Selected Publications
Books
1. R. Wu, M. Prat, Mass transfer driven evaporation from capillary porous media, CRC press, in press
Book chapters
1. R. Wu, C.Y.Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Book Chapter "Capillary valve effect on drying of porous media" book“Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media", CRC press, 2019
Journal papers
2022
1. N.H. Zhan, R. Wu*, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Proposal for extraction of pore networks with pores of high aspect ratios, Physical Review Fluids, 7 (2022) 014304
2. S.Y. Guan, Z.H. Zhang, R. Wu*, X.K.Gu, C.Y.Zhao*, Boiling on nano-porous structures: theoretical analysis and molecular dynamics simulations, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 191 (2022) 122848
2021
1. R. Wu, O. Lamini, C.Y. Zhao, Leidenfrost temperature: surface thermal diffusivity and effusivity effect, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 168 (2021) 120892.
2. H. Liu, S. Sun, R. Wu, B. Wei, J. Hou, Pore-scale modeling of spontaneous imbibition in porous media using the Lattice Boltzmann method, Water Resources Research, 57 (2021) e2020WR029219
3. R. Wu*, C.Y. Zhao, Distribution of liquid flow in a pore network during evaporation, Physical Review E, 104 (2021) 025107
4. Z.H. Zhang, R. Wu*, C.Y.Zhao*, Pore-scale study of buoyancy-driven gas bubble migration, breakup, trapping, and coalescence in the near injection region of liquid saturated porous media, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 60 (2021) 12419 - 12428
2020
1. R. Wu, T. Zhang, C. Ye, C.Y. Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Pore network model of evaporation in porous media with continuous and discontinuous corner films, Physical Review Fluids, 5 (2020) 014307
2. H. Wu, C. Fang, R. Wu, R. Qiao, Drying of porous media by concurrent drainage and evaporation: a pore network modeling study, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 152 (2020) 118718
3. T. Zhang, R. Wu*, C.Y. Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Capillary instability induced gas-liquid two-phase displacement in a porous medium: experiment and pore network model, Physical Review Fluids, Accepted
4. T. Kou, S. Wang, R. Shi, T. Zhang, S. Chiovoloni, J.Q. Lu, W. Chen, M.A. Worsley, B.C. Wood, S.E. Baker, E.B. Duoss, R. Wu*, C. Zhu*, Y. Li*, Periodic porous 3D electrodes mitigate gas bubble traffic during alkaline water electrolysis at high current densities, Advanced Energy Materials, (2020) 2002955 (back cover)
2019
1. R. Wu, L. Yang, C.Y. Zhao, Evaporation from thin porous media with mixed intermediately-wet and hydrophobic networks, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 138 (2019) 159-173.
2. C.Z. Qin, B. Guo, M. Celia, R. Wu, Dynamic pore network modeling of air-water flow through thin porous layers, Chemical Enginnering Science, 202 (2019) 194-207.
2017
1. R. Wu, C.Y.Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Convective drying in thin hydrophobic porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 112 (2017) 630-642.
2016
1. R.Wu*, A.Kharaghani, E.Tsotsas, Two-phase flow with capillary valve effect in porous media, Chemical Engineering Science, 139 (2016) 241-248.
2. R.Wu*, A.Kharaghani, E.Tsotsas, Capillary valve effect during slow drying of porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 94 (2016) 81-86.