WATER FLOW BOILING BEHAVIORS IN HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC MICROCHANNELS

摘要

The wettability is one of issues on two-phase flow in a microchannel. However, previous studies of wettability effect on two-phase flow have conducted only isothermal condition. Moreover, most studies have used conventional micro/mini-tubes due to difficulties of their fabrication. The objective of our study is to understand the wettability effect on flow boiling in a rectangular microchannel. In the first, new micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) fabrication technique was developed to obtain a single glass rectangular microchannel and localized six microheaters. A photosensitive glass was used as base material. The photosensitive glass is hydrophilic, so the hydrophobic microchannel was prepared by coating SAM, flow boiling experiments were conducted in hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannels with microheaters. The experiment range was the mass flux of 25 and 75 kg/m~(2)s, the heat flux of 30 - 430 kW/m~(2) and quality of 0 - 0.3. A working fluid was de-ionized and degassed water. The local heat transfer coefficient was evaluated at the local microheater section. Also, flow regimes in the microchannel were visualized by using a high-speed camera with a long-distance microscope. Heat transfer was analyzed with visualization results. Heat transfer in the hydrophobic microchannel was enhanced by higher nucleation site density and delayed local dryout. The pressure drop in the hydrophobic microchannel was higher than that in the hydrophilic microchannel.