Space Exploration Lab

Journal Articles

 


List of our most recently published papers:

 

2021

  • Acoustic effects on heat transfer on the ground and in microgravity conditions. Quintana, G.; Gonzalez, R.
  • Analysis of bubble management at different gravity levels by means of an acoustic field. Huber, F.; Garcia-Sabaté, A.; Legendre, D.; Gonzalez, R.
    • Trade-off analysis of phase separation techniques for advanced life support systems in space. T. Fili, F. Gòdia, and R. González-Cinca.

    2020

    • Performance assessment of ultrasonic waves for bubble control in cryogenic fuel tanks. F. Suñol, D.A. Ochoa, M. Granados, R. González-Cinca, and J.E. García.
    • Lunar ISRU energy storage and electricity generation. M. F. Palos, P. Serra, S. Fereres, K. Stephenson, and R. González-Cinca.

    • In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: modelling and simulation. Fleith, P.; Cowley, A.; Canals, A.; Valley, A.; Frank, R.; Lopez, P.;  R. González-Cinca.
     

    2019

    • Effects of gravity level on bubble detachment, rise, and bouncing with a free surface. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

    2018

    • A sounding rocket experiment to control boiling by means of acoustics waves. G. Quintana-Buil, A. Garcia-Sabaté, S. Batlle, G. López, V. Sierra, O. Casas, and R. González-Cinca.

    2017

    • Low Weber number jet collision regimes in microgravity. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

    2016

    • Analysis of the characteristic lengths in the bubble and slug flow regimes generated in a capillary T -junction. S. Arias and R. González-Cinca

    2015

    • Liquid jet breakup and subsequent droplet dynamics under normal gravity and in microgravity conditions. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.
     
    • Effects of gravity level on bubble formation and rise in low-viscosity liquids. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

    2014

    • Experimental study on inter-particle acoustic forces. A. Garcia-Sabaté, A. Castro, M. Hoyos, and R. González-Cinca.
    • Heat storage and electricity generation in the Moon during the lunar night. B. Climent, O. Torroba, R. González-Cinca, N. Ramachandran, and M.D. Griffin.

    2013

    • Effects of momentum flux and separation distance on bubbly jet impingement in microgravity conditions. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.
    • Experimental analysis of the bubble-slug transition in a flow generated by a T-junction in a minichannel with air/water and air/ethanol mixtures in conditions relevant to microgravity. S. Arias and R. González-Cinca.

    2012

    • Numerical simulations of bubble generation in a T-junction. S. Arias, D. Legendre, and R. González-Cinca.

    2011

    • Numerical study of bubble dynamics with the Boundary Element Method. N. Méndez and R. González-Cinca.
    • Droplet collisions after liquid jet breakup in microgravity conditions. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.
    • Bubbly jet impingement in different liquids. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

    2010

    • Opposed bubbly jets at different impact angles: Jet structure and bubble properties. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.
    • Characterization of the performance of a minibubble generator in conditions relevant to microgravity. S. Arias, R. González-Cinca, X. Ruiz, L. Ramírez-Piscina, and J. Casademunt.
    • Rise, bouncing and coalescence of bubbles impacting at a free surface. F. Suñol and R. González-Cinca.

    2009

    • Design of an Experiment for the Study of Bubble Jet Interactions in Microgravity. F. Suñol, O. Maldonado, R. Pino, and R. González.
    • Experimental study of a microchannel bubble injector for microgravity applications. S. Arias, X. Ruiz, J. Casademunt, L. Ramírez-Piscina, and R. González-Cinca.