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¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Two-phase flow cooling system utilizing latent heat is required to obtain higher cooling heat flux from electro or power equipments. In this case, enhancement of boiling heat transfer, reduction in wall superheat at the onset of boiling, and increase critical heat flux are desired. In the investigator's previous work on pool boiling experiments, it was shown that constant heat transfer enhancement could be obtained by vacuum plasma spray coating over the experimental heat flux range, and wall superheat at the onset of boiling could be reduced. However, critical heat flux on thermal spray coating was almost the same as that on smooth surface. Moreover, from a microgravity experiment during a parabolic trajectory flight of airplane, it was shown that thermal spray coating produced almost the same boiling heat transfer enhancement as that under normal gravity. It could be said that the surface has high wettability due to complex microscopic sub-channels in coatings.
In this study, pool boi
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ling and forced convective boiling heat transfer on thermal spray coatings were evaluated for some coatings with different material and structure. In the pool boiling experiments, a horizontal tube test section was covered by a cylinder with a clearance of 1 to 2 mm in order to clarify the effect of vapor bubble that is hard to depart, and the effect of the cover on the boiling heat transfer was considered. As the result, it was shown that heat transfer was improved by the cover, the effect for smooth surface was larger than for thermal spray coating, and the critical heat flux was decreased by the cover for both surfaces.
On the other hand, for the forced convective boiling experiment, aluminum and copper narrow channels with the conduit width of 20 mm and height of 2 mm were used. For the aluminum test section, vertical upward flows under inlet subcool condition were examined, and wall superheat at the onset of boiling and steady condition were evaluated. Moreover, void fraction distributions in the narrow channel were measured by neutron radiography method. As the results, the thermal spray surface made the wall superheat at the onset of boiling lower and the critical heat flux higher.
For copper coating on copper plate, it was shown from horizontal boiling flow experiments that the coating surface produced 2 to 4 times higher heat transfer coefficient. The enhancement factor increased with increasing heat flux. Hysteresis in heating procedure existed in boiling heat transfer characteristics. Higher heating velocity lead to higher heat transfer coefficient. Less
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