Experimental Study of Pool Boiling Enhancement Using a Two-Step Electrodeposited Cu-GNPs Nanocomposite Porous Surface with R-134a

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil S. Katarkar ◽  
Ajay D. Pingale ◽  
Sachin U. Belgamwar ◽  
Swapan Bhaumik
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Copper Substrate ◽  
Heating Surface ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Nanocomposite Coatings ◽  
Site Density ◽  
R 134A ◽  
Coated Surfaces

Abstract Nowadays, several researchers are taking efforts to reduce the energy consumption of heat transfer devices by enhancing pool boiling heat transfer (BHT) performance. The porous metallic composite coating on the heating surface can enhance the pool BHT performance. In the present work, Cu-GNPs nanocomposite coatings, which were prepared on a copper substrate using various current densities through a two-step electrodeposition technique, were used as heating surfaces to study the pool BHT performance of refrigerant R-134a. The surface morphology, elemental composition, thickness, surface roughness and porosity of prepared Cu-GNPs nanocomposite coatings are studied and presented in detail. All Cu-GNPs nanocomposite coated surfaces exhibited improved boiling performance compared to the plain Cu surface. The heat transfer coefficient values for Cu-GNPs nanocomposite coated Cu surfaces prepared at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 A/cm2 were improved up to 1.48, 1.67, 1.82 and 1.97, respectively compared with the plain Cu surface. The enhancement in the HTC is mainly associated with the increase in surface roughness, active nucleation site density and micro/nano-porosity of the heating surface.

Comparison of Gas Nucleation and Pool Boiling Site Densities

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusen Qi ◽  
James F. Klausner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Nucleation Theory ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
General Validity ◽  
Site Density ◽  
Steel Surfaces ◽  
Nucleation Site Density

It has been well established that the rate of heat transfer associated with boiling systems is strongly dependent on the nucleation site density. Over many years attempts have been made to predict nucleation site density in boiling systems using a variety of techniques. With the exception of specially prepared surfaces, these attempts have met with little success. This paper presents an experimental investigation of nucleation site density measured on roughly polished brass and stainless steel surfaces for gas nucleation and pool boiling over a large parameter space. The fluids used for this study, distilled water and ethanol, are moderately wetting and highly wetting, respectively. Using distilled water it has been observed that the trends of nucleation site density versus the inverse of the critical radius are similar for pool boiling and gas nucleation. The nucleation site density is higher for gas nucleation than for pool boiling. An unexpected result has been observed with ethanol as the heat transfer fluid, which casts doubt on the general validity of heterogeneous nucleation theory. Due to flooding, few sites are active on the brass surface and at most two are active on the stainless steel surface during gas nucleation experiments. However, nucleation sites readily form in large concentration on both the brass and stainless steel surfaces during pool boiling. The nucleation site densities for the rough and mirror polished brass surfaces are also compared. It shows that there is no large difference for the measured nucleation site density.

Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of N-Pentane and Acetone on Nanostructured Surfaces by Electrophoretic Deposition

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zan Wu ◽  
Anh Duc Pham ◽  
Zhen Cao ◽  
Cathrine Alber ◽  
Peter Falkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Electrophoretic Deposition ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Nanostructured Surfaces ◽  
Coated Surfaces

This work aims to investigate pool boiling heat transfer enhancement by using nanostructured surfaces. Two types of nanostructured surfaces were employed, gold nanoparticle-coated surfaces and alumina nanoparticle-coated surfaces. The nanostructured surfaces were fabricated by an electrophoretic deposition technique, depositing nanoparticles in a nanofluid onto smooth copper surfaces under an electric field. N-pentane and acetone were tested as working fluids. Compared to the smooth surface, the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient has been increased by 80% for n-pentane and acetone. Possible mechanisms for the enhancement in heat transfer are qualitatively provided. The increase in active nucleation site density due to multiple micro/nanopores on nanoparticle-coated surfaces is likely the main contributor. The critical heat flux on nanostructured surfaces are approximately the same as that on the smooth surface because both smooth and modified surfaces show similar wickability for the two working fluids.

Saturated Nucleate Pool Boiling of Ethanol-Water Binary Mixtures on Smooth and Enhanced Laser Processed Metal Surfaces

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matevž Zupančič ◽  
Jure Voglar ◽  
Peter Gregorčič ◽  
Iztok Golobič ◽  
Peter Zakšek
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Binary Mixtures ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Site Density ◽  
Nucleation Frequency ◽  
Nucleation Site Density

Pool boiling experiments of water and ethanol-water binary mixtures were conducted on smooth and laser textured stainless steel foils. High-speed IR thermography was used to measure transient temperature field during boiling in order to determine nucleation frequencies, nucleation site densities, bubble activation temperatures, wall-temperature distributions and average superheats as well as heat transfer coefficients. Saturated pool boiling experiments were conducted at atmospheric pressure over a heat flux range of 5–250 kW m−2 for pure water and ethanol-water mixtures (1% and 10% m/m). For both mixtures and both types of surfaces we measured significant decrease in average heat transfer coefficient and increase in bubble activation temperatures in comparison to pure water. However, laser textured surface in average provided around 60% higher nucleation frequency and more than 100% higher nucleation site density compared to smooth surface for both of the tested binary mixtures. Consequentially, heat transfer coefficient was enhanced for more than 30%. Our results show that laser textured surfaces can improve boiling performance for water and ethanol-water mixtures, but at the same time the addition of ethanol reduces heat transfer coefficient despite the enhancement of nucleation site density and nucleation frequency. This is also in agreement with available experimental data and existing theoretical models.

Bubble Dynamic Parameters and Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Plasma Coated Tubes in Saturated R-134a and R-600a

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shou-Shing Hsieh ◽  
Chung-Guang Ke
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Bubble Dynamic ◽  
Porous Copper ◽  
R 134A ◽  
Coated Surfaces ◽  
Data Subject

An optical method for measuring the bubble dynamic data subject to an isolated bubble model is presented at low heat flux q⩽1kW/m2; while the operating heat fluxes are up to 30 kW/m2. By simultaneous measurements of departure diameters, velocities, frequencies and nucleation site densities, the heat transfer contribution of an individual active site is evaluated. A single phase heat transfer correlation was used to model the present heat transfer data. The test specimens consisted of tubes with porous copper (Cu) and molybdenum (Mo) plasma coated surfaces. The porosity (ε), the thickness of the porous layer (δ), and the mean pore diameter (η) of the tested tubes are the following: 0.055⩽ε⩽0.057,100⩽δ⩽300μm, and 3⩽η⩽4μm. The tests were carried out using R-134a and R-600a as working fluid at a saturation temperature of 18°C and with low and moderate heat fluxes (⩽1 kW/m2) for boiling visualization and related measurements (⩽30 kW/m2).

Pool boiling performance of oxide nanofluid on a downward-facing heating surface

Kerntechnik ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhibo Zhang ◽  
Huai-En Hsieh ◽  
Yuan Gao ◽  
Shiqi Wang ◽  
Jia Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Critical Heat Flux ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Heating Surface ◽  
Nano Particles

Abstract In this study, the pool boiling performance of oxide nanofluid was investigated, the heating surface is a 5 × 30 mm stainless steel heating surface. Three kinds of nanofluids were selected to explore their critical heat flux (CHF) and heat transfer coefficient (HTC), which were TiO2, SiO2, Al2O3. We observed that these nanofluids enhanced CHF compared to R·O water, and Al2O3 case has the most significant enhancement (up to 66.7%), furthermore, the HTC was also enhanced. The number of bubbles in nanofluid case was relatively less than that in R·O water case, but the bubbles were much larger. The heating surface was characterized and it was found that there were nano-particles deposited, and surface roughness decreased. The wettability also decreased with the increase in CHF.

Comparison of Nucleation Site Density for Pool Boiling and Gas Nucleation

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusen Qi ◽  
James F. Klausner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Stainless Steel Surface ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Site Density ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Steel Surfaces ◽  
Nucleation Site Density

It has been well established that the rate of heat transfer associated with boiling systems is strongly dependent on the nucleation site density. Over many years attempts have been made to predict nucleation site density in boiling systems using a variety of techniques. With the exception of specially prepared surfaces, these attempts have met with little success. This paper presents an experimental investigation of nucleation site density measured on roughly polished brass and stainless steel surfaces for gas nucleation and pool boiling over a large parameter space. A statistical model used to predict the nucleation site density in saturated pool boiling is also investigated. The fluids used for this study, distilled water and ethanol, are moderately wetting and highly wetting, respectively. Using distilled water it has been observed that the trends of nucleation site density versus the inverse of the critical radius are similar for pool boiling and gas nucleation. The nucleation site density is higher for gas nucleation than for pool boiling. An unexpected result has been observed with ethanol as the heat transfer fluid, which casts doubt on the general assumption that heterogeneous nucleation in boiling systems is exclusively seeded by vapor trapping cavities. Due to flooding, few sites are active on the brass surface and at most two are active on the stainless steel surface during gas nucleation experiments. However, nucleation sites readily form in large concentration on both the brass and stainless steel surfaces during pool boiling. The pool boiling nucleation site densities for ethanol on rough and mirror polished brass surfaces are also compared. It shows that there is not a significant difference between the measured nucleation site densities on the smooth and rough surfaces. These results suggest that, in addition to vapor trapping cavities, another mechanism must exist to seed vapor bubble growth in boiling systems.

scholarly journals Enhancement of the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient using the gas injection into the water

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Sarafraz ◽  
S.M. Peyghambarzadeh ◽  
S.A. Alavi Fazel
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Site Density ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Nucleation Site Density

Abstract In this paper, a new method for enhancing the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient of pure liquid, based on the gas injection through the liquids has been introduced. Hence, the effect of gas dissolved in a stagnant liquid on pool boiling heat transfer coefficient, nucleation site density, and bubble departure diameter has experimentally been investigated for different mole fractions of SO2 and various heat fluxes up to 114 kW/ m2. The presence of SO2 in captured vapor inside the bubbles, particularly around the heat transfer surface increases the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient. The available predicted correlations are unable to obtain the reasonable values for pool boiling heat transfer coefficient in this particular case. Therefore, to predict the pool boiling heat transfer coefficient accurately, a new modified correlation based on Stephan-Körner relation has been proposed. Also, during the experiments, it is found that nucleation site density is a strictly exponential function of heat flux. Accordingly, a new correlation has been obtained to predict the nucleation site density. The major application of the nucleation site density is in the estimating of mean bubble diameters as well as local agitation due to the rate of bubble frequency.

scholarly journals On the pool boiling heat transfer enhancement of distilled water using Cu-nanoparticles textured with carbon nanofibers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed R. O. Ali ◽  
Nasser A. M. Barakat ◽  
Ramadan Bassiouny ◽  
Ibrahim M. M. El Moghazy ◽  
Mahmoud M. S. Ragab
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Carbon Nanofibers ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Copper Substrate ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Cu Nanoparticles ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Coated Surfaces

Abstract Enhancement of subcooled and saturation pool boiling is of interest for many applications. The present study proposes coating heated surface using nanotextured of Cu nanoparticles with carbon nanofibers. This texture formation on copper substrate surface passes through different chemical stages under specific conditions. Using electrospinning, coating was carried out at different times (5, 15, and 30 min). After vacuum drying at 60 oC for 24 h, the copper substrates attaching the electrospun mat were calcined at 850 oC under vacuum. and accordingly, different contact angles were measured as 80o, 115o, and 102o. The coated surfaces are coded by S1, S2 and S3 for the electrospun coated surfaces of (5, 15, and 30), respectively.All nanostructured coated surfaces showed a good heat transfer enhancement compared to uncoated copper surface for both HTC and CHF. The results showed an enhancement of HTC by 57.83%, 40.3% for S2 and S3 respectively and an enhancement of CHF by 13.67%, 17.11% and 48.14% for S1, S2 and S3 respectively.

A NEW ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR HEAT TRANSFER IN POOL BOILING

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 1229-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
BOQI XIAO
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Nucleation Site ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Site Density ◽  
Wall Superheat ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Nucleation Site Density ◽  
Good Agreement

In this paper, dependence of active nucleation site density on boiling surfaces are developed. For pool boiling heat transfer, a mathematical model is derived based on statistical treatment using the probability density function of the cavity mouth radius and existing correlation for active nucleation site density, the volume of single bubble at departure, the bubble departure diameter and the bubble departure frequency. The proposed model is expressed as a function of wall superheat, the contact angle, maximum and minimum active cavities, and physical properties of fluid. It is shown that the wall heat flux can be determined by the consideration of the variation of the cavity mouth radius. A good agreement between the proposed model predictions and experimental data is found for different contact angles. It also turns out that the present model explains well the mechanism on how wettability affects the pool boiling.

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