DROPSURF (Rational design of enhanced heat transfer surfaces for droplet and spray cooling systems)

The impact of a drop spray on a hot surface is one of the most efficient heat extraction methods.
The DROPSURF project will explore the possibilities of texturing the exchange surface in order to intensify and optimize this cooling technique. Accordingly, the main goal of the DROPSURF project is to establish design laws and models for heat and mass transfer that will guide the designing of enhanced surfaces.
The IJL will develop and characterize surfaces with contrasting physical properties. Such properties will be obtained by combining the hydrophilic properties of metals with the hydrophobic properties of oxides.