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Infrared thermometry study of nanofluid pool boiling phenomena

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
dc.contributor MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
dc.contributor Buongiorno, Jacopo
dc.contributor Hu, Lin-Wen
dc.contributor McKrell, Thomas J.
dc.creator Gerardi, Craig
dc.creator Buongiorno, Jacopo
dc.creator Hu, Lin-wen
dc.creator McKrell, Thomas J.
dc.date 2011-05-16T14:21:55Z
dc.date 2011-05-16T14:21:55Z
dc.date 2011-03
dc.date 2010-09
dc.date 2011-05-09T18:31:05Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:12:20Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:12:20Z
dc.identifier 1556-276X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62824
dc.identifier Nanoscale Research Letters. 2011 Mar 16;6(1):232
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/279148
dc.description Abstract Infrared thermometry was used to obtain first-of-a-kind, time- and space-resolved data for pool boiling phenomena in water-based nanofluids with diamond and silica nanoparticles at low concentration (<0.1 vol.%). In addition to macroscopic parameters like the average heat transfer coefficient and critical heat flux [CHF] value, more fundamental parameters such as the bubble departure diameter and frequency, growth and wait times, and nucleation site density [NSD] were directly measured for a thin, resistively heated, indium-tin-oxide surface deposited onto a sapphire substrate. Consistent with other nanofluid studies, the nanoparticles caused deterioration in the nucleate boiling heat transfer (by as much as 50%) and an increase in the CHF (by as much as 100%). The bubble departure frequency and NSD were found to be lower in nanofluids compared with water for the same wall superheat. Furthermore, it was found that a porous layer of nanoparticles built up on the heater surface during nucleate boiling, which improved surface wettability compared with the water-boiled surfaces. Using the prevalent nucleate boiling models, it was possible to correlate this improved surface wettability to the experimentally observed reductions in the bubble departure frequency, NSD, and ultimately to the deterioration in the nucleate boiling heat transfer and the CHF enhancement.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-232
dc.relation Nanoscale Research Letters
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
dc.rights Gerardi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.title Infrared thermometry study of nanofluid pool boiling phenomena
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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