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Langmuir
; 35(39): 12689-12693, 2019 Oct 01.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31487190
RESUMEN
Pool boiling is explicitly coupled with nanoscale evaporation by using buried nanochannels of height â¼728 nm and â¼100 nm to enhance critical heat flux (CHF) by â¼105%. Additional menisci and contact line formation in nanochannels are found to be the dominant factors of CHF enhancement. Wicking assists in creating the additional contact line but does not serve as the primary measurable factor in predicting such enhancement based on CFD simulations and wicking experiments. This work provides clarity on the roles of contact line and wicking in boiling heat transfer.