Fallahzadeh, R.; Bozzoli, F.; Cattani, L.; Azam, M.W. Effect of Cross Nanowall Surface on the Onset Time of Explosive Boiling: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Energies2024, 17, 1107.
Fallahzadeh, R.; Bozzoli, F.; Cattani, L.; Azam, M.W. Effect of Cross Nanowall Surface on the Onset Time of Explosive Boiling: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Energies 2024, 17, 1107.
Fallahzadeh, R.; Bozzoli, F.; Cattani, L.; Azam, M.W. Effect of Cross Nanowall Surface on the Onset Time of Explosive Boiling: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Energies2024, 17, 1107.
Fallahzadeh, R.; Bozzoli, F.; Cattani, L.; Azam, M.W. Effect of Cross Nanowall Surface on the Onset Time of Explosive Boiling: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Energies 2024, 17, 1107.
Abstract
Explosive boiling is a fast phase transition from an ultra-thin liquid film to vapor under an extremely high heat flux, which typically has been studied using molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) method. The present MDS study investigated the explosive boiling of a liquid argon nanofilm over different solid copper surfaces with different nanowall patterns including parallel and cross nanowalls. For each surface, atomic motion trajectories, number of liquid and vapor argon atoms, heat flux, and, mainly, onset time of explosive boiling were investigated. The simulation results indicated that explosive boiling occurs earlier on parallel and cross nanowall surfaces than on an ideally smooth surface, regardless of the topology and configuration of nanowalls. Moreover, the results revealed that by using the cross nanowall surfaces, the onset time of explosive boiling decreased by 0.7–4% compared to the parallel nanowall surfaces. In addition, it was found that the onset time of explosive boiling strongly depends on the potential energy barrier and the movement space between nanowalls for both parallel and cross nanowall surfaces. Furthermore, simulation findings showed that even though increasing the height of cross nanowalls increases heat flux and temperature of the fluid argon domain, it does not necessarily result in a shorter onset time of explosive boiling. These findings demonstrate the capability of cross nanowall surfaces for explosive boiling, thereby could be utilized in future surface design for thermal management applications.
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