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Mechanical Engineering Publications Mechanical Engineering 11-20-2014 Surface engineering for phase change heat transfer: A review Daniel Attinger Iowa State University, [email protected] Amy R. Betz Kansas State University Thomas M. Schutzuis University of Illinois at Chicago Ranjan Ganguly University of Illinois at Chicago Arindam Das University of Illinois at Chicago See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_pubs Part of the Heat Transfer, Combustion Commons The ompc lete bibliographic information for this item can be found at http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ me_pubs/137. For information on how to cite this item, please visit http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ howtocite.html. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mechanical Engineering Publications by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Surface engineering for phase change heat transfer: A review Abstract Owing to advances in micro- and nanofabrication methods over the last two decades, the degree of sophistication with which solid surfaces can be engineered today has caused a resurgence of interest in the topic of engineering surfaces for phase change heat transfer. This review aims at bridging the gap between the material sciences and heat transfer communities. It makes the argument that optimum surfaces need to address the specificities of phase change heat transfer in the way that a key matches its lock. This calls for the design and fabrication of adaptive surfaces with multiscale textures and non-uniform wettability. Among numerous challenges to meet the rising global energy demand in a sustainable manner, improving phase change heat transfer has been at the forefront of engineering research for decades. The high heat transfer rates associated with phase change heat transfer are essential to energy and industry applications; but phase change is also inherently associated with poor thermodynamic efficiency at low heat flux, and violent instabilities at high heat flux. Engineers have tried since the 1930s to fabricate solid surfaces that improve phase change heat transfer. The development of micro and nanotechnologies has made feasible the high- resolution control of surface texture and chemistry over length scales ranging from molecular levels to centimeters. This paper reviews the fabrication techniques available for metallic and silicon-based surfaces, considering sintered and polymeric coatings. The influence of such surfaces in multiphase processes of high practical interest, e.g., boiling, condensation, freezing, and the associated physical phenomena are reviewed. The case is made that while engineers are in principle able to manufacture surfaces with optimum nucleation or thermofluid transport characteristics, more theoretical and experimental efforts are needed to guide the design and cost-effective fabrication of surfaces that not only satisfy the existing technological needs, but also catalyze new discoveries. Keywords phase transformation, coating, texture, microstructure, energy generation Disciplines Heat Transfer, Combustion | Mechanical Engineering Comments This article is from MRS Energy & Sustainability 1 (2014): 1, doi:10.1557/mre.2014.9. Posted with permission. Authors Daniel Attinger, Amy R. Betz, Thomas M. Schutzuis, Ranjan Ganguly, Arindam Das, Chang-Jin Kim, and Constantine M. Megaridis This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_pubs/137 MRS Energy & Sustainability : A Review Journal page 1 of 40 © Materials Research Society, 2014 doi:10.1557/mre.2014.9 REVIEW Daniel Attinger and Christophe Frankiewicz , Department of Surface engineering for phase Mechanical Engineering , Iowa State University , Ames , IA 50011 , USA Amy R. Betz , Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering , change heat transfer: A review Kansas State University , Manhattan , KS 66506 , USA Thomas M. Schutzius , Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL 60607 , USA; and Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering , ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich , Switzerland Ranjan Ganguly , Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL 60607 , USA; and Department of Power Engineering , Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700098 , India Arindam Das , Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL 60607 , USA Chang-Jin Kim , Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , University of California , Los Angeles , CA 90095 , USA Constantine M. Megaridis , Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL 60607 , USA Address all correspondence to Daniel Attinger at [email protected] and Constantine M. Megaridis at [email protected] (Received 16 July 2014 ; accepted 15 September 2014 ) ABSTRACT Owing to advances in micro- and nanofabrication methods over the last two decades, the degree of sophistication with which solid sur- faces can be engineered today has caused a resurgence of interest in the topic of engineering surfaces for phase change heat transfer. This review aims at bridging the gap between the material sciences and heat transfer communities. It makes the argument that optimum surfaces need to address the specifi cities of phase change heat transfer in the way that a key matches its lock. This calls for the design and fabrication of adaptive surfaces with multiscale textures and non-uniform wettability. Among numerous challenges to meet the rising global energy demand in a sustainable manner, improving phase change heat transfer has been at the forefront of engineering research for decades. The high heat transfer rates associated with phase change heat transfer are essen- tial to energy and industry applications; but phase change is also inherently associated with poor thermodynamic effi ciency at low heat fl ux, and violent instabilities at high heat fl ux. Engineers have tried since the 1930s to fabricate solid surfaces that improve phase change heat transfer. The development of micro and nanotechnologies has made feasible the high-resolution control of surface texture and chemistry over length scales ranging from molecular levels to centimeters. This paper reviews the fabrication techniques available for metallic and silicon-based surfaces, considering sintered and polymeric coatings. The infl uence of such surfaces in multiphase processes of high practical interest, e.g., boiling, condensation, freezing, and the associated physical phenomena are reviewed. The case is made that while engineers are in prin- ciple able to manufacture surfaces with optimum nucleation or thermofl uid transport characteristics, more theoretical and experimental efforts are needed to guide the design and cost-effective fabrication of surfaces that not only satisfy the existing technological needs, but also cata- lyze new discoveries. Keywords : phase transformation , coating , texture , microstructure , energy generation heat transfer are reviewed. An emphasis is placed on the fast-developing area of wettability engineering, which relies on DISCUSSION POINTS manipulating both surface texture and chemistry using special • Today’s manufacturing abilities vastly outgrow our ability to techniques and advanced materials. Then, an assessment is measure, design and model phase change heat transfer devices. given on the prospective energetic, economic, and environ- Over the last 40 years, the basic performance of phase change mental benefits of advanced surface engineering for phase heat transfer surfaces, i.e. their effi ciency and power dissipa- change heat transfer. Finally, several research needs and priori- tion, has not improved signifi cantly. ties are identifi ed and outlined, toward the goal of engineering • The rational design of optimum surfaces for phase change heat optimum surfaces for phase change heat transfer. The review transfer is currently almost impossible, because the physics is also aims at bridging the gap between the materials and heat too complex and still poorly understood. transfer communities toward the common goal of designing and deploying optimum material systems with enhanced heat transfer performance and increased thermodynamic effi cien- Introduction cies, thus achieving more sustainable energy transmission and This review discusses the increasingly important contri- production. butions of advanced materials and novel fabrication tech- niques in enhancing phase change heat transfer and the Characterization of phase change heat transfer related energy applications. Technologies based on phase change heat transfer have been serving mankind for more As mentioned in the introduction, the amount of heat than two millennia, 1 with some examples shown in Fig. 1 . exchanged during phase change heat transfer is very high. Phase change is essential to energy applications, where it drasti- Therefore, phase change heat transfer is desired in many cally enhances heat transfer because latent heat is typically industrial applications, 5 such as during thermal generation much larger than sensible heat. 2 For instance, the latent heat of electricity, desalination, metallurgy, electronics cooling, needed to boil one gram of water ( h = 2260 J/g) is more