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The Evolution of Enhanced Surface Geometries for Nucleate Boiling
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A survey of the evolution of surface geometries that promote high-performance nucleate boiling can be found in this paper, where the authors survey the development of a high area density of stable nucleation sites whose performance does not deteriorate with time.Abstract:
This paper surveys the evolution of special surface geometries that promote high-performance nucleate boiling. Early work by Jakob and Fritz in 1931 showed that emery paper roughening or machined grooves provided only temporary performance increase. However, this improvement dissipated after a few days to the flat surface value. There was little sustained interest in this unique, but apparently unuseful, phenomenon until the mid-1950s. During the period 1955-1965, supporting fundamental studies of the character and stability of nucleation sites provided a basis for renewed efforts to develop a high area density of stable, artificially formed nucleation sites whose performance does not deteriorate with time. Beginning in 1968 industrial research produced patented technology that achieved the long-sought goal. In 1980 at least six high-performance nucleate boiling surfaces were commercially available. The technology reported in this paper represents a dramatic advance in the field of heat transfer.read more
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On the Size Range of Active Nucleation Cavities on a Heating Surface
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a model to define the size range of active cavities as a function of wall temperature or heat flux, and showed that maximum and minimum sizes of effective cavities are functions of subcooling, pressure of the system, physical properties, and the thickness of the superheated liquid layer.
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Experiments on pool-boiling heat transfer
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the characteristic pool-boiling curve for n-pentane at atmospheric pressure as a function of surface roughness, material and cleanliness, and concluded that transition boiling is a combination of unstable nucleate and unstable film boiling alternating at any location on the heating surface.
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The measurement of rapid surface temperature fluctuations during nucleate boiling of water
Franklin D. Moore,Russell Mesler +1 more
TL;DR: The surface temperature during nucleate boiling was measured with a special thermocouple so designed as to measure the temperature of a small area and to have an extremely rapid response time as discussed by the authors.
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Entrapment of gas in the spreading of a liquid over a rough surface
TL;DR: In this article, conditions for the incomplete displacement of gas from the valley between two parallel ridges by a liquid-drop front advancing over the ridges are calculated and the significant parameters are found to be the liquid density, surface tension, contact angle, and geometry of the ridge.
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