Visualization study on the condensation heat transfer on vertical surfaces with a wettability gradient
Visualization study on the condensation heat transfer on vertical surfaces with a wettability gradient
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具有润湿梯度的垂直表面冷凝传热可视化研究
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122331
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发表时间:
2022-03-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Zhang, Chengbin
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作者:
Deng, Zilong;Gao, Shangwen;Zhang, Chengbin
The functional surface is a crucial approach to enhance the condensation heat transfer. This paper designs and fabricates a functional surface with wettability gradient by the use of etching and chemical vapor deposition methods. The dynamic phase change behaviors and heat transfer characteristics of humid air condensation on vertical surfaces with wettability gradient have been experimentally investigated and compared with the corresponding hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces by a visualization system. The results indicate that the heat transfer performance of humid air condensation on traditional gradient surface is superior to hydrophilic case but inferior to hydrophobic case in large-scale application due to small wettability gradient. Considering this, the periodic gradient surface with periodical layout of multilayer wettability gradient is introduced to improve the condensation heat transfer. The presence of a larger wettability gradient for the periodic gradient surface induces the efficient droplet removal and the preferable inter-layer and intra-layer actions, leading to an improvement of condensation heat transfer. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.