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Item Influence of surface roughness on pool boiling heat transfer(Institute of Physics Publishing helen.craven@iop.org, 2018) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.Experimental study of pool boiling heat transfer from the rough surface at pressure 1 bar, 5 bar and 10 bar is presented. Experiments are carried on 20 mm diameter copper sample at saturated condition of distilled water. Unidirectional scratches are made by different grit sandpaper. The surface roughness value Ra is varied from 0.106 μm to 4.03 μm. The effect of Ra on heat transfer at different pressure is reported. The variation in heat transfer coefficient with the heat flux for samples of different Ra is also examined. The predicted critical heat flux (CHF) by Kim's model is found to in good agreement with present experimental values with mean absolute error of 12.06%. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Item Bubble dynamics in pool boiling on rough surface under exponential heat supply(Begell House Inc. orders@begellhouse.com, 2018) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.In this paper, bubble dynamics in the pool boiling of distilled water on the horizontal copper test sample of 20 mm diameter at atmospheric pressure is studied. The experiments are carried under steady and exponential heat supply of γ=1 to rough copper sample with Ra ranging from 0.106 μm to 4.03 μm. The high speed camera of 1000 fps is used to observe the bubble morphology. The effect of surface roughness on boiling heat transfer during transient heat supply is reported. The effect of surface roughness on bubble departure diameter and bubble frequency is studied. The waiting time and growth time of the bubble for different samples is also compared. The effect of steady and exponential heat supply on bubble departure diameter and bubble frequency is also reported. © 2018 Begell House Inc.. All rights reserved.Item Effect of Surface Roughness on Pool Boiling Characteristics under Variable Heat Supply(Toronto Metropolitan University, 2019) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.An experimental investigation of critical heat flux (CHF) for boiling heat transfer from the rough copper sample under steady and quasi-steady exponentially varying heat supply is presented in this paper. The unidirectional scratches are made on the 20 mm diameter copper sample to obtain a wide range of surface roughness, ranging from Ra=0.106 μm to Ra=4.03 μm. The boiling characteristics for steady and transient-state conditions are compared by considering the onset of boiling (ONB) and CHF. The effect of surface roughness on the surface wettability and CHF are also studied. The enhancement in the transient CHF for the roughest sample (Ra=4.03 μm) is found to be 98.88%. The Rohsenow correlation for heat transfer coefficient (HTC) is modified, which predicts the present experimental data of HTC with mean absolute error (MAE) of 10.36%. The hydrodynamic model with capillary wicking force predicts the CHF for a wide range of Ra with a mean absolute error of 4.14%. © 2019, Toronto Metropolitan University. All rights reserved.Item Microchannel Geometries and Rough Surfaces for Critical Heat Flux Enhancement in High Pressure Pool Boiling(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.This paper presents the performance of pool boiling heat transfer (PBHT) from square, parabolic and stepped microchannel under steady and exponential heat supply. The experiments are conducted at pressure ranging from 1 to 10 bar. The effect of channel profile on transient CHF is presented. The channel top and base width of square microchannel is 0.5 mm. The channel base width of parabolic and stepped microchannel is same as that of square microchannel, however, its channel top width is 0.8 mm. The channel height and number of channels are 0.5 mm and 9, respectively. The scratches are formed unidirectionally on the plain surface to attain surface roughness in the range of Ra = 0.106 to 4.03 µm. The comparison of CHF for surface roughness and microchannel surfaces is also carried to emphasis the effect of structured surfaces. The bubble morphology is studied with the help of 1000 fps high-speed camera. The microchannel geometries enhance the steady and transient CHF at all the operating pressures. However, exponential transient rate has insignificant role in the transient CHF. The forces exert during the bubble growth on the bubble meniscus is considered to determine the bubble departure diameter of the microchannel at all the operating pressures. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.Item Comparative study of pool boiling heat transfer from various microchannel geometries(Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.This paper presents the experimental investigation of pool boiling heat transfer enhancemrent using open microchannels. Rectangular, parabolic and stepped microchannels are fabricated on the 10 mm diameter circular copper test piece and their boiling characteristics are compared with that of the plain surface at saturated condition of distilled water. The effect of channel shape and geometrical parameter on the boiling heat transfer is studied. The channel top width and channel base width are varied from 250 ?m to 500 ?m and 500 ?m to 800 ?m, respectively. The fin tip thickness is varied from 200 ?m to 500 ?m. The channel height is fixed at 500 ?m. The morphology of bubble is observed by using high-speed camera. Compound study of bubble departure diameter and bubble frequency has proved the significant performance of parabolic and stepped microchannel. All the microchannel geometries enhanced the heat transfer rate. The modification of rectangular channel into parabolic and stepped microchannel resulted in the maximum of 88% and 169% enhancement, respectively at 11.7 °C wall superheat. At heat flux of 100 kW/m2, the heat transfer coefficient increased by 21.49–35.37% for different microchannels. The incipient temperature reduced by 13.72–23.18%. A semi-analytical model is developed to estimate the bubble departure diameter of the microchannel which predicts the present experimental data with mean absolute error of 5.58%. © 2017 Elsevier LtdItem Transient CHF enhancement in high pressure pool boiling on rough surface(Elsevier B.V., 2018) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.Experimental investigation of transient pool boiling heat transfer (PBHT) to saturated water from thick, non-lumped 20 mm diameter copper sample is carried at 1 bar, 5 bar and 10 bar pressure. The time constant (?) of exponential heat supply is varied from 1 to 6. The unidirectional scratches are made on the surface to obtain wide range of surface roughness varying from Ra = 0.106 ?m to Ra = 4.03 ?m. The effect of surface roughness, pressure and time constant on transient critical heat flux (CHF) is extensively studied. Transient CHF enhancement for Ra = 4.03 ?m when ? = 1 is found to be 98.88%, 76.55% and 53.21% at pressures P = 1 bar, P = 5 bar and P = 10 bar, respectively, however it is found to be lower by 9.38%, 21.40% and 9.73%, compared to steady state CHF enhancement for Ra = 4.03 ?m, at respective pressures. The Gorenflo correlation is modified by including the additional parameter ? and it predicts the present transient HTC values with mean absolute error (MAE) of 14.91%. The CHF model is developed by considering the effect of capillary wicking in the narrow unidirectional scratches and the bubble angle. This model predicts the present transient CHF values with MAE of 11.89%. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.Item Bubble dynamics and enhanced heat transfer during high-pressure pool boiling on rough surface(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. custserv@aiaa.org, 2019) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.In the present study, the influence of surface roughness (Ra) on critical heat flux (CHF) of water at pressure of 1, 5, and 10 bar is investigated. The desired value of Ra is achieved by making unidirectional scratches on the flat copper surface. Surface roughness Ra varies from 0.106 to 4.03 ?m. The high-speed camera of 1000 fps is used for the boiling visualization study. The effect of surface roughness on bubble departure diameter and bubble frequency at different pressure is reported. Kim's CHF model is modified to include the contact angle as a function of surface roughness and temperature, which predicts the experimental CHF with mean absolute error (MAE) of 10.50% at pressure up to 10 bar. The correlation developed for bubble departure diameter predicts the experimental values with MAE of 17.09%. The relation between bubble departure diameter and bubble frequency is also developed, which predicts the corresponding experimental values with MAE of 25.26%. © 2019 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. All rights reserved.Item Experimental investigation on transient pool boiling heat transfer from rough surface and heat transfer correlations(International Information and Engineering Technology Association info@iieta.org, 2019) Walunj, A.; Sathyabhama, A.This paper presents the study of transient boiling characteristics on rough copper sample with surface roughness value (Ra) ranging from 0.106 ?m to 4.03 ?m. The effect of roughness and time constant of exponential heat supply on transient critical heat flux (CHF), maximum heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) is extensively studied. The mechanism of heat transfer in unidirectional scratches of rough sample is discussed. High speed visualization is carried to observe the stages of boiling and bubble dynamics. The HTC correlation developed in this study predicts the present experimental values of HTC with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 9.62 %. © 2019 International Information and Engineering Technology Association. All rights reserved.Item Experimental Demonstration of Compact Polymer Mass Transfer Device Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing with Hydrogel Integration to Bio-Mimic the Liver Functions(MDPI, 2023) Narendran, G.; Walunj, A.; Kumar, A.M.; Jeyachandran, P.; Awwad, N.S.; Ibrahium, H.A.; Gorji, M.R.; Arumuga Perumal, D.A.In this paper, we designed and demonstrated a stimuli-responsive hydrogel that mimics the mass diffusion function of the liver. We have controlled the release mechanism using temperature and pH variations. Additive manufacturing technology was used to fabricate the device with nylon (PA-12), using selective laser sintering (SLS). The device has two compartment sections: the lower section handles the thermal management, and feeds temperature-regulated water into the mass transfer section of the upper compartment. The upper chamber has a two-layered serpentine concentric tube; the inner tube carries the temperature-regulated water to the hydrogel using the given pores. Here, the hydrogel is present in order to facilitate the release of the loaded methylene blue (MB) into the fluid. By adjusting the fluid’s pH, flow rate, and temperature, the deswelling properties of the hydrogel were examined. The weight of the hydrogel was maximum at 10 mL/min and decreased by 25.29% to 10.12 g for the flow rate of 50 mL/min. The cumulative MB release at 30 °C increased to 47% for the lower flow rate of 10 mL/min, and the cumulative release at 40 °C climbed to 55%, which is 44.7% more than at 30 °C. The MB release rates considerably increased when the pH dropped from 12 to 8, showing that the lower pH had a major impact on the release of MB from the hydrogel. Only 19% of the MB was released at pH 12 after 50 min, and after that, the release rate remained nearly constant. At higher fluid temperatures, the hydrogels lost approximately 80% of their water in just 20 min, compared to a loss of 50% of their water at room temperature. The outcomes of this study may contribute to further developments in artificial organ design. © 2023 by the authors.