Davide Del Col

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Davide Del Col is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Del Col has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 45 papers in Computational Mechanics and 37 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Davide Del Col's work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (136 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (122 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (76 papers). Davide Del Col is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (136 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (122 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (76 papers). Davide Del Col collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and France. Davide Del Col's co-authors include Alberto Cavallini, Luisa Rossetto, Stefano Bortolin, Luca Doretti, Enrico Da Riva, Marko Matkovič, Giuseppe Censi, Marco Azzolin, Giovanni A. Longo and Claudio Zilio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Power Sources and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Davide Del Col

200 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Condensation in Horizontal Smooth Tubes: A New Heat Transfer Model for Heat Exchanger Design

2006 445 citations Alberto Cavallini, Davide Del Col et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Davide Del Col Italy	41	4.9k	1.3k	854	599	567	204	6.0k
Guiping Lin China	32	2.1k 0.4×	689 0.5×	764 0.9×	723 1.2×	718 1.3×	192	3.5k
Ralph L. Webb United States	53	8.4k 1.7×	3.2k 2.6×	688 0.8×	960 1.6×	1.8k 3.2×	179	9.5k
L. Tadrist France	35	1.8k 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	450 0.5×	335 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	119	3.4k
Guoliang Ding China	33	2.3k 0.5×	828 0.7×	200 0.2×	234 0.4×	1.0k 1.8×	146	3.0k
Chaobin Dang Japan	38	3.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.7×	502 0.6×	685 1.1×	1.6k 2.8×	186	5.1k
Wen-Long Cheng China	32	2.0k 0.4×	824 0.7×	591 0.7×	193 0.3×	369 0.7×	99	3.2k
Yiding Cao United States	26	1.8k 0.4×	450 0.4×	611 0.7×	386 0.6×	425 0.7×	122	2.4k
Zi‐Tao Yu China	27	1.7k 0.4×	453 0.4×	803 0.9×	166 0.3×	615 1.1×	100	2.5k
Raj M. Manglik United States	30	3.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	334 0.4×	160 0.3×	1.4k 2.5×	128	3.8k
Shuang‐Ying Wu China	32	2.1k 0.4×	433 0.3×	1.8k 2.1×	72 0.1×	415 0.7×	137	3.7k

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Fusina, L., et al.. (2025). Investigation of dropwise condensation of water at atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressure through an individual-based model. Applied Thermal Engineering. 276. 126892–126892.

Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Dropwise-to-filmwise transition during condensation of steam on hydrophilic surfaces. Applied Thermal Engineering. 278. 127128–127128. 2 indexed citations

Azzolin, Marco, et al.. (2025). Investigation on a direct expansion multisource carbon dioxide heat pump to maximize the use of renewable energy sources. Applied Thermal Engineering. 274. 126533–126533. 2 indexed citations

Azzolin, Marco, et al.. (2025). Experimental analysis and modelling of R1233zd(E) condensation heat transfer and pressure drop in small diameter channels. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 62. 103586–103586. 2 indexed citations

Azzolin, Marco, et al.. (2025). Flow boiling heat transfer of new refrigerant blends: Experimental data in a microchannel and modelling. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 164. 108929–108929. 1 indexed citations

Col, Davide Del, et al.. (2025). Numerical study for the design and optimization of direct absorption solar collectors with carbon-based nanofluids. Renewable Energy. 256. 123908–123908. 2 indexed citations

Meneghetti, Moreno, et al.. (2024). Measurements of solar energy absorption in a solar collector using carbon nanofluids. Renewable Energy. 230. 120763–120763. 14 indexed citations

Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2024). A new validated model of dropwise condensation of vapor in humid air flow. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 158. 107905–107905. 4 indexed citations

Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Investigation of dropwise condensation of water through an efficient individual-based model. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2766(1). 12154–12154. 1 indexed citations

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Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Drag effect of steam flow on droplet removal during dropwise condensation at different surface inclinations. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2766(1). 12133–12133. 1 indexed citations

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Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulation-based design of optimized surfaces for condensation heat transfer. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2766(1). 12178–12178.

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Bortolin, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Annular two-phase flow in a small diameter tube: OpenFOAM simulations with turbulence damping vs optical measurements. International Journal of Thermofluids. 24. 100871–100871. 1 indexed citations

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Azzolin, Marco, et al.. (2023). Condensation heat transfer in microgravity conditions. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 32–32. 12 indexed citations

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Azzolin, Marco, et al.. (2023). Condensation heat transfer of superheated vapour of R1234ze(E) and R134a inside a brazed plate heat exchanger. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2509(1). 12028–12028. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Bo Xu, Zhenqian Chen, et al.. (2022). Review of droplet dynamics and dropwise condensation enhancement: Theory, experiments and applications. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 305. 102684–102684. 53 indexed citations

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Col, Davide Del, Marco Azzolin, & Stefano Bortolin. (2014). Two-phase flow and heat transfer of a non azeotropic mixture inside a single microchannel.. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 2 indexed citations

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Col, Davide Del, et al.. (2012). Condensation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop with Propane in a Minichannel. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 6 indexed citations

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Mancin, Simone, Davide Del Col, & Luisa Rossetto. (2012). R32 partial condensation inside a brazed plate heat exchanger. International Journal of Refrigeration. 36(2). 601–611. 26 indexed citations

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Col, Davide Del, et al.. (2005). Measurement and prediction of evaporator shell-side pressure drop. International Journal of Refrigeration. 28(3). 320–330. 7 indexed citations

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Cavallini, Alberto, Davide Del Col, & Luca Doretti. (1999). Condensation of R22 and R407C inside a horizontal tube.. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 4 indexed citations

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