Experimental investigation on transient pool boiling heat transfer from rough surface and heat transfer correlations

Abstract

This paper presents the study of transient boiling characteristics on rough copper sample with surface roughness value (Ra) ranging from 0.106 ?m to 4.03 ?m. The effect of roughness and time constant of exponential heat supply on transient critical heat flux (CHF), maximum heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) is extensively studied. The mechanism of heat transfer in unidirectional scratches of rough sample is discussed. High speed visualization is carried to observe the stages of boiling and bubble dynamics. The HTC correlation developed in this study predicts the present experimental values of HTC with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 9.62 %. 2019 International Information and Engineering Technology Association. All rights reserved.