Effects of Bubble Interactions on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer
Gio Bellone
Effects of Bubble Interactions on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer.
Rel. Cristina Bertani. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Energetica E Nucleare, 2025
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Abstract
This thesis investigates whether geometry controlled bubble coalescence can measurably affect the boiling curve and the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) during saturated pool boiling of water at 1 atm on Si/SiO₂ chips. The experimental platform uses 20 × 20 mm², 380 µm thick silicon heaters with a hydrophilic SiO₂ top layer and nominally identical micro-cavities (diameter 75 µm). Three geometric degrees of freedom are isolated while keeping fluid, chemistry, and procedures fixed: intra-pair spacing C2C (300–1500 µm), inter-pair spacing P2P (3000–7000 µm), and cavity depth (5, 50, 100 µm). Quantitative boiling curves q″(ΔT) and HTC=h(ΔT) are reconstructed from electrical measurements; high-speed videos recorded at matching operating points provide regime-level interpretation.
Repeatability is demonstrated on the same chip and across nominally identical chips, and a flat-surface baseline falls within the expected smooth-surface envelope
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