EventFlow: Real-Time Neuromorphic Event-Driven Classification of Two-Phase Boiling Flow Regimes

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Main Authors: Chang, Sanghyeon, Arani, Srikar, Nuthalapati, Nishant Sai, Suh, Youngjoon, Choi, Nicholas, Khodakarami, Siavash, Roni, Md Rakibul Hasan, Miljkovic, Nenad, Chandramowlishwaran, Aparna, Won, Yoonjin
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author Chang, Sanghyeon
Arani, Srikar
Nuthalapati, Nishant Sai
Suh, Youngjoon
Choi, Nicholas
Khodakarami, Siavash
Roni, Md Rakibul Hasan
Miljkovic, Nenad
Chandramowlishwaran, Aparna
Won, Yoonjin
author_facet Chang, Sanghyeon
Arani, Srikar
Nuthalapati, Nishant Sai
Suh, Youngjoon
Choi, Nicholas
Khodakarami, Siavash
Roni, Md Rakibul Hasan
Miljkovic, Nenad
Chandramowlishwaran, Aparna
Won, Yoonjin
contents Flow boiling is an efficient heat transfer mechanism capable of dissipating high heat loads with minimal temperature variation, making it an ideal thermal management method. However, sudden shifts between flow regimes can disrupt thermal performance and system reliability, highlighting the need for accurate and low-latency real-time monitoring. Conventional optical imaging methods are limited by high computational demands and insufficient temporal resolution, making them inadequate for capturing transient flow behavior. To address this, we propose a real-time framework based on signals from neuromorphic sensors for flow regime classification. Neuromorphic sensors detect changes in brightness at individual pixels, which typically correspond to motion at edges, enabling fast and efficient detection without full-frame reconstruction, providing event-based information. We develop five classification models using both traditional image data and event-based data, demonstrating that models leveraging event data outperform frame-based approaches due to their sensitivity to dynamic flow features. Among these models, the event-based long short-term memory model provides the best balance between accuracy and speed, achieving 97.6% classification accuracy with a processing time of 0.28 ms. Our asynchronous processing pipeline supports continuous, low-latency predictions and delivers stable output through a majority voting mechanisms, enabling reliable real-time feedback for experimental control and intelligent thermal management.
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spellingShingle EventFlow: Real-Time Neuromorphic Event-Driven Classification of Two-Phase Boiling Flow Regimes
Chang, Sanghyeon
Arani, Srikar
Nuthalapati, Nishant Sai
Suh, Youngjoon
Choi, Nicholas
Khodakarami, Siavash
Roni, Md Rakibul Hasan
Miljkovic, Nenad
Chandramowlishwaran, Aparna
Won, Yoonjin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
76T10, 68T07
I.2.10; I.4.8; I.4.9
Flow boiling is an efficient heat transfer mechanism capable of dissipating high heat loads with minimal temperature variation, making it an ideal thermal management method. However, sudden shifts between flow regimes can disrupt thermal performance and system reliability, highlighting the need for accurate and low-latency real-time monitoring. Conventional optical imaging methods are limited by high computational demands and insufficient temporal resolution, making them inadequate for capturing transient flow behavior. To address this, we propose a real-time framework based on signals from neuromorphic sensors for flow regime classification. Neuromorphic sensors detect changes in brightness at individual pixels, which typically correspond to motion at edges, enabling fast and efficient detection without full-frame reconstruction, providing event-based information. We develop five classification models using both traditional image data and event-based data, demonstrating that models leveraging event data outperform frame-based approaches due to their sensitivity to dynamic flow features. Among these models, the event-based long short-term memory model provides the best balance between accuracy and speed, achieving 97.6% classification accuracy with a processing time of 0.28 ms. Our asynchronous processing pipeline supports continuous, low-latency predictions and delivers stable output through a majority voting mechanisms, enabling reliable real-time feedback for experimental control and intelligent thermal management.
title EventFlow: Real-Time Neuromorphic Event-Driven Classification of Two-Phase Boiling Flow Regimes
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
76T10, 68T07
I.2.10; I.4.8; I.4.9
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05467