Enhanced condensation heat transfer using porous silica inverse opal coatings on copper tubes

Abstract Phase-change condensation is commonplace in nature and industry. Since the 1930s, it is well understood that vapor condenses in filmwise mode on clean metallic surfaces whereas it condenses by forming discrete droplets on surfaces coated with a promoter material. In both filmwise and dropwi...

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Main Authors: Solomon Adera, Lauren Naworski, Alana Davitt, Nikolaj K. Mandsberg, Anna V. Shneidman, Jack Alvarenga, Joanna Aizenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90015-x