Advances in Understanding of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer—From Earth on to Deep Space

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay K. Dhir
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
International Space ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Fundamental Understanding

In this work, the effectiveness of the numerical simulations in advancing fundamental understanding of bubble dynamics and nucleate pool boiling heat transfer is discussed. The results of numerical simulations are validated with experiments on ground, in parabolic flights and on the International Space Station (ISS). As such validation is carried out when the level of gravity is varied over seven orders of magnitude. It is shown that reduced gravity stretches the length and time scales of the process and generally leads to degradation of rate of heat transfer associated with nucleate boiling.

Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on the International Space Station: Experimental Results and Model Verification

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishi Raj ◽  
Jungho Kim ◽  
John McQuillen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
International Space Station ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Space Station ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Low Gravity ◽  
International Space ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Poor Understanding

The relatively poor understanding of gravity effects on pool boiling heat transfer can be attributed to the lack of long duration high-quality microgravity data, g-jitter associated with ground-based low gravity facilities, little data at intermediate gravity levels, and a poor understanding of the effect of important parameters even at earth gravity conditions. The results of over 200 pool boiling experiments with n-perfluorohexane as the test fluid performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are presented in this paper. A flat, transparent, constant temperature microheater array was used to perform experiments over a wide range of temperatures (55 °C < Tw < 107.5 °C), pressures (0.58 atm < P < 1.86 atm), subcoolings (1 °C ≤ ΔTsub ≤ 26 °C), and heater sizes (4.2 mm ≤ Lh ≤ 7.0 mm). The boiling process was visualized from the side and bottom. Based on this high quality microgravity data (a/g<10−6), the recently reported gravity scaling parameter for heat flux, which was primarily based on parabolic flight experiments, was modified to account for these new results. The updated model accurately predicts the experimental microgravity data to within ±20%. The robustness of this framework in predicting low gravity heat transfer is further demonstrated by predicting many of the trends in the pool boiling literature that cannot be explained by any single model.

Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Inclined pHEMA-Coated Surfaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdolali Khalili Sadaghiani ◽  
Ahmad Reza Motezakker ◽  
Alsan Volkan Özpınar ◽  
Gözde Özaydın İnce ◽  
Ali Koşar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Surface Orientation ◽  
Maximum Enhancement ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Coated Surfaces

New requirements for heat exchangers offered pool boiling heat transfer on structured and coated surfaces as one of the promising methods for effective heat removal. In this study, pool boiling experiments were conducted on polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate (pHEMA)-coated surfaces to investigate the effect of surface orientation on bubble dynamics and nucleate boiling heat transfer. pHEMA coatings with thicknesses of 50, 100, and 200 nm were deposited using the initiated chemical deposition (iCVD) method. De-ionized water was used as the working fluid. Experiments were performed on horizontal and inclined surfaces (inclination angles of 10 deg, 30 deg, 50 deg, and 70 deg) under the constant heat flux (ranging from 10 to 80 kW/m2) boundary condition. Obtained results were compared to their plain surface counterparts, and heat transfer enhancements were observed. Accordingly, it was observed that the bubble departure phenomenon was affected by heat flux and wall superheat on bare silicon surfaces, while the supply path of vapor altered the bubble departure process on pHEMA-coated surfaces. Furthermore, the surface orientation played a major role on bubble dynamics and could be considered as a mechanism for fast vapor removal from surfaces. Bubble coalescence and liquid replenishment on coated surfaces had a promising effect on heat transfer coefficient enhancement on coated surfaces. For horizontal surfaces, a maximum enhancement of 25% relative to the bare surface was achieved, while the maximum enhancement was 105% for the inclined coated surface under the optimum condition. iCVD was proven to be a practical method for coating surfaces for boiling heat transfer applications due to the obtained promising results.

Pool Boiling Heat Transfer with Nanotube Arrays Surface on Titanium

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 2913-2916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Liang Tao ◽  
Xin Liang Wang ◽  
Pei Hua Shi ◽  
Xiao Ping Shi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Test Fluid ◽  
Porous Coating ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient

In this paper, a new porous coating was formed directly on the surface of titanium metal via anodic oxidation. And by the SEM, the morphology of the coating, which is composed of well-ordered perpendicular nanotubes, was characterized. Moreover, taking deionized water as the test fluid, a visualization study of the coating on its pool boiling heat transfer performance was made. The results demonstrated that compared with the smooth surface, the nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficient can increase 3 times while the nucleate boiling super heat was reduced 30%.

Pore-Scale Simulation on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer and Bubble Dynamics in Open-Cell Metal Foam by Lattice Boltzmann Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Qin ◽  
Zhiguo Xu ◽  
Xiaofei Ma
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Metal Foam ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Open Cell ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Boltzmann Method ◽  
Foam Thickness

Abstract Based on the newly developed geometrical model of open-cell metal foam, pool boiling heat transfer in open-cell metal foam, considering thermal responses of foam skeletons, is investigated by the phase-change lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Pool boiling patterns are obtained at different heat fluxes. The effects of pore density and foam thickness on bubble dynamics and pool boiling heat transfer are revealed. The results show that “bubble entrainment” promotes fluid mixing and bubble sliding inside metal foam. Based on force analysis, the sliding bubble is pinned on the heating surface and cannot lift off completely at high heat flux due to the increasing surface tension force. Pool boiling heat transfer coefficient decreases with increasing pore density and foam thickness due to high bubble escaping resistance.

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