Critical Heat Flux and Bubble Dynamics on Mixed Wetting Surfaces

Abstract

To study the effect of micro-structured surface with wedge-shaped channel on pool boiling heat transfer performance of FC-72, four kinds of mixed wettability surfaces with area ratio of the micro-pillar region to the smooth channel region of approximately 1:1 were fabricated in this study (the surfaces were denoted as the Multi tip surface, Multi star surface, Less tip surface and Less star surface). The experimental results indicated that the CHF increases with the increase of liquid subcooling. The structural surface parameters will affect the bubble dynamics behavior and thus affect CHF. The effect of capillary wick suction on the mixed wetting surface first increases and then decreases. The capillary wick suction plays a significant role in the increase of CHF, and the capillary wick force on the Less tip surface with the best heat transfer performance is the largest. The Zuber model is modified by combining three factors to propose a critical heat flux model suitable for mixed wetting surfaces. With the increase of heat flux, the bubble detachment frequency decreases, the bubble detachment diameter increases and the nucleation site density basically shows exponential growth. Bubbles in the micro-pillar array region will be driven to slip onto the smooth channel due to energy difference and the bubbles in smooth channels will also migrate in the direction of wider smooth channels under the action of Laplace force.