresses, and the integration of both passive and active enhancement strategies to meet increasingly demanding operating conditions. By synthesizing the state of the art and outlining key challenges, this article provides a forward-looking perspective for scientists, researchers and engineers, and identifies promising directions for future research and innovation in multiphase heat transfer.
Date Issued
2026-01-15
Date Acceptance
2025-11-04
Citation
Applied Thermal Engineering, 2026, 283
ISSN
1359-4311
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume
283
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
Boiling
Condensation
Energy & Fuels
Engineering
Engineering, Mechanical
Enhanced surfaces
Mechanics
MECHANISMS
Microgravity
Phase change
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
Technology
Thermal modelling
Thermodynamics
Two-phase flow
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
128993
Date Publish Online
2025-11-07