DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Synchrotron x-ray imaging visualization study of capillary-induced flow and critical heat flux on surfaces with engineered micropillars

Abstract

Over the past several decades, phenomena related to critical heat flux (CHF) on structured surfaces have received a large amount of attention from the research community. The purpose of such research has been to enhance the safety and efficiency of a variety of thermal systems. A number of theories have been put forward to explain the key CHF enhancement mechanisms on structured surfaces. However, these theories have not been confirmed experimentally due to limitations in the available visualization techniques and the complexity of the phenomena. To overcome the limitations of the previous visualization techniques and elucidate the CHF enhancement mechanism on the structured surfaces, we introduce synchrotron X-ray imaging with high spatial (~2 μm) and time (~20,000 Hz) resolutions. Lastly, this technique has enabled us to confirm that capillary-induced flow is the key CHF enhancement mechanism on structured surfaces.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Pukyong National Univ., Busan ( Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Mechanical Design Engineering
  2. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  3. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of). Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  5. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of). Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
OSTI Identifier:
1432208
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Science Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; Boiling; Boiling, micro; capillary-induced flow; critical heat flux; synchrotron X-ray imaging; micro

Citation Formats

Yu, Dong In, Kwak, Ho Jae, Noh, Hyunwoo, Park, Hyun Sun, Fezzaa, Kamel, and Kim, Moo Hwan. Synchrotron x-ray imaging visualization study of capillary-induced flow and critical heat flux on surfaces with engineered micropillars. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701571.
Yu, Dong In, Kwak, Ho Jae, Noh, Hyunwoo, Park, Hyun Sun, Fezzaa, Kamel, & Kim, Moo Hwan. Synchrotron x-ray imaging visualization study of capillary-induced flow and critical heat flux on surfaces with engineered micropillars. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701571
Yu, Dong In, Kwak, Ho Jae, Noh, Hyunwoo, Park, Hyun Sun, Fezzaa, Kamel, and Kim, Moo Hwan. Fri . "Synchrotron x-ray imaging visualization study of capillary-induced flow and critical heat flux on surfaces with engineered micropillars". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701571. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1432208.
@article{osti_1432208,
title = {Synchrotron x-ray imaging visualization study of capillary-induced flow and critical heat flux on surfaces with engineered micropillars},
author = {Yu, Dong In and Kwak, Ho Jae and Noh, Hyunwoo and Park, Hyun Sun and Fezzaa, Kamel and Kim, Moo Hwan},
abstractNote = {Over the past several decades, phenomena related to critical heat flux (CHF) on structured surfaces have received a large amount of attention from the research community. The purpose of such research has been to enhance the safety and efficiency of a variety of thermal systems. A number of theories have been put forward to explain the key CHF enhancement mechanisms on structured surfaces. However, these theories have not been confirmed experimentally due to limitations in the available visualization techniques and the complexity of the phenomena. To overcome the limitations of the previous visualization techniques and elucidate the CHF enhancement mechanism on the structured surfaces, we introduce synchrotron X-ray imaging with high spatial (~2 μm) and time (~20,000 Hz) resolutions. Lastly, this technique has enabled us to confirm that capillary-induced flow is the key CHF enhancement mechanism on structured surfaces.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.1701571},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 2,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 41 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Interfacial wicking dynamics and its impact on critical heat flux of boiling heat transfer
journal, November 2014

  • Kim, Beom Seok; Lee, Hwanseong; Shin, Sangwoo
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4901569

Structured surfaces for enhanced pool boiling heat transfer
journal, June 2012

  • Chu, Kuang-Han; Enright, Ryan; Wang, Evelyn N.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 24
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4724190

Simultaneous observation of dynamics and thermal evolution of irreversible dry spot at critical heat flux in pool boiling
journal, August 2016


The effect of water absorption on critical heat flux enhancement during pool boiling
journal, October 2012


Critical heat flux maxima during boiling crisis on textured surfaces
journal, September 2015

  • Dhillon, Navdeep Singh; Buongiorno, Jacopo; Varanasi, Kripa K.
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9247

A new hydrodynamic model of critical heat flux, applicable widely to both pool and forced convection boiling on submerged bodies in saturated liquids
journal, March 1983


Boiling crisis and non-equilibrium drying transition
journal, August 1999


Observation of critical heat flux mechanism in horizontal pool boiling of saturated water
journal, November 2014


Hierarchically structured surfaces for boiling critical heat flux enhancement
journal, April 2013

  • Chu, Kuang-Han; Soo Joung, Young; Enright, Ryan
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4801811

Detection of liquid–vapor–solid triple contact line in two-phase heat transfer phenomena using high-speed infrared thermometry
journal, March 2011


The Hoodoo: A New Surface Structure for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer
journal, February 2013

  • Bon, Bradley; Klausner, James F.; Mckenna, Edward
  • Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 5, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1115/1.4007439

Critical heat flux triggering mechanism on micro-structured surfaces: Coalesced bubble departure frequency and liquid furnishing capability
journal, December 2015


Do surfaces with mixed hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas enhance pool boiling?
journal, October 2010

  • Betz, Amy Rachel; Xu, Jie; Qiu, Huihe
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, Issue 14, Article No. 141909
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3485057

Nanowires for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer
journal, February 2009

  • Chen, Renkun; Lu, Ming-Chang; Srinivasan, Vinod
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl8026857

Critical heat flux of pool boiling on Si nanowire array-coated surfaces
journal, December 2011


The boiling crisis phenomenon
journal, August 2002


Critical height of micro/nano structures for pool boiling heat transfer enhancement
journal, November 2013

  • Zou, An; Maroo, Shalabh C.
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4833543

Boiling heat transfer on superhydrophilic, superhydrophobic, and superbiphilic surfaces
journal, February 2013


Measurement of wetted area fraction in subcooled pool boiling of water using infrared thermography
journal, November 2013


Subcooled Pool Boiling Experiments on Horizontal Heaters Coated With Carbon Nanotubes
journal, April 2009

  • Sathyamurthi, V.; Ahn, H-S.; Banerjee, D.
  • Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 131, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1115/1.3000595

Enhanced critical heat flux by capillary driven liquid flow on the well-designed surface
journal, July 2015

  • Kim, Dong Eok; Park, Su Cheong; Yu, Dong In
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4926971

A Theoretical Model to Predict Pool Boiling CHF Incorporating Effects of Contact Angle and Orientation
journal, April 2001

  • Kandlikar, Satish G.
  • Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1115/1.1409265

The microlayer in nucleate pool boiling
journal, August 1969


Equilibrium Contact Angles of Liquid Droplets on Ideal Rough Solids
journal, December 2011

  • Kang, Hie Chan; Jacobi, Anthony M.
  • Langmuir, Vol. 27, Issue 24
  • DOI: 10.1021/la2031413

Study of contact angle hysteresis using the Cellular Potts Model
journal, January 2013

  • Mortazavi, Vahid; D'Souza, Roshan M.; Nosonovsky, Michael
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 15, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c2cp44039c

Separate effects of surface roughness, wettability, and porosity on the boiling critical heat flux
journal, July 2013

  • O'Hanley, Harry; Coyle, Carolyn; Buongiorno, Jacopo
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4813450

Effects of nanowire height on pool boiling performance of water on silicon chips
journal, November 2011


Visualization of boiling structure and critical heat flux phenomenon for a narrow heating surface in a horizontal pool of saturated water
journal, July 2013


Review of nucleate pool boiling bubble heat transfer mechanisms
journal, December 2009


Prediction and Optimization of Liquid Propagation in Micropillar Arrays
journal, October 2010

  • Xiao, Rong; Enright, Ryan; Wang, Evelyn N.
  • Langmuir, Vol. 26, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1021/la102645u

Effect of nanoparticle deposition on capillary wicking that influences the critical heat flux in nanofluids
journal, July 2007

  • Kim, Hyung Dae; Kim, Moo Hwan
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2754644

Experimental study of a universal CHF enhancement mechanism in nanofluids using hydrodynamic instability
journal, March 2014


Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement Through Nanostructures on Silicon Microchannels
journal, August 2012

  • Yao, Z.; Lu, Y. -W.; Kandlikar, S. G.
  • Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1115/1.4007425

Effects of nano-fluid and surfaces with nano structure on the increase of CHF
journal, May 2010


Role of Wickability on the Critical Heat Flux of Structured Superhydrophilic Surfaces
journal, September 2014

  • Rahman, Md Mahamudur; Ölçeroğlu, Emre; McCarthy, Matthew
  • Langmuir, Vol. 30, Issue 37
  • DOI: 10.1021/la5030923

Observations of the Critical Heat Flux Process During Pool Boiling of FC-72
journal, January 2014

  • Jung, J.; Kim, S. J.; Kim, J.
  • Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 136, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1115/1.4025697

Boiling on spatially controlled heterogeneous surfaces: Wettability patterns on microstructures
journal, May 2015

  • Jo, HangJin; Yu, Dong In; Noh, Hyunwoo
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 18
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4919916

Nanostructured Copper Interfaces for Enhanced Boiling
journal, August 2008


Hydroxyl-Induced Wetting of Metals by Water at Near-Ambient Conditions
journal, June 2007

  • Yamamoto, Susumu; Andersson, Klas; Bluhm, Hendrik
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 111, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp0731654

Boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux evaluation of the pool boiling on micro structured surface
journal, December 2015


Boiling Heat Transfer on Superhydrophilic, Superhydrophobic, and Superbiphilic Surfaces
text, January 2012


Boiling crisis and non-equilibrium drying transition
text, January 2016


Nanostructured Copper Interfaces for Enhanced Boiling
journal, August 2008


A new hydrodynamic model of critical heat flux, applicable widely to both pool and forced convection boiling on submerged bodies in saturated liquids
journal, March 1983


Equilibrium Contact Angles of Liquid Droplets on Ideal Rough Solids
journal, December 2011

  • Kang, Hie Chan; Jacobi, Anthony M.
  • Langmuir, Vol. 27, Issue 24
  • DOI: 10.1021/la2031413

Role of Wickability on the Critical Heat Flux of Structured Superhydrophilic Surfaces
journal, September 2014

  • Rahman, Md Mahamudur; Ölçeroğlu, Emre; McCarthy, Matthew
  • Langmuir, Vol. 30, Issue 37
  • DOI: 10.1021/la5030923

Critical heat flux maxima during boiling crisis on textured surfaces
journal, September 2015

  • Dhillon, Navdeep Singh; Buongiorno, Jacopo; Varanasi, Kripa K.
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9247

Study of contact angle hysteresis using the Cellular Potts Model
journal, January 2013

  • Mortazavi, Vahid; D'Souza, Roshan M.; Nosonovsky, Michael
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 15, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c2cp44039c

Experimental Evidence of the Vapor Recoil Mechanism in the Boiling Crisis
journal, November 2006


Boiling crisis and non-equilibrium drying transition
journal, August 1999


Works referencing / citing this record:

Bubble dynamics and heat transfer characteristics on a micropillar-structured surface with different nucleation site positions
journal, January 2020

  • Chen, Hong-Xia; Sun, Yuan; Xiao, Hong-Yang
  • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 141, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-09301-x

Application of Deep Belief Network for Critical Heat Flux Prediction on Microstructure Surfaces
journal, July 2019