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D-Index
39
Citations
5742
World Ranking
2137
National Ranking
48

Overview

Ho Seon Ahn is affiliated with Incheon National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering. Their research addresses a range of topics within heat transfer and fluid dynamics, integrating materials chemistry and renewable energy applications.

Their recent publications include:

  • Conceptual analysis framework development to understand barriers of nanofluid commercialization, 2021, Nano Energy
  • A comprehensive review on micro/nanoscale surface modification techniques for heat transfer enhancement in heat exchanger, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Interfacial solar steam generation by wood-based devices to produce drinking water: a review, 2022, Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • Performance improvement of a photovoltaic-thermal system using a wavy-strip insert with and without nanofluid, 2021, Energy
  • Effect of pin fin configuration on thermal performance of plate pin fin heat sinks, 2021, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

Ho Seon Ahn has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as Somchai Wongwises, Omid Mahian, Koung Moon Kim, Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç, and Dong Ho Nguyen. These collaborators highlight a network of research focusing on thermal engineering and related fields.

Common venues where their work has been published include:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Alexandria Engineering Journal

Their research spans several subfields within engineering:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Key research topics addressed by Ho Seon Ahn include:

  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Graphene research and applications

Best Publications

  • A study of nucleate boiling heat transfer on hydrophilic, hydrophobic and heterogeneous wetting surfaces

    HangJin Jo;Ho Seon Ahn;SoonHo Kang;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Review of boiling heat transfer enhancement on micro/nanostructured surfaces

    Dong Eok Kim;Dong In Yu;Dong Wook Jerng;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Effect of sonication characteristics on stability, thermophysical properties, and heat transfer of nanofluids: A comprehensive review

    Amin Asadi;Farzad Pourfattah;Imre Miklós Szilágyi;Masoud Afrand

  • Effect of liquid spreading due to nano/microstructures on the critical heat flux during pool boiling

    Ho Seon Ahn;Hang Jin Jo;Soon Ho Kang;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Pool boiling CHF enhancement by micro/nanoscale modification of zircaloy-4 surface

    Ho Seon Ahn;Chan Lee;Hyungdae Kim;HangJin Jo

  • Effects of nano-fluid and surfaces with nano structure on the increase of CHF

    Seontae Kim;Hyung Dae Kim;Hyungmo Kim;Ho Seon Ahn

  • Experimental study of critical heat flux enhancement during forced convective flow boiling of nanofluid on a short heated surface

    Ho Seon Ahn;Hyungdae Kim;HangJin Jo;SoonHo Kang

  • A Review on Critical Heat Flux Enhancement With Nanofluids and Surface Modification

    Ho Seon Ahn;Moo Hwan Kim

  • The effect of capillary wicking action of micro/nano structures on pool boiling critical heat flux

    Ho Seon Ahn;Chan Lee;Joonwon Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Overcoming Commercial Application Barriers of Nanofluids Uptake: A Contextual Relationship Analysis

    Avinash Alagumalai;Caiyan Qin;Caiyan Qin;Kek Vimal;Evgeny Solomin

  • A comprehensive review on micro/nanoscale surface modification techniques for heat transfer enhancement in heat exchanger

    Dong Ho Nguyen;Ho Seon Ahn

  • The effect of water absorption on critical heat flux enhancement during pool boiling

    Ho Seon Ahn;Gunyeop Park;Ji Min Kim;Joonwon Kim

  • On the Mechanism of Pool Boiling Critical Heat Flux Enhancement in Nanofluids

    Hyungdae Kim;Ho Seon Ahn;Moo Hwan Kim

  • A Novel Role of Three Dimensional Graphene Foam to Prevent Heater Failure during Boiling

    Ho Seon Ahn;Ji Min Kim;Chibeom Park;Ji Wook Jang

  • Critical heat flux triggering mechanism on micro-structured surfaces: Coalesced bubble departure frequency and liquid furnishing capability

    Dong Eok Kim;Dong In Yu;Su Cheong Park;Ho Jae Kwak

  • Toluene and acetaldehyde removal from air on to graphene-based adsorbents with microsized pores.

    Ji Min Kim;Ji Hoon Kim;Chang Yeon Lee;Dong Wook Jerng

  • Effect of chevron angle and surface roughness on thermal performance of single-phase water flow inside a plate heat exchanger

    Kitti Nilpueng;Kitti Nilpueng;Thawatchai Keawkamrop;Ho Seon Ahn;Somchai Wongwises

  • The boiling phenomenon of alumina nanofluid near critical heat flux

    Ho Seon Ahn;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Pool boiling experiments in reduced graphene oxide colloids. Part I – Boiling characteristics

    Ho Seon Ahn;Ji Min Kim;Massoud Kaviany;Massoud Kaviany;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Effect of a graphene oxide coating layer on critical heat flux enhancement under pool boiling

    Ji Min Kim;TaeJoo Kim;JongYul Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Enhanced heat transfer is dependent on thickness of graphene films: the heat dissipation during boiling

    Ho Seon Ahn;Jin Man Kim;TaeJoo Kim;Su Cheong Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Moo Hwan Kim
Moo Hwan Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Somchai Wongwises
Somchai Wongwises King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Omid Mahian
Omid Mahian Ningbo University
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç Yıldız Technical University
Massoud Kaviany
Massoud Kaviany University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jae Sung Lee
Jae Sung Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Ji-Wook Jang
Ji-Wook Jang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Kijung Yong
Kijung Yong Pohang University of Science and Technology
Hu Young Jeong
Hu Young Jeong Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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