Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer of Water Spray Cooling by Addition of n-Butanol

摘要

Heat transfer characteristics of water spray cooling with n-butanol additive were experimentally studied in this paper. The results indicated that adding n-butanol can effectively enhance the heat dissipation and control the surface temperature. The optimal concentration of n-butanol corresponding to the best heat transfer performance is 0.5 vol%. The experimental Nusselt numbers also agree well with a previous correlation with Weber. Prandtl. Jacob and Reynolds numbers, evidenced by a maximum absolute error of 6.34%. The measurement also showed that the decrease of surface tension and contact angle of the n-butanol-water mixture is the main mechanism to enhance the spray cooling heat transfer, while other physical properties also play an important role. The surface temperature non-uniformity in the radial direction is more apparent at a high heat flux while the addition of different contents of n-butanol has a negligible effect.