Saturation Boiling Critical Heat Flux of PF-5060 Dielectric Liquid on Microporous Copper Surfaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed S. El-Genk ◽  
Amir F. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Dielectric Liquid ◽  
Copper Surfaces ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
Surface Inclination ◽  
Effect Of Surface ◽  
Good Agreement

Pool boiling experiments are performed to investigate potential enhancement of critical heat flux (CHF) of PF-5060 dielectric liquid on microporous copper (MPC) surfaces and the effect of surface inclination angle. The morphology and microstructure of the MPC surfaces change with thickness. The experiments tested seven 10 × 10 mm MPC surfaces with thicknesses from 80 to 230 μm at inclination angles of 0 deg (upward facing), 60 deg, 90 deg (vertical), 120 deg, 150 deg, 160 deg, 170 deg, and 180 deg (downward facing). CHF increases as the thickness of the surface increases and/or the inclination angle decreases. The values in the upward facing orientation are 36–59% higher than on smooth Cu. For all surfaces, CHF values in the downward facing orientation are approximately 28% of those in the upward facing orientation. A developed CHF correlation, similar to those of Zuber and Kutateladze, accounts for the effects of inclination angle and thickness of the MPC surfaces. It is in good agreement with experimental data to within ±8%. Still photographs of nucleate boiling on the MPC surfaces at different inclinations help the interpretation of the experimental results.

An Investigation of the Effect of Inclination on Critical Heat Flux of PF-5060 Dielectric Liquid on Microporous Copper Surfaces

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir F. Ali ◽  
Mohamed S. El-Genk
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Dielectric Liquid ◽  
Copper Surfaces ◽  
Electrochemical Processes ◽  
Inclination Angles

Pool boiling experiments investigated the effect of inclination angle on the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) for saturation boiling of PF-5060 dielectric liquid on MicroPorous Copper (MPC) surfaces of different thicknesses (80 to 230 μm). The morphology of the surfaces, deposited using electrochemical processes, vary with the thickness, and hence CHF. The inclination angles investigated are 0° (upward facing), 60°, 90° (vertical), 120°, 150°, 160°, 170° and 180° (downward facing). CHF decreases with decreasing MPC thickness and/or increasing inclination angle. The CHF values in the upward facing orientation are 39%–67% higher than on smooth, polished Cu. For all MPC surfaces, CHF values in the downward facing orientation are ∼ 28% of those in the upward facing orientation (0°). The developed CHF correlation accounts for the effects of MPC thickness and inclination angle and is in agreement with experimental data to within ± 8%.

Prediction of Boiling and Critical Heat Flux Using an Eulerian Multiphase Boiling Model

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Li ◽  
Sergio A. Vasquez ◽  
Hemant Punekar ◽  
R. Muralikrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bulk Fluid ◽  
Good Agreement

The present paper concerns the development and validation of an Eulerian multiphase boiling model to predict boiling and critical heat flux within the general-purpose computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver FLUENT. The governing equations solved are generalized phase continuity, momentum and energy equations. Turbulence effects are accounted for using mixture, dispersed or per-phase multiphase turbulence models. Wall boiling phenomena are modeled using the baseline mechanistic nucleate boiling model, developed in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Modifications have been introduced to the quenching heat flux model to achieve mesh-independent solutions. The influences of boiling model parameters have also been systematically investigated. To model non-equilibrium boiling and critical heat flux, the PRI model is extended to the departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) by partitioning wall heat flux to both liquid and vapor phases and considering the existence of thin liquid wall film. Topological functions are introduced to consider the wall boiling regime transition from the nucleate boiling to critical heat flux (CHF), and the corresponding flow regime change from bubbly flows to mist flows. A range of sub-models are implemented to model the interfacial momentum, mass and heat transfer and turbulence-bubble interactions. To validate the Eulerian multiphase boiling model, it has been used to predict nucleating boiling and critical heat flux in a range of 2D and 3D boiling flows. The examples presented in the paper include: (1). Nucleate boiling of sub-cooled water in an upward heated pipe; (2) R113 liquid flows through a vertical annulus with internal heated walls; (3). 3D boiling flows in a rectangular-sectioned duct; and (4). Critical heat flux and post dryout in vertical pipes. The results demonstrate that the model is able to predict reasonably well the distributions of wall temperature, the bulk fluid sub-cooling temperature and cross-sectional averaged vapor volume fraction in the vertical pipe. The computed profiles of the vapor volume fraction, liquid temperature, and the liquid and vapor velocity profiles are generally in good agreement with available experiments in the 2D annular case. In the 3D rectangular duct, the cross-sectional averaged vapor volume fractions are well captured in all the ten cases under investigation. In the case of critical heat flux and post dryout, the model is also able to predict reasonably well the location and the temperature rise under critical heat flux conditions. The computed wall temperature distributions along the pipes are in overall good agreement with available experiments.

Subcooled Boiling of PF-5060 Dielectric Liquid on Microporous Surfaces

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed S. El-Genk ◽  
Amir F. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Dielectric Liquid ◽  
Subcooled Boiling ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Electrochemically Deposited ◽  
Cu Substrates ◽  
Surface Saturation

Presented are the results of experiments that investigated nucleate boiling of PF-5060 on microporous Cu surface layers at saturation and 10 K, 20 K, and 30 K subcooling. The three microporous layers, electrochemically deposited on 10×10 mm2 Cu substrates and investigated herein, are ∼139 μm, 171 μm, and 220 μm thick. The critical heat flux increases linearly with increased subcooling, ΔTsub, at an average rate of 4.5%/K. For the 171 μm thick, Cu microporous surface, saturation boiling CHF of 27.8 W/cm2 increases to 63.25 W/cm2 at ΔTsub=30 K, while the saturation hMNB of 13.5 W/cm2 K decreases slightly to 12.7 W/cm2 K at ΔTsub=30 K. The values of the surface superheat, ΔTsat, at hMNB and CHF increase from 2.0 K and 2.16 K at saturation to 4.2 and 6.42 K at 30 K subcooling.

A Systematic Approach to Predicting Critical Heat Flux for Inclined Sprays

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Visaria ◽  
Issam Mudawar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Test Surface ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Spray Formation ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
The Impact

This study provides a new systematic approach to predicting the effects of spray inclination on critical heat flux (CHF). Experiments were performed with three pressure spray nozzles over a broad range of inclination angles at five flow rates and subcoolings of 15°C and 25°C. These experiments also included high-speed video analysis of spray formation, impact, and recoil for a 1.0×1.0cm2 test surface. Inclined sprays produced elliptical impact areas, distorted by lateral liquid flow that provided partial resistance to dryout along the downstream edge of the impact ellipse. These observations are used to determine the locations of CHF commencement along the test surface. A new theoretical model shows that increasing inclination angle away from normal decreases both the spray impact area and the volumetric flux. These trends explain the observed trend of decreasing CHF with increasing inclination angle. Combining the new model with a previous point-based CHF correlation shows great success in predicting the effects of spray inclination on CHF.

Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux Enhancement of Upward- and Downward-Facing Heater in Nanofluids

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamad Zuhairi Sulaiman ◽  
Masahiro Takamura ◽  
Kazuki Nakahashi ◽  
Tomio Okawa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Flux Enhancement ◽  
Optimum Configuration ◽  
Wall Superheat ◽  
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer

Boiling heat transfer (BHT) and critical heat flux (CHF) performance were experimentally studied for saturated pool boiling of water-based nanofluids. In present experimental works, copper heaters of 20 mm diameter with titanium-oxide (TiO2) nanocoated surface were produced in pool boiling of nanofluid. Experiments were performed in both upward and downward facing nanofluid coated heater surface. TiO2 nanoparticle was used with concentration ranging from 0.004 until 0.4 kg/m3 and boiling time of tb = 1, 3, 10, 20, 40, and 60 mins. Distilled water was used to observed BHT and CHF performance of different nanofluids boiling time and concentration configurations. Nucleate boiling heat transfer observed to deteriorate in upward facing heater, however; in contrast effect of enhancement for downward. Maximum enhancements of CHF for upward- and downward-facing heater are 2.1 and 1.9 times, respectively. Reduction of mean contact angle demonstrate enhancement on the critical heat flux for both upward-facing and downward-facing heater configuration. However, nucleate boiling heat transfer shows inconsistency in similar concentration with sequence of boiling time. For both downward- and upward-facing nanocoated heater's BHT and CHF, the optimum configuration denotes by C = 400 kg/m3 with tb = 1 min which shows the best increment of boiling curve trend with lowest wall superheat ΔT = 25 K and critical heat flux enhancement of 2.02 times.

Study on Subcooled-Forced Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux of Solid-Water Two-Phase Mixture

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Koizumi ◽  
Hiroyasu Ohtake ◽  
Manabu Mochizuki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Liquid Layer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Superheated Liquid ◽  
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer

Abstract The effect of solid particle introduction on subcooled-forced flow boiling heat transfer and a critical heat flux was examined experimentally. In the experiment, glass beads of 0.6 mm diameter were mixed in subcooled water. Experiments were conducted in a range of the subcooling of 40 K, a velocity of 0.17–6.7 m/s, a volumetric particle ratio of 0–17%. When particles were introduced, the growth of a superheated liquid layer near a heat trasnsfer surface seemed to be suppressed and the onset of nucleate boiling was delayed. The particles promoted the condensation of bubbles on the heat transfer surface, which shifted the initiation of a net vapor generation to a high heat flux region. Boiling heat trasnfer was augmented by the particle introduction. The suppression of the growth of the superheated liquid layer and the promotion of bubble condensation and dissipation by the particles seemed to contribute that heat transfer augmentation. The wall superheat at the critical heat flux was elevated by the particle introduction and the critical heat flux itself was also enhanced. However, the degree of the critical heat flux improvement was not drastic.

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