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Nucleation site density in pool boiling of saturated pure liquids: Effect of surface microroughness and surface and liquid physical properties
R.J. Benjamin,A.R. Balakrishnan +1 more
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In this paper, an experimental investigation on the nucleation density during nucleate pool boiling of saturated pure liquids at low to moderate heat fluxes is described, where the surface-liquid interaction during the boiling phenomena and its effect on nucleation site density and thereby the heat flux is examined.About:
This article is published in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science.The article was published on 1997-07-01. It has received 182 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nucleate boiling & Nucleation.read more
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A study of nucleate boiling heat transfer on hydrophilic, hydrophobic and heterogeneous wetting surfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on nucleate pool boiling under different wetting conditions, in the absence of micro-scale roughness, which is coupled with wetting phenomena.
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The boiling crisis phenomenon. Part I: nucleation and nucleate boiling heat transfer
TL;DR: In this paper, a high-speed, high-resolution infrared camera was used to visualize dynamic thermal patterns on the heater's surface over a broad range of heat fluxes, starting from the onset of nucleation and up to boiling crisis.
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Review of boiling heat transfer enhancement on micro/nanostructured surfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, several researches on the micro/nanostructured surfaces that have been designed to enhance boiling heat transfer are introduced and closely reviewed, and the special features of the existing surfaces capable of enhancing BoT are summarized.
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Active nucleation site density in boiling systems
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a two-fluid model to predict the active nucleation site density, which is a function of the critical cavity size and the contact angle.
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An experimental investigation of enhanced pool boiling heat transfer from surfaces with micro/nano-structures
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of structure size on bubble nucleation and departure characteristics as well as the heat transfer coefficient are discussed on horizontal heated surfaces with micro- and nano-sized structures.
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