Carbon nanotube coatings for enhanced capillary-fed boiling from porous microstructures

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Weibel, J A ^a   Kim, S S ^a   Fisher, T S ^a   Garimella, S V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; heat transfer; microporous materials; microwave plasma enhanced CVD synthesis; wetting

Indexed keywords

BOILING CONDITIONS; BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BOILING INCIPIENCE; CARBON NANOTUBE COATINGS; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); COOLING PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HIGH PERMEABILITY; MICRO PATTERNING; MICROPOROUS; MICROWAVE PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MICROWAVE PLASMA-ENHANCED CVD SYNTHESIS; NANO-POROUS; NUCLEATION SITE DENSITY; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PERFORMANCE GAIN; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS SURFACE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TEMPERATURE OVERSHOOT; TEST SAMPLES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER; WICKING; WORKING FLUID;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VAPORS; WETTING;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84863230024     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567265.2011.646000     Document Type: Article

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