Heat Transfer Mechanism Investigation of Bubble Growth on the Superhydrophilic Nano-Structured Surface Using Moving Particle Semi-Implicit Method

Abstract

The boiling behavior on nano-structured surfaces is a frontier research direction in nuclear engineering. However, the mechanism of boiling heat transfer on nano-structured surfaces is still unclear. In this study, a depletable micro-layer model and the nano-structure model are proposed based on the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method coupled with Meshless-Advection using the Flow-directional Local-grid (MAFL) scheme, also known as the MPS-MAFL method. The developed method in this paper establishes a bridge between the nano-scale surface structure heat transfer and the macroscopic bubble boiling. Only by knowing the nanoparticle size, porosity, and thickness of the nano-structure, the heat transfer of the nano-structure can be considered into the macroscopic boiling bubble growth process. The accuracy of the approach is validated by benchmark cases and experiments, respectively. The present method quantitatively simulates the bubble growth behaviors on nano-structured surfaces for the first time. The results indicate that the heat transfer contribution of the micro-layer to bubble growth was not neglectable, while the proportion of heat transfer rate of the micro-layer on the bared surface was 40.55% at ΔTw = 7.22 ℃ and 32.23% at ΔTw = 10.15 ℃. The heat transfer contributions of the micro-layer and the wicked fluid to the bubble growth in the nano-structured heater were about 42.13%, the ratio of them was 14:11. The current study provides a fundamental base for further investigations.