An overview of innovative surface-modification routes for pool boiling enhancement

J Pereira, R Souza, A Moreira, A Moita - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
This overview intends to provide a comprehensive assessment of the novel fluids and the
current techniques for surface modification for pool boiling enhancement. The surface …

Pool boiling heat transfer enhancement of aqueous solution with quaternary ammonium cationic surfactants on copper surface

T Wen, J Luo, K Jiao, L Lu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Pool boiling is a widely encountered heat transfer phenomenon and the enhancement of
boiling heat transfer performance is of vital importance for real applications. Adding …

How dynamic adsorption controls surfactant-enhanced boiling

MR Mata, B Ortiz, D Luhar, V Evereux, HJ Cho - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Improving boiling is challenging due to the unpredictable nature of bubbles. One way to
enhance boiling is with surfactants, which alter the solid–liquid and liquid–vapor interfaces …

Ionic liquid as a cosurfactant for critical heat flux enhancement during boiling with aqueous surfactant solutions

A Upadhyay, B Kumar, R Raj - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Surfactants are often used to improve boiling heat transfer due to the ease of their
implementation. While aqueous surfactant solution significantly increases the heat transfer …

Experimental investigation on pool boiling heat transfer enhancement using reticular bi-conductive surfaces

L Tang, W Xu, L Tang, X Liu - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Pool boiling has been a research focus over the decades because of its superior heat
dissipation performance. This paper provides insights into the underlying pool boiling …

Boiling heat transfer on the micro-nano structured surface fabricated by mechanical sandblasting/alkali-assisted oxidation

L Lin, Y Hu, M Zhu, Z Su, K Liu, C Fan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to prepare stable and efficient surfaces to improve boiling heat transfer, the micro-
nano structured surface (MNS) was prepared by mechanical sandblasting and alkali …

Experimental investigation on bubble dynamic behaviors in pool boiling of surfactant solutions

B Li, J Zheng, C Dang, Y Kang, H Jia - International Journal of Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, pool boiling experiments on copper surfaces with different roughness levels
(Ra= 0.61 μm and Ra= 0.15 μm) using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solutions at various …

Comparative study of pool boiling heat transfer on different subtractive surfaces

L Lin, Y Hu, Z Su, M Zhu, J Huang, C Fan - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
The preparation of stable surfaces to improve the heat transfer performance can make the
equipment operate safely and bring significant economic benefits. Using sandblasting and …

Comparison of pool boiling heat transfer performance between aqueous cationic and anionic surfactant solutions with similar ionic group

T Wen, J Luo, K Jiao, L Lu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Pool boiling in aqueous surfactant solution is found to have a better heat transfer
performance than that in distilled water. The present study intends to investigate the effect of …

Pool boiling heat transfer enhancement by bi-conductive surfaces

Z Deng, X Liu, S Wu, C Zhang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of the bi-conductive surface provides a promising prospect for the enhancement of
the boiling phase change heat transfer. In this study, a theoretical model of two-phase flow …