The ability of reentrant cavities to suppress flow boiling oscillations and instabilities in microchannels was experimentally studied. Suppression mechanisms were proposed and discussed with respect to various instability modes previously identified in microchannels. It was found that structured surfaces formed inside channel walls can assist mitigating the rapid bubble growth instability, which dominates many systems utilizing flow boiling in microchannels. This, in turn, delayed the parallel channel instability and the critical heat flux (CHF) condition. Experiments were conducted using three types of parallel microchannel devices: with reentrant cavity surface, with interconnected reentrant cavity surface, and with plain surface. The onset of nucleate boiling, CHF condition, and local temperature measurements were obtained and compared in order to study and identify flow boiling instability.
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Flow Boiling Instabilities in Microchannels and Means for Mitigation by Reentrant Cavities
C.-J. Kuo,
C.-J. Kuo
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, NY 12180
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Y. Peles
Y. Peles
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
e-mail: pelesy@rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, NY 12180
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C.-J. Kuo
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, NY 12180
Y. Peles
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, NY 12180e-mail: pelesy@rpi.edu
J. Heat Transfer. Jul 2008, 130(7): 072402 (10 pages)
Published Online: May 16, 2008
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Received:
March 8, 2007
Revised:
July 6, 2007
Published:
May 16, 2008
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Kuo, C., and Peles, Y. (May 16, 2008). "Flow Boiling Instabilities in Microchannels and Means for Mitigation by Reentrant Cavities." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. July 2008; 130(7): 072402. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2908431
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