DINAMICS Project RECI/EMS-SIS/0147/2012
Dynamics of INterfacial Transport PhenomenA in MIcro Scale Energy Conversion Systems

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Maly, M., Moita, A.S., Jedelsky, J., Ribeiro, A.P.C., Moreira, A. L. N. (2018) Effect of nanoparticles concentration on the characteristics of nanofluid sprays for cooling applications. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (In press. Published online 12 June 2018). DOI: 10.1007/s10973-018-7444-z
Teodori, E; Pontes, P; Moita, AS ; Moreira, ALN (2018) Thermographic analysis of interfacial heat transfer mechanisms on droplet/wall interactions with high temporal and spatial resolution. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 96:284-294. DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.03.013
Teodori, E; Moita, AS ; Moura, M ; Pontes, P ; Moreira, A ; Bai, Y ; Li, XL ; Liu, Y (2017) Application of Bioinspired Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Two-phase Heat Transfer Experiments. JOURNAL OF BIONIC ENGINEERING, 14(3):506-519. DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(16)60417-1
Teodori, E ; Pontes, P ; Moita, A ; Georgoulas, A ; Marengo, M ; Moreira, A (2017) Sensible Heat Transfer during Droplet Cooling: Experimental and Numerical Analysis. ENERGIES, 10(6):790. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/6/790
Teodori, E ; Valente, T ; Malavasi, I ; Moita, AS ; Marengo, M ; Moreira, ALN (2017) Effect of extreme wetting scenarios on pool boiling conditions. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 115:1424-1437
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.11.079
Liu, Y., Yao, W., Wang, Y., Moita, A., Han, Z., Ren, L. (2016) Reversibly switchable wettability on aluminium substrate corresponding to different pH droplet and its corrosion resistance. Chemical Engineering Journal, 303:565-574.
Moita, A.S., Laurência, C., Ramos, J.A., Prazeres, D.M.F., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Dynamics of droplets of biological fluids on smooth superhydrophobic surfaces under electrostatic actuation. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 13(2):220-234.
Moura, M., Teodori, E. Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) 2 Phase Microprocessor Cooling System with Controlled Pool Boiling of Dielectrics over Micro-and-Nano Structured Integrated Heat Spreaders. Proc of the IEEE ITherm, pp. 378-387.
Teodori, E., Palma, T., Valente, T., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Bubble dynamics and heat transfer for pool boiling on hydrophilic, superhydrophobic and biphilic surfaces. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, Vol. 745, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/745/3/032132
Teodori, E., Valente, T., Malavasi, I., Moita, A.S., Marengo, M, Moreira, A. L. N. (2016) Accepted for publication at Applied Thermal Engineering.
Moita, A.S. (2016) Characterization of biofluid droplet dynamics as a clinical diagnostic tool. Accepted for publication at the Journal of Bionic Engineering.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Pontes, P., Moura, M., Moreira, A. L. N., Y. Bai, X. Li, Y. Liu (2016) Application of bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces in two-phase heat transfer experiments. Accepted for publication at the Journal of Bionic Engineering.
Santos, H., Moirgado, J., Martinh, M., Pereira, F., Moita, A.S. (2016) Selecting and optimizing a heat exchanger for automotive vehicle Rankine Cycle Waste Recovery Heat Systems. To appear at ICEER 2016, Energy Procedia.
Moita, A. S., Herrmann, D, Moreira, A. L. N. (2015) Fluid dynamic and heat transfer processes between solid surfaces and non-Newtonian liquid droplets. Applied Thermal Engineering, 88:33-46.
Silvério, V., Cardoso, S., Gaspar, J., Freitas, P.P., Moreira, A.L.N. (2015) Moita, A. S., Herrmann, D, Moreira, A. L. N. (2015) Design, fabrication and test of an integrated multi-microchannel heat sink for electronics cooling. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 235:14-27.
Moita, A. S., Teodori, E., Moreira, A. L. N. (2015) Influence of surface topography in the boiling mechanisms. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 52:50-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2014.11.003.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2014) Empirical and modelling based correlations for pool boiling over micro-structured surfaces. Journal of Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer (Begell House), 2(3):273-292.
Pereira P., Moita, A. S., Monteiro, G., Prazeres, D.M.F. (2014) Characterization of English weed leaves and biomimetic replicas. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 11(3):346-359. DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(14)60048-2.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2014) Study of the combined effects of liquid properties and surface micro-patterning on pool boiling heat transfer. Proc. ASME, IHTC-15. DOI: 10.1615/IHTC15.pbl.009004
Teodori, E., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2013) Characterization of pool boiling mechanisms over micro-patterned surfaces using PIV. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 66:261-270. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.033.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Pontes, P.; Teodori, E.; Moita, A.S.; Moreira, A.L.N.(2017) Time Resolved Infrared Analysis of Droplet Impacts onto Heated Surfaces Under Extreme Wetting Scenarios. Proc. of ILASS - 28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Univ Politecnica Valencia, Valencia, SPAIN, Sep. 2017, 274-281, DOI: 10.4995/ILASS2017.2017.5012
Teodori, E.; Pontes, P.; Moita, A.S.; Moreira, A.L.N.; Georgoulas, A.; Marengo, M. (2017) Experimental and Numerical Study on Sensible Heat Transfer at Droplet/Wall Interactions. Proc. of ILASS - 28th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Univ Politecnica Valencia, Valencia, SPAIN, Sep. 2017, 304-311, DOI: 10.4995/ILASS2017.2017.5024
Vieira, D.; Mata, F.; Moita, A.; Moreira, A. (2017) Microfluidic Prototype of a Lab-on-Chip Device for Lung Cancer Diagnostics. Proc. of 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Porto, PORTUGAL, Feb 2017, 63-68, DOI: 10.5220/0006252700630068
Mata F., Moita, A.S., Kumar, R., Cardoso, S., Prazeres D.M.F, Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Effect of surface wettability on the spreading and displacement of biofluid drops in electrowetting. Proc. of ILASS – Europe 2016, 27th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Sep. 2016, Brighton, UK 4-7 September 2016. ISBN 978-1-910172-09-4.
Roth, N., Reitzle, M., Franke, M., Moita, A. S., Weigand, B. (2016) Shear thinning liquids impacting on dry Solid walls: comparison between numerical simulations and experiments Proc. of ILASS – Europe 2016, 27th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Sep. 2016, Brighton, UK 4-7 September 2016. ISBN 978-1-910172-09-4.
Moura, M., Teodori, E. Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) 2 Phase Microprocessor Cooling System with Controlled Pool Boiling of Dielectrics over Micro-and-Nano Structured Integrated Heat Spreaders. Proc of the IEEE ITherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, May 31 – June 3, 2016, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Teodori, E., Palma, T., Valente, T., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Bubble dynamics and heat transfer for pool boiling on hydrophilic, superhydrophobic and biphilic surfaces. 7th European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Eurotherm 2016, 19-23 June, 2016, Krakow, Poland.
Moura, M., Teodori, E., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N., Bai, Y., Li, X., Liu, Y. (2016) Application of bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces in two-phase heat transfer experiments. 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering – ICBE 2016, Ningbo, China, 21-24 June 2016.
Moita, A.S. (2016) Characterization of bioflows as a clinic diagnostic tool. 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering – Invited Session Keynote, 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering – ICBE 2016, Ningbo, China, 21-24 June 2016.
Vieira, D. Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Non-intrusive wettability characterization on complex surfaces using 3D Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy. 18th International Symposium on Applications of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, Portugal, 04-07 July, 2016.
Silvério, V., Cardoso, S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Evaluation of a new designed microchannel heat sink for CPU cooling based on IR – thermography synchronized with high-speed flow visualization. 18th International Symposium on Applications of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, Portugal, 04-07 July, 2016.
Silvério, V., Cardoso, S., Moreira, A.L.N. (2016) Laser induced fluorescence thermometry to characterize flow boiling in a silicon Microchannel Heat Sink for microsystems cooling. 18th International Symposium on Applications of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, Portugal, 04-07 July, 2016.
Valente, T., Malavasi, I., Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Marengo, M., Moreira, A. L. N. (2015) Effect of extreme wetting scenarios on pool boiling, UK Heat Transfer Conference, UKHTC 2015, Edinburgh, 7-8 September.
Valente, T., Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2015) Effect of wettability on nucleate boiling. 11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 20-23 July, pp. 168-177.
Moita, A.S. (2014) Thermal and fluid dynamic processes occurring during liquid boiling over micro-and-nano enhanced surfaces. (Invited keynote lecture). 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics – HEFAT 2014, Orlando Florida, USA.
Moita, A.S. (2014) Heat and mass transfer at interfaces between solid surfaces and non-Newtonian fluids. (Invited keynote lecture). International Heat Transfer Symposium – IHTS 2014, Beijing, China.
Ramos, J.A., Moita, A.S., Prazeres D.M.F, Moreira, A.L.N. (2014) Dynamics of droplets of biological fluids over enhanced surfaces with and without electrostatic actuation. 26th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems – ILASS 2014, Bremen, Germany.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2014) Study of the combined effects of liquid properties and surface micro-patterning on pool boiling heat transfer. 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC-15, Kyoto, Japan.
Moreira, A. L. N. (2014) Multiscale Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer Enhancement", Plenary Lecture at the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference - IHTC-15, Kyoto, Japan.
Moita, A.S., Herrmann, D., Moreira A.L.N. (2014) Experimental characterization of the post-impact behavior of non-Newtonian droplets. 17th International Symposium on Laser Techniques Applied to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal.
Teodori, E., Moita, A.S., Moreira A.L.N. (2014) Empirical correlations between bubble dynamics and heat transfer coefficient for pool boiling over micro-textured surfaces. 17th International Symposium on Laser Techniques Applied to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal.
Teodori, E., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2014) Pool boiling heat transfer over micro-treated surfaces: a mechanistic approach. 5th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale - HTFFM – V, Marseille, France.
Moita, A.S., Hermann, D., Moreira, A. L. N. (2013) Droplet impacts of non-Newtonian fluids for bioengineering applications. 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems – ILASS 2013, Chania, Greece.
Pereira, P., Moita, A.S., Moreira, A.L.N., Monteiro, G.A., Prazeres, D.M.F. (2013) Characterization of the topography and wettability of biomimetic replicas of the surfaces of rose petals and clover leaves. 4th International Conference of Bionic Engineering – ICBE 2013, Nanjing, China.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2013) Pool boiling heat transfer over micro-patterned surfaces: experiments and theory. 8th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT-8, Lisbon, Portugal.
Malavasi, I., Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Marengo, M., Moreira, A. L. N. (2013) Pool boiling over enhanced surfaces under a wide range of wettability conditions. 8th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT-8, Lisbon, Portugal.
Teodori, E., Moita, A. S., Moreira, A. L. N. (2013) Evaluation of pool boiling heat transfer over micro-structured surfaces by combining high-speed visualization and PIV measurements. PIV 2013, Delft, The Nederlands.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Moita, A.S., Vieira, D., Mata, F., Moreira, A.L.N. (2018) Microfluidic devices integrating alternative clinical diagnostic techniques based on cell mechanical properties. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Chapter 4: Microfluidic Devices Integrating Clinical Alternative Diagnostic Techniques Based on Cell Mechanical Properties, N. Peixoto et al. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature, 881, pp. 74-93.
PhD THESIS
“Development of a liquid cooling system based on micro-structures integrated in High Concentration Photovoltaic Panels (HCPV)”, Pedro Pontes, Ph.D in Sustainable Energy Systems, 2018 (In progress)
“Pool boiling over micro-textured surfaces”, Emanuele Teodori, Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 (Concluded)
“Microcooling technologies for high density power systems”, Vânia Cristina Henrique Silvério, Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2016 (Concluded)
MASTER THESIS
"Caracterização experimental da transmissão de calor em escoamentos no interior de tubos corrogados", Filipe Andrade, 2018 (Concluded)
"Development of a custom made condenser for a two-phase thermosyphon cooling system for microprocessor", João Lameiras, 2018 (Concluded)
"Sistema avançado de microarrefecimento baseado em nanofluidos inovadores", César Rocha (co-orientação prof. Ana Moita), Univ. Do Minho, 2018 (Concluded)
"Desenvolvimento de um dispositivo microfluídico que usa a dinâmica de gotas de microfluidos para diagnóstico clínico", Cristiana Caldeira, 2017 (In progress)
"Dynamics of biofluid droplets on lab-on-chips using different transport fluids", Frederico Jacinto, 2017 (In progress)
"Descrição dos mecanismos de ebulição em meio quiescente usando superfícies bifílicas", Ricardo Cautela, 2017 (In progress)
“Otimização da configuração de um chip microfluidico para manipulação de fluidos biológicos por atuação eletroestática”, Filipa Alexandra Mariano Dias da Mata, Master in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 (Concluded)
“Test and optimization of a two-phase thermosyphon cooling system for microprocessors under real working conditions”, Vasco Tavares Brito e Abreu, Master in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 (Concluded)
“Development and validation of a non-intrusive method to characterize the wettability of complex structures using 3D Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy”, Joana Lúcia Marques Pereira, Master in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 (Concluded)
“Análise termográfica dos mecanismos de transmissão de calor em interfaces com elevada resolução temporal”, Pedro Daniel Fernandes Pontes, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2016)
“Characterization of bubble dynamics and heat transfer processes in pool boiling under extreme wetting scenarios”, Tiago Mesquita Palma, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2016).
“Spreading dynamics of non-Newtonian droplets of aqueous solutions of Praestol 2500 and 2540 upon impact onto solid surfaces”, Moritz Franke.
Master Thesis in Airspace Engineering – Stuttgart University, collaboration under ERASMUS programme, (2016).
“Impact of non-Newtonian liquid droplets onto solid surfaces”, Artur Ginsheimer, Bachelor Thesis in Airspace Engineering – Stuttgart University, collaboration under ERASMUS programme (2016).
“Design and development of a two-phase closed loop thermosyphon for CPU cooling”, Miguel Moura, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2015).
“Study of the effects of wettability on pool boiling conditions in a quiescent medium.”
Tomás de Castro Barbosa de Sousa Valente, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2015).
“Caracterização da resposta dinâmica de gotas de biofluidos sob actuação electrostática”, Catarina Lopes D´ Oliveira Laurência, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2015).
“ Estudo experimental para transporte de microgotas por actuação electroestática”,
Joana Anastácio Ramos, Master in Bioengineering and Nanosystems (2014)
“Development and control of a condensation system using Peltier Cells”, António Manuel Rainha Pereira Maciel, Master in Electrotecnical and Computer (2014).
“Heat and mass transfer mechanisms at droplet/wall interactions using non-Newtonian fluids”, Dominic Hermann (2014).
Bachelor Thesis in Airspace Engineering – Stuttgart University (collaboration under ERASMUS programme)
Experimental description of collisions between droplets of different miscible substances, Miguel Fernandes Martins, Master in Mechanical Engineering (2013)