Pool boiling critical heat flux (CHF)–Part 1: Review of mechanisms, models, and correlations

G Liang, I Mudawar - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
Critical heat flux (CHF) is arguably the most important design and safety parameter for any
heat-flux controlled boiling application. The present two-part study is focused on CHF for …

Wettability influence on the onset temperature of pool boiling: Experimental evidence onto ultra-smooth surfaces

B Bourdon, E Bertrand, P Di Marco, M Marengo… - Advances in colloid and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this article we study systematically the effect of wettability on the onset of boiling on the
same nanometrically smooth surface. By grafting different monolayers of molecules, we …

Enhancing the onset of pool boiling by wettability modification on nanometrically smooth surfaces

B Bourdon, P Di Marco, R Riobóo, M Marengo… - … Communications in Heat …, 2013 - Elsevier
Pool boiling experiments are performed with degassed water on highly smooth surfaces of
two different wettabilities: hydrophilic and hydrophobic cases. Boiling curves and visual …

Investigation on contact angle measurement methods and wettability transition of porous surfaces

H Gu, C Wang, S Gong, Y Mei, H Li, W Ma - Surface and Coatings …, 2016 - Elsevier
Various solid surfaces (eg, smooth titanium surface, smooth aluminum surface, polished
copper surfaces, polished silver surfaces and porous copper surfaces) were prepared to …

Pool boiling heat transfer enhancement with electrowetting

A Sur, Y Lu, C Pascente, P Ruchhoeft, D Liu - International Journal of Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrowetting (EW) has drawn significant research interests in droplet-based microfluidics,
and most applications focus on electronic displays, lab-on-a-chip devices and electro-optical …

The synergistic effect of micro/nanostructure length scale and fluid thermophysical properties on pool boiling heat transfer

LYX Lum, KC Leong, JY Ho - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Facile surface micro/nanostructuring techniques for additively-manufactured (AM) aluminum
alloy (AlSi10Mg) have recently been developed. The structuring techniques are not only …

Heat load prediction in flow boiling using boiling-induced vibrations aided with machine learning

S Barathula, R Kandasamy, PJY Fok, TN Wong… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study delves into the analysis of boiling-induced vibrations observed during a flow
boiling experiment and explores their potential in predicting heat load through machine …

The role of surface energy in heterogeneous bubble growth on ideal surface

SH Kim, GC Lee, JY Kang, K Moriyama, HS Park… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
An analytical model for heterogeneous bubble growth during nucleate boiling with variable
wettability on an ideal smooth surface has been developed. We analyzed the growth of …

Appearance of a low superheat “quasi-Leidenfrost” regime for boiling on superhydrophobic surfaces

I Malavasi, B Bourdon, P Di Marco, J De Coninck… - … Communications in Heat …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pool boiling experiments were performed with degassed water on stainless steel substrates
with different surface topographies and wettabilities. Boiling curves and visual observations …

Wettability effect on pool boiling: a review

I Malavasi, E Teodori, AS Moita… - Encyclopedia of Two …, 2018 - World Scientific
This chapter aims at reviewing and discussing the effects of wettability on pool boiling heat
transfer. Despite the studies carried out in the last half of the 20th century, enhancement of …