A Photographic Study on the Effects of Hydrophobic-Spot Size and Subcooling on Local Film Boiling

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Joko Suroto ◽  
Masahiro Tashiro ◽  
Sana Hirabayashi ◽  
Sumitomo Hidaka ◽  
Masamichi Kohno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Spot Size ◽  
Copper Surface ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Boiling Regime

The effects of hydrophobic circle spot size and subcooling on local film boiling phenomenon from the copper surface with single PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) hydrophobic circle spot at low heat flux has been investigated. The experiments were performed using pure water as the working fluid and subcooling ranging from 0 and 10K. The heat transfer surfaces are used polished copper block with single PTFE hydrophobic circle spot of diameters 2, 4 and 6 mm, respectively. A high-speed camera was used to capture bubble dynamics and disclosed the sequence of the process leading to local film boiling. The result shows that local films boiling occurs on the PTFE circle spot at low heat flux and was triggered by the merging of neighboring bubbles. The study also showed that transition time required for change from nucleate boiling regime to local film boiling regime depends on the diameter of the hydrophobic circle spot and the subcooling. A stable local film boiling occurs at the smallest diameter of hydrophobic spot. Subcooling cause the local film boiling occur at negative superheat and oscillation of bubble dome.

Evaporation and Nucleate Boiling of an Individual Droplet on Surfaces

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. D. Wang ◽  
G. Lu ◽  
X. F. Peng ◽  
B. X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Dynamical Process ◽  
Boiling Regime ◽  
Film Evaporation

A visual study was conducted to investigate the evaporation and nucleate boiling of a water droplet on heated copper, aluminum, or stainless surfaces with temperature ranging from 50°C to 112°C. Using a high-speed video imaging system, the dynamical process of the evaporation of a droplet was recoded to measure the transient variation of its diameter, height, and contact angle. When the contact temperature was lower than the saturation temperature, the evaporation was in film evaporation regime, and the evaporation could be divided into two stages. When the surface temperature was higher than the saturation temperature, the nucleate boiling was observed. The dynamical behavior of nucleation, bubble dynamics droplet were detail observed and discussed. The linear relationships of the average heat flux vs. temperature of the heated surfaces were found to hold for both the film evaporation regime and nucleate boiling regime. The different slopes indicated their heat transfer mechanism was distinct, the heat flux decreased in the nucleate boiling regime more rapidly than in the film evaporation due to the strong interaction between the bubbles.

Nucleate Boiling of Dielectric Liquids on Hydrophobic Patterned Surfaces

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nihal E. Joshua ◽  
Denesh K. Ajakumar ◽  
Huseyin Bostanci
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Copper Surface ◽  
Dielectric Liquid ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Patterned Surfaces ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Dielectric Liquids

This study experimentally investigated the effect of hydrophobic patterned surfaces in nucleate boiling heat transfer. A dielectric liquid, HFE-7100, was used as the working fluid in the saturated boiling tests. Dielectric liquids are known to have highly-wetting characteristics. They tend to fill surface cavities that would normally trap vapor/gas, and serve as active nucleation sites during boiling. With the lack of these vapor filled cavities, boiling of a dielectric liquid leads to high incipience superheats and accompanying temperature overshoots. Heater samples in this study were prepared by applying a thin Teflon (AF400, Dupont) coating on 1-cm2 smooth copper surfaces following common photolithography techniques. Matching size thick film resistors, attached onto the copper samples, generated heat and simulated high heat flux electronic devices. Tests investigated the heater samples featuring circular pattern sizes between 40–100 μm, and corresponding pitch sizes between 80–200 μm. Additionally, a plain, smooth copper surface was tested to obtain reference data. Based on data, hydrophobic patterned surfaces effectively eliminated the temperature overshoot at boiling incipience, and considerably improved nucleate boiling performance in terms of heat transfer coefficient and critical heat flux over the reference surface. Hydrophobic patterned surfaces therefore demonstrated a practical surface modification method for heat transfer enhancement in immersion cooling applications.

scholarly journals ELETRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT AND DETERIORATION OF BOILING HEAT TRANSFER AND CRITICAL HEAT FLUX IN DIELECTRIC FLUIDS

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
P. M. Carrica ◽  
V. Masson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Boiling Regime ◽  
Dielectric Fluids

We present the results of an experimental study of the effects of externally imposed electric fields on boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux (CHF) in dielectric fluids. The study comprises the analysis of geometries that, under the effects of electric fields, cause the bubbles either to be pushed toward the heater or away from it. A local phase detection probe was used to measure the void fraction and the interfacial impact rate near the heater. It was found that the critical heat flux can be either augmented or reduced with the application of an electric field, depending on the direction of . In addition, the heat transfer can be slightly enhanced or degraded depending on the heat flux. The study of the two-phase flow in nucleate boiling, only for the case of favorable dielectrophoretic forces, reveals that the application of an electric field reduces the bubble detection time and increases the detachment frequency. It also shows that the two-phase flow characteristics of the second film boiling regime resemble more a nucleate boiling regime than a film boiling regime.

Modeling of Film Boiling and Film Vaporization on Engine Piston Tops

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Lee ◽  
Dimitrios C. Kyritsis ◽  
Chia-fon F. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Liquid Fuel ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Infinite Plate ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Spark Ignition Engine ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Engine Fuel ◽  
Boiling Regime

Engine-out HC emissions resulting from liquid fuel, which escapes from the combustion process, provides the motivation to better understand the film vaporization in a combustion chamber. Previous work theorized that the removal of liquid fuel from the combustion cycle was a result of the increase in film vaporization time due to the Leidenfrost phenomenon. Currently, KIVA 3V predicts a continuous decrease in vaporization time for piston top films. The objective of this work is to improve the KIVA 3V film vaporization model through the inclusion of established boiling correlations, and thus, the Leidenfrost phenomenon. Experimental results have been reviewed from which expressions encompassing high acceleration effects for the nucleate boiling regime and the film boiling regime were investigated, implemented, and validated. Validation was conducted using published experimental data sets for boiling heat flux. As a result of the implementation, a noticeable increase in heat flux occurred due to high accelerations for films in saturated film boiling in both nucleate and film boiling. Computational simulations were conducted using a semi-infinite plate and a direct-injection spark-ignition engine. The semi-infinite plate provided a controlled environment which could separate the effects of pressure and acceleration on film boiling heat flux, film vaporization rates, and film vaporization times. The effect of decreased film vaporization rates, during the Leidenfrost phenomenon, was observed to decrease with increasing acceleration. Finally, the engine computations were used to provide the first film boiling and film vaporization rates for engine fuel films at temperatures above saturation temperature. As a result of this work, a film vaporization model capable of improved prediction of vaporization rates of piston top films in saturated boiling conditions has been created.

Bubble Ebullition on a Hydrophilic Surface

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aritra Sur ◽  
Yi Lu ◽  
Carmen Pascente ◽  
Paul Ruchhoeft
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Hydrophilic Surface ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Bubble

Nucleate boiling heat transfer depends on various aspects of the bubble ebullition, such as the bubble nucleation, growth and departure. In this work, a synchronized high-speed optical imaging and infrared (IR) thermography approach was employed to study the ebullition process of a single bubble on a hydrophilic surface. The boiling experiments were conducted at saturated temperature and atmospheric pressure conditions. De-ionized (DI) water was used as the working fluid. The boiling device was made of a 385-um thick silicon wafer. A thin film heater was deposited on one side, and the other side was used as the boiling surface. The onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) occurs at a wall superheat of ΔTsup= 12 °C and an applied heat flux of q" = 35.9 kW/m2. The evolution of the wall heat flux distribution was obtained from the IR temperature measurements, which clearly depicts the existence of the microlayer near the three-phase contact line of the nucleate bubble. The results suggest that, during the bubble growth stage, the evaporation in the microlayer region contributes dominantly to the nucleate boiling heat transfer; however, once the bubble starts to depart from the boiling surface, the microlayer quickly vanishes, and the transient conduction and the microconvection become the prevailing heat transfer mechanisms.

Experimental Investigation of Influence of Dissolved Salts and Surfactant on Heat Transfer in Atomized Spray Quenching of Metal

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umair Alam ◽  
Khalid Abd alrahman ◽  
Eckehard Specht
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
The Other ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Wetting Front ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Boiling Regime ◽  
Front Position

Spray quenching is widely used in industrial applications. In atomized spray quenching (ASQ), water and air are supplied to the nozzle at a certain flow rate and pressure to produce a full cone spray consisting of discrete droplets. Impingement density of spray i.e. coolant mass flow per unit area per second is considered to be the most influential parameter for heat transfer. Impingement density varies with radius and so as the heat flux. Water quality is altered by adding five different salts i.e. NaCl, Na2SO4, NaHCO3, Na2CO3, and MgSO4 in de-ionized water with various concentrations. On the other hand, a surfactant Ethoxylated ester, which is commonly added in cooling water in cast houses of metals, is added to pure water in different concentrations i.e 50, 100, 200 and 500ppm. A circular disc made of Nickel of thickness 2mm is heated to 600°C and sprayed on one side by atomized spray and the temperature distribution with respect to time is measured using Infrared camera on the other side of the disc. By this IR thermography, transient temperature measurement can be done within the window of 320×80 pixels with a minimum pixel real distance of 1mm on the sheet surface. Frequency of measurement is 150Hz. Since the temperature measurement and cooling sides are opposite at 2mm thickness apart, inverse heat conduction problem is solved by applying finite element method for calculating temperature and heat flux on the quenched side of metal sheet with respect to space and time. It has been observed that increasing the concentration of salts increase the leidenfrost point and shortens the film boiling regime. While addition of surfactants decrease the leidenfrost point and prolong the film boiling regime. Maximum heat flux position is considered as the wetting front position. There is an abrupt variation of heat flux at wetting front position due to the change of boiling phenomenon. Wetting front velocity has been compared for salt solutions, surfactant and de-ionized or pure water.

Boiling Under Hele-Shaw Flow Conditions: The Occurrence of Viscous Fingering

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Reinker ◽  
Marek Kapitz ◽  
Stefan aus der Wiesche
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Phase Interface ◽  
Viscous Fingering ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Fingering Phenomena

Boiling and bubble dynamics were experimentally investigated in a Hele-Shaw flow cell using pure water at atmospheric pressure as the working fluid. The resulting vapor bubble shapes were recorded by means of a high-speed camera for several plate spacings and heating power levels. It was found that viscous fingering phenomena of vapor bubbles occurred only under very special boiling conditions and cell parameters. The evaporation front velocity was identified as a major parameter for the onset of viscous fingering. The observed basic viscous fingering dynamics was in reasonable agreement with theoretical analyses. In addition to that classical viscous large fingering, small-scale evaporation instability was observed leading to microscopic roughening of accelerating evaporation fronts. This instability might be explicitly related to evaporative heat and mass transfer effects across the fast-moving phase interface.

Nucleate Boiling Bubble Dynamics in a PDMS Microchannel With a Single Nucleation Site

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haojie Wang ◽  
Xipeng Lin ◽  
David M. Christopher
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Heater Surface ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Pdms Microchannel ◽  
Very High

The bubble dynamics for flow boiling in a single microchannel was experimentally studied in the present work. A platinum heater was used as the nucleation site in a 0.1 mm hydraulic diameter PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) microchannel with FC72 as the working fluid. A high speed camera was used to visualize the bubble dynamics. The results show that the bubbles grow much slower than predicted by standard correlations due to the very large convective heat transfer to the liquid flowing around the bubble in the microchannel. The results also show that the bubble departure frequency, heat flux and bubble departure diameter are well correlated by two dimensionless parameters that also include the effect of the properties. Finally, the results suggest very high speed dryout and rewetting of the heater surface during the bubble growth with a very short period of more complete rewetting of the heater surface when a bubble separates from the main vapor stem.

scholarly journals Fast transient spray cooling of a hot thick target

2019 ◽  
Vol 881 ◽  
pp. 84-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian M. Tenzer ◽  
Ilia V. Roisman ◽  
Cameron Tropea
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Variable Mass ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Spray Cooling ◽  
Thick Target ◽  
Drop Diameter ◽  
Spray Parameters ◽  
Boiling Regime ◽  
Wide Range

Spray cooling of a hot target is characterized by strong heat flux and fast change of the temperature of the wall interface. The heat flux during spray cooling is determined by the instantaneous substrate temperature, which is illustrated by boiling curves. The variation of the heat flux is especially notable during different thermodynamic regimes: film, transitional and nucleate boiling. In this study transient boiling curves are obtained by measurement of the local and instantaneous heat flux produced by sprays of variable mass flux, drop diameter and impact velocity. These spray parameters are accurately characterized using a phase Doppler instrument and a patternator. The hydrodynamic phenomena of spray impact during various thermodynamic regimes are observed using a high-speed video system. A theoretical model has been developed for heat conduction in the thin expanding thermal boundary layer in the substrate. The theory is able to predict the evolution of the target temperature in time in the film boiling regime. Moreover, a remote asymptotic solution for the heat flux during the fully developed nucleate boiling regime is developed. The theoretical predictions agree very well with the experimental data for a wide range of impact parameters.

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