How wettability affects boiling heat transfer: A three-dimensional analysis with surface potential energy

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 175; p. 121391
• Main Authors: Bai, Pu, Zhou, Leping, Huang, Xiaonuo, Du, Xiaoze
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Contact angle; Contact potentials; Dimensional analysis; Fluid flow; Heat flux; Heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficients; Kapitza resistance; Mathematical analysis; Molecular dynamics; Nanoscale boiling; Potential energy; Surface potential energy; Surface wettability; Three dimensional analysis; Wettability; Molecular dynamics; Surface wettability; Surface potential energy; Nanoscale boiling

•The surface potential energy is analyzed three-dimensionally for surface with different wettability.•Relationship among wettability, interaction potential energy, and nanoscale boiling is addressed.•The major reason for enhancing heat transfer is an increase in surface potential energy.•Surface pot...