The Ohio State University

Assistant Professor


BS 1993, Thermal Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MS 1996, Nuclear Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MS 2001, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
PhD 2001, Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University

Room E431
201 W. 19th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

614-247-7646

Email: sun.200

Research

Major research interests include thermal hydraulics and reactor safety, two-phase flow and instrumentation, boiling and condensation, interfacial area transport and bubble dynamics, and nuclear-hydrogen interface technology.

Selected Publications

1. Vasavada, S., Sun, X., Ishii, M., and Duval, W., 2009, “Development and Benchmarking of One-Dimensional One-Group Interfacial Area Transport Equation for Reduced Gravity Two-Phase Bubbly Flows,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 35(4), pp. 323-334.
2. Liu, Y., Hibiki, T., Sun, X., Ishii, M., and Kelly, J.M., 2008, “Drag Coefficient in One-dimensional Two-group Two-fluid Model,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(5), pp. 1402-1410.
3. Vasavada, S., Sun, X., Ishii, M., and Duval, W., 2007, “Study of Two-phase Flows in Reduced Gravity using Ground based Experiments,” Experiments in Fluids, 43(1), pp. 53-75.
4. Lopez de Bertodano, M., Sun, X., Ishii, M., and Ulke, A., 2006, “Phase Distribution in the Cap Bubble Regime in a Vertical Rectangular Channel,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, 128(4), pp. 811-818.
5. Ishii, M. and Sun, X., 2006, “Interfacial Characteristics of Two-phase Flow,” Multiphase Science and Technology, 18(1), pp. 1-29.
6. Sun, X., Vasavada, S., Choi, S.W., Kim, S., Ishii, M., and S.G. Beus, 2005, “Interfacial Structure in an Air-water Planar Bubble Jet,” Experiments in Fluids, 38(4), pp. 426-439.
7. Ishii, M., Paranjape, S.S., Kim, S., and Sun, X., 2004, “Interfacial Structures and Interfacial Area Transport in Downward Two-phase Bubbly Flow,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 30(7-8), 779-801.
8. Sun, X., Kim, S., Ishii, M., and Beus, S.G., 2004, “Model Evaluation of Two-group Interfacial Area Transport Equation for Confined Upward Flow,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 230(1-3), 27-47.
9. Sun, X., Kim, S., Ishii, M., and Beus, S.G., 2004, “Modeling of Bubble Coalescence and Disintegration in Confined Upward Two-phase Flow,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 230(1-3), 3-26.
10. Sun, X., Ishii, M., and J.M. Kelly, 2003, “Modified Two-fluid Model for the Two-group Interfacial Area Transport Equation,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 30(16), pp. 1601-1622.