scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance Using Tungsten Oxide WO3 Nanomaterial-Based Water Nanofluids

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Saad Kamel ◽  
Ferenc Lezsovits

This study aims to experimentally investigate the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient behavior using tungsten oxide-based deionized water nanofluids and comparing them to deionized water as conventional fluid. The influence of different dilute volumetric concentrations (0.005%–0.05% Vol.) and applied heat fluxes were examined to see the effect of these parameters on the pool boiling heat transfer performance using nanofluids from a typical horizontal heated copper tube at atmospheric pressure conditions. Results demonstrated that the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient (PBHTC) for both deionized water and nanofluids increased with increasing the applied heat flux. The higher PBHTC enhancement ratio was 6.7% for a volume concentration of 0.01% Vol. at a low heat flux compared to the deionized water case. Moreover, the PBHTC for nanofluids was degraded compared to the deionized water case, and the maximum reduction ratio was about 15% for a volume concentration of 0.05% Vol. relative to the baseline case. The reduction in PBHTC was attributed to the deposition of tungsten oxide nanoflakes on the heating surface during the boiling process, which led to a decrease in the density of the nucleation sites.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Mohammed Saad Kamel ◽  
Ferenc Lezsovits

This study aims to experimentally investigate the nucleate pool boiling heat transfer performance of magnesium oxide nanoparticles MgO based deionized water nanofluid at the atmospheric pressure condition. Dilute volumetric concentrations within a range of 0.001% to 0.01% Vol. were used to examine the pool boiling heat transfer performance represented by pool boiling curve, and pool boiling heat transfer coefficient. The heating element was a horizontal copper heated tube with a typical diameter 22 mm submerged inside the cubic boiling chamber. Efforts have been made to measure the surface temperatures along the heated tube to ensure the proper and accurate heat transfer coefficient calculations in this work. The results indicated that the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient enhancement ratio (PBHTC /PBHTC ) was intensified for volume fractions i.e. 0.001%, 0.004%, and 0.007% Vol. while it was degraded for volume concentrations i.e. 0.01%, and 0.04% Vol. compared to deionized water as baseline case.


NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 1950124
Author(s):  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Zeng-en Li ◽  
Shan Qing ◽  
Zhuangzhuang Jia ◽  
Jiarui Xu ◽  
...  

Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer experiments have been conducted to nanofluids on a horizontal cylinder tube under atmospheric pressure. The nanofluids are prepared by dispersing Al2O3 nanoparticles into distilled water at concentrations of 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 2[Formula: see text]wt.% with or without sodium, 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS). The experimental results showed that: nanofluids at lower concentrations (0.001[Formula: see text]wt.% to 1[Formula: see text]wt.%) can obviously enhance the pool boiling heat transfer performance, but signs of deterioration can be observed at higher concentration (2[Formula: see text]wt.%). The presence of SDBS can obviously enhance the pool boiling heat transfer performance, and with the presence of SDBS, a maximum enhancement ratio of BHTC of 69.88%, and a maximum decrease ratio of super heat of 41.12% can be found in Group NS5 and NS4, respectively. The tube diameter and wall thickness of heating surface are the influential factors for boiling heat transfer coefficient. Besides, we find that Rohsenow formula failed to predict the characteristics of nanofluids. The mechanism study shows that: the decrease of surface tension, which leads to the decrease of bubble departure diameter, and the presence of agglomerates in nanofluids are the reasons for the enhanced pool boiling heat transfer performance. At higher concentration, particle deposition will lead to the decrease of distribution density of the vaporization core, and as a result of that, the boiling heat transfer performance will deteriorate.


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%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Kruse ◽  
Alfred Tsubaki ◽  
Craig Zuhlke ◽  
Dennis Alexander ◽  
Mark Anderson ◽  
...  

Pool boiling heat transfer with the use of femtosecond laser surface processing (FLSP) on copper surfaces has been studied. FLSP creates a self-organized micro/nanostructured surface. In the previous pool boiling heat transfer studies with stainless steel FLSP surfaces, enhancements in critical heat flux (CHF) and heat transfer coefficients (HTCs) were observed compared to the polished reference surface. However, this study shows that copper FLSP surfaces exhibit reductions in both CHF and HTCs consistently. This reduction in heat transfer performance is a result of an oxide layer that covers the surface of the microstructures and acts as an insulator due to its low thermal conductivity. The oxide layer was observed and measured with the use of a focused ion beam milling process and found to have thickness of a few microns. The thickness of this oxide layer was found to be related to the laser fluence parameter. As the fluence increased, the oxide layer thickness increased and the heat transfer performance decreased. For a specific test surface, the oxide layer was selectively removed by a chemical etching process. The removal of the oxide layer resulted in an enhancement in the HTC compared to the polished reference surface. Although the original FLSP copper surfaces were unable to outperform the polished reference curve, this experiment illustrates how an oxide layer can significantly affect heat transfer results and dominate other surface characteristics (such as increased surface area and wicking) that typically lead to heat transfer enhancement.


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