Critical Heat Flux Of Nanofluids Research Articles

Machine learning-based model for the intelligent estimation of critical heat flux in nanofluids

The rising demand for advanced energy systems requires enhanced thermal management strategies to maximize resource utilization and productivity. This is quite an important industrial and academic trend as the efficiency of energy systems depends on the cooling systems. This study intends to address the critical need for efficient heat transfer mechanisms in industrial energy systems, particularly those relying on pool boiling conditions, by mainly focusing on Critical Heat Flux (CHF). In fact, CHF keeps a limit in thermal system design, beyond which the efficiency of the system drops. Recent research materials have highlighted nanofluids’ superior heat transfer properties over conventional pure fluids, like water, which makes them a considerable substitution for improving CHF in cooling systems. However, the broad variability in experimental outcomes challenges the development of a unified predictive model. Besides, Machine Learning (ML) based prediction has shown great accuracy for modeling of the designing parameters, including CHF. Utilizing ML algorithms—Cascade Forward Neural Network (CFNN), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Extra Tree, and Light Gradient Boosting Method (LightGBM)— four predictive models have been developed and the benchmark shows CFNN’s superior accuracy with an average goodness of fit of 89.32%, significantly higher than any available model in the literature. Also, the iterative stability analysis demonstrated that this model with a 0.0348 standard deviation and 0.0268 mean absolute deviation is the most stable and robust method that its performance minorly changes with input data. The novelty of the work mainly lies in the prediction of CHF with these advanced algorithm models to enhance the reliability and accuracy of CHF prediction for designing purposes, which are capable of considering many effective parameters into account with much higher accuracy than mathematical fittings. This study not only explains the complex interplay of nanofluid parameters affecting CHF but also offers practical implications for the design of more efficient thermal management systems, thereby contributing to the broader field of energy system enhancement through innovative cooling solutions.

Experimental study on the CHF enhancement effect of nanofluids on the oxidized low carbon steel surface

Studies about using nanofluids to enhance the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) of In-vessel Retention (IVR) strategy in the third-generation reactor have been conducted extensively and show a significant CHF enhancement effect. However, low carbon steel SA508 used in the reactor vessel is easy to oxidize and the oxidation can lead to changes in the surface properties which may affect the CHF enhancement effect of nanofluids. In this study, pool boiling CHF experiments with low carbon steel SA508 surfaces were conducted in distilled water and nanofluids under different boiling time to investigate the CHF enhancement effect of nanofluids under low carbon steel surface oxidization condition. CHF in distilled water increases rapidly with boiling time due to the rapid surface oxidation during the boiling and the increase ratio can be nearly 2 due to the surface oxidation. CHF in nanofluids is stable and independent of boiling time. The difference between CHF in nanofluids and CHF in distilled water decrease to 17% under the longest boiling time conditions due to the surface oxidation. The deposition layer of nanoparticles on the surface leads to the capillary wicking and decrease in the nucleation site and thus, CHF is enhanced. This study is of great significance for exploring the actual effect of nanofluids on the CHF enhancement of IVR strategy.

Evaluation of nanofluids for enhancing critical heat flux for in-vessel retention during sever reactor accidents

ABSTRACT In-vessel retention (IVR) of a molten core through external cooling of the reactor vessel is a severe accident management strategy at nuclear power plants. The enhancement of critical heat flux (CHF) is one of the measures to improve the success probability of IVR. A nanofluid, in which nanoparticles are dispersed in a liquid, is known to reliably enhance CHF, mainly under pool boiling conditions. However, to apply nanofluids to IVR, it is necessary to clarify the effect of CHF enhancement under convection boiling similar to that in an actual IVR event. Therefore, CHF tests were conducted using a rectangular test section 50 mm wide × 50 mm deep × 600 mm long under conditions simulating severe accidents. From the CHF data obtained for various nanofluid parameters under typical severe accident conditions, each parameter’s effect on CHF enhancement was clarified. It was found that CHF was improved by 50% or more by a nanofluid as compared with deionized water. Furthermore, the CHF of nanofluid obtained in the tests simulating the actual severe accident conditions increased from 30% to 50% compared with that of deionized water, suggesting that CHF can be enhanced by nanofluids even in an actual plant.

Experimental and numerical study of Pool boiling and critical heat flux enhancement using water based silica Nanofluids

Experimental and Numerical Studies on saturated pool boiling have been carried out over a nichrome wire submerged in both distilled water and silica–water based nanofluids. The concentrations of the silica nanoparticles are varied from 0.01 vol.% to 0.05 vol.% in step size of 0.01. Numerical simulation has been carried out by using Mixture Multiphase Approach. Moreover, heat flux values by applying traditional Rohsenow correlation and the surface-liquid constant (Csf) for wire and nanofluids is proposed that fits the experimental as well as numerical data. From the present work, it is inferred that the numerical solutions are in good agreement with the experimental data. Furthermore, thin nanoparticle coatings on heating surface were observed after each experiment. Critical Heat Flux enhancement in nanofluids may be due to the deposition of nanoparticles over the heater surface. Also, the Critical Heat Flux of nanofluids was found to be 38.5% higher (at 0.03 vol.% of silica nanoparticles concentration) as compared to distilled water.

The experimental study of nanofluids boiling crisis on cylindrical heaters

The paper deals with the experimental study of nanofluids boiling on cylindrical heater. The studied nanofluids were prepared on the basis of distilled water and nanoparticles of silicon, aluminum and iron oxides as well as diamond. The volume concentration of nanoparticles varied from 0.05 to 1%. The nanoparticles diameter ranged from 10 to 100 nm, the diameter of the heater was varied from 0.1 to 0.3 mm. It is revealed that the use of nanofluids provides a several-fold increase of the critical heat flux. However, critical heat flux in nanofluids depends on the material and size of nanoparticles as well as on the diameter of used cylindrical heater. It is shown that the critical heat flux increases with increasing the nanoparticles size, while it decreases with increasing the heater diameter. It was revealed for the first time that the critical heat flux depends on the boiling process duration.

Critical Heat Flux in Nanofluids at Quasi-Stationary and Stepwise Heat Generation

In this paper results of an experimental study on critical heat flux in nanofluid at quasi-stationary and stepwise heat generation are presented. Freon R21 with addition of 0.0077 vol.% of SiO 2 nanoparticles was used as test fluid. Boiling curves, critical heat fluxes and temperatures of boiling initiation were obtained for pure fluid and for nanofluid. It was shown that the addition of nanoparticles didn’t affect heat transfer at pool boiling, but critical heat fluxes at quasi-stationary and stepwise heat generation were increased.

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX ENHANCEMENT IN POOL BOILING WITH AL2O3-WATER NANOFLUID

Boiling is an important phase change phenomena as it plays a crucial role in the design of high heat flux system like boilers, heat exchangers, microscopic heat transfer devices. However boiling phenomenon is limited by critical heat flux. At critical heat flux material of heated surface suffers physical damage due to lower heat transfer resulting from thin film formed over the surface. Now a days Nanofluid which is colloidal suspension of nanoparticle in base fluid is highlighted as innovative techniques to enhance critical heat flux. In the present study Al2O3 nanoparticles were characterized by using SEM and XRD analysis. From SEM images it was seen that nanoparticle has spherical morphology, and from XRD analysis average nanoparticle size determined was 29.48 nm. Five different nanofluids of concentration range from 3 gram/liter to 15 gram/liter were prepared. Critical heat flux (CHF) of each Al2O3-water nanofluid in pool boiling is determined on NiCr wire of SWG 28. The minimum critical heat flux enhancement is 30.53% at 3 gram/liter nanofluid compared to critical heat flux of distilled water. The highest critical heat flux enhancement is 72.70 % at 12 gram/liter nanofluid. Critical heat flux of nanofluid increases with increase in concentration of Al2O3 nanoparticle in distilled water up to 12 gram/liter nanofluid. Surface roughness of bare wire was 0.126 μm. Surface roughness of wire sample used in pool boiling of 3 gram/liter nanofluid is 0.299μm and highest surface roughness was 0.715 μm of heater used in pool boiling of 12 gram/liter nanofluid. The Surface roughness measurement results show the evidence of nanoparticle deposition on wire surface and its effect on Critical Heat Flux enhancement.

Effects of nanoparticle behaviors and interfacial characteristics on subcooled nucleate pool boiling over microwire

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid were attracting many researchers during the last two decades. Convection heat transfer in it is especially important for its potential applications. Therefore, it is crucial to study the nanoparticle behaviors near the near wall region and the interfacial property, which are dominant in nanofluid convection heat transfer. In this investigation, stable nanofluid was prepared with alumina nanoparticles (30nm in diameter) and deionized water. The nanoparticle behaviors near the liquid wedge of bubbles were observed by high-speed CCD camera. The effects of nanoparticle behaviors in this region and the interfacial characteristics at the liquid–vapor interface on convection of nanofluid were experimentally investigated. Flocculent nanoparticle clustering was observed swirling near the liquid wedge, when the heat flux is relatively small. The microscopic morphology of the nanoparticle deposition layer at the heated surface was characterized by SEM images. It seems that the deposition layers could modify the morphology, but it also delays the detachment of small bubbles from the heated surface. While n-butanol was included as surfactant which will change the liquid/vapor interfacial property, it intensifies the nanoparticle deposition for low heat flux conditions. The analysis shows that the critical heat flux of nanofluid can be obviously improved when n-butanol was included in the nanofluid. It also shows that the inhibited bubble growth and enhanced nanoparticle clustering in the liquid wedge region are the main reason for the heat transfer deterioration when increasing the amount of surfactant in nanofluid. A comparative experiment indicates that the effect of surfactant on convection heat transfer is greater than the unstable deposition formed by nanoparticles.

Critical heat flux of nanofluids inside a single microchannel: Experiments and correlations

This study investigated experimentally the CHF phenomena of aqueous-based alumina nanofluids in single microchannels, and assessed the validity of a number of microchannel based CHF correlations using experimental nanofluids data. While usual approaches for CHF enhancement are through the modification of different tube surfaces or employing different inserts, this work showed that CHF in microchannels could be enhanced significantly by the inclusion of small concentrations of nanoparticles. The CHF value was found to increase with increase of mass flux, initial subcooling and alumina nanoparticle concentrations. The maximum subcooled CHF enhancement occurred at the lowest mass flux and highest alumina concentration within the experimental range. In addition, the Lee and Mudawar correlation was modified to predict the critical heat flux of water and nanofluids. The new model was examined by experimental data and 24% and 30% mean absolute error were observed for water and alumina nanofluid respectively.

Surface effects of ribbon heaters on critical heat flux in nanofluid pool boiling

This paper deals with a study of enhanced critical heat flux (CHF) and burnout heat flux (BHF) in pool boiling of water with suspended silica nanoparticles using Nichrome wires and ribbons. Previously the current authors and other researchers have reported three-digit percentage increase in critical heat flux in silica nanofluids. This study investigates the effect of various heater surface dimensions, cross-sectional shapes as well as surface modifications on pool boiling heat transfer characteristics of water and water-based nanofluids. Our data suggest that the CHF and BHF decrease as heater surface area increases. For concentrations from 0.1vol% to 2vol%, the deposition of the particles on the wire allows high heat transfer through inter-agglomerate pores, resulting in a nearly 3-fold increase in burnout heat flux at very low concentrations. The nanoparticle deposition plays a major role through variation in porosity. The CHF enhancement is non-monotonic with respect to concentration. As the concentration is increased, the CHF and BHF decrease prior to increasing again at higher concentrations. Results show a maximum of 270% CHF enhancement for ribbon-type heaters. The surface morphology of the heater was investigated using SEM and EDS analyses, and it was inferred that the 2vol% concentration deposition coating had higher porosity and rate of deposition compared with 0.2vol% case.

Boiling and Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids

Nanofluids have attracted great interest from researchers worldwide because of their reported superior thermal performance and many potential applications. However, there are many controversies and inconsistencies in reported experimental results of thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer coefficient and critical heat flux of nanofluids. In this paper, two major features of nanofluids, which are boiling and convective heat transfer characteristics are presented besides critically reviewing recent research and development on these areas of nanofluids.

Enhancement of critical heat flux in nucleate boiling of nanofluids: a state-of-art review

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 studies. The characteristics of CHF enhancement in nanofluids are systemically presented according to the effects of the primary boiling parameters. Research efforts to identify the effects of nanoparticles underlying irregular enhancement phenomena of CHF in nanofluids are then presented. Also, attempts to explain the physical mechanism based on available CHF theories are described. Finally, future research needs are identified.

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In the boiling heat transfer mechanism, CHF(critical heat flux) is the significantly important parameter of the system. So, many researchers have been struggling to enhance the CHF of the system in enormous methods. Recently, there were lots of researches about enormous CHF enhancement with the nanofluids. In that, the pool boiling CHF in nanofluids has the significantly increased value compared to that in pure water because of the deposition of the nanoparticle on the heater surface in the nanofluids. The aim of this study is the comparison of the effect of the nanoparticle deposited surface and the modified surface which has the similar morphology and made by MEMS fabrication. The nanoparticle deposited surface has the complex structures in nano-micro scale. Therefore, we fabricated the surfaces which has the similar wettability and coated with the micro size post and nano structure. The experiment is performed in 3 cases : the bare surface with 0.002% water-ZnO nanofluids, the nanoparticle deposited surface with pure water and the new fabricated surface with pure water. The contact angle, a representative parameter of the wettability, of the all 3 cases has the similar value about 0 and the SEM(scanning electron microscope) images of the surfaces show the complex nano-micro structure. From the pool boiling experiment of the each case, the nanoparticle deposited surface with pure water and the fabricated surface with pure water has the almost same CHF value. In other words, the CHF enhancement of the nanoparticle deposited surface is the surface effect. It also shows that the new fabricated surface follows the nanoparticle deposited surface well.

Wide range parametric study for the pool boiling of nano-fluids with a circular plate heater

The characteristics of boiling and critical heat flux (CHF) behavior of nano-fluids with alumina and silver nano-particles suspended in de-ionized water (pure water) were studied with circular plate heaters in the present study. Enhancements of CHF in nano-fluids in the wide range of particle sizes and concentrations were compared with those in pure water. Also, the effects of the particle deposition on CHF enhancement were investigated. All experiments were performed at the atmospheric pressure condition. The results show that the measured boiling curves in nano-fluids were shifted to the right and CHF were significantly enhanced for different nano-particle sizes and concentrations. The CHF of nano-fluids was increased as the size of the nano-particles decreased. On the other hand, nano-particle concentration value showing the maximum CHF had a critical value. In each pool boiling experiment of nano-fluids, nano-particles were deposited on the heater surface. Assuming that this phenomenon caused the CHF enhancement, pool boiling experiments of pure water were carried out with these nano-particle deposited heaters. The results of these tests were similar to those of the test of the nano-fluids for the CHF enhancement. The main cause of CHF enhancement was found to be the change of the heater surface structure. In order to analyze boiling phenomena of pure water and Al2O3 nano-fluids, boiling process was visualized by using a high speed camera.

Nanofluids and critical heat flux, experimental and analytical study

In recent years, nanofluids have been attracting significant attention in the heat transfer research community. These fluids are obtained by suspending nanoparticles having sizes between 1 and 100 nm in regular fluids. It was found by several researchers that the thermal conductivity of these fluids can be significantly increased when compared to the same fluids without nanoparticles. Also, it was found that pool boiling critical heat flux increases in nanofluids. In this paper, our objective is to evaluate the impact of different nanoparticle characteristics including particle concentration, size and type on critical heat flux experimentally at saturated conditions. As a result, this work will document our experimental findings about pool boiling critical heat flux in different nanofluids. In addition, we will identify reasons behind the increase in the critical heat flux and present possible approaches for analytical modeling of critical heat flux in nanofluids at saturated conditions.

Alumina Nanoparticles Enhance the Flow Boiling Critical Heat Flux of Water at Low Pressure

Many studies have shown that addition of nanosized particles to water enhances the critical heat flux (CHF) in pool boiling. The resulting colloidal dispersions are known in the literature as nanofluids. However, for most potential applications of nanofluids the situation of interest is flow boiling. This technical note presents first-of-a-kind data for flow boiling CHF in nanofluids. It is shown that a significant CHF enhancement (up to ∼30%) can be achieved with as little as 0.01% by volume concentration of alumina nanoparticles in flow experiments at atmospheric pressure, low subcooling (<20°C), and relatively high mass flux (⩾1000kg∕m2s).

Heat transfer performance of a horizontal micro-grooved heat pipe using CuO nanofluid

An experiment was carried out to study the heat transfer performance of a horizontal micro-grooved heat pipe using CuO nanofluid as the working fluid. CuO nanofluid was a uniform suspension of CuO nanoparticles and deionized water. The average diameter of CuO nanoparticles was 50 nm. Mass concentration of CuO nanoparticles varied from 0.5 wt% to 2.0 wt%. The experiment was performed at three steady operating pressures of 7.45 kPa, 12.38 kPa and 19.97 kPa, respectively. Effects of the mass concentration of CuO nanoparticles and the operating pressure on both the heat transfer coefficients of the evaporator and the condenser sections, the critical heat flux (CHF) and the total heat resistance of the heat pipe were discussed. Experimental results show that CuO nanofluid can improve the thermal performance of the heat pipe and there is an optimal mass concentration which is estimated to be 1.0 wt% to achieve the maximum heat transfer enhancement. Operating pressure has apparent influences on both the heat transfer coefficients and the CHF of nanofluids. The minimum pressure corresponds to the maximum heat transfer enhancement. Under an operating pressure of 7.45 kPa, the heat transfer coefficients of the evaporator can be averagely enhanced by 46% and the CHF can be maximally enhanced by 30% when substituting CuO nanofluids for water.

Measurement of Key Pool Boiling Parameters in Nanofluids for Nuclear Applications

Nanofluids, colloidal dispersions of nanoparticles in a base fluid such as water, can afford very significant Critical Heat Flux (CHF) enhancement. Such engineered fluids potentially could be employed in reactors as advanced coolants in safety systems with significant safety and economic advantages. However, a satisfactory explanation of the CHF enhancement mechanism in nanofluids is lacking. To close this gap, we have identified the important boiling parameters to be measured. These are the properties (e.g., density, viscosity, thermal conductivity, specific heat, vaporization enthalpy, surface tension), hydrodynamic parameters (i.e., bubble size, bubble velocity, departure frequency, hot/dry spot dynamics) and surface conditions (i.e., contact angle, nucleation site density). We have also deployed a pool boiling facility in which many such parameters can be measured. The facility is equipped with a thin indium-tin-oxide heater deposited over a sapphire substrate. An infra-red high-speed camera and an optical probe are used to measure the temperature distribution on the heater and the hydrodynamics above the heater, respectively. The first data generated with this facility already provide some clue on the CHF enhancement mechanism in nanofluids. Specifically, the progression to burnout in a pure fluid (ethanol in this case) is characterized by a smoothly-shaped and steadily-expanding hot spot. By contrast, in the ethanol-based nanofluid the hot spot pulsates and the progression to burnout lasts longer, although the nanofluid CHF is higher than the pure fluid CHF. The presence of a nanoparticle deposition layer on the heater surface seems to enhance wettability and aid hot spot dissipation, thus delaying burnout.

Boiling heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in a flat heat pipe evaporator with micro-grooved heating surface

An experimental study was performed to understand the nucleate boiling heat transfer of water–CuO nanoparticles suspension (nanofluids) at different operating pressures and different nanoparticle mass concentrations. The experimental apparatus is a miniature flat heat pipe (MFHP) with micro-grooved heat transfer surface of its evaporator. The experimental results indicate that the operating pressure has great influence on the nucleate boiling characteristics in the MFHP evaporator. The heat transfer coefficient and the critical heat flux (CHF) of nanofluids increase greatly with decreasing pressure as compared with those of water. The heat transfer coefficient and the CHF of nanofluids can increase about 25% and 50%, respectively, at atmospheric pressure whereas about 100% and 150%, respectively, at the pressure of 7.4 kPa. Nanoparticle mass concentration also has significant influence on the boiling heat transfer and the CHF of nanofluids. The heat transfer coefficient and the CHF increase slowly with the increase of the nanoparticle mass concentration at low concentration conditions. However, when the nanoparticle mass concentration is over 1.0 wt%, the CHF enhancement is close to a constant number and the heat transfer coefficient deteriorates. There exists an optimum mass concentration for nanofluids which corresponds to the maximum heat transfer enhancement and this optimum mass concentration is 1.0 wt% at all test pressures. The experiment confirmed that the boiling heat transfer characteristics of the MFHP evaporator can evidently be strengthened by using water/CuO nanofluids.

Effect of nanoparticle deposition on capillary wicking that influences the critical heat flux in nanofluids

When nanofluids are boiled, nanoparticles are deposited on the heater surface, causing a significant critical heat flux (CHF) enhancement. The authors examined the effect of the surface wettability and the capillarity of the nanoparticle deposition layer on CHF. It is well known that the deposition of nanoparticles changes the surface wettability, but it also causes capillary wicking on a porous surface, whereby the supplied liquid effectively delays the irreversible growth of a dry patch. This study demonstrates that the outstanding CHF enhancement in nanofluids is the consequence of both the improved surface wettability and the capillarity of the nanoparticle deposition layer.