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Self‐Rewetting Fluids
Author(s) -
ABE YOSHIYUKI
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1362.026
Subject(s) - marangoni effect , boiling , heat transfer , bubble , mechanics , current (fluid) , nucleate boiling , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , chemistry , convection , physics , heat transfer coefficient
This paper reviews a series of my heat transfer studies of on the so‐called “self‐rewetting” fluids, in which the Marangoni effect due to concentration gradient and the thermocapillary flow cooperatively result in a strong liquid inflow at the nucleation sites in the course of boiling. First of all, the background of the study and our first attempt at heat transfer enhancement in microgravity boiling are introduced. Succeeding fundamental vapor bubble experiments are then briefly depicted. The current progress for applications to space and terrestrial thermal management devices, the main topic of the paper, is described in more detail.