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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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