Dropwise condensation on solid hydrophilic surfaces

Autor: Shreyas Chavan, Wei Wang, Hamed Vahabi, Nenad Miljkovic, Stephen A. Bosch, Arun K. Kota, Alex Wu, Soumyadip Sett, Moon Kyung Kim, Hyeongyun Cha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Science Advances
ISSN: 2375-2548
Popis: Hydrophilic solid surfaces having low contact angle hysteresis can induce stable dropwise condensation.
Droplet nucleation and condensation are ubiquitous phenomena in nature and industry. Over the past century, research has shown dropwise condensation heat transfer on nonwetting surfaces to be an order of magnitude higher than filmwise condensation heat transfer on wetting substrates. However, the necessity for nonwetting to achieve dropwise condensation is unclear. This article reports stable dropwise condensation on a smooth, solid, hydrophilic surface (θa = 38°) having low contact angle hysteresis (
Databáze: OpenAIRE