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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Korea
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
61
Citations
13093
World Ranking
650
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Moo Hwan Kim is affiliated with Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. The focus of their research lies primarily in engineering and materials science, with subfields including mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their work encompasses several specialized topics, including:

  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films

Moo Hwan Kim has a range of publications, with frequent contributions to several scholarly venues. Notably, the most common publication outlets include:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (4 publications)
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design (3 publications)
  • Applied Thermal Engineering (3 publications)
  • Fusion Engineering and Design (2 publications)
  • Physica Scripta (2 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Moo Hwan Kim include:

  • Experimental investigation of buoyancy effects on local heat transfer of supercritical pressure CO2 in horizontal semicircular tube, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Advanced Boiling-A Scalable Strategy for Self-Assembled Three-Dimensional Graphene, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Experimental investigation on comprehensive thermal-hydraulic performance of supercritical CO2 in a NACA 0020 airfoil fin printed circuit heat exchanger, 2023, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Modeling of local heat transfer on supercritical pressure CO2 in horizontal semicircular tube, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Experimental study of hypervapotron channel with square fin structure for divertor cooling by one-side, electric joule heating system, 2020, Fusion Engineering and Design

Moo Hwan Kim collaborates often with several researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

  • HangJin Jo (19 co-publications)
  • Ji Hwan Lim (8 co-publications)
  • Hoongyo Oh (8 co-publications)
  • Minkyu Park (7 co-publications)
  • Donkoan Hwang (6 co-publications)

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

  • Numerical investigation on thermal–hydraulic performance of new printed circuit heat exchanger model ☆

    Dong Eok Kim;Moo Hwan Kim;Jae Eun Cha;Seong O. 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 nanoparticle deposition on capillary wicking that influences the critical heat flux in nanofluids

    Hyung Dae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Effect of nanoparticles on CHF enhancement in pool boiling of nano-fluids

    Hyungdae Kim;Jeongbae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Experimental studies on CHF characteristics of nano-fluids at pool boiling

    Hyung Dae Kim;Jeongbae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • 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

  • Experimental investigation of heat transfer in vertical upward and downward supercritical CO2 flow in a circular tube

    Dong Eok Kim;Moo-Hwan Kim

  • Boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux evaluation of the pool boiling on micro structured surface

    Seol Ha Kim;Gi Cheol Lee;Jun Young Kang;Kiyofumi Moriyama

  • 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 the characteristics and mechanism of pool boiling CHF enhancement using nanofluids

    Hyungdae Kim;Moohwan Kim

  • Experimental study of the effects of flow acceleration and buoyancy on heat transfer in a supercritical fluid flow in a circular tube

    Dong Eok Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • 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

  • Flow pattern transition instability during flow boiling in a single microchannel

    Cheol Huh;Jeongbae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • 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

  • EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CHF CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER-TIO2 NANO-FLUIDS

    Hyungdae Kim;Jeongbae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Numerical analysis of air-foil shaped fin performance in printed circuit heat exchanger in a supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle

    Tae Ho Kim;Jin Gyu Kwon;Sung Ho Yoon;Hyun Sun Park

  • Optimization and thermodynamic analysis of supercritical CO2 Brayton recompression cycle for various small modular reactors

    Joo Hyun Park;Hyun Sun Park;Jin Gyu Kwon;Tae Ho Kim

  • An Experimental Study of Flow Condensation Heat Transfer Inside Circular and Rectangular Mini-Channels

    Jeong Seob Shin;Moo Hwan Kim

  • Technical Note Effect of nanoparticles on CHF enhancement in pool boiling of nano-fluids

    Hyungdae Kim;Jeongbae Kim;Moo Hwan Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Ho Seon Ahn
Ho Seon Ahn Incheon National University
Massoud Kaviany
Massoud Kaviany University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jae Sung Lee
Jae Sung Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Dong-Pyo Kim
Dong-Pyo Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Michael L. Corradini
Michael L. Corradini University of Wisconsin–Madison
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Ji-Wook Jang
Ji-Wook Jang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Adam Z. Weber
Adam Z. Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dong-Hyun Kim
Dong-Hyun Kim Kyung Hee University
Kijung Yong
Kijung Yong Pohang University of Science and Technology

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