Heat Transfer Performance of Metal Fiber Sintered Surfaces
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Heat Transfer Engineering
- Vol. 4 (1) , 57-66
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01457638108939595
Abstract
Boiling heat transfer performance on stainless steel metal fiber sintered surfaces is experimentally investigated with Freon 11 (Rll) as the working fluid. The boiling heat transfer coefficient for the optimum surface structure gives a tenfold improvement over a smooth surface. The nondimensional specific parameter including all design parameters is introduced to explain the trend of the performance of various kinds of metal fiber sintered surfaces. Moreover, the metal fiber sintered surface clad with titanium film is suggested to be appropriate to an evaporator for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)system.Keywords
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