Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in Saturated Nanofluids

Author(s):  
J. H. Kim ◽  
K. H. Kim ◽  
S. M. You

Experimental investigations were performed to understand the fundamentals of pool boiling heat transfer in nanofluids. The pool boiling curves of water and nanofluids at the pressure of 2.89 psia (Tsat = 60°C) were obtained and compared using a flat square (1 × 1 cm) heater. The tested nanofluids contain aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles dispersed in distilled-deionized water. The concentrations of nanofluids range from 0 gram/liter to 0.05 gram/liter. The results show that the boiling heat transfer coefficient is independent of concentrations of nanofluids. Remarkable enhancement (~200%) of CHF was achieved for low concentrations of nanofluids (above 0.01 gram/liter). The boiling parameters, such as bubble size and departure frequency, were measured and analyzed using a 390-μm-diameter platinum wire. The measurement reveals that the size of bubbles increases and the bubble frequency decreases significantly in saturated nanofluids as compared to those in pure saturated water. The surface orientation effects on boiling heat transfer in nanofluids are also investigated. The results show that CHF enhancement of nanofluids is more effective as the boiling surface faces downward.

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 2913-2916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Liang Tao ◽  
Xin Liang Wang ◽  
Pei Hua Shi ◽  
Xiao Ping Shi

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%.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 1630009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ho Kim ◽  
Ho Won Byun ◽  
Seok Ho Yoon ◽  
Chan Ho Song ◽  
Kong Hoon Lee ◽  
...  

The low GWP refrigerants attract a great attention due to various regulations such as Montreal protocol amendment and F-gas regulation. The amendment of Montreal protocol proposes to reduce the HFCs consumption by 85% until 2035 and F-gas legislation will reduce the HFCs consumption by 79% until 2030. In 2010, US DOE launched the low GWP refrigerant project which covers the lifecycle climate performance modeling, experimental evaluation and field testing. In 2015, Korea launched the project to develop the core technology of refrigeration system for low GWP ([Formula: see text]100) refrigerants application. Since the project limited the GWP value less than 100, the applicable candidates (except for natural working fluids) are restricted about five refrigerants including R-1234yf, R-1234ze-(E), R444A, R-1233zd(E) and R-1336mzz. In the literature, to the best of the author’s knowledge, there is very limited information for pool boiling studies except R-1234yf. In present work, the cycle simulation and the prediction of pool boiling heat transfer coefficient for each refrigerant has been conducted. And the literature review of pool boiling for the refrigerants has been performed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 746-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jamialahmadi ◽  
R. Blöuchl ◽  
H. Müuller-Steinhagen

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchismita Sarangi ◽  
Justin A. Weibel ◽  
Suresh V. Garimella

Immersion cooling strategies often employ surface enhancements to improve the pool boiling heat transfer performance. Sintered particle/powder coatings have been commonly used on smooth surfaces to reduce the wall superheat and increase the critical heat flux (CHF). However, there is no unified understanding of the role of coating characteristics on pool boiling heat transfer enhancement. The morphology and size of the particles affect the pore geometry, permeability, thermal conductivity, and other characteristics of the sintered coating. In turn, these characteristics impact the heat transfer coefficient and CHF during boiling. In this study, pool boiling of FC-72 is experimentally investigated using copper surfaces coated with a layer of sintered copper particles of irregular and spherical morphologies for a range of porosities (∼40–80%). Particles of the same effective diameter (90–106 μm) are sintered to yield identical coating thicknesses (∼4 particle diameters). The porous structure formed by sintering is characterized using microcomputed tomography (μ-CT) scanning to study the geometric and effective thermophysical properties of the coatings. The boiling performance of the porous coatings is analyzed. Coating characteristics that influence the boiling heat transfer coefficient and CHF are identified and their relative strength of dependence analyzed using regression analysis. Irregular particles yield higher heat transfer coefficients compared to spherical particles at similar porosity. The coating porosity, pore diameter, unit necking area, unit interfacial area, effective thermal conductivity, and effective permeability are observed to be the most critical coating properties affecting the boiling heat transfer coefficient and CHF.


Author(s):  
Qi Liu ◽  
Yuxin Wu ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Junfu Lyu

Abstract A visual pool boiling experimental device based on ITO coating layer heater and high-speed shooting technology was established for studying the bubble behavior and heat transfer characteristics of saline solution, which is of great significance for ensuring heat transfer safety in nuclear power plants, steam injection boilers and seawater desalination. Volume of fluid method was applied to simulate numerically the liquid–vapor phase change by adding source terms in the continuity equation and energy equation. The predictions of the model are quantitatively verified against the experimental data. It can be found based on the experimental data that the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient is enhanced as the salt concentration increases. Visualization studies and numerical data have shown that the presence and precipitation of salt leads to a decrease in the detachment diameter and growth time of the bubble and an increase in the frequency of detachment, thereby increasing the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient.


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