Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer using Self-Actuated Nanobimorphs

Nano Letters
Sangwoo ShinHyung Hee Cho

Abstract

We present a new concept of a structured surface for enhanced boiling heat transfer that is capable of self-adapting to the local thermal conditions. An array of freestanding nanoscale bimorphs, a structure that consists of two adjoining materials with a large thermal expansion mismatch, is able to deform under local temperature change. Such a surface gradually deforms as the nucleate boiling progresses due to the increase in the wall superheat. The deformation caused by the heated surface is shown to be favorable for boiling heat transfer, leading to about 10% of increase in the critical heat flux compared to a regular nanowire surface. A recently developed theoretical model that accounts for the critical instability wavelength of the vapor film and the capillary wicking force successfully describes the critical heat flux enhancement for the nanobimorph surface with a good quantitative agreement.

References

Jan 20, 2009·Nano Letters·Renkun ChenArun Majumdar
Jul 7, 2011·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Beom Seok KimHyung Hee Cho
Jul 13, 2012·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Trong Thi MaiW K Choi
May 5, 2017·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Dong Il ShimHyung Hee Cho

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Jan 9, 2021·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Zhen CaoBengt Sundén
Jun 12, 2020·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Deyin ZhengXin Zhao
Feb 11, 2020·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Ching-Yuan SuCheng-Chun Huang

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