Enhancement of heat transfer with liquid-vapor phase change by photo-induced hydrophilicity
Enhancement of heat transfer with liquid-vapor phase change by photo-induced hydrophilicity
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1999-07
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Y. Takata;Katsunori Tanaka;K. Kaijima;Takehiro Ito;T. Watanabe;M. Shimohigoshi
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Y. Takata;Katsunori Tanaka;K. Kaijima;Takehiro Ito;T. Watanabe;M. Shimohigoshi
The TiO{sub 2} is one of the photocatalysts that has very unique characteristics. The surface coated with TiO{sub 2} exhibits extremely high affinity for water by exposing the surface to ultraviolet rays and the contact angle decreases nearly to zero. This super-hydrophilic nature gives the self-cleaning effect of the coated surface and has already been applied to some construction materials, car coatings and so on. The authors applied this super-hydrophilic nature to enhancement of evaporation heat transfer from a falling film. By using TiO{sub 2}-coated surface very thin stable liquid film flow can be realized even in extremely low flow rate. Prior to heat transfer experiments, the authors measured contact angle of water droplet placed on glass and copper plate. The contact angle decreased gradually with time under UV illumination and reached to 0{approximately}2{degree}. They obtained the relation between film thickness and water flow rate for temperatures of 27--70 C and in the minimum flow rate the corresponding film Reynolds number was 7.6. The film thickness measured is a little bit lower than those calculated by Nusselt's theory. The authors measured heat transfer coefficients both for non-coated and coated surfaces and compared with each other. The results show that themore » Nusselt number of coated surface is larger than that of non-coated surface. The Nusselt number increases as the film Reynolds number and heat flux decrease. In the lowest Re{sub f}, Nu{sub m} for coated surface is 40 times as large as that for non-coated one. This super-hydrophilic surface is a new enhancement technique and will be applicable to other heat transfer systems accompanied with liquid film.« less