US20120097373A1 - Methods for improving pool boiling and apparatuses thereof - Google Patents

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US20120097373A1
US20120097373A1 US12/925,584 US92558410A US2012097373A1 US 20120097373 A1 US20120097373 A1 US 20120097373A1 US 92558410 A US92558410 A US 92558410A US 2012097373 A1 US2012097373 A1 US 2012097373A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D15/00—Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls ; Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer medium or bodies
    • F28D15/02—Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls ; Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer medium or bodies in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes
    • F28D15/0266—Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls ; Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer medium or bodies in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F13/00—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
    • F28F13/18—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by applying coatings, e.g. radiation-absorbing, radiation-reflecting; by surface treatment, e.g. polishing
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    • F28F13/187—Heat-exchange surfaces provided with microstructures or with porous coatings especially adapted for evaporator surfaces or condenser surfaces, e.g. with nucleation sites
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F3/00—Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements
    • F28F3/02—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F3/00—Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements
    • F28F3/02—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations
    • F28F3/022—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being wires or pins

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  • This technology generally relates to methods and device for improving pool boiling and, more particularly, methods for at least one of improving heat transfer and increasing critical heat flux in pool boiling and apparatuses thereof.
  • a fluid used for cooling is introduced.
  • the fluid may be single-phase liquid, gas or a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture.
  • heat transfer is by convection from the heated walls.
  • the heat transfer rate to the fluid from the heated walls is characterized by the heat transfer coefficient. Higher heat transfer coefficients are desired for higher heat dissipation rates. Additionally, providing smaller channel internal dimensions leads to higher single phase heat transfer performance.
  • Pressure drop through a cooling system with flow boiling is also often a concern. As a result, efforts are made to reduce the pressure drop and/or external pumping power to achieve a desired cooling performance. Pressure drop also affects the saturation temperature of the liquid as it flows through the cooling system. Short passage lengths are desirable to reduce the pressure drop in a flow boiling system. However, reducing the passage length requires large number of inlets and outlets. As a result, the header design for flow boiling cooling systems can become quite complex.
  • heat transfer by pool boiling occurs without any external pumping when a heated surface, which presents no enclosed channels to contain the liquid, is cooled by the liquid and boiling of the liquid occurs.
  • heat transfer is by saturated pool boiling mode.
  • heat transfer is by subcooled pool boiling.
  • Pool boiling covers both subcooled and saturated pool boiling.
  • Boiling covers both pool and flow boiling.
  • Pool boiling can occur when nucleating bubbles are generated over the heated surface in a liquid environment when the liquid superheat exceeds the nucleation criterion.
  • Another method of generating nucleating bubbles is to provide localized microheaters in conjunction with a natural or artificial nucleation cavity. The heating of liquid around the cavity above the liquid saturation temperature leads to bubble nucleation when the nucleation criterion for the cavity is satisfied.
  • heat transfer in pool boiling generally occurs as a result of three mechanisms: microconvection caused by convection currents induced by a bubble; transient conduction caused by the transient heat transfer to the fresh liquid that displaces the heated liquid over the heated surface in the region of nucleating bubbles; and microlayer evaporation caused by the evaporation of a thin liquid layer that appears underneath the nucleating bubble.
  • microconvection caused by convection currents induced by a bubble transient conduction caused by the transient heat transfer to the fresh liquid that displaces the heated liquid over the heated surface in the region of nucleating bubbles
  • microlayer evaporation caused by the evaporation of a thin liquid layer that appears underneath the nucleating bubble.
  • Another method of heat transfer involves introducing gas bubbles (not resulting from boiling) that grow and depart in the liquid in the vicinity of a heated surface and create motion at the liquid-gas interface.
  • gas bubbles not resulting from boiling
  • evaporation is not the primary mechanism in this case as the temperatures are generally below the saturation temperature of the liquid at the system pressure.
  • the absence of evaporation in these systems with introduced gas bubbles results in considerably lower heat transfer rates as compared to pool boiling. Nevertheless, the heat transfer rate in such systems is still higher than that in systems with stagnant liquids.
  • surface features protruding from a base such as pin fins of various cross sections, offset strip fins with rectangular pin fins arranged in staggered fashion, and other fin configurations, can be employed to enhance pool boiling.
  • porous surfaces and active nucleation sites formed on the heated surface can be employed.
  • CHF Critical Heat Flux
  • the CHF limit can be increased by changing the contact angle of the liquid-vapor interface of a growing bubble. Increasing wettability of a surface by reducing the contact angle leads to enhancement of CHF. Reducing the wettability leads to a decrease in CHF.
  • a method for pool boiling includes introducing a liquid into a chamber of a housing which has one or more protruding features.
  • One or more diverters extend at least partially across the one or more protruding features in the chamber.
  • One or more bubbles are formed in the liquid in the chamber as a result of bubble nucleation.
  • One or more of the bubbles resulting from nucleation are diverted with the one or more diverters to generate additional localized motion of the liquid along at least one of the one or more protruding features and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing to at least one of transfer additional heat to the liquid and increase the critical heat flux limit.
  • the motion of liquid and vapor created by the one or more diverters may increase the critical heat flux limit by allowing removal of vapor and access of liquid to regions previously occupied by vapor.
  • a pool boiling apparatus includes a housing with a chamber, one or more protruding features in the chamber of the housing, and one or more diverters extending at least partially across the one or more protruding features in the chamber.
  • the chamber of the housing with the one or more protruding features and the one or more diverters is configured to form one or more bubbles as a result of boiling to transfer heat.
  • the chamber of the housing is configured to divert one or more of the bubbles as a result of bubble nucleation with the one or more diverters to generate additional localized motion of the liquid along at least one of the one or more protruding features and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing to at least one of transfer additional heat to the liquid and increase the critical heat flux limit.
  • the motion of liquid and vapor created by the one or more diverters can increase the critical heat flux limit by allowing removal of vapor and access of liquid to regions previously occupied by vapor.
  • This technology provides more efficient and effective methods and apparatuses for at least one of improving heat transfer performance and increase critical heat flux in pool boiling. With this technology, heat can be removed more effectively from heated surfaces than with prior pool boiling systems. Additionally, this technology is superior to prior flow boiling cooling techniques because it does not require an external pumping device or a complicated input and/or exit header design to remove heat from the heat transfer surfaces. Instead, this technology utilizes nucleating bubbles and one or multiple cover element devices to control and divert the localized motion of the bubbles and liquid through the passageways formed by the surface features for effective heat transfer in the region affected by the nucleating bubbles and in a more compact and simpler heat transfer apparatus. The localized motion of liquid and vapor created by the diverters can also improve the critical heat flux limit.
  • This technology incorporates one or multiple diverters positioned over a chamber and features to divert liquid around one or more nucleating bubbles over the surfaces of the chamber and/or features to provide enhanced heat transfer.
  • the diverters are designed to introduce very little resistance to fluid flow in the regions or passageways which helps in bringing the liquid into the regions or passageways especially at high heat fluxes, thereby improving Critical Heat Flux.
  • this technology ensures the surfaces of the one or more features and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing do not dry out or remain under dry conditions for extended time, and increase the critical heat flux.
  • the neighboring diverters can be designed to interact with each other in directing liquid and vapor in specific directions to allow for more efficient flow of fluids through the passageways, vapor out of the passageways and liquid into the passageways.
  • the diverters could also be designed to control vapor and liquid motion in all three dimensions by providing different shapes and profiles.
  • the diverted growth and/or motion of one or more bubbles also causes enhanced microconvection over the one or more and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing and/or other features.
  • This enhanced microconvection over the one or more and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing and/or other features leads to enhanced heat transfer.
  • the enhanced microconvection may lead to increase of the heat transfer by other modes of heat transfer during boiling.
  • FIG. 1A is a top view of an exemplary pool boiling assembly with diverters and fasteners removed;
  • FIG. 1B is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 1A ;
  • FIG. 1C is a top view of an exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 1A with the diverters and fasteners;
  • FIG. 1D is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 1C ;
  • FIG. 2A is a top view of another exemplary pool boiling assembly with diverters and fasteners removed;
  • FIG. 2B is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 2A ;
  • FIG. 2C is a top view of an exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 2A with the diverters and fasteners;
  • FIG. 2D is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 2C ;
  • FIG. 3A is a top view of yet another exemplary pool boiling assembly with diverters and fasteners removed;
  • FIG. 3B is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 3A ;
  • FIG. 3C is a top view of an exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 3A with the diverters and fasteners;
  • FIG. 3D is a side, cross-sectional view of the exemplary pool boiling assembly shown in FIG. 3C ;
  • FIG. 4 are side cross-sectional views of different exemplary diverters
  • FIGS. 5A-5C are partial, side cross-sectional views of fluid flow induced by bubble growth in an exemplary pool boiling assembly.
  • FIGS. 6A-6B are partial, side cross-sectional views of fluid flow induced by bubble growth in another exemplary pool boiling assembly with asymmetric diverters.
  • FIGS. 1A-1D An exemplary pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) is illustrated in FIGS. 1A-1D .
  • the exemplary pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) includes a chamber 14 ( 1 ) which has a plurality of fins 16 ( 1 ) which define a plurality of regions 18 ( 1 ) creating passageways to receive a cooling fluid, although the apparatus could comprise other numbers and types of systems, devices, components and other elements in other configurations.
  • This technology provides more efficient and effective methods and apparatuses for at least one of improving heat transfer performance and increase critical heat flux in pool boiling.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) defines an internal chamber 14 ( 1 ) having a rectangular shape, although the pool boiling assembly can have other numbers and types of chambers or other openings with other shapes.
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) are located in the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ), although the chamber of the pool boiling assembly could have other numbers and types of features. (For ease of illustration only one of the plurality of strip fins in FIGS. 1A-1D is shown with a reference numeral). In this example, the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) are arranged in an aligned parallel pattern in the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ), although the plurality of strip fins could have other arrangements.
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) define a plurality of regions 18 ( 1 ) between the strip fins 16 ( 1 ) which can receive the cooling liquid or other fluid and where boiling can occur, although the chamber of the pool boiling assembly could have other numbers and types of regions with other shapes and in other directions.
  • the surfaces of the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) and the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) are formed with natural and/or artificial cavities to promote nucleation to start bubble formation, although other manners for promoting bubble formation can be used.
  • the bubbles resulting from this nucleation induce localized movement of a liquid in the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) without an external pumping device, although other manners for promoting pool boiling bubble formation can be used.
  • each of the diverters 32 ( 1 ) has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, although the diverters could have other types of shapes and configurations as illustrated with exemplary diverters 32 ( 4 )- 32 ( 12 ) in FIG. 4 , such as circular, concave, convex, open triangular, closed triangular, angled triangular, asymmetric and funnel shapes by way of example only.
  • Each of the different cross-sectional shapes for the diverters 32 ( 1 ) can interact with the formed bubbles differently to facilitate a different type of localized motion of the liquid. Additionally, diverters 32 ( 1 ) with different cross-sectional shapes as well as other types, numbers and combinations of diverters can be used with the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) to further enhance localized motion and heat transfer.
  • three optional fasteners 34 ( 1 ) are spaced apart, extend at least partially across, and are secured to each of the diverters 32 ( 1 ) to secure the position of each of the diverters, although other types and numbers of fastening mechanisms could be used. Openings to the chamber 14 ( 1 ) are defined between the diverters 32 ( 1 ) and fasteners 34 ( 1 ), although other types of arrangements could be used.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) could also have a containment cover spaced from and seated over the chamber 14 ( 1 ) and the diverters 32 ( 1 ) and fasteners 34 ( 1 ) to retain the cooling liquid, in particular the vaporized liquid, in the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ).
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) could include a condensation system to capture, condense and return any vaporized liquid to the regions 18 ( 1 ) in the chamber 14 ( 1 ). Additionally and also not illustrated, the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) could include a means to circulate the cooling liquid into and out of the volume formed by the containment cover and the chamber 14 ( 1 ). The loop could include an external heat exchanger to remove heat from the cooling fluid and to condense any vapor that leaves the volume. As discussed earlier, the cooling fluid may be single-phase liquid, gas or a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture, although other types of fluids could be used.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) defines another internal chamber 14 ( 2 ) having a rectangular shape, although the housing can have other numbers and types of chambers or other openings with other shapes.
  • a plurality of strip fins 16 ( 2 ) are located in the chamber 14 ( 2 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ), although the chamber of the pool boiling assembly could have other numbers and types of features. (For ease of illustration only one of the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 2 ) in FIGS. 3A-3D is shown with a reference numeral).
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 2 ) are in an offset arrangement in the chamber 14 ( 2 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ), although the plurality of strip fins could have other arrangements.
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 2 ) define a plurality of parallel regions 18 ( 2 ) creating passageways between the strip fins 16 ( 2 ) which can receive the cooling liquid or other fluid and where boiling can occur, although the chamber of the pool boiling assembly could have other numbers and types of regions with other shapes and in other directions.
  • the pitch and spacing in both directions, shape, width and length of the fins could remain same or vary in the chamber 14 ( 2 ).
  • the surfaces of the chamber 14 ( 2 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) and the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 2 ) are formed with natural and/or artificial cavities to promote nucleation to start bubble formation, although other manners for promoting bubble formation can be used.
  • the bubbles resulting from this nucleation induce localized movement of a liquid in the chamber 14 ( 2 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) without an external pumping mechanism, although other manners for promoting bubble formation can be used.
  • each of the diverters 32 ( 2 ) has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, although the diverters could have other types of shapes and configurations as illustrated with exemplary diverters 32 ( 4 )- 32 ( 12 ) in FIG. 4 , such as circular, concave, convex, open triangular, closed triangular, angled triangular, asymmetric and funnel shapes by way of example only.
  • Each of the different cross-sectional shapes for the diverters 32 ( 2 ) can interact with the formed bubbles differently to facilitate a different type of localized motion of the liquid in the passageways. Additionally, diverters 32 ( 2 ) with different cross-sectional shapes can be used with the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) to further enhance localized motion and heat transfer.
  • three optional fasteners 34 ( 2 ) are spaced apart, extend at least partially across, and are secured to each of the diverters 32 ( 2 ) to secure the position of each of the diverters, although other types and numbers of fastening mechanisms could be used. Openings to the chamber 14 ( 2 ) are defined between the diverters 32 ( 2 ) and fasteners 34 ( 2 ), although other types of arrangements could be used.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) could also have a containment cover spaced from and seated over the chamber 14 ( 2 ) and the diverters 32 ( 2 ) and fasteners 34 ( 2 ) to retain the cooling liquid, in particular the vaporized liquid, in the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ).
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) could include a condensation system to capture, condense and return any vaporized liquid to the regions 18 ( 2 ) in the chamber 14 ( 2 ). Additionally and also not illustrated, the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) could include a means to circulate the cooling liquid into and out of the volume formed by the containment cover and the chamber 14 ( 2 ). The loop could include an external heat exchanger to remove heat from the cooling fluid and to condense any vapor that leaves the volume.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) defines another internal chamber 14 ( 3 ) having a rectangular shape, although the housing can have other numbers and types of chambers or other openings with other shapes.
  • a plurality of pins 16 ( 3 ) are located in the chamber 14 ( 3 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ), although the chamber of the pool boiling assembly could have other numbers and types of features.
  • the fin shown is circular in cross section, although fins could be of any constant or variable cross sections. (For ease of illustration only one of the plurality of pins in FIG. 3A is shown with a reference numeral).
  • the plurality of pins 16 ( 3 ) are in an offset arrangement in the chamber 14 ( 3 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ), although the plurality of pins 16 ( 3 ) could have other arrangements.
  • the plurality of pins 16 ( 3 ) define a plurality of regions 18 ( 3 ) creating passageways between the pins 16 ( 3 ) which can receive the cooling liquid or other fluid and where boiling can occur, although the chamber 14 ( 3 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) could have other numbers and types of regions with other shapes and in other directions.
  • the surfaces of the chamber 14 ( 3 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) and the plurality of pins 16 ( 3 ) are formed with natural and/or artificial cavities to promote nucleation to start bubble formation, although other manners for promoting bubble formation can be used.
  • the bubbles resulting from this nucleation induce localized movement of a liquid in the chamber 14 ( 3 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) without an external pumping device, although other manners for promoting pool boiling bubble formation can be used.
  • each of the diverters 32 ( 3 ) has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, although the diverters could have other types of shapes and configurations as illustrated with exemplary diverters 32 ( 4 )- 32 ( 12 ) in FIG. 4 , such as circular, concave, convex, open triangular, closed triangular, angled triangular, asymmetric and funnel shapes by way of example only.
  • Each of the different cross-sectional shapes for the diverters 32 ( 3 ) can interact with the formed bubbles differently to facilitate a different type of localized motion of the liquid. Additionally, diverters 32 ( 3 ) with different cross-sectional shapes can be used with the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) to further enhance localized motion and heat transfer.
  • one optional fastener 34 ( 3 ) extends at least partially across and is secured to each of the diverters 32 ( 3 ) to secure the position of each of the diverters 32 ( 3 ), although other types and numbers of fastening mechanisms could be used. Openings to the chamber 14 ( 3 ) are defined between the diverters 32 ( 3 ) and fastener 34 ( 3 ), although other types of arrangements could be used.
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) could also have a containment cover spaced from and seated over the chamber 14 ( 3 ) and the diverters 32 ( 3 ) and fastener 34 ( 3 ) to retain the cooling liquid, in particular the vaporized liquid, in the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ).
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 3 ) could include a condensation system to capture, condense and return any vaporized liquid to the regions 18 ( 3 ) in the chamber 14 ( 3 ).
  • the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 2 ) could include a means to circulate the cooling liquid into and out of the volume formed by the containment cover and the chamber 14 ( 2 ).
  • the loop could include an external heat exchanger to remove heat from the cooling fluid and to condense any vapor that leaves the volume.
  • a method for transferring heat with pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) will now be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS. 5A-5C .
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) are not illustrated in the side cross-sectional views of FIGS. 5A-5C .
  • the method for transferring heat with the heat transfer assemblies 12 ( 2 )- 12 ( 3 ) is the same as for pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ), except as illustrated and/or described herein.
  • a liquid or liquid vapor mixture is initially introduced into regions 18 ( 1 ) of the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ).
  • the liquid contacts surfaces of the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) and other surfaces of the chamber 14 ( 1 ) to transfer heat from the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ).
  • At least portions of the surfaces of the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) and/or the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) are formed with natural and/or artificial cavities to promote nucleation.
  • the heated surfaces of the chamber 14 ( 1 ) and/or plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) along with the cavities trigger nucleation to start the formation of bubbles to induce localized movement of the liquid in the chamber 14 ( 1 ) of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ).
  • nucleation may be triggered.
  • one or more bubbles such as a bubble B shown in FIG. 5A , may be formed, although other manners for forming bubbles could be used.
  • liquid in the regions 18 ( 1 ) is induced to move locally in one or multiple directions without an external pumping mechanism.
  • This localized movement of the liquid causes more interaction and heat transfer between the liquid and surfaces of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) and/or the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ).
  • heat transfer from this boiling occurs as a result of microconvection, transient conduction, and microlayer evaporation.
  • the diverters 32 ( 1 ) which diverts the vapor bubble to grow and/or travel in certain directions.
  • the bubble may escape from the opening in the diverter or may break the initial bubble B into three new bubbles B that leave the passageways and induce liquid movement in the passageways and further induce fresh liquid to enter the passageways, although other manners for generating other numbers of bubbles and liquid movement within the passageways could be used.
  • the diverters may redirect the growth and path of the bubbles without breaking the bubbles.
  • the diverters 32 ( 1 ) have a rectangular cross-sectional shape, although the diverters 32 ( 1 ) could have other cross-sectional shapes that provide further enhancement to the heat transfer.
  • the movement of the original bubble and generation of these three new bubbles B by the diverters 32 ( 1 ) creates additional localized motion of the liquid.
  • This additional localized movement of the liquid causes additional interaction and further enhanced heat transfer between the liquid and surfaces of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) and/or the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) without the need for an external pumping device or complicated header design.
  • the additional heat transfer occurs as a result of micro convection, transient conduction, and microlayer evaporation.
  • FIG. 1 , 4 and FIGS. 6A-6B Another method for transferring heat with pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) with asymmetric diverters 32 ( 12 ) will now be described with reference to FIG. 1 , 4 and FIGS. 6A-6B .
  • the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ) are not illustrated in the side cross-sectional views of FIGS. 6A-6B .
  • This exemplary method for transferring heat with pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) with diverters 32 ( 12 ) is the same as described earlier with reference to FIGS. 6A-6B , except as illustrated and described herein. Additionally, this exemplary method for pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) is the same for the heat transfer assemblies 12 ( 2 )- 12 ( 3 ), except as illustrated and/or described herein.
  • one or more bubbles as shown in FIG. 6A may be formed, although other manners for forming bubbles could be used.
  • the bubble B grows as shown in FIG. 5B , liquid in the regions 18 ( 1 ) is pushed out of the passageway and fresh liquid is drawn in with little resistance without an external pumping mechanism.
  • the shape and positioning of the asymmetric diverter 32 ( 12 ) enhances and controls the direction of the diversion of bubble growth providing further enhancement and control of heat transfer in the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ), although other types, numbers and combinations of diverters could be used to generate and control other types of localized flows. Accordingly, with this technology heat transfer can be optimized by the particular selection of geometry and configurations of diverters and surface features for a given fluid and operating conditions.
  • this localized movement of the liquid causes more interaction and heat transfer between the liquid and surfaces of the pool boiling assembly 12 ( 1 ) and/or the plurality of strip fins 16 ( 1 ).
  • heat transfer from this boiling occurs as a result of microconvection, transient conduction, and microlayer evaporation.
  • this technology provides a more efficient and effective method and apparatus for transferring heat with pool boiling from a heated surface to an introduced fluid.
  • heat can be removed more effectively from heated surfaces than with prior pool boiling systems.
  • this technology is superior to prior flow boiling cooling techniques because it does not require an external fluid pumping device or complicated fluid input header designs.
  • this technology utilizes nucleating bubbles and one or multiple cover element devices to control and divert the localized motion of the bubbles, liquid-vapor interfaces and liquid through the passageways for effective heat transfer and in a more compact and simpler heat transfer apparatus.
  • the efficient movement of vapor and liquid allows for dissipating larger heat fluxes and enhances the heat transfer rate for a given wall superheat and also increases the critical heat flux as compared to prior pool boiling and flow boiling systems.

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