Heat transfer coefficient and critical heat flux during nucleate pool boiling of water in the presence of nanoparticles of alumina, maghemite and CNTs

The characteristics of nucleate pool boiling were investigated with nanofluids in a chamber. Nanoparticles of alumina, maghemite and carbon nanotubes were added separately to distilled water. Particle volumetric concentrations of 0.02% and 0.10% were applied. Experiments with water on the heater copper surface covered with nanoparticles were conducted to evaluate the effect of deposition. Boiling curves, critical heat fluxes and heat transfer...