A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011.
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| author | Bralower, Harrison L. (Harrison Louis) |
| author2 | Kripa K. Varanasi. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/685252019-04-11T06:24:29Z A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling Bralower, Harrison L. (Harrison Louis) Kripa K. Varanasi. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47). The classical theory of boiling heat transfer based on bubble dynamics is explained and includes a full derivation of the Rohsenow boiling correlation. An alternative, more accurate correlation for determining boiling heat transfer coefficients is then presented. The theory of DC and AC electrowetting is described along with electrolyis and electric breakdown, two common problems in successfully demonstrating electrowetting. Next, the construction of a 1000V DC power supply for electrowetting experiments is outlined along with failed and successful attempts to create surfaces that exhibit electrowetting. The design and construction of an electrowetting-compatible boiling apparatus capable of delivering up to 1000W of power to a 400mm2 sample is also detailed. The power supply, surfaces, and boiler are used to determine that while electrowetting increases surface wettability it also severely decreases heat transfer, disproving the initial hypothesis. Heat transfer per unit superheat, represented by the dimensionless ratio of the Nusselt number to the Jakob number, is found to increase as a double exponential with decay constants 0.23 ± 0.21 and -14.82 ± 49.69 as a function of the dimensionless electrowetting number, a measure of electrical energy to surface energy of a liquid. Likewise, thermal resistance as a function of the electrowetting number is found to increase as a double exponential with rise constants -37.95 ± 214.4 and -0.32 ± 2.23. by Harrison L. Bralower. S.B. 2012-01-12T19:34:43Z 2012-01-12T19:34:43Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68525 770905645 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 47 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Bralower, Harrison L. (Harrison Louis) A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling |
| title | A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling |
| title_full | A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling |
| title_fullStr | A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling |
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| title_short | A study of electrowetting-assisted boiling |
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| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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