In this investigation, nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficients were experimentally measured during pool boiling of mixtures, consisting of water/monoethanolamine and water/diethanolamine on a horizontal heating rod, under atmospheric pressure. The experiment was carried out below 205 kW.m-2 heat flux, over a wide range of concentrations. These experiments include, measurement of pool boilin...

n this study, two silicon wafer substrates were coated with vertially aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) “forests” nd were used for pool boiling studies. The MWCNT forests (9 nd 25 m in height) were synthesized on the silicon wafer subtrates using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The subtrates were clamped on a cylindrical copper block with embeded cartridge heaters. The heat ...

Photographic observations of the boiling phenomena have played an important role in gaining insight into the boiling mechanism. This paper presents a brief historical review of the available literature on the photographic studies in pool and flow boiling. This is followed by the results of the photographic studies conducted in the author’s laboratory on liquid droplets impinging on a heated sur...

− Comparisons of the acoustic emission signals from the pool and microlayer boiling and water drop evaporation are the aim of the paper. The main relationships, dependences and research results will be presented. The mechanism of acoustic emission generation in liquid boiling and evaporation is discussed. Based on a theoretical analysis, a set of random process characteristics in time and frequ...

Nanofluids (suspensions of nanometer-sized particles in base fluids) have recently been shown to have nucleate boiling critical heat flux (CHF) far superior to that of the pure base fluid. Over the past decade, numerous experimental and analytical studies on the nucleate boiling CHF of nanofluids have been conducted. The purpose of this article is to provide an exhaustive review of these studie...

Flow boiling heat transfer with the refrigerants R-134a and R-245fa in copper microchannel cold plate evaporators is investigated. Arrays of microchannels of hydraulic diameter 1.09 mm and 0.54 mm are considered. The aspect ratio of the rectangular cross section of the channels in both test sections is 2.5. The heat transfer coefficient is measured as a function of local thermodynamic vapor qua...

Benzene and methanol make a minimum boiling point homogeneous binary azeotrope with the mole ratio 2:3. Some characteristic vibrational modes, as well as (1)H NMR signals change due to the azeotrope formation. The extend of interaction of these molecules causes significant changes on some vibrational modes involved, and (1)H NMR signals show some changes on their position. No IR, Raman, and NMR...

Flow boiling of 1-methoxyheptafluoropropane (HFE 7000) in 222 m hydraulic diameter channels containing a single row of 24 inline 100 m pin fins was studied for mass fluxes from 350 kg /m2 s to 827 kg /m2 s and wall heat fluxes from 10 W /cm2 to 110 W /cm2. Flow visualization revealed the existence of isolated bubbles, bubbles interacting, multiple flow, and annular flow. The observed flow patte...

Film boiling on a horizontal elliptical tube immersed in external flowing nitrogen liquid is investigated in the present paper. The isothermal wall temperature is high enough to induce turbulent film boiling, and then a continuous vapor film runs upward over the surface. The high velocity of the flowing saturated liquid at the boundary layer is determined by potential flow theory. In addition, ...

The efficacy of ultraviolet C (UVC) light (100-280 nm) in the decontamination of three hospital-related surfaces, namely, unpainted/painted aluminum (bed railings), stainless steel (operating tables), and scrubs (laboratory coats), was investigated. Acinetobacter baumannii cells were inoculated (10(5) or 10(3) cells) on small coupons and dried overnight in a class II biosafety cabinet. Drying r...