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Heat transfer with phase change, boiling

Wetting, drying and contact line dynamics

Natural condensation

Near-critical/supercritical fluids

Phase separation

Magnetic gravity compensation

Pulsating heat pipes

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Heat transfer with phase change, boiling

Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Time-averaged approach to the dewetting problem at evaporation, EPL, 2023 vol. 142(3), 33002.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Dewetting acceleration by evaporation, J. Fluid Mech., 2022 vol. 948, A49.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Dewetting accelerated by evaporation, Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Heat Transfer Fluid Mech. Thermodynamics (HEFAT-ATE 2022), 2022, 311 - 316.
Nikolayev, V. S. Evaporation effect on the contact angle and contact line dynamics, In: Marengo, M. & De Coninck, J. (ed.), The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change, Chapter 6, Springer, 2022, 133 - 187.
Tecchio, C., Zhang, X., Cariteau, B., Zalczer, G., Roca i Cabarrocas, P., Bulkin, P., Charliac, J., Vassant, S. & Nikolayev, V. Microlayer dynamics at bubble growth in boiling, 16th Int. Conf. Heat Transfer Fluid Mech. Thermodynamics (ATE-HEFAT 2022), 2022, 624 - 629.
Pandey, V., Bois, G. & Nikolayev, V. Vapour bubble growth during nucleate boiling accounting for contact-line evaporation, Proc. Adv. Therm. Hydraulics (ATH20) , 2020, 1131 - 1144.
Nikolayev, V. S., Garrabos, Y., Lecoutre, C., Pichavant, G., Chatain, D. & Beysens, D. Evaporation condensation-induced bubble motion after temperature gradient set-up, C. R. Mécanique, 2017 vol. 345 (1), 35 - 46.
Nikolayev, V., Garrabos, Y., Lecoutre, C., Charignon, T., Hitz, D., Chatain, D., Guillaument, R., Marre, S. & Beysens, D. Boiling Crisis Dynamics: Low Gravity Experiments at High Pressure, Microgravity Sci. Technol., 2015 vol. 27 (4), 253 - 260.
Charignon, T., Lloveras, P., Chatain, D., Truskinovsky, L., Vives, E., Beysens, D. & Nikolayev, V. S. Criticality in the slowed-down boiling crisis at zero gravity, Phys. Rev. E, 2015 vol. 91, 053007.
Janeček, V. & Nikolayev, V. S. Triggering the boiling crisis: a study of the dry spot spreading mechanism, Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, 2014 vol. 2 (4), 363 - 383.
Nikolayev, V., Garrabos, Y., Lecoutre, C., Hitz, D., Chatain, D., Guillaument, R., Janeček, V. & Beysens, D. Boiling crisis dynamics: low gravity experiments and modeling, Proc. 8th Eu. Conf. on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles, ESA, 2015.
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Lecoutre, C., Garrabos, Y., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V. & Hahn, I. Boiling phenomena in near-critical SF₆ observed in weightlessness, Acta Astronautica, 2014 vol. 100 , 22 - 29
Janeček, V., Andreotti, B., Pražák, D., Bárta, T. & Nikolayev, V. S. Moving contact line of a volatile fluid, Phys. Rev. E, 2013 vol. 88, 060404.
Chatain, D., Mariette, C., Nikolayev, V. S. & Beysens, D. Quench cooling under reduced gravity, Phys. Rev. E, 2013 vol. 88, 013004.
Janeček, V. & Nikolayev, V. S. Apparent-contact-angle model at partial wetting and evaporation: Impact of surface forces, Phys. Rev. E, 2013 vol. 87, 012404.
Janeček, V. & Nikolayev, V. S. Contact line singularity at partial wetting during evaporation driven by substrate heating, Europhys. Lett., 2012 vol. 100 (1), 14003.
Nikolayev, V. S. & Janeček, V. Impact of the apparent contact angle on the bubble departure at boiling, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2012 vol. 55 (23-24), 7352 - 7354.
Parneix, C., Vandoolaeghe, P., Nikolayev, V.S., Quéré, D., Li, J. & Cabane, B. Dips and Rims in Dried Colloidal Films, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2010 Vol. 105 (26), 266103.
Janeček, V. & Nikolayev, V.S. Influence of the surface forces on the apparent contact angle at partial wetting and in the presence of heat and mass transfer, Proc. 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics - μFLU10, paper 212, Toulouse, December 8-10, 2010.
Nikolayev, V.S. Dynamics of the triple contact line on a nonisothermal heater at partial wetting, Phys. Fluids, 2010 Vol. 22 (8), 082105.
Garrabos, Y., Lecoutre, C., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V., Barde, S., Pont, G. & Zappoli, B. Transparent heater for study of the boiling crisis near the vapor-liquid critical point, Acta Astronautica, 2010 Vol. 66 (5-6), pp. 760 - 768
Nikolayev, V. S., Chatain, D. & Beysens, D. Physical modelling of the boiling crisis: theory and experiment, Actes du colloque de la Société Hydrotechnique de France "Ecoulements diphasiques", Grenoble, 8-9 septembre 2008.
Nikolayev, V. S. Dynamique de la ligne triple de contact sur une paroi chauffante, Actes du congrès de la Société Française de thermique, Toulouse (2008).
Nikolayev, V. S., Chatain, D. & Beysens, D. Crise d´ébullition par caléfaction : modélisation et expériences à très grande pression, Actes du congrès de la Société Française de thermique, Toulouse (2008).
Nikolayev, V. Ebullition en crise, Feuille rouge (Publcation du DRFMC/CEA), Numéro 530 de février 2007.
Nikolayev, V. S., Chatain, D., Garrabos, Y. & Beysens D. Experimental evidence of the vapor recoil mechanism in the boiling crisis, Physical Review Letters 97, 184503 (2006).

Followups of this paper: Physics News Update (AIP), APS News (article Slow-Motion Boiling, p. 8)
Nikolayev, V. S., Chatain, D. & Beysens, D. Bubble spreading during the boiling crisis: modeling and experimenting in microgravity, Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Boiling Heat Transfer, May 7-12, 2006, Spoleto, Italy (CD-ROM).
Nikolayev, V., Beysens, D., Garrabos, Y., Chatain, D. & Lecoutre, C. Bubble spreading during the boiling crisis: modeling and experimenting in microgravity, Microgravity Science and Technology 18(3/4), 34 - 37 (2006).
Hegseth, J., Oprisan, A., Garrabos, Y., Nikolayev, V. S., Lecoutre-Chabot, C. & Beysens D. Wetting film dynamics during evaporation under weightlessness in a near-critical fluid, Physical Review E 72, 031602 (2005).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D. La crise d´ébullition vue comme l´étalement des bulles sur la paroi chauffante, 17ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Troyes, 29/8-2/09 2005, published as a CD-ROM, AFM (2005).
Nikolayev V., Beysens D. Boiling crisis : theory, simulation, and experiments in micro-gravity, "Theory and simulations", Bulletin DRFMC No. 4 (Novembre), 44 - 45, CEA Grenoble (2004).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D., Garrabos, Y. Crise d´ébullition : inhibition du détachement de la bulle de vapeur par la force de recul, Mécanique & Industries 5(5), 553 - 558 (2004).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A. 2D BEM modeling of a singular thermal diffusion free boundary problem with phase change, Boundary elements XXIV (Incorporating meshless solutions), Eds. C.A. Brebbia, A. Tadeu & V. Popov, Int. Series on Advances in Boundary Elements 13, WIT Press (Southhampton, Boston) 501-525 (2002).
Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V.S., Garrabos, Y. Vapor spreading and the boiling crisis, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S435 - S442 (2003).
Hegseth, J., Garrabos, Y., Nikolayev, V.S., Lecoutre-Chabot, C., Wunenburger, R., Beysens, D. Gas "wets" a solid wall in orbit, International Journal of Thermophysics 23, 89 - 101 (2002).
Garrabos, Y., Lecoutre-Chabot, C., Hegseth, J., Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D. & Delville, J.-P. Gas spreading on a heated wall wetted by liquid, Physical Review E 64(5), 051602 (2001).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A., Lagier, G.-L., Hegseth, J. Growth of a dry spot under a vapor bubble at high heat ux and high pressure, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 44(18), 3499 - 3511 (2001).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A., Garrabos, Y., Hegseth, J. CHF as a Non-Equilibrium Drying Transition, Proc. 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF), New Orleans (USA), May 27-June 1, 2001, paper 937, Ed. E. E. Michaelides, published as a CD-ROM, Tulane University (2001).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A., Hegseth, J. Boiling Crisis as a Non-Equilibrium Drying Transition, 14th Symposium on Thermophysical properties, Boulder (USA) 25-30/6/2000 published as a CD-ROM, NIST (2000).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A. Boiling crisis and non-equilibrium drying transition, Europhys. Lett., 1999 vol. 47(3), 345 - 351.

Wetting, drying and contact line dynamics

Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Time-averaged approach to the dewetting problem at evaporation, EPL, 2023 vol. 142(3), 33002.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Dewetting acceleration by evaporation, J. Fluid Mech., 2022 vol. 948, A49.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Dewetting accelerated by evaporation, Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Heat Transfer Fluid Mech. Thermodynamics (HEFAT-ATE 2022), 2022, 311 - 316.
Nikolayev, V. S. Evaporation effect on the contact angle and contact line dynamics, In: Marengo, M. & De Coninck, J. (ed.), The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change, Chapter 6, Springer, 2022, 133 - 187.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Liquid film dynamics with immobile contact line during meniscus oscillation, J. Fluid Mech., 2021 vol. 923, A4.
Doumenc, F., Janecek, V. & Nikolayev, V. S. Thin wedge evaporation/condensation controlled by the vapor dynamics in the atmosphere, Eur. Phys. J. E, 2018 vol. 41(12), 147.
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. 3D reconstruction of dynamic liquid film shape by optical grid deflection method, Eur. Phys. J. E, 2018 vol. 41 (1), 5.
Loussert, C., Doumenc, F., Salmon, J.-B., Nikolayev, V. S. & Guerrier, B. Role of Vapor Mass Transfer in Flow Coating of Colloidal Dispersions in the Evaporative Regime, Langmuir, 2017 vol. 33(49), 14078 - 14086.
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. Evaporation-driven dewetting of a liquid film, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2016, vol. 1, 041901.
Janeček, V. V., Doumenc, F., Guerrier, B. & Nikolayev, V. S. Can hydrodynamic contact line paradox be solved by evaporation-condensation?, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2015 vol. 460, 329 - 338.
Iliev, S., Pesheva, N. & Nikolayev, V. S. Contact angle hysteresis and pinning at periodic defects in statics, Phys. Rev. E, 2014 vol. 90, 012406.
Janeček, V., Andreotti, B., Pražák, D., Bárta, T. & Nikolayev, V. S. Moving contact line of a volatile fluid, Phys. Rev. E, 2013 vol. 88, 060404
Iliev, S., Pesheva, N., Nikolayev, V.S. Dynamic study of the contact angle hysteresis in the presence of periodic defects, Proc. 11th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2-5 Sept. 2009, Borovets, Bulgaria.
Iliev S., Pesheva N., Nikolayev, V.S. Dynamic modelling of the deformed contact line under partial wetting conditions: quasi-static approach, Europ. Phys. J. Spec. Topics, 166(1), 181 - 184 (2009).
Iliev S., Pesheva N., Nikolayev, V.S. Dynamic modelling of contact line deformation: comparison with experiment, Phys. Rev. E 78, 021605 (2008).
Iliev S., Pesheva N., Nikolayev, V.S. Quasi-static motion of the contact line in the Wilhelmy-plate geometry: contact line dissipation model, Proc. 36th Spring Conference "Mathematics and education in mathematics" of the Union of Bulgarian mathematicians, St. Konstantin and Elena resort, Varna, April 2-6, 2007, 246 - 251.
Nikolayev, V.S., Gavrilyuk, S.L. & Gouin, H., Modelling of the moving deformed triple contact line: influence of the fluid inertia, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 302(2), 605 - 612 (2006).
Narhe, R., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V. Dynamics of drop coalescence on a surface: the role of initial conditions and surface properties, International Journal of Thermophysics 26(6), 1743 - 1757 (2005).
Iliev, S., Pesheva, N., Nikolayev, V.S. Quasi-static relaxation of arbitrarily shaped sessile drops, Physical Review E 72, 011606 (2005).
Nikolayev, V.S. Dynamics and depinning of the triple contact line in the presence of periodic surface defects, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17(13), 2111 - 2119 (2005).
Narhe, R., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V. Contact Line Dynamics in Drop Coalescence and Spreading, Langmuir 20, 1213 - 1221 (2004).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D. Equation of motion of the triple contact line along an inhomogeneous surface, Europhysics Letters 64(6), 763 - 768 (2003).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D.A. Relaxation of non-spherical sessile drops towards equilibrium, Physical Review E 65, 046135 (2002).
Andrieu, C., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V.S., Pomeau, Y. Coalescence of sessile drops, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 453, 427 - 438 (2002).

Natural condensation

Clus, O., Ouazzani, J., Muselli, M., Nikolayev, V.S., Sharan, G., Beysens, D. Comparison of various radiation-cooled dew condensers using computational fluid dynamics, Desalination 249(2), 707 - 712 (2009).
Beysens, D., Clus, O., Mileta, M., Milimouk, I., Muselli, M., Nikolayev, V.S. Collecting dew as a water source on small islands: the dew equipment for water project in Biševo (Croatia), Energy 32(6), 1032 - 1037 (2007).
Clus, O., Ouazzani, J., Muselli, M., Nikolayev, V., Sharan, G. & Beysens, D. Radiation-cooled Dew Water Condensers Studied by Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD), , PHOENICS, 1, (2006).
Mileta, M., Beysens, D., Nikolayev, V., Milimouk, I., Clus, O. & Muselli, M. Fog and Dew Collection Projects in Croatia, , BALWOIS, 1, (2006).
Beysens, D., Milimouk, I., Nikolayev, V.S., Berkowicz, S., Muselli, M., Heusinkveld, B. and Jacobs, A.F.G. Comment on "The moisture from the air as water resource in arid region: Hopes, doubt and facts" by Kogan and Trahtman, Journal of Arid Environments 67(2), 343 - 352 (2006).
Beysens D., Muselli M., Nikolayev V., Narhe R. and Milimouk I. Measurement and modelling of dew in island, coastal and alpine areas, Atmospheric Research 73(1-2), 1 - 22 (2005).
Beysens, D., Milimouk, I., Nikolayev, V., Muselli, M., Marcillat, J. Using radiative cooling to condense atmospheric vapor: a study to improve water yield, Journal of Hydrology 276, 1 - 11 (2003).
Nikolayev, V.S., Sibille, P., Beysens, D. Coherent light transmission by a dew pattern, Optics Communications 150, 263 - 269 (1998).
Nikolayev, V.S., Beysens, D., Gioda, A., Milimouk, I., Katiushin, E., Morel, J.-P. Water recovery from dew, Journal of Hydrology 182, 19 - 35 (1996).

Pulsating heat pipes

Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Physics and modeling of liquid films in pulsating heat pipes, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2023 vol. 8(8), 084002.
Paper is the Editor's suggestion of Phys. Rev. Fluids
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Liquid film model for pulsating heat pipes, Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Heat Transfer Fluid Mech. Thermodynamics (HEFAT-ATE 2022), 2022, 612 - 617.
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S. Experimental analysis and transient numerical simulation of a large diameter pulsating heat pipe in microgravity conditions, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2022 vol. 187, 122532.
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S. Experimental validation of a pulsating heat pipe transient model during the start-up in micro-gravity environment, Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
Nikolayev, V. S. & Fourcade, F. N. A model of stable functioning of the single branch pulsating heat pipe, Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Liquid film dynamics during meniscus oscillation, Proc. Joint 20th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 14th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2021.
Zhang, X. & Nikolayev, V. S. Liquid film dynamics with immobile contact line during meniscus oscillation, J. Fluid Mech., 2021 vol. 923, A4.
Nikolayev, V. S. Physical principles and state-of-the-art of modeling of the pulsating heat pipe: A review, Appl. Therm. Eng., 2021 vol. 195, 117111.
Paper is the Editor's choice of Appl. Therm. Eng.
Nikolayev, V. S. & Nekrashevych, I. Impact of bubble nucleation on the functioning of the pulsating heat pipe: numerical simulation study, Proc. Int. Symp. Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes (ISOPHP), 2019.
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S. Comparison of experiments and simulations on large diameter PHP in microgravity environment, Proc. Int. Symp. Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes (ISOPHP), 2019.
Abela, M., Mameli, M., Nikolayev, V. & Filippeschi, S. Preliminary multiparametric validation of a numerical model for the pulsating heat pipe transient simulation, Proc. 37th UIT Heat Transfer Conference, 2019.
Nekrashevych, I. & Nikolayev, V. S. Pulsating Heat Pipe Simulations: Impact of PHP Orientation, Microgravity Sci. Technol., 2019 vol. 31(3), 241 - 248.
Nikolayev, V. S. & Nekrashevych, I. Vapor thermodynamics and fluid merit for pulsating heat pipe, Proc. 19th Int. Heat Pipe Conf. and 13th Int. Heat Pipe Symp., 2018.
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. 3D reconstruction of dynamic liquid film shape by optical grid deflection method, Eur. Phys. J. E, 2018 vol. 41 (1), 5.
Marengo, M. & Nikolayev, V. Pulsating Heat Pipes: Experimental Analysis, Design and Applications, In: Encyclopedia of Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Flow IV, Thome, J. R. (ed.), ISBN: 978-981-3234-36-9, vol. 1, Modeling of Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer, World Scientific, 2018, pp. 1 - 62.
Nikolayev, V. & Marengo, M. Pulsating Heat Pipes: Basics of Functioning and Numerical Modeling, In: Encyclopedia of Two-Phase Heat Transfer and Flow IV, Thome, J. R. (ed.), ISBN: 978-981-3234-36-9, vol. 1, Modeling of Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer, World Scientific, 2018, pp. 63 - 139.
Fourgeaud, L., Nikolayev, V. S., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J. & Gully, P. In situ investigation of liquid films in pulsating heat pipe, Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017, vol. 126, 1023 - 1028.
Nekrashevych, I. & Nikolayev, V. S. Effect of tube heat conduction on the pulsating heat pipe start-up, Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017 vol. 117, 24 - 29; Reprinted in Appl. Therm. Eng., 2017, vol. 126, 1077 - 1082.
Fourgeaud, L., Ercolani, E., Duplat, J., Gully, P. & Nikolayev, V. S. Evaporation-driven dewetting of a liquid film, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2016, vol. 1, 041901.
Nikolayev, V. S. Effect of tube heat conduction on the single branch pulsating heat pipe start-up, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2016 vol. 95, 477 - 487.
Gully, P., Bonnet, F., Nikolayev, V. S., Luchier, N. & Tran, T. Q. Evaluation of the vapor thermodynamic state in PHP, Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 2014 vol. 5(1-4), 369 - 376.
Nikolayev, V. S. & Sundararaj, S. Oscillating menisci and liquid films at evaporation/condensation, Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 2014 vol. 5(1-4), 59 - 67.
Nikolayev, V. S. Oscillatory instability of the gas-liquid meniscus in a capillary under the imposed temperature difference, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2013 vol. 64, 313 - 321.
Bonnet, F., Gully, Ph. & Nikolayev, V. Development and test of a cryogenic pulsating heat pipe and a pre-cooling system, AIP Conf. Proc., 2012 vol. 1434 (1), 607-614.
Nikolayev, V.S. Comment on "Flow and heat transfer of liquid plug and neighboring vapor slugs in a pulsating heat pipe" by Yuan, Qu, & Ma, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2011 Vol. 54 (9-10), pp. 2226 - 2227.
Nikolayev, V.S. A Dynamic Film Model of the Pulsating Heat Pipe, J. Heat Transfer, ASME, 2011 Vol. 133 (8), 081504.
Das, S.P., Nikolayev, V.S., Lefevre, F., Pottier, B., Khandekar, S. & Bonjour, J. Thermally induced two-phase oscillating flow inside a capillary tube, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2010 Vol. 53 (19-20), pp. 3905 - 3913