Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 34, Issue 32, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200899
Keywords
critical heat flux; heat-transfer coefficient; hierarchical structures; microstructures; nanostructures; phase-change heat transfer
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Funding
- Advanced Research Projects AgencyEnergy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AR0000ABC]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-19-1-0392]
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In this work, a three-tier hierarchical structure is designed to overcome the trade-off between HTC and CHF. By defining nucleation sites with microcavities and incorporating nanostructures, the bubble coalescence is minimized and evaporation is promoted, leading to significant enhancement in both HTC and CHF compared to a smooth surface.
Boiling is an effective energy-transfer process with substantial utility in energy applications. Boiling performance is described mainly by the heat-transfer coefficient (HTC) and critical heat flux (CHF). Recent efforts for the simultaneous enhancement of HTC and CHF have been limited by an intrinsic trade-off between them-HTC enhancement requires high nucleation-site density, which can increase bubble coalescence resulting in limited CHF enhancement. In this work, this trade-off is overcome by designing three-tier hierarchical structures. The bubble coalescence is minimized to enhance the CHF by defining nucleation sites with microcavities interspersed within hemi-wicking structures. Meanwhile, the reduced nucleation-site density is compensated for by incorporating nanostructures that promote evaporation for HTC enhancement. The hierarchical structures demonstrate the simultaneous enhancement of HTC and CHF up to 389% and 138%, respectively, compared to a smooth surface. This extreme boiling performance can lead to significant energy savings in a variety of boiling applications.
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