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The heat transfer measurements were conducted during pool boiling of water on surfaces with microchannels. Parallel grooves were made on a copper surface with widths ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm at intervals of 0.1 mm. The inclination angle of the grooves to the horizontal was set at 30° and 60°, and the depth of the microchannel grooves was 0.3 mm. The achieved heat flux ranged from 25 kW/m² to 1730 kW/m², and the heat transfer coefficients ranged from 12 kW/(m²K) to 475 kW/(m²K). The influence of geometric parameters such as width, inclination angle of the microchannel, surface extension, and Bond number on heat exchange efficiency was examined. A nearly sixfold increase in a (heat transfer coefficient) and a twofold increase in critical heat flux were observed compared to a smooth surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, pool boiling of ethanol at atmospheric pressure was analyzed. The enhanced surfaces were made of copper, on which grooves with a depth ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 mm were milled in parallel. The widths of the microchannels and the distances between them were 0.2 mm, 0.3 mm and 0.4 mm, respectively. The highest heat transfer coefficient, 90.3 kW/m2K, was obtained for the surface with a microchannel depth of 0.5 mm and a width of 0.2 mm. The maximum heat flux was 1035 kW/m2. For the analyzed surfaces, the maximum heat flux increase of two and a half times was obtained, while the heat transfer coefficient increased three-fold in relation to the smooth surface. In the given range of heat flux 21.2–1035 kW/m2, the impact of geometric parameters on the heat transfer process was presented. The diameters of the departing bubbles were determined experimentally with the use of a high-speed camera. A simplified model was proposed to determine the diameter of the departure bubble for the studied surfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper, the results of tests on pool boiling heat transfer on open microchannel surfaces were discussed. Nucleate pool boiling from copper microchannel surfaces was examined using ethanol as a working fluid. Parallel microchannels fabricated by machining were about 0.2 to 0.4 mm wide and 0.2 to 0.5 mm deep. In the mathematical model the heat transfer process was in steady state. The heat transfer in copper block was assumed axisymmetric while the specimen temperature distribution was not. The temperature of the copper block and the specimen were assumed to satisfy Laplace's equations with adequate boundary conditions. The problem was solved by the Trefftz method with two sets of Trefftz functions. Graphs were used to represent the copper block and the specimen temperature distributions, local values of heat transfer coefficients as a function of the heat flux and fin temperature distribution. Uncertainty analysis was presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]