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Book Flow Boiling in Expanding Microchannels

Download or read book Flow Boiling in Expanding Microchannels written by Tamanna Alam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Brief presents an up to date summary of details of the flow boiling heat transfer, pressure drop and instability characteristics; two phase flow patterns of expanding microchannels. Results obtained from the different expanding microscale geometries are presented for comparison and addition to that, comparison with literatures is also performed. Finally, parametric studies are performed and presented in the brief. The findings from this study could help in understanding the complex microscale flow boiling behavior and aid in the design and implementation of reliable compact heat sinks for practical applications.

Book Systematic Investigation of the Effects of Hydrophilic Porosity on Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux

Download or read book Systematic Investigation of the Effects of Hydrophilic Porosity on Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux written by Melanie Tetreault-Friend and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Predicting the conditions of critical heat flux (CHF) is of considerable importance for safety and economic reasons in heat transfer units, such as in nuclear power plants. It is greatly advantageous to increase this thermal limit and much effort has been devoted to studying the effects of surface characteristics on it. In particular, recent work carried out by O'Hanley demonstrated the separate effects of surface wettability, porosity, and roughness on CHF, and found that porous hydrophilic surface coatings provided the largest CHF increase, with a 50-60% enhancement over the base case. In the present study, a systematic investigation of the effects that the physical characteristics of the hydrophilic layers have on heat transfer was conducted. Parameters experimentally explored include porous layer thickness, pore size, and void fraction (pore volume fraction). The surface characteristics are created by depositing layer-by-layer (LbL) thin compact coatings made of hydrophilic SiO2 nanoparticles of various sizes. A new coating was developed to reduce the void fraction by using polymers to partially fill the voids in the porous layers. All test surfaces are prepared on indium tin oxide - sapphire heaters and tested in a pool boiling facility at atmospheric pressure in MIT's Thermal-Hydraulics Laboratory. Results indicate that CHF follows a trend with respect to each parameter studied and clear CHF maxima reaching up to 114% enhancement are observed for specific thickness and pore size values. ZnO2 nanofluid-generated coatings are also prepared and their boiling performance is compared to the boiling performance of the engineered LbL coatings. The results highlight the dependence of CHF on capillary wicking and are expected to allow further optimization of the nanoengineered surfaces.

Book Effects of Nano and Micro Surface Treatments on Boiling Heat Transfer

Download or read book Effects of Nano and Micro Surface Treatments on Boiling Heat Transfer written by Hai Trieu Phan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates the flow boiling heat transfer in microchannels with the aim of developing compact cooling systems which can be adapted to miniaturized power components. Nano and micro-surface treatments were used as innovative techniques to improve the heat transfer performance as well as to delay the intermittent dryout. Initially, pool-boiling experiments were performed to highlight the impact of nanocoatings on nucleate-boiling mechanisms. It was observed that the surface wettability modified by nanoparticle deposition had significant effects on the boiling processes. Afterwards, a second experimental campaign was conducted to investigate the flow boiling in a microchannel with nanocoated and microstructured samples. These studies highlighted the impacts of surface wettability and of micro-patterning on two-phase flow patterns, pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. In particular, significant enhancements in heat transfer coefficient and in intermittent dryout were obtained with micro structured samples

Book Effects of Surface Parameters on Boiling Heat Transfer Phenomena

Download or read book Effects of Surface Parameters on Boiling Heat Transfer Phenomena written by Bao Hoai Truong and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanofluids, engineered colloidal dispersions of nanoparticles in fluid, have been shown to enhance pool and flow boiling CHF. The CHF enhancement was due to nanoparticle deposited on the heater surface, which was verified in pool boiling. However, no such work has been done for flow boiling. Using a cylindrical tube pre-coated with Alumina nanoparticles coated via boiling induced deposition, CHF of water was found to enhance up to 40% compared to that of the bare tube. This confirms that nanoparticles on the surface is responsible for CHF enhancement for flow boiling. However, existing theories failed to predict the CHF enhancement and the exact surface parameters attributed to the enhancement cannot be determined. Surface modifications to enhance critical heat flux (CHF) and Leidenfrost point (LFP) have been shown successful in previous studies. However, the enhancement mechanisms are not well understood, partly due to many surface parameters being altered at the same time, as in the case for nanofluids. Therefore, the remaining objective of this work is to evaluate separate surface effect on different boiling heat transfer phenomena. In the second part of this study, surface roughness, wettability and nanoporosity were altered one by one and respective effect on quenching LFP with water droplet was determined. Increase in surface roughness and wettability enhanced LFP; however, nanoporosity was most effective in raising LFP, almost up to 100°C. The combination of the micro posts and nanoporous coating layer proved optimal. The nanoporous layer destabilizes the vapor film via heterogeneous bubble nucleation, and the micro posts provides intermittent liquid-surface contacts; both mechanisms increase LFP. In the last part, separate effect of nanoporosity and surface roughness on pool boiling CHF of a well-wetting fluid, FC-72, was investigated. Nanoporosity or surface roughness alone had no effect on pool boiling CHF of FC-72. Data obtained in the literature mostly for microporous coatings showed CHF enhancement for well wetting fluids, and existing CHF models are unable to predict the enhancement.

Book Nanofluid Boiling

Download or read book Nanofluid Boiling written by Ali Sadaghiani and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanofluid Boiling presents valuable insights into boiling heat transfer mechanisms, offering state-of-the-art techniques for overcoming obstacles against nanofluid applications. In addition, the book points out emerging industrial applications and guides researchers and engineers in their research and design efforts. In addition, recommendations on future research directions and the design of systems involving nanofluids are presented at the end of each chapter. The book's authors comprehensively cover mechanisms, parametric effects and enhancement techniques in the boiling of nanofluids, providing updated, detailed information about recent developments and findings. Reveals insights into the findings and mechanisms of boiling heat transfer in nanofluids, guiding researchers and engineers in their research and design efforts Focuses on parametric effects such as nanofluid properties (size, concentration, nanoparticle type), preparation methods on heat transfer and critical heat flux mechanisms, bubble dynamics, flow patterns, and pressure drop Presents readers with scaling effects (from macro to microscale) relevant to nanofluid boiling

Book Investigation of Separate Effects of Surface Condition on Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer

Download or read book Investigation of Separate Effects of Surface Condition on Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer written by Jee Hyun Seong and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experimental results showed that groove pattern, average roughness, and wettability do not affect subcooled flow boiling. Instead, they suggest that the process is determined by the location, size, and shape of cavities, and that micro-scale surface modifications (e.g., porous cracks) or nano-scale structures play a crucial role in the formation of active nucleation cavities and modify the bubble dynamics. A key takeaway from this study is that, to elucidate how surface modifications affect boiling heat transfer, one should carefully examine how the surface morphology changes at both the micro- and nano-scale and how the surface preparation process affect the formation of cavities.

Book Exploring the Limits of Boiling and Evaporative Heat Transfer Using Micro Nano Structures

Download or read book Exploring the Limits of Boiling and Evaporative Heat Transfer Using Micro Nano Structures written by Ming-Chang Lu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation presents a study exploring the limits of phase-change heat transfer with the aim of enhancing critical heat flux (CHF) in pool boiling and enhancing thermal conductance in heat pipes. The state-of-the-art values of the CHF in pool boiling and the thermal conductance in heat pipes are about two orders of magnitudes smaller than the limits predicted by kinetic theory. Consequently, there seems to be plenty of room for improvement. Pool boiling refers to boiling at a surface immersed in an extensive motionless pool of liquid. Its process includes heterogeneous nucleation, growth, mergence and detachment of vapor bubbles on a heating surface. It is generally agreed that the high heat transfer coefficient of boiling could be explained by the concept of single-phase forced convection, i.e., the motion of bubbles agitating surrounding liquid is similar to the process in single-phase forced convection. The occurrence of CHF results from a formation of a vapor film on the heater surface, which reduces the thermal conductance drastically and causes a huge temperature rise on the surface. Over the past few decades, researchers were struggling to identify the exact mechanism causing CHF. General observations are that both surface properties and pool hydrodynamics could affect the values of CHF. Nanowire array-coated surfaces having a large capillary force are employed to enhance the CHF. It has been shown that CHFs on the nanowire array-coated surface could be doubled compared to the values on a plain surface. The obtained CHF of 224 ± 6.60 W/cm̂2 on the nanowire-array coated surface is one of the highest values reported in the boiling heat transfer. To further enhance CHF, the mechanisms that govern CHF have been systematically explored. Experimental results show that the CHF on the nanowire array-coated surface are not limited by the capillary force. Instead, the CHF are dependent on the heater size. Corresponding experiments on plain surfaces with various heater sizes also exhibits similar heater-size dependence. The CHFs on nanowire array-coated surfaces and plain surfaces are consistent with the predictions of the hydrodynamic theory while a higher CHF is obtained on the nanowire array-coated surface as compared to the plain Si surface. This suggests that the CHFs are a result of the pool hydrodynamics while surface properties modify the corresponding hydrodynamic limits. A heat pipe is a device that transports thermal energy in a very small temperature difference and thereby producing a very large thermal conductance. It relies on evaporation of liquid at the heated end of the pipe, flow of vapor between the heated and cooled end, condensation at the other end, and capillary-driven liquid flow through a porous wick between the condenser and the evaporation. The large latent heat involved in evaporation and condensation leads to very large heat flows for a small temperature drop along the heat pipe. Despite the large thermal conductance, their operation is limited by such factors as capillary limit, boiling limit, sonic limit and entrainment limit, etc. Among these operational limits, capillary and boiling limits are most frequently encountered. The capillary limit determines the maximum flow rate provided by the capillary force of the wick structure whereas boiling limit is referred to a condition that liquid supply is blocked by vapor bubbles in the wick. Consequently, the wick structure is the key component in a heat pipe, which determines the maximum capillary force and the dominant thermal resistance. In a heat pipe using evaporation as the dominant heat transfer mechanism, a thin liquid film (̃ a few microns) extended from the solid structure in the wick causes the dominant thermal resistance. Therefore, if one reduces the pore size of a porous media, the thermal conductance could be enhanced by increasing the surface area of the thin liquid film. On the other hand, the classical thermodynamics depicts that the superheat required for evaporation is inversely proportional to the equilibrium radius of the meniscus. Consequently, enhancing thermal conductance via increasing the thin film area is contradictory to the effect of evaporation suppression for small pores. A hierarchical wick structure with multiple length scales that enhances dry-out heat flux and thermal conductance simultaneously in heat pipes was demonstrated. This hierarchical wick structure is composed of a large microchannel array to reduce flow resistance and small pin-fin arrays to provide a large capillary force. The enhancement of thermal conductance is achieved via a large number of pin-fins for increasing the total thin film area. A thermal conductance defined by the slope of the curve of ̃16.28 ± 1.33 W/cm̂2-K and a dry-out heat flux of 228.85 ± 10.73 W/cm̂2 were achieved by this design. Further, vapor transport resistance is minimized within the aligned-multi-scale wick structure. As a result, this wick does not pose a boiling limit. Artificial cavities were created in the wick structure to take the advantage of the high heat transfer coefficient of boiling heat transfer. The wick with artificial cavities successfully triggers boiling at a lower wall temperature resulting in a conductance of 9.02 ± 0.04 W/cm̂2-K compared to an evaporation mode of 3.54 ± 0.01 W/cm̂2-K. For a given heat flux, the wick with cavities effectively reduce wall temperature compared to a wick without cavities. Our experimental results display an enhancement of thermal conductance by using boiling heat transfer. This opens up a new direction for further enhancing thermal conductance in heat pipes by circumventing the limit in the evaporative heat transfer regime, in which further increase in surface area will eventually result in evaporation suppression in small pores.

Book Separate Effects of Surface Roughness  Wettability and Porosity on Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux and Optimization of Boiling Surfaces

Download or read book Separate Effects of Surface Roughness Wettability and Porosity on Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux and Optimization of Boiling Surfaces written by Harrison Fagan O'Hanley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The separate effects of surface wettability, porosity, and roughness on critical heat flux (CHF) and heat transfer coefficient (HTC) were examined using carefully-engineered surfaces. All test surfaces were prepared on nanosmooth indium tin oxide - sapphire heaters and tested in a pool boiling facility in MIT's Reactor Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory. Roughness was controlled through fabrication of micro-posts of diameter 20[mu]m and height 15[mu]m; intrinsic wettability was controlled through deposition of thin compact coatings made of hydrophilic SiO2 (typically, 20nm thick) and hydrophobic fluorosilane (monolayer thickness); porosity and pore size were controlled through deposition of layer-by-layer coatings made of SiO2 nanoparticles. The ranges explored were: 0 - 15[mu] for roughness (Rz), 0 - 135 degrees for intrinsic wettability, and 0 - 50% and 50nm for porosity and pore size, respectively. During testing, the active heaters were imaged with an infrared camera to map the surface temperature profile and locate distinct nucleation sites. It was determined that wettability can play a large role on a porous surface, but has a limited effect on a smooth non-porous surface. Porosity had very pronounced effects on CHF. When coupled with hydrophilicity, a porous structure enhanced CHF by approximately 50% - 60%. However, when combined with a hydrophobic surface, porosity resulted in a reduction of CHF by 97% with respect to the reference surface. Surface roughness did not have an appreciable effect, regardless of the other surface parameters present. Hydrophilic porous surfaces realized a slight HTC enhancement, while the HTC of hydrophobic porous surfaces was greatly reduced. Roughness had little effect on HTC. A second investigation used spot patterning aimed at creating a surface with optimal characteristics for both CHF and HTC. Hydrophobic spots (meant to be preferential nucleation sites) were patterned on a porous hydrophilic surface. The spots indeed were activated as nucleation sites, as recognized via the IR signal. However, CHF and HTC were not enhanced by the spots. In some instances, CHF was actually decreased by the spots, when compared to a homogenous porous hydrophilic surface.

Book Nano engineering the Boiling Surface for Optimal Heat Transfer Rate and Critical Heat Flux

Download or read book Nano engineering the Boiling Surface for Optimal Heat Transfer Rate and Critical Heat Flux written by Bren Andrew Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects on pool boiling characteristics such as critical heat flux and the heat transfer coefficient of different surface characteristics such as surface wettability, roughness, morphology, and porosity are not well understood. Layer-by-layer nanoparticle coatings were used to modify the surface of a sapphire heater to control the surface roughness, the layer thickness, and the surface chemistry. The surface was then tested in a water boiling test at atmospheric pressure while imaging the surface with high speed infrared thermography yielding a 2D time dependent temperature profile. The critical heat flux and heat transfer coefficient were enhanced by over 100% by optimizing the surface parameters. It was found that particle size of the nanoparticles in coating, the coating thickness, and the wettability of the surface have a large impact on CHF and the heat transfer coefficient. Surfaces were also patterned with hydrophobic "islands" within a hydrophilic "sea" by coupling the Layer-by-layer nanoparticle coatings with an ultraviolet ozone technique that patterned the wettability of the surface. The patterning was an attempt to increase the nucleation site density with hydrophobic dots while still maintaining a large hydrophilic region to allow for rewetting of the surface during the ebullition cycle and thus maintaining a high critical heat flux. The patterned surfaces exhibited similar critical heat fluxes and heat transfer coefficients to the surfaces that were only modified with layer-by-layer nanoparticle coatings. However, the patterned surfaces also exhibited highly preferential nucleation from the hydrophobic regions demonstrating an ability to control the nucleation site layout of a surface and opening an avenue for further study.

Book Nanofluid Boiling

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ali Sadaghiani
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2024-06-28
  • ISBN : 0128169230
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Nanofluid Boiling written by Ali Sadaghiani and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanofluid Boiling presents valuable insights into boiling heat transfer mechanisms, offering state-of-the-art techniques for overcoming obstacles against nanofluid applications. In addition, the book points out emerging industrial applications and guides researchers and engineers in their research and design efforts. In addition, recommendations on future research directions and the design of systems involving nanofluids are presented at the end of each chapter. The book's authors comprehensively cover mechanisms, parametric effects and enhancement techniques in the boiling of nanofluids, providing updated, detailed information about recent developments and findings. Gives insights into nanofluid boiling heat transfer mechanisms Offers state-of-the-art techniques for overcoming challenges and difficulties in the applications of nanofluids Presents the most updated information about nanofluid boiling heat transfer, mechanisms of heat transfer, and critical heat flux enhancements Focuses on parametric effects, such as nanofluid properties (size, concentration, nanoparticle type), preparation methods on heat transfer and critical heat flux mechanisms, bubble dynamics, flow patterns and pressure drop

Book Experimental Investigations of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Flow Instability in a Horizontal Microtube with an Inlet Orifice

Download or read book Experimental Investigations of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Flow Instability in a Horizontal Microtube with an Inlet Orifice written by Yan Feng Fan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hydrodynamic Aspects of Boiling Heat Transfer

Download or read book Hydrodynamic Aspects of Boiling Heat Transfer written by N. Zuber and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pool Boiling on Nano finned Surfaces

Download or read book Pool Boiling on Nano finned Surfaces written by Sharan Ram Sriraman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effect of nano-structured surfaces on pool boiling heat transfer is explored in this study. Experiments are conducted in a cubical test chamber containing fluoroinert coolant (PF5060, Manufacturer: 3M Co.) as the working fluid. Pool boiling experiments are conducted for saturation and subcooled conditions. Three different types of ordered nano-structured surfaces are fabricated using Step and flash imprint lithography on silicon substrates followed by Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) or Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE). These nano-structures consist of a square array of cylindrical nanofins with a longitudinal pitch of 1 mm, transverse pitch of 0.9 mm and fixed (uniform) heights ranging from 15 nm - 650 nm for each substrate. The contact angle of de-ionized water on the substrates is measured before and after the boiling experiments. The contact-angle is observed to increase with the height of the nano-fins. Contact angle variation is also observed before and after the pool boiling experiments. The pool boiling curves for the nano-structured silicon surfaces are compared with that of atomically smooth single-crystal silicon (bare) surfaces. Data processing is performed to estimate the heat flux through the projected area (plan area) for the nano-patterned zone as well as the heat flux through the total nano-patterned area, which includes the surface area of the fins. Maximum heat flux (MHF) is enhanced by ~120 % for the nanofin surfaces compared to bare (smooth) surfaces, under saturation condition. The pool boiling heat flux data for the three nano-structured surfaces progressively overlap with each other in the vicinity of the MHF condition. Based on the experimental data several micro/nano-scale transport mechanisms responsible for heat flux enhancements are identified, which include: "microlayer" disruption or enhancement, enhancement of active nucleation site density, enlargement of cold spots and enhancement of contact angle which affects the vapor bubble departure frequency.

Book Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels

Download or read book Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels written by Tamanna Alam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels: Experiment, Visualization and Analysis presents an up-to-date summary of the details of the confined to unconfined flow boiling transition criteria, flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics, instability characteristics, two phase flow pattern and flow regime map and the parametric study of microgap dimension. Advantages of flow boiling in microgaps over microchannels are also highlighted. The objective of this Brief is to obtain a better fundamental understanding of the flow boiling processes, compare the performance between microgap and conventional microchannel heat sinks, and evaluate the microgap heat sink for instabilities and hotspot mitigation.

Book Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux in Water based Nanofluids at Low Pressure

Download or read book Subcooled Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux in Water based Nanofluids at Low Pressure written by Sung Joong Kim (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nanofluid is a colloidal suspension of nano-scale particles in water, or other base fluids. Previous pool boiling studies have shown that nanofluids can improve the critical heat flux (CHF) by as much as 200%. In this study, subcooled flow boiling heat transfer and CHF experiments were performed with low concentrations of alumina, zinc oxide, and diamond nanoparticles in water (

Book Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels

Download or read book Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels written by Tamanna Alam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flow Boiling in Microgap Channels: Experiment, Visualization and Analysis presents an up-to-date summary of the details of the confined to unconfined flow boiling transition criteria, flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics, instability characteristics, two phase flow pattern and flow regime map and the parametric study of microgap dimension. Advantages of flow boiling in microgaps over microchannels are also highlighted. The objective of this Brief is to obtain a better fundamental understanding of the flow boiling processes, compare the performance between microgap and conventional microchannel heat sinks, and evaluate the microgap heat sink for instabilities and hotspot mitigation.