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Title: Nucleate pool boiling investigation on a silicon test section with micro-fabricated cavities
Authors: Sanna, A
Hutter, C
Kenning, DBR
Karayiannis, TG
Sefiane, K
Nelson, RA
Keywords: Pool boiling;Mechanism;Micro-fabricated cavities;Silicon
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Committees of ECI International Conference
Citation: ECI International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, Florianopolis-SC, Brazil, 3-7 May 2009
Abstract: The basic mechanisms of nucleate boiling are still not completely understood, in spite of the many numerical and experimental studies dedicated to the topic. The use of a hybrid code allows reasonable computational times for simulations of a solid plate with a large population of artificial micro-cavities with fixed distribution. This paper analyses the guidelines for the design, through numerical simulations, of the location and sizes of micro-fabricated cavities on a new silicon test section immersed in FC-72 at the saturation temperature for different pressures with an imposed heat flux applied at the back of the plate. Particular focus is on variations of wall temperature around nucleation sites.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3176
Appears in Collections:Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers



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