Kita Yutaku

キタユウタク | Kita Yutaku

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Lecturer
Homepage URL (1)： https://kita-thermofluids.com

Research field (2)： Fluid engineering , Thermal engineering

Research keywords (8)： Experimantal , Fluid dynamics , Convection , Wetting , Phase change , Heat exchangers , Heat transfer , Thermal Engineering

Research theme for competitive and other funds (13)：

2022 - 2024 Understanding dynamic heat transfer characteristics of dropwise condensation using high-speed thermal visualization techniques
2020 - 2022 3D thermal/flow measurement for active control of internal flows in drops
2021 - 2022 Dynamic heat transfer characteristics of dropwise condensation revealed by high-temporal and spatial resolution thermal imaging
2021 - 2022 High-resolution measurement of transient heat transfer by droplets impacting a hot surface - toward hot-spot cooling
2020 - 2021 Hot-spot cooling using inkjet technology

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Papers (12)：

Yutaku Kita, Mikiya Nakamatsu, Sumitomo Hidaka, Masamichi Kohno, Yasuyuki Takata. Quenching mechanism of spray cooling and the effect of system pressure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER. 2022. 190
Kengo Tsukamoto, Yutaku Kita, Shinya Inoue, Takafumi Hamanosono, Sumitomo Hidaka, Satoshi Ueoka, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Masamichi Kohno, Yasuyuki Takata. On the onset of quench during spray cooling: The significance of oxide layers. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING. 2020. 179
Zhang Huacheng, Kita Yutaku, Zhang Dejian, Nagayama Gyoko, Takata Yasuyuki, Sefiane Khellil, Askounis Alexandros. Drop Evaporation on Rough Hot-Spots: Effect of Wetting Modes. HEAT TRANSFER ENGINEERING. 2019. 41. 19-20. 1654-1662
Yutaku Kita, Coinneach Mackenzie Dover, Alexandros Askounis, Yasuyuki Takata, Khellil Sefiane. Drop mobility on superhydrophobic microstructured surfaces with wettability contrasts. SOFT MATTER. 2018. 14. 46. 9418-9424
Alexandros Askounis, Huacheng Zhang, Dejian Zhang, Yutaku Kita, Gyoko Nagayama, Masamichi Kohno, Yasuyuki Takata, K. Sefiane. UNVEILING THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION IN PURE WATER DROPS. Proceedings of the 16th International Heat Transfer Conference. 2018. 2018-August. 809-814

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MISC (2)：

喜多由拓. Drop Evaporation and Thermofluidic Phenomena Revealed by an Infrared Camera. 可視化情報学会誌. 2022. 42. 163
KITA Yutaku, SHIRAIWA Hiroyuki. Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Falling Film Type Heat Exchanger. 2012. 24. 2. 1607-1610

Lectures and oral presentations (62)：

Effect of fine periodic surface structure on the quenching temperature of a spray cooling
(The 59th National Heat Transfer Symposium of Japan 2022)
Effect of wettability transitions due to thermal histories on droplet impact and quenching point
(The 59th National Heat Transfer Symposium of Japan 2022)
Prediction of heat transfer and quenching of spray cooling
(The 16.5th Seminar of Research Committee on Phase Change and Interface 2022)
Effect of system pressure on quenching point of spray cooling
(JSME Thermal Engineering Division Conference 2021 2021)
Quantifying vapour field around evaporating sessile drops using background-oriented schlieren technique
(Droplets 2021 2021)

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Education (6)：

2016 - 2018 Kyushu University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Hydrogen Energy Systems, Doctoral course
2017 - 2017 University of Edinburgh School of Engineering Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids
2016 - 2017 University of Maryland, College Park Department of Mechanical Engineering
2014 - 2016 Kyushu University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Hydrogen Energy Systems, Master's course
2012 - 2014 National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College Advanced Engineering Course Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Advanced Course

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Professional career (3)：

Work history (7)：

2023/01 - 現在 King's College London Department of Engineering Lecturer
2019/04 - 2022/12 International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER) Thermal Science and Engineering Division WPI Assistant Professor
2019/01 - 2022/12 Kyushu University Department of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor
2018/12 - 2018/12 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2016/09 - 2018/12 International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University (WPI-I2CNER) Thermal Science and Engineering Division WPI Researcher

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Committee career (2)：

Awards (13)：

2022/04 - The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers JSME Young Scientist Award
2020/06 - 日本伝熱学会第58期日本伝熱学会賞奨励賞
2018/05 - 日本伝熱学会第55回伝熱シンポジウム優秀プレゼンテーション賞
2018/03 - The 10th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT2018) Best Poster Presentation Award
2018/01 - 九州大学エネルギー研究教育機構若手研究者支援プログラム銅賞(博士課程学生の部)

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Association Membership(s) (4)：

American Chemical Society , American Physical Society , THE HEAT TRANSFER SOCIETY OF JAPAN , THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

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